P. P. Arnold
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P. P. Arnold is an American
-born soul
singer who enjoyed considerable success in the United Kingdom
in the 1960s and beyond.
At the audition the three young women were offered the job on the spot, but Smith convinced Arnold to attend a concert in Fresno
that night before making a final decision. When she arrived home at 6:00 the next morning, Arnold's furious husband struck her. Arnold left him immediately, and after placing her children in the care of her parents, joined the Ike & Tina Turner Revue.
in 1966 when the Revue toured there in support of The Rolling Stones
. Impressed by her powerful and soulful voice, Mick Jagger
convinced Stones manager
Andrew Loog Oldham
to sign Arnold to a recording contract
with his newly founded Immediate Records
record label
. Arnold quit the Turner band to remain in London
and establish a solo career.
She enjoyed several major British hit
s on Immediate, including songs written for her by Paul Korda
, who wrote "The Time Has Come." She recorded songs written by Steve Marriott
and Ronnie Lane
from labelmates The Small Faces
, who also backed her on several recordings
. Arnold also provided backing vocals on the group's hit "Tin Soldier
", as well as touring with them during 1968.
Her first backing band, The Blue Jays, had been inherited from American soul singer Ronnie Jones
. This was followed by The Nice
, led by Keith Emerson
on organ who had just quit from The VIP's - later to be known as Spooky Tooth
- on organ and piano, David O'List
on guitar, Lee Jackson
on bass and Ian Hague on drums. During this period Pat toured alongside Jimi Hendrix
, The Who
, The Kinks
, Blind Faith
, David Bowie
and others, and she scored several hits including the original version of "The First Cut Is the Deepest
" and "Angel of the Morning
", plus the Marriott-Lane song "(If You Think You're) Groovy".
After the collapse of Immediate in the late 1960s, Arnold signed a production contract with the Robert Stigwood
Organisation and released two singles
on the Polydor
label, produced by Barry Gibb
of The Bee Gees, but a planned album with Gibb was never completed.
In 1970 she moved to the musical stage, appearing alongside P.J. Proby in the rock musical
Catch My Soul. She then formed a new backing band that included the future members of Ashton, Gardner & Dyke, plus Steve Howe
, who would soon join Yes
. During this period she contributed session musician
backing vocals to many notable UK sessions (including the Nick Drake
song "Poor Boy") and she toured with Eric Clapton
, who also produced
a number of unreleased sessions with her. During these sessions she met the American bassist
Fuzzy Samuels of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
, and they subsequently married and had a son. In 1974 she sang on the Freddie King
album Burglar and feeling out of place in the rapidly changing British music scene of the mid 1970s, Arnold and Samuels returned to her hometown of Los Angeles. While living there, Arnold's marriage to Samuels ended and just two weeks after the split, her daughter Debbie was killed in a car accident. After her daughter's death Arnold withdrew from public life for some time, not re-emerging until 1978. At this time she was reunited with Barry Gibb, who wanted to complete the never-finished solo album for her. Again this did not materialise, but Arnold was eventually teamed up with Barry's youngest brother Andy Gibb
for a duet
recording of the Carole King
song "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow". Arnold subsequently formed a new band, Inner Circle, but this was not successful.
In 1981 she moved to Hollywood, where she won minor roles in popular TV series
including St. Elsewhere
and Knots Landing
. She returned to England in 1982, wishing to raise her younger son there. She soon began working with leading British reggae
band Steel Pulse
and returned to the charts in both the UK and Australia thanks to her unmistakable vocal contributions on the hit 1983 cover version of the Staple Singers "Respect Yourself", recorded with British electro-pop group Kane Gang
, which reached #21 in Britain and #19 in Australia.
In 1984, she returned to the stage
in the cast of the musical
Starlight Express
as Belle the Sleeping Car
, after which she worked with a number of noted British acts including Boy George
as well as working on several movie
soundtrack
s. Weeks before beginning a tour with Billy Ocean
, Arnold's legs were badly injured in a car accident, although she went ahead with the Ocean tour, at first appearing on crutches, but her injuries eventually forced her to leave the tour after ten weeks.
Arnold's vocals graced the theme tune to the 1984 movie Electric Dreams
. Then in 1985 she did the same for The Supergrass, written and starring Peter Richardson of The Comic Strip
.
