Joan Regan - If I Give My Heart to You

Styles: Vocal
Year: 2006
File: MP3@256K/s
Time: 56:04
Size: 103,6 MB
Art: Front

(2:45)  1. Till I Waltz Again with You
(2:39)  2. Ricochet
(2:28)  3. Till They've All Gone Home
(2:15)  4. I Know for Sure
(2:48)  5. If I Give My Heart to You
(2:24)  6. This Ole House
(2:16)  7. Someone Else's Roses
(2:02)  8. Jilted
(2:46)  9. Cleo and Me-O
(2:35) 10. Merry Go Round and Swings
(1:56) 11. Wait for Me Darling
(2:37) 12. The Love I Have for You
(2:18) 13. I'll Travel with You
(2:25) 14. Prize of Gold
(2:22) 15. Two Kinds of Tears
(2:13) 16. Faded Flowers
(2:26) 17. When You're in Love
(2:15) 18. The Bluebells of Broadway Are Ringing Tonight
(2:19) 19. Don't Be Afraid of Love
(2:07) 20. Pinetree, Pine Over Me
(2:36) 21. The Shepherd Boy
(2:48) 22. The Rose and the Flame
(2:32) 23. Love and Marriage

Joan Regan was born in Romford, Essex on the 19th January 1928. While working as a photographer's re-toucher, she cut a couple of discs, versions of the songs Too Young and I'll Walk Alone which after coming to the attention of Bernard Delfont, earned her a recording contract with Decca Records. As virtually all of her British contemporaries at that time, she was presented with American songs to cover, her first being Till I Waltz Again With You and I'll Always Be Thinking Of You, but neither of these were strong enough to break into the charts. 

On her third song, Ricochet, she was backed by the vocal group The Squadronaires which just reached the top 10 at the end of 1953 and led to her regular appearances on the TV series Quite Contrary, which was followed later by four series of her own show, Be My Guest. During 1954 and 1955 she had several hits with further covers, Someone Else's Roses, If I Give My Heart To You, Prize Of Gold and Wait For Me Darling on which she was backed by The Johnson Brothers. She developed her act to include impressions of Gracie Fields, Judy Garland and actress Anna Neagle and in the late 1950s, she appeared several times at the London Palladium including The Royal Command performance and also in the show Stars In Your Eyes with her long term friend, Russ Conway who had been her rehearsal pianist during the early days. Leaving Decca in 1958, she signed with EMI's HMV label and had one final top 10 hit in the summer of 1959 and four minor hits during 1960 with yet another company Pye, Happy Anniversary, Papa Loves Mambo, One Of The Lucky Ones and It Must Be Santa. She married Harry Claff in 1957 who had worked at the Palladium but they divorced in 1963 after he was jailed for five years for fraud. By this time, the hits had completely dried up and she suffered a nervous breakdown, and relocated to Florida, marrying Martin Cowan. 

She suffered a brain haemorrhage in 1984 and was left paralysed but recovered enough to appear on stage again with Russ Conway. She signed a new deal with Nectar records in 1992 and continues to make occasions appearances on stage. ~ Sharon Mawer https://itunes.apple.com/gb/artist/joan-regan/id15482708

If I Give My Heart to You

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Joan Regan - Just Joan

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 47:48
Size: 109.5 MB
Styles: Vocal
Year: 1956/2009
Art: Front

[2:49] 1. It Could Happen To You
[2:07] 2. When I Grow Too Old To Dream
[4:19] 3. I Know Why (And So Do You)
[2:54] 4. I've Got A Feelin' You're Foolin'
[3:13] 5. Deep In A Dream
[2:31] 6. Home
[3:27] 7. Sinner Or Saint
[2:55] 8. That Old Feeling
[3:55] 9. All The Things You Are
[2:46] 10. Someone To Watch Over Me
[3:29] 11. Never In A Million Years
[3:22] 12. For All We Know
[2:45] 13. Ricochet
[2:20] 14. Someone Else's Roses
[2:48] 15. If I Give My Heart To You
[2:01] 16. Wait For Me Darling

Joan Regan is a traditional pop music singer born in the UK at Romford, Essex on 19 Jan 1928. She was popular during 1950s and 1960s, appearing on the variety circuit in numerous shows, and also on TV. She did a Royal Command Performance in 1955 and was a regular at the London Palladium. Originally a talent spotted by impresario Bernard Delfont and signed by Decca Records, she had a hit with ‘Ricochet’ in 1953. Subsequently she made 4 albums, had her own TV programme and international touring engagements. A number of these were in the USA and across Europe.

Married 3 times, she lived in Florida for a time, finally settling in Kent, England with her 3rd husband. He predeceased her, and she died September 12 2013. She is survived by 2 sons from her first marriage and a daughter from her second. She will be remembered by her numerous fans, especially so as she had performed many of her concerts near the end of her career in aid of various charities. She had blonde hair and a broad smile, and her uplifting vocal style and voice lives on in her recordings.

Just Joan

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