P.P. Arnold

THE FIRST CUT IS THE DEEPEST - Immediate UK 1967 (Written by Cat Stevens)
ANGEL OF THE MORNING
Everything's Gonna Be Alright

One time member of the Ikettes and girlfriend of Mick Jagger. Patricia (Pat) Arnold did a few interesting songs: A duet with Rod Stewart - Come Home Baby and The Time Has Come, (If You Think ) You're Groovy but her biggest hit was The First Cut Is The Deepest. Because it was classed as pop and written by Cat Stevens a lot of soul folks put it down, consequently it got few plays at the Twisted Wheel.

The Blue Note, however, was different. They used to play The First Cut Is The Deepest and Angel Of The Morning her follow up, on a regular basis. In general the club favoured a wide range of Soul and blues and great American music, whereas the 'Wheel' criteria was always to keep the dance floor boiling.

P P Arnold's backing group was The Nice (featuring Keith Emerson Palmer). She recently toured the UK with Roger Waters (Pink Floyd) - her voice was the distinctive wailing sound on Dark Side of the Moon. She also appeared on the TV sitcom Absolutely Fabulous as herself - representing a sixties' icon.

Sherryl Crow did a version of The First Cut Is The Deepest and so did Rod Stewart. P.P was quite dismissive of Crow's version when she 'rocked' it out on tour in the UK in 2003. We think P.P Arnold is absolutely brilliant - always did, always will.