Without a record contract and unable to play live, Arnold survived by doing sessions for advertising
jingle
s. This eventually led to a successful collaboration with The Beatmasters on the retro-styled hip house/disco hit "Burn It Up", which reached #14 in Britain in October 1988, and became her third hit to spend 10 weeks or more on the UK Singles Chart
. Little over a year later she worked with The KLF
on the tracks "3 a.m. Eternal
" and "Last Train to Trancentral
", and Altern-8
on "Evapor 8" (credited as Altern-8, guest vocal P.P. Arnold).
In 1991, Arnold appeared in an episode of Boon
with Clarke Peters.
She appeared on Roger Waters
' album, Amused to Death
, in 1992, providing vocals on the song "Perfect Sense".
Growing dissatisfied with her session singer role, she returned to the musical stage with work in a theatre workshop project.
In 1994, she joined the cast of the award-winning musical Once On This Island as Erzulie, beautiful Goddess of Love. While the production was playing in Birmingham
she met leading UK band Ocean Colour Scene
, one of the new wave of latter-day mod
groups who (like their mentor Paul Weller), idolised The Small Faces.
Her friendship with OCS led to her singing the lead vocal, backed by Primal Scream
, on a cover of The Small Faces' "Understanding", which was included on a successful Small Faces tribute album
. She also worked extensively with Ocean Colour Scene on their 1997 album Marchin' Already
. This was followed by numerous TV appearances including Later... with Jools Holland and touring with Ocean Colour Scene in 1997-98.
She also recorded vocals for the 2000 album, Standing On The Shoulder Of Giants
by Oasis
.
This success led to plans for her to record her first solo album in decades, but once again it was not completed. Deciding to put together a new band to promote her material, Arnold joined forces with Chaz Jankel, former pianist with Ian Dury and The Blockheads. This was followed by an invitation to tour widely with Roger Waters. She was a backup vocalist on his 1999–2000 tour In the Flesh
, (also on the CD
and DVD
of the same name) as well as the 2006–2008 tour, Dark Side of the Moon Live.
In mid 2007, she released her first recorded work for several years, Five In The Afternoon. The album is a duet with the Blow Monkeys' frontman, Dr. Robert, and has been met with critical acclaim, as have their live performances at several venues.
United States
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-born soul
Soul music
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singer who enjoyed considerable success in the United Kingdom
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in the 1960s and beyond.
Early life
Born into a family of gospel singers, Arnold married early and had two children. She had a series of menial jobs until the early 1960s, when Maxine Smith, an ex-girlfriend of her brother contacted her with an offer. Maxine and her friend Gloria Scott had managed to arrange an audition for three girls to replace the original Ikettes, the dancer/singer troupe that provided vocal and dance accompaniment for the Ike and Tina Turner Revue. Initially, Smith and Scott were stood up by a third girl, and they were desperate for another vocalist to make up the trio, Smith contacted Arnold, whom she knew to be a singer.At the audition the three young women were offered the job on the spot, but Smith convinced Arnold to attend a concert in Fresno
Fresno, California
Fresno is a city in central California, United States, the county seat of Fresno County. As of the 2010 census, the city's population was 510,365, making it the fifth largest city in California, the largest inland city in California, and the 34th largest in the nation...
that night before making a final decision. When she arrived home at 6:00 the next morning, Arnold's furious husband struck her. Arnold left him immediately, and after placing her children in the care of her parents, joined the Ike & Tina Turner Revue.
Career
After several years touring the United States with the Revue, she came to EnglandEngland
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in 1966 when the Revue toured there in support of The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones are an English rock band, formed in London in April 1962 by Brian Jones , Ian Stewart , Mick Jagger , and Keith Richards . Bassist Bill Wyman and drummer Charlie Watts completed the early line-up...
. Impressed by her powerful and soulful voice, Mick Jagger
Mick Jagger
Sir Michael Philip "Mick" Jagger is an English musician, singer and songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist and a founding member of The Rolling Stones....
convinced Stones manager
Management
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Andrew Loog Oldham
Andrew Loog Oldham
Andrew Loog Oldham is an English producer, talent manager, impresario and author. He was manager and producer of The Rolling Stones from 1963, and was noted for his flamboyant style.-Biography:...
to sign Arnold to a recording contract
Recording contract
A recording contract is a legal agreement between a record label and a recording artist , where the artist makes a record for the label to sell and promote...
with his newly founded Immediate Records
Immediate Records
Immediate Records was a British record label, started in 1965 by The Rolling Stones' manager Andrew Loog Oldham and Tony Calder and concentrating on the London-based blues and R&B scene.-History:...
record label
Record label
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. Arnold quit the Turner band to remain in London
London
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and establish a solo career.
