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Bridget St John

Background information
Born 4 October 1946 (1946-10-04) (age 61), southwest London
Origin England
Genre(s) folk rock
Years active 1968 to 1976. Events 610 - Heraclius arrives by ship from Africa at Constantinople, overthrows Byzantine Emperor Phocas Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Folk rock is a musical genre combining elements of Folk music and rock music. Reappeared in 2004, but gigs are rare.
Label(s) Dandelion
Chrysalis

Bridget St John is a singer and songwriter best known for the three albums she recorded between 1969 and 1972 for John Peel's Dandelion record label. In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Dandelion Records was a British Record label started in 1969 by the British DJ John Peel as a way to get the music he liked onto record Chrysalis Records was a British Record label that was created in 1969 John Robert Parker Ravenscroft, OBE (30 August 1939 – 25 October 2004 known professionally as John Peel, was an English Disc jockey, radio Dandelion Records was a British Record label started in 1969 by the British DJ John Peel as a way to get the music he liked onto record Peel produced her debut album Ask Me No Questions. She also recorded a large number of BBC and Peel sessions and toured regularly on the early UK college and festival circuit. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Her popularity peaked in 1974 when she was voted fifth most popular female singer in that year's Melody Maker readers poll. Melody Maker, published in the United Kingdom, was according to its publisher IPC Media, the world's oldest weekly Music Newspaper

An accomplished guitar player, she credits John Martyn (with whom she has been friends since college) as her guitar mentor. John Martyn (born Iain David McGeachy on 11 September 1948 in New Malden, Surrey, England) is a British

The second album Songs for the Gentle Man, was produced by Ron Geesin. Ronald 'Ron' Geesin (born 17 December 1943, in Stevenston, Ayrshire, Scotland) is a British Musician and St. John then recorded another album, Jumble Queen, for Chrysalis Records in 1974. Chrysalis Records was a British Record label that was created in 1969 She emigrated to Greenwich Village in 1976 and virtually disappeared from the public eye for over 20 years. Greenwich Village (ˌgrɛnɪtʃ ˈvɪlɪdʒ often simply called the Village, is a largely residential area on the west side of downtown (southern Manhattan She appeared at a Nick Drake tribute concert in New York in 1999, performing "Northern Sky" and "One of These Things First". Nicholas Rodney Drake (19 June 1948 – 25 November 1974 was an English Singer-songwriter and Musician best known for his acoustic autumnal songs The City of New York She toured Japan in 2006 with the minimalist French musician Colleen. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Colleen or Cécile Schott (born 1981) is a composer of electronic and Ambient music based in France.

Aside from work under her own name, Bridget St John has also recorded with Mike Oldfield (on Amarok), Kevin Ayers and Robin Frederick. Michael Gordon Oldfield (born 15 May 1953 in Reading, Berkshire) is an English Multi-instrumentalist Musician Amarok is the 13th record album by Mike Oldfield, released in 1990. Kevin Ayers (born 16 August 1944 in Herne Bay, Kent) is an English Songwriter and major influential force in the English In 2007 she reunited with Kevin Ayers to record on his album The Unfairground in New York. Kevin Ayers (born 16 August 1944 in Herne Bay, Kent) is an English Songwriter and major influential force in the English The Unfairground is an acclaimed new album by Kevin Ayers, recorded with members of Ladybug Transistor, Teenage Fanclub, Neutral Milk They duetted on the song "Baby Come Home".

All her albums are now (2007) available on CD - some containing songs originally only released as singles, as well as previously unreleased 'live' material.

There is another recording artist named Bridget St. John in Seattle, Washington, USA, who has since changed her stage name to "Sweet Punch" to avoid confusion with this Bridget St. John.

Albums by Bridget St John

John Martyn (Guitar), Richard Sanders (Guitar), Bridget St John (Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards), Simon Stable (Bongos), Producer: John Peel

  1. To B Without A Hitch
  2. Autumn Lullaby
  3. Curl Your Toes
  4. Like Never Before
  5. The Curious Crystals Of Unusual Purity
  6. Barefeet And Hot Pavements
  7. I Like To Be with You in the Sun (Song for the Laird of Connaught Hall)
  8. Lizard-Long-Tongue-Boy
  9. Hello Again (Of Course)
  10. Many Happy Returns
  11. Broken Faith
  12. Ask Me No Questions

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John Martyn (born Iain David McGeachy on 11 September 1948 in New Malden, Surrey, England) is a British Richard Sanders (born August 23, 1940 in Harrisburg Pennsylvania) is an American Actor.
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