30 Facts About Jenny Darren

Jenny Darren is known for her bluesy rock voice, on such tracks as "Ladykiller", and the Buk single, "Slay Me Like a Lady".

Jenny Darren is one of the few female classic rock vocalists.

Jenny Darren was part of "The dream of Olwen" by Second City Sound that entered the top 50 at number 43 in 1969.

Jenny Darren was born Jennifer Harley in Birmingham, England, the adopted and only child of Maud Phillips and Leslie Phillips.

Jenny Darren wrote her first song "Why does it have to be with me" at the age of eleven, after which she joined her first band "Johnny Dark and The Rocking Phantoms" at the age of thirteen.

Jenny Darren was fourteen years old when she signed a two singles deal with Nathan Joseph's folk label " Transatlantic Records", who had notables such as "Long John Baldry".

Jenny Darren was working a minimum of two nights per week with alternating pop and jazz outfits, after which she became a backing vocalist for "Clifford T Ward", a Kidderminster singer-songwriter.

Jenny Darren recorded the Love is Blue album, plus two singles, one being a remake of Ike and Tina Turner's "River deep, mountain high", with the B side "Julie", penned by the group's bassist Bill Gilbert.

At the time in the UK, there were band residencies in most towns, therefore, a lot of professional musicians skipped from one location to another, Jenny Darren being no exception.

Jenny Darren was resident at Manchester Tiffany's Oxford Street, then Rotherham, then Stafford.

Jenny Darren met up with songwriter-producers Geoff Gill and Cliff Wade, who worked at Strawberry Studios in Stockport, Cheshire.

Jenny Darren was pulled in to do backing vocals on some tracks they had written.

Jenny Darren worked at Ronnie Scott's club in Soho, London, the 606 Club Chelsea, plus various other jazz clubs around the country.

In later years, Jenny Darren pursued a career as a vocal coach in colleges and involved herself in other areas of music including pop, blues, Celtic, musical theatre, and classical.

In early 1997 Jenny Darren received a phone call from jazz pianist John Donaldson regarding a two-part mini-series he was working on, featuring actress Helen Mirren as Maggie Sheridan.

The writers heard Jenny Darren sing on the recommendation of Donaldson and then offered her the singing role of Maggie.

Jenny Darren is credited within the film credits, interpreting songs veering from light pop, to heavy blues, with Celtic overtones at times.

Jenny Darren was in Balham, London to see a retro keyboard workshop by Robert Webb.

Jenny Darren recorded her vocals in the UK the other musicians recorded their own separate musical parts from around the world.

Jenny Darren initially brought in fellow guest musicians Graham Oliver Tom Leary Andrew Hawkins.

Jenny Darren then brought in Wishbone Ash musicians Bob Skeat as a replacement for Moore, plus Muddy Manninen together with Bill Hunt and on drums in the video Martin Magic Johnson, plus Ian Horley videoed by Greg Wilson-Copp from Soundshack Studios.

Jenny Darren happened to spot drummer Rupert James Irving playing locally with a Gloucestershire band.

Jenny Darren took part in the 12th season of the Britain's Got Talent TV show at the age of 68 and was initially headhunted for the show late in 2017.

The entire audience, including all four judges, gave Jenny Darren a standing ovation when she finished singing.

Jenny Darren married in her mid-twenties when she lived in Manchester.

Jenny Darren divorced some years later and moved to London to pursue her career in the late 1970s.

Much later, Jenny Darren resided in Essex in her college teaching years.

The last of her four DJM albums, again self-titled, was Jenny Darren released in 1980.

On 8 February 2019 Jenny Darren released an album in collaboration with guitarist Robin George entitled "SavageSongS" on Angel Air Records.

Jenny Darren has been a guest vocalist on the Robert Webb Liquorice Allsorts album, plus Box of Circles by England.