British vocalist Linda Lewis, who sang backup for the likes of David Bowie, Cat Stevens and Rod Stewart, has died. She was 72.
Her sister Dee Lewis Clay confirmed that the singer passed away yesterday (May 3). No cause of death has been given.
"It is with the greatest sadness and regret we share the news that our beloved beautiful sister Linda Lewis passed away today peacefully at her home," Clay shared on Facebook. "The family asks that you respect our privacy and allow us to grieve at this heartbreaking time."
Born in West Ham in 1950, Lewis grew up attending stage school and appeared in many non-speaking television and film roles, including playing one of the screaming Beatles fans in A Hard Day's Night.
She became renowned for her five-octave vocal range in the early 1970s, working as a session vocalist and sang on albums like Al Kooper's Possible Projection of the Future, Bowie's Aladdin Sane and Catch Bull at Four by Stevens.
It was also around this time that Lewis garnered her first hit of her own, with "Rock-a-Doodle-Doo" hitting No. 15 on the UK singles chart in the summer of '73 ahead of the release of her third LP, Fathoms Deep. Her 1975 breakthrough record Not a Little Girl Anymore also produced hits, including a top 10-charting rendition of "It's in His Kiss."
Lewis went on to release ten studio albums, also working with the likes of Joan Armatrading — who paid tribute to her as a "really lovely person" with a "beautiful voice" on Twitter upon the news of her death.
Her sister Dee Lewis Clay confirmed that the singer passed away yesterday (May 3). No cause of death has been given.
"It is with the greatest sadness and regret we share the news that our beloved beautiful sister Linda Lewis passed away today peacefully at her home," Clay shared on Facebook. "The family asks that you respect our privacy and allow us to grieve at this heartbreaking time."
Born in West Ham in 1950, Lewis grew up attending stage school and appeared in many non-speaking television and film roles, including playing one of the screaming Beatles fans in A Hard Day's Night.
She became renowned for her five-octave vocal range in the early 1970s, working as a session vocalist and sang on albums like Al Kooper's Possible Projection of the Future, Bowie's Aladdin Sane and Catch Bull at Four by Stevens.
It was also around this time that Lewis garnered her first hit of her own, with "Rock-a-Doodle-Doo" hitting No. 15 on the UK singles chart in the summer of '73 ahead of the release of her third LP, Fathoms Deep. Her 1975 breakthrough record Not a Little Girl Anymore also produced hits, including a top 10-charting rendition of "It's in His Kiss."
Lewis went on to release ten studio albums, also working with the likes of Joan Armatrading — who paid tribute to her as a "really lovely person" with a "beautiful voice" on Twitter upon the news of her death.
