Maureen Evans (born 23 March 1940, Cardiff, Wales) is a Welsh pop singer who achieved fame in the 1950s and 1960s.Evans career began as a singer with Waldini's Gypsy Band in the mid-1950s, mainly doing summer seasons at UK holiday resorts such as Llandudno.
She entered the UK Singles Chart in 1960 at No. 26 with the song "The Big Hurt", but her biggest hit was 1962's "Like I Do", which peaked at No. 3 in the UK in late-January 1963 and achieved silver certification for selling in excess of 250,000 copies in the United Kingdom. Like I Do was the UK's 43rd best-selling single of 1963 selling in excess of 300,000 copies.
She had a total of four UK Top 40 hits and sold well over one million records in the UK.
1. The Big Hurt
2. Time And Time Again
3. We Just Couldn't Say Goodbye
4. Like I Do
5. Plenty Good Lovin'
1. As You Love Her
2. Mamma Wouldn't Like It
3. Never In A Million Years
4. The Day The Rains Came
5. Starlight Starbright
👍 !
ReplyDeleteThank you very much Luigi!!! I love the number "Like I do" Here by us it is known as "Brief uit La Courtine" from a Dutch Arist named Rijk de Gooyer. Never knew it was a cover of "Like I Do".
ReplyDeleteGreetings, E.W.
Hi E.W... Thanks for the comments much appreciated...hope everything is okay with you and you are enjoying the music...plenty more coming later...cheers....Luigi
ReplyDelete