She enjoyed several major British hit
Hit single
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s on Immediate, including songs written for her by Paul Korda
Paul Korda
Paul Korda is an English songwriter, singer, musician, and actor. He has been writing and performing music since the 1960s...
, who wrote "The Time Has Come." She recorded songs written by Steve Marriott
Steve Marriott
Stephen Peter Marriott , popularly known as Steve Marriott, was an English musician, songwriter, and frontman of several notable rock and roll bands, spanning over two decades...
and Ronnie Lane
Ronnie Lane
Ronald Frederick "Ronnie" Lane was an English musician, songwriter, and producer who is best known as the bass guitarist and founding member of two prominent English rock and roll bands; the Small Faces where he was nicknamed "Plonk", – and, after losing the band's frontman, Faces, with two new...
from labelmates The Small Faces
The Small Faces
The Small Faces were an English rock and roll band from East London, heavily influenced by American rhythm and blues. The group was founded in 1965 by members Steve Marriott, Ronnie Lane, Kenney Jones, and Jimmy Winston, although by 1966 Winston was replaced by Ian McLagan as the band's...
, who also backed her on several recordings
Sound recording and reproduction
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. Arnold also provided backing vocals on the group's hit "Tin Soldier
Tin Soldier (song)
"Tin Soldier" is a Rock song written by Steve Marriott . It was released on 2 December 1967, by the popular English band Small Faces. The song peaked at number nine in the UK singles chart.-Song profile:...
", as well as touring with them during 1968.
Her first backing band, The Blue Jays, had been inherited from American soul singer Ronnie Jones
Ronnie Jones
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. This was followed by The Nice
The Nice
The Nice were an English progressive rock band from the 1960s, known for their blend of rock, jazz and classical music. Their debut album, The Thoughts of Emerlist Davjack was released in 1967 to immediate acclaim. It is often considered the first progressive rock album...
, led by Keith Emerson
Keith Emerson
Keith Noel Emerson is an English keyboard player and composer. Formerly a member of the Keith Emerson Trio, John Brown's Bodies, The T-Bones, V.I.P.s, P.P. Arnold's backing band, and The Nice , he was a founder of Emerson, Lake & Palmer , one of the early supergroups, in 1970...
on organ who had just quit from The VIP's - later to be known as Spooky Tooth
Spooky Tooth
Spooky Tooth are an English rock band principally active, with intermittent breakups, between 1967 to 1974. In recent years, the band has been reconstituted at various points, and continues to perform occasionally.-Career:...
- on organ and piano, David O'List
David O'List
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on guitar, Lee Jackson
Lee Jackson (bassist)
Lee Jackson is a British bass player and singer, best known for his work in The Nice.-Biography:...
on bass and Ian Hague on drums. During this period Pat toured alongside Jimi Hendrix
Jimi Hendrix
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, The Who
The Who
The Who are an English rock band formed in 1964 by Roger Daltrey , Pete Townshend , John Entwistle and Keith Moon . They became known for energetic live performances which often included instrument destruction...
, The Kinks
The Kinks
The Kinks were an English rock band formed in Muswell Hill, North London, by brothers Ray and Dave Davies in 1964. Categorised in the United States as a British Invasion band, The Kinks are recognised as one of the most important and influential rock acts of the era. Their music was influenced by a...
, Blind Faith
Blind Faith
Blind Faith were an English blues-rock band that consisted of Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker, Steve Winwood and Ric Grech. The band, which was one of the first "super-groups", released their only album, Blind Faith, in August 1969...
, David Bowie
David Bowie
David Bowie is an English musician, actor, record producer and arranger. A major figure for over four decades in the world of popular music, Bowie is widely regarded as an innovator, particularly for his work in the 1970s...
and others, and she scored several hits including the original version of "The First Cut Is the Deepest
The First Cut Is the Deepest
"The First Cut Is the Deepest" is a 1967 song written by Cat Stevens, originally released by P. P. Arnold in the spring of 1967. Stevens' own version of the song is technically a cover, and originally appeared on his album New Masters in December 1967....
" and "Angel of the Morning
Angel of the Morning
"Angel of the Morning" is a popular song that has been recorded numerous times, and has been a charting hit single for several artists including Juice Newton, Merrilee Rush, Nina Simone, P.P...
", plus the Marriott-Lane song "(If You Think You're) Groovy".
After the collapse of Immediate in the late 1960s, Arnold signed a production contract with the Robert Stigwood
Robert Stigwood
Robert Stigwood is an impresario and entertainment entrepreneur who relocated to England in 1954...
