“Really sad to hear this,” writes Ultravox frontman Midge Ure in a social post. The music community is paying tribute to the late singer. In 2017, to celebrate her 50 th anniversary in the music business, Lewis released Funky Bubbles, a 5-CD box set including rarities and live versions.
The following year, BMG issued a career retrospective The Best of Linda Lewis, and later, the 3-CD boxed set Legends, including hits and rarities. In 2002, Warner Music released a collection of her ‘70s music, Reach for the Truth.
She would also work with the likes Joan Armatrading, Basement Jaxx, Turin Brakes and Jamiroquai.Ĭovers and samples of her work has been artists including Joss Stone and Common.Īcross her career, Lewis cut ten studio album, including Say No More, her 1971 debut, which was inspired by living with fellow artists in a commune in Hampstead, north London, a place where Cat Stevens (later Yusuf Islam), Marc Bolan and Elton John would drop by. Lewis’ extraordinary range, and her gifts across folk, soul, pop and reggae, would catch the attention of rock music’s superstars, including David Bowie and Rod Stewart, both of whom recruited her for backing vocals.
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