Elkie Brooks a mobile home. After four years of increasing interest bills and loans, Brooks managed to sell her home (after being threatened with repossession) and cleared all of her debts. Today, all the family are involved in Brooks' career, songwriting and touring. Elkie Brooks Elkie Brooks (born Elaine Bookbinder, 25 February 1945) is an English singer, a vocalist with the bands Dada and Vinegar Joe, and later a solo artist. She gained her biggest success in the late 1970s and 1980s and has been nominated twice for Brit Awards. She is known for her powerful husky bluesy voice and hit singles
Elkie Brooks single being BBC Radio 2's record of the week. Brooks promoted the CD with several appearances on Radio 2 shows and the BBC's "The One Show". Later in the year Brooks appeared at the London Palladium, on 19 September, 40 years since her last appearance there in 1977. The appearance marked her 40 years of success since the hit single "Pearl's a Singer" was released. In 2017, Brooks recorded the closing theme song 'Running to the Future' for the British movie "Finding Your Feet", starring Imelda Staunton, Timothy Spall, Celia Imrie and Joanna Lumley. The track was released as a