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MADELINE BELL

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Madeline Bell (born 23 July 1942, Newark, New Jersey|Newark, New Jersey) is an African-American soul music|soul singer, who became famous as a performer in England during the 1960s, having arrived from the United States|U.S. in the Gospel show ''Black Nativity'' in 1962, with vocal group The Bradford Singers.

Career
She worked as a session singer, most notably backing for Dusty Springfield and can be found on early Donna Summer material as well. Her first major solo (music)|solo chart-topper|hit was a cover version of Dee Dee Warwick's single "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me", which performed better on the United States|U.S. Billboard Hot 100 record chart|chart than the original.

Madeline then joined contemporary pop music|pop combo Blue Mink, with whom she had a number of Top 20 chart-topper|hits with Philips Records in the United Kingdom|UK, including "Melting Pot", "Our World", "Randy", "Banner Man", "Good Morning Freedom", "Sunday", "By The Devil I Was Tempted" and "Stay With Me".<ref>{{cite book|last=Larkin|first=Colin|year=1993|title=The Guinness Who's Who of Seventies Music|page=85|id=ISBN 0-85112-727-4</ref> She then went solo (music)|solo, and her cover version of "Picture Me Gone" is still a Northern Soul favourite today, as is "What Am I Supposed To Do&... read all