Lesley Duncan

Lesley Duncan
Also known as	Lesley Cox
Born	August 12, 1943(1943-08-12) Stockton-on-Tees, England
Died	March 12, 2010(2010-03-12) (aged 66) Isle of Mull, Scotland

Lesley Duncan (married name Lesley Cox; 12 August 1943 – 12 March 2010) was an English singer-songwriter, best known for her work during the 1970s. She received a lot of airplay on British radio stations such as BBC Radio 1 and BBC Radio 2, but never achieved great commercial success.

Duncan was born in Stockton-on-Tees. Her songs included "Everything Changes" and "Sing Children Sing". Elton John duetted with her in a version of "Love Song" similar to her own, on his album Tumbleweed Connection. She appeared onstage with John in a 1974 concert at the Royal Festival Hall to perform the duet once again. The live recording of "Love Song" was included on John's Here and There album. The version on Tumbleweed Connection remains one of the few songs composed solely by someone other than John and Bernie Taupin or one of their regular collaborators, to appear on a formal Elton John studio album.^{[citation needed]}

Duncan contributed backing vocals to Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon album as well as singing lead on the song "If I Could Change Your Mind" on the Alan Parsons Project album Eve. As well as writing and singing her own material, Duncan was a backing vocalist in the mid to late 1960s, most notably for Dusty Springfield and the The Walker Brothers. She can be seen on many of the performances featured in the BBC DVD "Dusty At The BBC". She co-wrote three songs with Scott Walker for the Walker Brothers.^{[citation needed]}

Lesley Cox (Duncan) died on 12 March 2010, on the Isle of Mull, Scotland, where she lived.

UK singles

• "I Want A Steady Guy" (as 'Lesley Duncan and the Jokers') b/w "Moving Away" - 1963 - Parlophone R5034
• "You Kissed Me Boy" b/w "Tell Me" - 1963 - Parlophone R5106
• "When My Baby Cries" b/w "Did It Hurt" - 1963 - Mercury MF830
• "Just For The Boy" b/w "See That Guy" - 1965 - Mercury MF847
• "Run To Love" b/w "Only The Lonely And Me" - 1965 - Mercury MF876
• "Hey Boy" b/w "I Go To Sleep" - 1966 - Mercury MF939
• "Lullaby" b/w "I Love You, I Love You" - 1968 - RCA 1746
• "A Road To Nowhere" b/w "Love Song" - 1969 - RCA 1783
• "Sing Children Sing" b/w "Exactly Who You Are" - 1969 - CBS 4585
• "Love Song" b/w "Exactly Who You Are" - 1970 - Columbia 4-45354
• "Sing Children Sing" - 1971 - CBS/64202 and Edsel/EDCD696
• "Sing Children Sing" b/w "Emma" - 1971 - CBS/S7493
• "Earth Mother" - 1972 - CBS/64807 and Edel/EDCD712
• "Earth Mother" b/w "Love Will Never Lose You" - 1972 - CBS/S8362
• "Watch The Tears" b/w "Sam" - 1974 - GM GMS 016
• "Everything Changes" b/w "Love Melts Away" - 1974 - GM GMS 022
• "I Can See Where I'm Going" b/w "Heaven Knows" - 1975 - GM GMS 036
• "Could've Been A Winner" b/w "Moonbathing" - 1975 - GM GMS 9040
• "Maybe It's Lost" b/w "Another Rainy Day" - 1977 - GM GMS 9046
• "The Sky's On Fire" b/w "Don't Worry 'Bout It" - 1977 - GM GMS 9048
• "The Magic's Fine" b/w "Paper Highways" - 1978 - GM GMS 9049
• "Sing Children Sing" b/w "Rainbow Games" - 1979 - CBS S8061 (Charity 45)
• "Masters Of War" b/w "Another Light Goes Out" - 1982 - Korova KOW 22
• "Tomorrow" b/w "Paper Highway" - 1986 - R4 FOR 4

UK albums

• 1969: Black Flower
• 1971: Sing Children Sing
• 1972: Earth Mother
• 1973: Reading Festival '73
• 1974: Everything Changes
• 1975: Moonbathing
• 1977: Maybe It's Lost
• 1980: Only You (from the album Exiled)

External links

• Website devoted to Lesley Duncan
• Lesley Duncan at the Internet Movie Database
• Lesley Duncan obituary by David V Barrett in The Guardian, 23 March 2010
• Lesley Duncan: singer and songwriter, obituary in The Times, March 29, 2010
• Lesley Duncan: Singer and songwriter who worked with Elton John and Pink Floyd, obituary by Richard Stanley in The Independent, 12 April 2010