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Chanteuse Rockabilly Irlandaise
Imelda Mary Clabby, née le 10 Juillet 1974 à Dublin. Imelda May a grandi avec
ses cinq frères et sœurs au sein d'une famille ouvrière du quartier des
Liberties à Dublin. A la maison, il n'y a qu'un seul tourne-disque et Imelda
découvre donc la musique à travers ce qu'écoutent ses parents et ses grands
frères. Grande admiratrice de la voix de Marilyn Monroe, elle commence dès
l'adolescence à chanter dans des clubs de sa ville sur un registre qui passe du
blues à la country en passant par le bluegrass et le rockabilly.
Inspired
by the vocal jazz of Billie Holiday, blues singers like Elmore James, and the
sound of rockabilly icons like Wanda
Jackson, Imelda May's sophisticated take on rock plays outside norms of pop
culture trends. She won an international fan base as leader of the swing outfit Blue
Harlem before making her major-label solo debut with the fiery,
rockabilly-steeped Love Tattoo in 2008. It went to number one in her native
Ireland. She returned to the top of the charts with 2010's Mayhem as well as
with 2014's Tribal, her fourth studio album. With 2017's Life. Love. Flesh.
Blood, May further transformed her sound, embracing a dusky blend of
contemporary rock and deeply personal ballads, accented by contributions by Jeff
Beck and Jools Holland. Following her 2020 spoken word EP Slip of the Tongue,
she returned to her evocative pop sound with 2021's 11 Past the Hour,
collaborating with Rolling
Stones guitarist Ron
Wood, Oasis' Noel
Gallagher, and Miles
Kane.
Born Imelda
Mary Clabby in Dublin in 1974, May began
playing the city's club circuit at age 16. After studying art and printmaking in
college, she moved to Britain and soon landed a tour with rhythm and blues
revivalist Mike
Sanchez. Her solo debut, No
Turning Back, followed in 2003 under the name Imelda
Clabby. It featured a notable backing band consisting of her then-husband,
guitarist/co-songwriter Darrel Higham, along with trumpeter/multi-instrumentalist Dave
Priseman, bassist Al
Gare, and drummer Steve
Rushton. After she made a bigger name for herself as leader of Blue
Harlem, the debut was remixed and reissued under her adopted stage name, Imelda
May, in 2007. It led to some high-profile performance opportunities,
including a tour with Jools
Holland. In 2008, Blue
Harlem accepted an invitation from director Baz
Luhrmann to perform at the premiere of his 2008 film Australia. That year, May went
to the top of Ireland's album chart with her second solo album, the
self-produced Love
Tattoo. Released by Universal, it saw Higham, Priseman,
and Gare joined
by keyboardist Danny
McCormack and drummer Dean
Beresford.
Buoyed by the success of Love
Tattoo, the singer's third long-player, Mayhem,
returned her to the number one spot in Ireland upon its arrival in September
2010. This time, she also cracked the Top Ten in the U.K. and spent a week on
the Billboard 200 (at number 108). Featuring the backing crew from her debut, it
included a rockabilly-based version of Gloria
Jones' "Tainted Love," previously made famous by Soft
Cell in 1981.
May and Higham welcomed
their first child before they and the rest of the band returned to the studio,
this time with co-producer Mike
Crossey (Arctic
Monkeys, Foals).
Released in April 2014, Tribal became May's
third straight number one in Ireland and reached a career-high number three in
the U.K. It also featured her first Top 20 single, "It's Good to Be Alive."
May and Higham divorced
before she recorded her next album, with Higham launching
a solo career of his own. May returned
in 2017 with a more stripped-down, earnest set produced by T-Bone
Burnett. Titled Life.
