Jazz Articles about Madeline Bell

Madeline Bell: Blessed

by Dave Nathan
December 1, 2000

Madeline Bell was born in New Jersey where she was influenced early on by Sam Cooke, sang on street corners, in talent shows and at local clubs. She became part of one of the more popular gospel groups in the country, the Alex Bradford Singers. But it wasn't until she moved to England in 1962 that her career really started to take off. A background singer with Dusty Springfield, she eventually joined a popular English Rock group, the Blue Minks, ...