Organisation and released two singles
Single (music)
In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...
on the Polydor
Polydor Records
Polydor is a record label owned by Universal Music Group, headquartered in the United Kingdom.-Beginnings:Polydor was originally an independent branch of the Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft. Its name was first used as an export label in 1924, the British and German branches of the Gramophone...
label, produced by Barry Gibb
Barry Gibb
Barry Alan Crompton Gibb, CBE , is a singer, songwriter and producer. He was born in the Isle of Man to English parents. With his brothers Robin and Maurice, he formed The Bee Gees, one of the most successful pop groups of all time. The trio got their start in Australia, and found their major...
of The Bee Gees, but a planned album with Gibb was never completed.
In 1970 she moved to the musical stage, appearing alongside P.J. Proby in the rock musical
Rock musical
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Catch My Soul. She then formed a new backing band that included the future members of Ashton, Gardner & Dyke, plus Steve Howe
Steve Howe (guitarist)
Stephen James "Steve" Howe is an English guitarist, known for his work with the progressive rock group Yes...
, who would soon join Yes
Yes (band)
Yes are an English rock band who achieved worldwide success with their progressive, art, and symphonic style of rock music. Regarded as one of the pioneers of the progressive genre, Yes are known for their lengthy songs, mystical lyrics, elaborate album art, and live stage sets...
. During this period she contributed session musician
Session musician
Session musicians are instrumental and vocal performers, musicians, who are available to work with others at live performances or recording sessions. Usually such musicians are not permanent members of a musical ensemble and often do not achieve fame in their own right as soloists or bandleaders...
backing vocals to many notable UK sessions (including the Nick Drake
Nick Drake
Nicholas Rodney "Nick" Drake was an English singer-songwriter and musician. Though he is best known for his sombre guitar based songs, Drake was also proficient at piano, clarinet and saxophone...
song "Poor Boy") and she toured with Eric Clapton
Eric Clapton
Eric Patrick Clapton, CBE, is an English guitarist and singer-songwriter. Clapton is the only three-time inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: once as a solo artist, and separately as a member of The Yardbirds and Cream. Clapton has been referred to as one of the most important and...
, who also produced
Record producer
A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
a number of unreleased sessions with her. During these sessions she met the American bassist
Bassist
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Fuzzy Samuels of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Crosby, Stills & Nash (and Young)
Crosby, Stills & Nash is a folk rock supergroup made up of David Crosby, Stephen Stills and Graham Nash, also known as Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young when joined by occasional fourth member Neil Young...
, and they subsequently married and had a son. In 1974 she sang on the Freddie King
Freddie King
Freddie King , thought to have been born as Frederick Christian, originally recording as Freddy King, and nicknamed "the Texas Cannonball", was an influential African-American blues guitarist and singer. He is often mentioned as one of "the Three Kings" of electric blues guitar, along with Albert...
album Burglar and feeling out of place in the rapidly changing British music scene of the mid 1970s, Arnold and Samuels returned to her hometown of Los Angeles. While living there, Arnold's marriage to Samuels ended and just two weeks after the split, her daughter Debbie was killed in a car accident. After her daughter's death Arnold withdrew from public life for some time, not re-emerging until 1978. At this time she was reunited with Barry Gibb, who wanted to complete the never-finished solo album for her. Again this did not materialise, but Arnold was eventually teamed up with Barry's youngest brother Andy Gibb
Andy Gibb
Andy Gibb was an English singer and teen idol, and the youngest brother of the family whose other male siblings formed the Bee Gees: Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb.-The early years:...
for a duet
Duet (music)
A duet is a musical composition for two performers. In classical music, the term is most often used for a composition for two singers or pianists; with other instruments, the word duo is also often used. A piece performed by two pianists performing together on the same piano is referred to as...
recording of the Carole King
Carole King
Carole King is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. King and her former husband Gerry Goffin wrote more than two dozen chart hits for numerous artists during the 1960s, many of which have become standards. As a singer, King had an album, Tapestry, top the U.S...
song "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow". Arnold subsequently formed a new band, Inner Circle, but this was not successful.
In 1981 she moved to Hollywood, where she won minor roles in popular TV series
Television program
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including St. Elsewhere
St. Elsewhere
St. Elsewhere is an American medical drama television series that originally ran on NBC from October 26, 1982 to May 25, 1988. The series is set at fictional St. Eligius, a decaying urban teaching hospital in Boston's South End neighborhood...
and Knots Landing
Knots Landing
Knots Landing is an American primetime television soap opera that aired from December 27, 1979 to May 13, 1993 on CBS. Set in a fictitious coastal suburb of Los Angeles in California, the show centered on the lives of four married couples living in a cul-de-sac, Seaview Circle...