Love. Flesh. Blood, it featured performances by numerous friends and
collaborators, among them Jeff
Beck and Jools
Holland. The album was well-received in Ireland and the U.K., where it
reached number two and number five, respectively. She returned in 2020 with Slip
of the Tongue, a musical spoken word EP issued by Universal. Derived from
personal notebooks, it addressed topics including heartbreak, obsession, and
isolation. At the end of the year, May delivered
the first new material from her sixth studio album with the track "11 Past the
Hour." A follow-up, "Just One Kiss," appeared at the beginning of 2021, and saw
her teaming up with Noel
Gallagher and Ronnie
Wood. The Tim
Bran (James
Morrison, London
Grammar) co-produced album, 11
Past the Hour, was issued a few months later.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imelda_May
Talents : Vocals, Guitar
Style musical : Rockabilly, Blues, Jazz, Pop Rock
Years in activity :
| 1910 | 20 | 30 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 70 | 80 | 90 | 2000 | 10 | 20 |
Singles
| 2009 | CD UNIVERSAL MUSIC ? (UK) (promo) | . |
Big Bad Handsome Man (radio edit) |
| 2009 | CD DECCA ? (EUR) | . | Johnny Got A Boom Boom |
| 06/2010 | SP DECCA 2741939 (EUR) |
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Psycho / My Baby Left Me |
| 09/2010 | SP DECCA 2749661 (EUR) |
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Mayhem / Proud And Humble |
| 11/2010 | SP DECCA 2755882 (UK) |
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Kentish Town Waltz / Eternity |
| 2010 | CD UNIVERSAL MUSIC UMUSIC 1686 (NL) |
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Mayhem |
| 01/2011 | SP DECCA 2759433 (EUR) |
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Imelda May Vs Blue Jay Gonzalez - REMIX- Inside Out (latin mix) / Inside Out (album version) |
| 05/2011 | SP DECCA 2766424 (UK) |
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Sneaky Freak (radio mix) / Sneaky Freak (album version) |
| 10/2011 | SP DECCA 2781907 (UK) (limited edition) |
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Road Runner / Train Kept A Rollin' |
| 03/2013 | SP 3ú TUCDS 027 (UK) |
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Mary Black with Imelda May - Mountains To The Sea |
| 04/2013 | SP 10" MERCURY ? (F) |
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Clint (Silence On Tourne) - Clint (Silence On Tourne) (Imelda May, Thomas Dutronc) / Sésame (Thomas Dutronc) |
| 04/2014 | SP DECCA 3778648 (UK) |
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Tribal / Zombie Girl |
| 2014 | CD DECCA ? (UK) (promo) |
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Wild Woman (Steve Mason mix) |
| 2014 | CD DECCA ? (UK) (promo) |
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It's Good To Be Alive |
Albums
| 2003 | CD FOOT TAPPING 008 (UK) |
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NO TURNING BACK - IMELDA CLABBY - Dealing With The Devil / Flame Of Love / Cry For Me Baby / Till I Kissed You / What Am I Gonna Do / Once More / Wild About My Lovin' / No Turning Back / End Of The World / Y'hoo / Don't Do Me No Wrong / Forever You And Me / Bring My Cadillac Back / Lovey Dovey Lovely One / Let Us Sing | ||
| 2005 | CD BLUE HARLEM 007 (UK) |
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BLUE HARLEM - 5-10-15 Hours / Hallelujah! I Love Him So / My Daddy Rocks Me / He May Be Yours / 'Til My Baby Comes Back To Me / Talk To Me Baby / Bear Wallow / Nobody But Me / Now Baby Or Never / That's How I Feel About You / Every Time I Hear That Mellow Saxophone / I Just Want To Make Love To You / Drown In My Own Tears / I Can't Stop Now / Gone Walkin'. | ||
| 2006 | CD BLUE HARLEM ? (UK) |
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JUMP JACK JUMP - BLUE HARLEM - Jump Jack Jump / Teardrops From My Eyes / Act Right / Fever / Blues For Dudes / For You My Love / 'Til The Well Runs Dry / Stormy Weather / Hats Off To Mr Lee / I Don't Hurt Anymore / My Baby Just Care For Me / What Good'll It Do Me / Birthdays Blues / The Jeep Is Jumpin | ||
