Lorraine Silver - Standing At The Intersection

Описание: As a young child growing up, Lorraine’s first love had always been to sing. During the summer holidays Lorraine and a friend went up to Oxford Street in London, where she found a Woolworth’s store with one of those “Do it yourself singing booths.” Never missing an opportunity to sing she deposited her two shillings into the recording machine and gave a hearty acapella version of Brian Hyland’s “Sealed With A Kiss” Well you may say loads of people did that sort of thing for a laugh but Lorraine Silver had serious faith in her efforts and carried things a step further. She marched into PYE Records, Marble Arch, London, with this rough acappella disc which is a pretty brave move for a 13 year old girl to make in the 1960’s and she politely asked if anyone would like to listen to it.
Two months later Lorraine excitedly received a letter from Tony Reeves a member of the A & R department at the record company asking her to attend an audition. She had a voice mature beyond her years. The outcome of this was an immediate two year recording contract, with Tony Reeves producing the 4 tracks in the studio. Lorraine was caught up in an exciting whirlwind of events, she was originally destined to record “I’ll Keep Holding On” which had been released by The Marvelettes in the USA but at the last minute a different song was chosen. She was given a slow ballad by American songstress Shelley Fabares which she was asked to cover. The tempo was raised, a big band hired, which included on bass guitar Klaus Voorman, who, unbeknown to Lorraine at the time was a close friend of The Beatles, having been with them in their Hamburg days. He also later designed The Beatles’ Revolver sleeve for their album. Lorraine did her stuff and “Lost Summer Love” was born. Only 500 copies were ever pressed making it such a rare collectable record today.
For a brief moment Lorraine Silver was famous. Articles about her appeared in the press. She got frequent airplay on Radio Luxembourg and appeared in a radio show, which was broadcast live at the Marquee Club in London, called ‘Ready Steady Radio’. It was here that she met many other stars of the period including Lulu. Tales of such events made Lorraine a heroine amongst her school friends who shared in her excitement and weren’t even jealous when she was allowed to miss lessons for more glamorous things such as photo sessions and interviews.
Lorraine Silver may never had known that the record she had made in her youth was being enjoyed by a sub-culture movement had it not been for her second husband, agent Barry Collings, reading in the Blues & Soul Magazine, a top ten selection of favourite Northern Soul tracks by DJ Nick Gregg of Warrington which included ‘Lost Summer Love’ by Lorraine Silver. The issue of Blues & Soul Magazine was February 1988; 23 years after the original recording had been made. Barry showed Lorraine the magazine and she was truly amazed. How could anyone possibly have included her single ‘Lost Summer Love’ on a list of popular Northern Soul tracks, it had never been a monster hit? She rang the Editor of Blues & Soul in disbelief and was flabbergasted when she discovered it really was her song. It was a great thrill to find out that she was a star, even if only to a specific group of people. Following this, her story was then told in an article in Blues & Soul and other Northern Soul publications. Now that she had been unearthed she contacted PYE who told her that about 34,000 copies of ‘Lost Summer Love’ had been sold world-wide and that she could now claim her royalties. Sadly she was paid according to the terms of her original contract which was in old pence so no fortune there. After the tragic death of Edwin Starr,Lorraine was also proud to have been asked to appear on the Edwin Starr Memorial Concert at Tamworth Assembly Rooms, singing alongside Clem Curtis lead singer of The Foundations, Geno Washington, Viola Wills, Jaki Graham & Gwen Dickey lead singer of Rose Royce . All artists were backed by Edwin Starr’s band The Team featuring Edwin’s brother Angelo Starr as lead vocalist.Since 2022 Lorraine has been touring the UK backed by the UK's No 1 Northern Soul Band The Signatures.She has a big tour scheduled for 2026 - full tour dates can be found on her website www.lorrainesilver.com

2018. LORRAINE RECORDED A NEW SINGLE ‘STANDING AT THE INTERSECTION’/’THE BEST TIME OF MY LIFE’ PRODUCED BY LEGENDARY RECORD PRODUCER IAN LEVINE . WHICH WAS RELEASED ON DOWNLOAD ON I-TUNES & AMAZON B078SJQN77
ALSO RELEASED IN 7” VINYL FORMAT ROCHESTER HILLS RECORDS RH101. New Double A side single FEVER RAGING OUT OF CONTOL/THE LAST TO KNOW released 8 October on digital download also out on 7” vinyl20. New double A-side single SUNNY DAY/TWO WAY STREET released 22 August on digital download and also out on 7” vinyl These tracks were produced by legendary Northern Soul DJ IAN LEVINE