. She returned to England in 1982, wishing to raise her younger son there. She soon began working with leading British reggae
Reggae
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band Steel Pulse
Steel Pulse
Steel Pulse is a roots reggae musical band. They originally formed at Handsworth Wood Boys School, in Birmingham, England, composed of David Hinds , Basil Gabbidon , and Ronald McQueen .-History:...
and returned to the charts in both the UK and Australia thanks to her unmistakable vocal contributions on the hit 1983 cover version of the Staple Singers "Respect Yourself", recorded with British electro-pop group Kane Gang
Kane Gang
Kane Gang were a Blues rock trio from North East England that had a few UK hits and two U.S. hits in the 1980s. Named after the movie, Citizen Kane, the trio recorded for the indie record label, Kitchenware, that was also home to Prefab Sprout.-Career:...
, which reached #21 in Britain and #19 in Australia.
In 1984, she returned to the stage
Stage (theatre)
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in the cast of the musical
Musical theatre
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Starlight Express
Starlight Express
Starlight Express is a rock musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber , Richard Stilgoe and Arlene Phillips , with later revisions by Don Black and David Yazbek . The story follows a child's dream in which his toy train set comes to life; famously the actors perform wearing roller skates...
as Belle the Sleeping Car
Belle the Sleeping Car
Belle, the Sleeping Car is a character from Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical Starlight Express. She is an old sleeping car, who once raced with Poppa, and, like her former partner, has fallen on hard times in her age. She races with Rusty in heat 2, however they are beaten by Electra and Pearl...
, after which she worked with a number of noted British acts including Boy George
Boy George
Boy George is a British singer-songwriter who was part of the English New Romantic movement which emerged in the early 1980s. He helped give androgyny an international stage with the success of Culture Club during the 1980s. His music is often classified as blue-eyed soul, which is influenced by...
as well as working on several movie
Film
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soundtrack
Soundtrack
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s. Weeks before beginning a tour with Billy Ocean
Billy Ocean
Billy Ocean is a Trinidad-born English Grammy Award winning popular music performer who had a string of rhythm and blues international pop hits in the 1970s and 1980s. He was the most popular British-based R&B singer / songwriter of the early to mid-1980s...
, Arnold's legs were badly injured in a car accident, although she went ahead with the Ocean tour, at first appearing on crutches, but her injuries eventually forced her to leave the tour after ten weeks.
Arnold's vocals graced the theme tune to the 1984 movie Electric Dreams
Electric Dreams (soundtrack)
Electric Dreams is a soundtrack album from the film Electric Dreams, released in 1984Several popular rock and New Wave musicians of the 1980s contributed original music to the film's soundtrack. It was available throughout Europe but remained unreleased on compact disc in the U.S. until September...
. Then in 1985 she did the same for The Supergrass, written and starring Peter Richardson of The Comic Strip
The Comic Strip
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.
Without a record contract and unable to play live, Arnold survived by doing sessions for advertising
Advertising
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jingle
Jingle
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s. This eventually led to a successful collaboration with The Beatmasters on the retro-styled hip house/disco hit "Burn It Up", which reached #14 in Britain in October 1988, and became her third hit to spend 10 weeks or more on the UK Singles Chart
UK Singles Chart
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. Little over a year later she worked with The KLF
The KLF
The KLF were one of the seminal bands of the British acid house movement during the late 1980s and early 1990s....
on the tracks "3 a.m. Eternal
3 a.m. Eternal
"3 a.m. Eternal" is a song by The KLF, numerous versions of which were released as singles between 1989 and 1992. In January 1991, an acid house pop version of the song became an international top ten hit single, hitting #1 in the UK Singles Chart and #5 on the US Billboard Hot 100, and leading to...
" and "Last Train to Trancentral
Last Train to Trancentral
"Last Train to Trancentral" is a song released, in different mixes, as a series of singles by The KLF, including "Last Train to Trancentral ", a commercially successful single of April 1991 that reached # 2 in the UK Singles Chart and achieved international top ten placings...
", and Altern-8
Altern-8
Altern-8 is a British rave duo, featuring Mark Archer and Chris Peat. Best known in the early 1990s, their trademark was loud electronic tracks with a heavy bass line. On stage, Altern-8's members wore facemasks and chemical warfare suits...
on "Evapor 8" (credited as Altern-8, guest vocal P.P. Arnold).
