Which short-lived soap set in Manchester starred Helen Shapiro as Viv Harker?
Helen Shapiro she branched out as a performer in stage musicals, and jazz (being her first love musically). She played the role of Nancy in Lionel Bart's musical, "Oliver!" in London's West End and appeared in a British television soap opera, "Albion Market", where she played one of the main characters until it was taken off air in August 1986. Shapiro also played the part of Sally Bowles in "Cabaret" and starred in "Seesaw" to great critical acclaim. Between 1984 and 2001, she toured extensively with legendary British jazz trumpeter Humphrey Lyttelton and his band, whilst still performing her own jazz and
Helen Shapiro Jews for Jesus group. UK The EPs are repackagings of previously released material, apart from "Helen" and "A Teenager Sings the Blues". All the above albums were released in (stereo) and (mono) apart from "Helen in Nashville", and "12 Hits and a Miss Helen Shapiro". These are her main albums from the peak of her popularity in the early 1960s from Abbey Road Studios. In the "Rock Notes" sketch on "Monty Python's Contractual Obligation Album", Eric Idle jokingly refers to "Helen Shapiro" as the last of many names with which a particular rock band reinvents itself after every break-up: "That