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Title: R.I.P. Cleo Sylvestre!
Post by Sleepy City on Sep 22^nd, 2024 at 1:55am

Sad news!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn8jg8dgy12o

(I wish I'd been kinder about her singing in my book now!)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHqI8PxMlMA

Title: Re: R.I.P. Cleo Sylvestre!
Post by Goo on Sep 22^nd, 2024 at 5:55am

She was good rip

Title: Re: R.I.P. Cleo Sylvestre!
Post by ronnie-woody on Sep 22^nd, 2024 at 6:04am

Idk why but I never knew she was a background singer for the early Stones :o :-[ I just thought she was Mick's first actual girlfriend...
It's sad to hear she passed tho...

Title: Re: R.I.P. Cleo Sylvestre!
Post by Voodoo Chile in Wonderland on Sep 22^nd, 2024 at 12:34pm

Sleepy City wrote on Sep 22^nd, 2024 at 1:55am:

(I wish I'd been kinder about her singing in my book now!)

See it this way, both had Andrew Loog Oldham producing, the Stones are the Stones and nowadays nobody remember Cleo

Title: Re: R.I.P. Cleo Sylvestre!
Post by Voodoo Chile in Wonderland on Sep 22^nd, 2024 at 1:03pm

A header for Cleo

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/09/21/18/89945445-13876791-image-a-9_1726940417082.jpg
In memory of Cleo Silvestre (1945 - 2024) © NI posted by Mick

Title: Re: R.I.P. Cleo Sylvestre!
Post by Voodoo Chile in Wonderland on Sep 22^nd, 2024 at 1:07pm

Title: Re: R.I.P. Cleo Sylvestre!
Post by Sleepy City on Sep 23^rd, 2024 at 1:03am

Voodoo Chile in Wonderland wrote on Sep 22^nd, 2024 at 12:34pm:

See it this way, both had Andrew Loog Oldham producing, the Stones are the Stones and nowadays nobody remember Cleo

This is what I wrote...

TO KNOW HIM IS TO LOVE HIM - Cleo
(Spector)
[rec. 02/01/64 - Regent Sound Studios, London]
With Andrew Oldham increasingly seeing himself as England’s answer to Phil Spector, he booked the group including Stu for at least one session of non-Stones recordings, resulting in a couple of interesting Stones-related singles. Cleo Sylvestre, later a highly respected actress, was a black teenage friend and fan of the band, so for her debut single Andrew went for The Teddy Bears’ classic 1958 song ‘To Know Him Is To Love Him’ - a group that had featured Phil Spector. Trouble is, she was a far better actress than a singer, and despite Andrew and the band’s best attempts, the record makes painful listening today.

Title: Re: R.I.P. Cleo Sylvestre!
Post by Factory Girl on Oct 11^th, 2024 at 4:56pm

In general, the Stones chew people up and spit them out. They are beautiful, brilliant and destructive. They are the Midnight Rambler; Gimme Shelter and Sympathy for the Devil.