| 2007 | CD FOOT TAPPING FT008 (UK) |
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NO TURNING BACK - Dealing With The Devil / Flame Of Love / Cry For Me Baby / Till I Kissed You / What Am I Gonna Do / Once More / Wild About My Lovin' / No Turning Back / End Of The World / Y'hoo / Don't Do Me No Wrong / Forever You And Me / Bring My Cadillac Back / Lovey Dovey Lovely One / Let Us Sing | ||
| 2008 | CD UNIVERSAL MUSIC 1790561 (EUR) |
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LOVE TATTOO - Johnny Got A Boom Boom / Feel Me / Knock 123 / Wild About My Lovin' / Big Bad Handsome Man / Love Tattoo / Meet You At The Moon / Smokers' Song / Smotherin' Me / Falling In Love With You Again / It's Your Voodoo Working / Watcha Gonna Do | ||
| 2009 | 2 CD DECCA 2709348 (UK) |
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LOVE TATTOO :
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| 10/2010 | CD DECCA 2749140 (UK) |
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MAYHEM - Pulling The Rug / Psycho / Mayhem / Kentish Town Waltz / All For You / Eternity / Inside Out / Proud And Humble / Sneaky Freak / Bury My Troubles / Too Sad To Cry / I'm Alive / Let Me Out / Tainted Love | ||
| 09/2011 | CD DECCA 2778155 (UK) |
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MORE MAYHEM - Pulling The Rug / Psycho / Mayhem / Kentish Town Waltz / All For You / Eternity / Inside Out / Proud And Humble / Sneaky Freak / Bury My Troubles / Too Sad To Cry / I'm Alive / Let Me Out / Tainted Love / Johnny Got A Boom Boom / Bonus Tracks : Road Runner / Gypsy / Blues Calling / Walking After Midnight / Inside Out (remix) / Proud And Humble (remix) | ||
| 05/2014 | CD DECCA 3763558 (UK) |
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TRIBAL - Tribal / Wild Woman / It's Good To Be Alive / Gypsy In Me / Little Pixie / Hellfire Club / Five Good Men / Ghost Of Love / Wicked Way / Round The Bend / I Wanna Dance / Right Amount Of Wrong | ||
| 05/2014 | CD DECCA 4707992 (UK) (deluxe edition) |
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TRIBAL - Tribal / Wild Woman / It's Good To Be Alive / Gypsy In Me / Little Pixie / Hellfire Club / Five Good Men / Ghost Of Love / Wicked Way / Round The Bend / I Wanna Dance / Right Amount Of Wrong / Tears Of Clew Bay / Get Ready / Zombie Girl / Amber Eyes / Dreaming / Beautiful Day | ||
| 04/2017 | CD DECCA / Verve 5728829 (UK) |
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Life. Love. Flesh. Blood - Call Me / Black Tears / Should've Been You / Sixth Sense / Human / How Bad Can A Good Girl Be / Bad Habit / Levitate / When It's My Time / Leave Me Lonely / The Girl I Used To Be | ||
| 10/2020 | LP 10" DECCA 0898649 (EUR) (limited edition) |
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Slip Of The Tongue - Home / Gbh / Elephant / Becoming / Liberty Belle / Roses / The Word Is Out / Stay / Stargazer |
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| 10/2020 | 2 LP 10" DECCA 748918 (EUR) (limited edition) |
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Slip of The Tongue / 11 Past The Hour :
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| 04/2021 | CD DECCA 0898646 (EUR) |
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11 Past The Hour - 11 Past The Hour / Breathe / Made To Love (featuring - Gina Martin & Dr. Shola Mos-Shogbamimu, Ronnie Wood) / Different Kinds Of Love / Diamonds / Don't Let Me Stand On My Own (featuring - Niall McNamee) / What We Did In The Dark (featuring - Miles Kane) / Can't Say / Just One Kiss (featuring - Noel Gallagher, Ronnie Wood) / Solace / Never Look Back |
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| 04/2021 | 2 CD DECCA 0718885 (EUR) |
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11 Past The Hour / Slip Of The Tongue :
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