| MAUREEN
EVANS (ARTIST BIOGRAPHY)
Real Name:
Maureen Evans
Birth Date: 23rd March 1940
Birth Place: Cardiff
Maureen was drawn towards the stage while still in her childhood and
had several stage shows before beginning her recording career.
She began as a session singer with the ‘budget’ label on which
Woolworth’s stores Sold music, “Embassy”. Although this label has
been neglected by Collectors making it difficult to be sure that I
have a complete listing Of Her Output
All the recordings were well made covers of chart hits by A Variety
of other Great artists. However, she later transferred to Embassy’s
Sister label- the small ‘independent’ Oriole on which she cut more
original material, including her famous hits.
Maureen made many stage and TV appearances. Her style was always
polished and professional but, despite her wonderful singing voice,
she never quite broke through into the top flight of UK singing
stars. During 1963, she hoped to sing the song “Pick The Petals in
the Eurovision song contest. Unfortunately the song was voted
third in the qualifying heats and the prize went to Ronnie Carroll
with Wonderful Things” which ultimately came 4th in the Contest.
Although Maureen’s output on singles was quite Prolific she has only
this one EP credited to her which is rather disappointing Though
perhaps making its title rather apt. However, with the possible
exception of the title track, Maureen’s fans will find the songs it
carries are not melancholic at all. Although she transferred to the
CBS record label during the latter half of the 1960s, her chart
prospects slowly faded and eventually she retired from music.
However, she never lost her love of show business and at the time of
writing she could still be found teaching others in stagecraft at
her drama school- based in her beloved home city,Cardiff. |