Who was Elkie Brookes singing about on her record Pearl's a Singer
Pearl Aday Pearl Aday Pearl Aday (born 1975) is an American singer and step daughter of Meat Loaf and his wife Leslie G. Edmonds Aday. Pearl, whose biological father was the drummer for Janis Joplin’s band, Full Tilt Boogie, was adopted by Meat Loaf after he married her mother, Leslie. She toured as a backing singer in Meat Loaf's touring band, Neverland Express, for nine years. She has appeared on numerous albums and in various tours and television performances with her father, both as backing singer and in a duet. She has also been a backing singer for Mötley Crüe. She is
Pearl's a Singer Pearl's a Singer "Pearl's a Singer" is a song made famous by the British singer Elkie Brooks, as taken from her 1977 album "Two Days Away" which was produced by the song's co-writers Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. The original version of "Pearl's a Singer" had been introduced by the duo Dino and Sembello - also the song's co-writers - on their 1974 self-titled album which Leiber and Stoller had produced. The song is a ballad, telling the story of a failed singer who still dreams of the success she might have had. "Pearl's a Singer" afforded Elkie Brooks her