Pearl's a Singer

Brooks would recall that at a rehearsal session for her Two Days Away album "Jerry Leiber [said]: 'I want to play you this song, I don't think you're going to like it, it's too countryish for you but I'll play it for you anyway.'...I said: 'Go on, I've got an open mind, I like a lot of country [music].' I listened to 'Pearl's a Singer' and told [Leiber & Stoller] I liked it but that they needed to [modify it with] a middle section. To which Jerry said: 'No problem'. And with that he disappeared and came back half an hour later with the [modified] version of 'Pearl's a Singer'" which Brooks recorded.{{cite book ==Chart performance==

"Pearl's a Singer" afforded Elkie Brooks her debut chart single – thirteen years after she'd recorded her first track – reaching No. 8 on the UK Singles Chart in spring 1977. It remained her highest placing in that chart until "No More the Fool" reached No. 5, in early 1987. ==Personnel==

• Elkie Brooks – vocals • Isaac Guillory – guitars • Jean Roussel – keyboards • Trevor Morais – drums • Steve York – bass Additional personnel • Mike Stoller – keyboards • Eric Weissberg – guitars • George Devens – percussion • Muscle Shoals Horns • Harrison Calloway (arranger) • Charlie Rose • Harvey Thompson • Ronnie Eades • Meco Monardo (arranger), Tony Posk, Guy Lumia, Elliot Rosoff, Rick Sortonne, Carol Webb, Joe Goodman, Julien Barber, Jesse Levy – strings • Carl Hall, Peggy Blue, Marry Ellen Johnson – backing vocals ==Charts==

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