Claudia Lennear

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Claudia Lennear (also rendered as Linnear)[1] is an American soul singer who has worked with many acts including Ike and Tina Turner, Humble Pie and Joe Cocker. She recorded a solo album entitled Phew! in 1973.[2]

Lennear's meetings with Mick Jagger and David Bowie are often cited as inspiration for The Rolling Stones' "Brown Sugar" (1971) and Bowie's "Lady Grinning Soul" (1973).[3][4][5] NME editors Roy Carr and Charles Shaar Murray noted in 1981 that she was "yet to reply in song to either Mick or David".[3]

Lennear had a bit part in the 1974 film Thunderbolt and Lightfoot, playing the secretary who asks Clint Eastwood's character for his Social Security number. She appeared in the August 1974 issue of Playboy magazine in a pictorial titled "Brown Sugar".

[edit] References

  1. ^ The New York Times
  2. ^ All Music Guide
  3. ^ a b Roy Carr & Charles Shaar Murray (1981). Bowie: An Illustrated Record: p.56
  4. ^ "Lady Grinning Soul" at The Ziggy Stardust Companion
  5. ^ Bill Wyman quoted at Time Is On Our Side
  This article on a singer is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.