tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1874687919193635.post8039175126530498874..comments2024-02-22T02:50:23.692-08:00Comments on Derek's Daily 45: P.P. ARNOLD - SPEAK TO MEDerek Seehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16243707785298348196noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1874687919193635.post-18940589724358159732010-08-23T02:57:38.604-07:002010-08-23T02:57:38.604-07:00I think it would be fair to say that PP made it in...I think it would be fair to say that PP made it in the UK to a large extent based on 3 factors:<br />1. She was young, black and cute at a time when we had nobody else like that "of our own" (i.e. based here);<br />2. The Immediate label was cool and progressive;<br />3. Her material was usually decent.<br />As for PP I don't think she has a particularly good voice and would have remained a backing singer if she hadn't come over to this side of the Atlantic. In a similar vein look at the career of Rocky Roberts - huge in Italy and a nobody outside of it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcYn_NQdzKg&feature=searchGreenockiannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1874687919193635.post-91887254979837471752010-08-21T09:00:20.946-07:002010-08-21T09:00:20.946-07:00Great side. Thank you!Great side. Thank you!Jemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12805845473590793232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1874687919193635.post-85217242349607969832010-08-20T10:20:57.195-07:002010-08-20T10:20:57.195-07:00Now check out Claudia Lennear and Marsha Hunt!Now check out Claudia Lennear and Marsha Hunt!Fast Filmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06235163769641844531noreply@blogger.com