Friday on my Mind 245: Let’s Slip Away. You’ll Answer To Me. RIP Cleo Laine
Posted in 1960s, Events dear boy. Events, Friday On My Mind, Music at 12:00 on 1 August 2025
Feted jazz singer Cleo Laine also died this week. I have never been much into jazz and as a consequence never really paid much attention to her career beyond being aware of her from TV appearances and the like but I knew she was a big influence on the jazz world.
However, I always liked the description of jazz in the TV series The Beiderbecke Affair as falling into three kinds: “cool”; “hot”; or “when does the tune start.”
As far as I can see Laine only had two singles which could be described as UK hits, both from 1960.
The first was co-written by David Dearlove and Laine’s second husband and longtime musical collaborator Johnny Dankworth.
Cleo Laine: Let’s Slip Away
The second is more “pop”py, perhaps unsurprisingly as it was written by Hal David (more famous for his work with Burt Bacharach) along with Sherman Edwards.
Cleo Laine: You’ll Answer To Me
Clementine Dinah Bullock (Cleo Laine): 27/10/1927 – 24/7/2025. So it goes.
Tags: Burt Bacharach, Cleo Laine, Hal David, Johnny Dankworth, Let’s Slip Away, Sherman Edwards, The Beiderbecke Affair, You’ll Answer To Me
