Helen Shapiro

Person · Open Library

Works

4

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Film & TV

Bethnal Green, London, England

Helen Kate Shapiro (born 28 September 1946) is a British pop and jazz singer and actress. While still a teenager in the early 1960s, she was one of Britain's most successful female singers. With a voice described by AllMusic as possessing "the maturity and sensibilities of someone far beyond their teen years", Shapiro recorded two 1961 UK chart toppers, "You Don't Know" and "Walkin' Back to…

Known for

• The Beach Boys: Making Pet Sounds — Self2017
• Classic Albums — Self1997
• Pebble Mill — Self1991
• John Lennon: A Journey in the Life — Cynthia1985
• Albion Market1985
• A Little Of What You Fancy1968
• Hör hin, schau zu! — Self1965
• Vergißmeinnicht — Self1964
• Musik für Sie — Self1963
• It's Trad, Dad! — Helen1962

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Gender

Female

Origin

United Kingdom

Active from

1946-09-28

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

121,811

Total plays

794,115

Helen Kate Shapiro (born 28 September 1946) is an English pop singer, jazz singer and actress. She is best known for her 1960s UK chart toppers, "You Don't Know" and "Walkin' Back to Happiness". Shapiro was born at Bethnal Green Hospital in the East End district of Bethnal Green, London. Her early childhood was spent in a Clapton council house in the London borough of Hackney, where she attended Northwold Primary School and Clapton Park Comprehensive School until Christmas 1961. <a href="https:

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Given name

Helen

Family name

Shapiro

Gender

female

Citizenship

United Kingdom

Place of birth

Bethnal Green

Occupation

film actor

Languages spoken

English language

Genre

jazz

Instrument

voice

Record label

Pye Records

Image

Helen Shapiro (1963).jpg

Voice type

contralto

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