Elkie Brooks 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 such as "Pearl's a Singer", "Lilac Wine", "Don't Cry Out Loud", "Fool (If You Think It's Over)", and "No More the Fool", and top-selling album "Pearls". She is generally referred to as the "British Queen of Blues". By April 2012, Brooks
Joseph Stilwell for the China command; Mitter projects that his talents could have been far better employed in North Africa, as Marshall had originally planned. Stilwell is portrayed on film by Erville Alderson in "Objective, Burma!" (1945), by John Hoyt in Samuel Fuller's "Merrill's Marauders" (1962), by Robert Stack in Steven Spielberg's "1941" (1979), and by Yachun Dong in "Chinese Expeditionary Force (TV series)" (2011). On August 24, 2000, the United States Postal Service issued the first 10¢ Distinguished Americans series postage stamp honoring Stilwell. The award for the Outstanding Overall Cadet, Senior Division, in the California Cadet Corps is named the