The first song I fell in love with
I used to sing All I Have to Do Is Dream by the Everly Brothers with my schoolfriend who lived over the road, when I was 11 or 12. I sang the harmony and she sang the melody.The song I do at karaoke
The only time was on holiday in Nice with a friend. We’d been out for a lovely supper and had far too much rosé, and I was about to play Édith Piaf in the West End. I ended up singing Hymne à l’amour, and he did Fools Rush In.The first single I bought
Magic Moments by Perry Como from the record shop in Barnet High Street, for my mother’s birthday. She loved Perry Como, Andy Williams, Matt Monro – all those crooners.The song I know every lyric to
When I was in Hair in 1968, we were in the pub having a snifter before the show when the company manager came in and said: “Jeanie’s off – and so are her understudies. Paige, you’re up.” I was terrified. Jeanie comes up through a trapdoor, covered in beads, singing Air. Somehow I knew every word.The best song to play at a party
