Dana Gillespie

Dana Gillespie
Dana Gillespie
Background information
Birth name Richenda Antoinette de Winterstein Gillespie
Born 30 March 1949 (1949-03-30) (age 62)
Woking, Surrey
United Kingdom
Genres Folk, teen pop
Occupations Musician, Actress
Instruments Vocalist
Labels Rev-Ola, Decca, RCA, Bellaphon Records, Ace Records,
Associated acts Dana Gillespie and her London Blues Band
Website Dana Gillespie

Dana Gillespie (born Richenda Antoinette de Winterstein Gillespie, 30 March 1949, Woking, Surrey) is an English actress and singer.

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Career

Gillespie was born to the Baron De Winterstein Gillespie, an Austrian radiologist, and his wife. She grew up in England and her family's villa in Maccagno, a village on Lake Maggiore, Italy.[1] She was the British Junior Water Skiing Champion for four years, until an injury forced her retirement.[citation needed]

She recorded initially in the folk genre in the mid-1960s, although she was more known at this time for being the girlfriend of Donovan. Some of her recordings as a teenager fell into the teen pop category, such as the 1966 single "Thank You Boy", produced by Jimmy Page. Her acting career got under way shortly afterwards, and it overshadowed her musical career in the late 1960s and 1970s. After performing backing vocals on the track "It Ain't Easy" from David Bowie's Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, she recorded an album produced by Bowie and Mick Ronson in 1973, Weren't Born a Man. Subsequent efforts have been in the blues genre, appearing with her London Blues Band. She is notable for being the original Mary Magdalene in the first London production of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's Jesus Christ Superstar which opened at the Palace Theatre in late 1971. She also appeared on the Original London Cast album which was released the following year.

She is a close friend and associate of Angela Bowie, David Bowie's former wife.[2]

Gillespie is a regular at Basil's Blues Bar on Mustique in the Caribbean, for three weeks in January through to February. This mostly features her London Blues Band, but she also invites other acts. In 2005, Mick Jagger appeared as a guest and sang songs such as: "Honky Tonk Women", "Dust My Broom" and "Goin' Down".

Dana Gillespie and her London Blues Band

Selected discography

  • Foolish Seasons (Decca, 1967)
  • Box of Surprises (Decca, 1968)
  • Jesus Christ Superstar (Original London Cast Recording) (MCA, 1971)
  • Weren't Born a Man (RCA, 1973)
  • Ain't Gonna Play No Second Fiddle (RCA, 1974)
  • Mojo Blues Band and the Rockin' Boogie Flu (Bellaphon Records 1981)
  • Blue Job (Ace Records, 1982)
  • Solid Romance (Bellaphon, 1984)
  • It Belongs to Me (Bellaphon, 1985)
  • I'm a Woman (The Blues Line) (Bellaphon, 1986)
  • Hot News (Gig 1987)
  • Sweet Meat (Ace Records, 1989)
  • Amor (Gig, 1990)
  • Blues It Up (Ace Records, 1990)
  • Where Blue Begins (Gig/Ariola, 1991)
  • Boogie Woogie Nights (with Joachim Palden) (Wolf, 1991)
  • Big Boy (with Joachim Palden) (Wolf, 1992)
  • Methods of Release (Bellaphon, 1993)
  • Andy Warhol (Trident, 1994)
  • Blue One (Wolf, 1994)
  • Hot Stuff (Ace Records, 1995)
  • Have I Got Blues For You (Wolf, 1996)
  • Mustique Blues Festival (1996) (BCF, 1996)
  • Cherry Pie (with Big Jay McNeely) (Big Jay Records, 1997)
  • Mustique Blues Festival (BCF, 1997)
  • Back to the Blues (Wolf, 1998)

Selected filmography

Bibliography

  • Bowie, Angela, Backstage Passes, Jove Books, Berkeley Publishing Group (1993)

References

  1. ^ Angela Bowie"Backstage passes", pp. 142-43
  2. ^ Bowie, pp. 119-120

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