This is the discography of English singer Elkie Brooks.

Studio albums

Year Title Peak chart positions Certifications Record label
UK
[1]
AUS
[2]
NLD
[3]
NZ
[4]
1975 Rich Man's Woman A&M
1977 Two Days Away 16 46 19 34
1978 Shooting Star 20
1979 Live and Learn 34
1981 Pearls 2 49
  • BPI: Platinum[5]
1982 Pearls II 5
  • BPI: Platinum[5]
1984 Minutes 35
Screen Gems 35
1986 No More the Fool 5 Legend
1988 Bookbinder's Kid 57
1989 Inspiration 58 Telstar
1991 Pearls III Freestyle
1993 Round Midnight 27 Castle
1994 Nothin' but the Blues 58
1995 Circles Permanent
1996 Amazing 49 Carlton Classics
2003 Shangri-La Classic Pictures
Trouble in Mind (with Humphrey Lyttelton)
2005 Electric Lady Swing Cafe
2010 Powerless Eventful Music Productions
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Live albums

Year Album Label
1997 The Pearls Concert Artful
2005 Don't Cry Out Loud Recall
2007 Live with Friends EMP Records

Compilations

Year Album UK
[1]
Certifications Label
1986 The Very Best of Elkie Brooks 10 Telstar
1997 The Very Best of Elkie Brooks 23 Polygram
2007 The Silver Collection 45 Spectrum
2017 Pearls: The Very Best Of 14 A&M

Singles

Year Single Chart positions Album Label
UK
[1]
AUS
[2]
IRE
[6]
NLD
[3]
NZ
[4]
1964 "Something's Got a Hold on Me" Non-album single Decca
"Nothing Left to Do but Cry"
1965 "The Way You Do the Things You Do"
"He's Gotta Love Me" HMV
"All of My Life"
1966 "Baby Let Me Love You"
1969 "Come September" NEMS
1974 "Rescue Me" Island
1975 "Where Do We Go from Here" Rich Man's Woman A&M
"He's a Rebel"
1977 "Pearl's a Singer" 8 65 9 11 11 Two Days Away
"Saved"
"Sunshine After the Rain" 10 100 7
"Do Right Woman, Do Right Man"
1978 "Lilac Wine" 16 8 50 Non-album single
"Only Love Can Break Your Heart" 43 Shooting Star
"Since You Went Away"
"Stay with Me" (Netherlands only)
"Don't Cry Out Loud" 12 14 Non-album single
1979 "The Runaway" 50
"He Could Have Been an Army" Live and Learn
"Falling Star"
1980 "Why Don't You Say It" Non-album single
"Paint Your Pretty Picture" Pearls
"Dance Away"
1981 "Warm and Tender Love"
"Fool (If You Think It's Over)" 17 6
1982 "Our Love" 43 Pearls II
"Nights in White Satin" 33 14
"Will You Write Me a Song"
1983 "Gasoline Alley" 52 15
"I Just Can't Go On"
1984 "Minutes" Minutes
"Driftin'"
"Once in a While" Screen Gems A&M/EMI
1986 "No More the Fool" 5 No More the Fool Legend
1987 "Break the Chain" 55
"We've Got Tonight" 69
1988 "Sail On" Bookbinders Kid
1989 "Shame" Inspiration Telstar
"You're the Inspiration" (Belgium only)
1990 "I'll Never Love This Way Again"
"For the World" (withdrawn before release) Non-album single European Artists
1991 "The Last Teardrop" Pearls III (Close to the Edge) Freestyle
"One of a Kind" (Belgium only)
1999 "Too Much to Lose" (with Courtney Pine) 181[7] Unfinished Business (unreleased) BMG
2005 "Out of the Rain" Electric Lady Swing Cafe
2010 "Powerless" Powerless Eventful Music Productions
2017 "Running to the Future" Finding Your Feet (soundtrack) Virgin EMI
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Other appearances

Singles

Cat Stevens duet with Elkie Brooks Remember the Days of the Old Schoolyard,[8] (Linda Lewis appears in the song's video).

Chart 1977 Peak ref.
Australia Kent Music Report 18 [9]
Canadian Singles Chart RPM Top 100 27 [10]
Canada Adult Contemporary RPM AC 14 [10]
US Billboard Hot 100 33 [11]
US Adult Contemporary US AC 28 [11]
US Top 100 Singles Cashbox (magazine) 38 [12]
UK Singles Charts 44 [13]
France Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique 35 [14]

Various Artists The Anti-Heroin Project. Charity Single produced by Charles Foskett.

Guest appearances:John Parr, Elkie Brooks, Bonnie Tyler, Nik Kershaw, Holly Johnson, Kim Wilde, Hazel O'Connor, Cliff Richard, Robin Gibb and others.

Year Single UK Chart
1986 "Live-In World" (The Anti-Heroin Project) 142[15]

Albums

Vinegar Joe with Elkie Brooks, Robert Palmer and Pete Gage.

Year Album Chart Peak ref.
1972 Vinegar Joe
1972 Rock'n Roll Gypsies US Billboard Bubbling Under the Top LP's 201 [16]
1973 Six Star General

Various Artists Original Studio Cast: Frankie Miller, Alice Cooper, Elkie Brooks, The Who's John Entwistle, Jim "Dandy" Mangrum, James Dewar, Keith Moon, Justin Hayward, Eddie Jobson.[17]

Album Chart (1975) Peak Ref.
Flash Fearless Vs. the Zorg Women, Pts. 5 & 6 US Billboard FM Action 9 [18]
US Record World 181 [19]
US Billboard Bubbling Under The Top LP's 209 [20]

Lou Reizner's stage production of Tommy featuring the London Symphony Orchestra.

This version featured Roger Daltrey, David Essex, Marsha Hunt, Elkie Brooks, Roger Chapman, Graham Bell, Bill Oddie, Merry Clayton, Vivian Stanshall, Roy Wood and John Pertwee.

Year Album Country Chart ref.
1975 Tommy Live at the Rainbow 1973 United States [21]
1995 Roger Daltrey – Orchestral Tommy Japan

References

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