In 1991, Arnold appeared in an episode of Boon
Boon (TV series)
Boon is a British television drama and modern-day western series starring Michael Elphick, David Daker, and later Neil Morrissey. It was created by Jim Hill and Bill Stair and filmed by Central Television for ITV...
with Clarke Peters.
She appeared on Roger Waters
Roger Waters
George Roger Waters is an English musician, singer-songwriter and composer. He was a founding member of the progressive rock band Pink Floyd, serving as bassist and co-lead vocalist. Following the departure of bandmate Syd Barrett in 1968, Waters became the band's lyricist, principal songwriter...
' album, Amused to Death
Amused to Death
Amused to Death is a concept album, and the third studio album by former Pink Floyd bassist Roger Waters. It was released in 1992.The album title was attached to material that Waters began working on during the Radio KAOS tour...
, in 1992, providing vocals on the song "Perfect Sense".
Growing dissatisfied with her session singer role, she returned to the musical stage with work in a theatre workshop project.
In 1994, she joined the cast of the award-winning musical Once On This Island as Erzulie, beautiful Goddess of Love. While the production was playing in Birmingham
Birmingham
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she met leading UK band Ocean Colour Scene
Ocean Colour Scene
Ocean Colour Scene are an English Britpop band formed in Moseley, Birmingham in 1989. They have had five Top 10 albums and six Top 10 singles to date.-Early days :...
, one of the new wave of latter-day mod
Mod Revival
The mod revival was a music genre and subculture that started in England in 1978 and later spread to other countries . The mod revival's mainstream popularity was relatively short, although its influence has lasted for decades...
groups who (like their mentor Paul Weller), idolised The Small Faces.
Her friendship with OCS led to her singing the lead vocal, backed by Primal Scream
Primal Scream
Primal Scream are a Scottish alternative rock band originally formed in 1982 in Glasgow by Bobby Gillespie and Jim Beattie and now based in London. The current lineup consists of Gillespie, Andrew Innes , Martin Duffy , and Darrin Mooney...
, on a cover of The Small Faces' "Understanding", which was included on a successful Small Faces tribute album
Tribute album
A tribute album is a recorded collection of cover versions of songs or instrumental compositions. Its concept may be either various artists making a tribute to a single artist, a single artist making a tribute to various artists, or a single artist making a tribute to another single artist.There...
. She also worked extensively with Ocean Colour Scene on their 1997 album Marchin' Already
Marchin' Already
Marchin' Already is a 1997 album by Ocean Colour Scene.The album was a follow-up to the successful Moseley Shoals, and is in a similar style. The songs were taken from the band's catalogue that they had built up since forming several years earlier....
. This was followed by numerous TV appearances including Later... with Jools Holland and touring with Ocean Colour Scene in 1997-98.
She also recorded vocals for the 2000 album, Standing On The Shoulder Of Giants
Standing on the Shoulder of Giants
Standing on the Shoulder of Giants is the fourth studio album by English rock band Oasis, released on 28 February 2000. The album is the 16th fastest selling album in UK chart history, selling over 310,000 copies in its first week...
by Oasis
Oasis (band)
Oasis were an English rock band formed in Manchester in 1991. Originally known as The Rain, the group was formed by Liam Gallagher , Paul "Bonehead" Arthurs , Paul "Guigsy" McGuigan and Tony McCarroll , who were soon joined by Liam's older brother Noel Gallagher...
.
This success led to plans for her to record her first solo album in decades, but once again it was not completed. Deciding to put together a new band to promote her material, Arnold joined forces with Chaz Jankel, former pianist with Ian Dury and The Blockheads. This was followed by an invitation to tour widely with Roger Waters. She was a backup vocalist on his 1999–2000 tour In the Flesh
In the Flesh (tour)
In The Flesh was a series of worldwide concert tours by Roger Waters that spanned three individual tours over the course of three years . Returning from a 12-year long hiatus from the road, In The Flesh was a showcase of his best known work from his days with Pink Floyd to his most recently...
, (also on the CD
Compact Disc
The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,...
and DVD
DVD
A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....
of the same name) as well as the 2006–2008 tour, Dark Side of the Moon Live.
In mid 2007, she released her first recorded work for several years, Five In The Afternoon. The album is a duet with the Blow Monkeys' frontman, Dr. Robert, and has been met with critical acclaim, as have their live performances at several venues.