Florence Rawlings
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.jpg) Rawlings in 2014 | |
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| Born | 26 September 1988 South London, England |
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| Years active | 2007–present |
Spouse | Marc Edwards |
Florence Rawlings (born 26 September 1988) is an English singer-songwriter who is formerly touring member for the band Clean Bandit from 2013 to 2016.
Early career
[edit]Rawlings first met Dramatico Entertainment chairman Mike Batt when she was 13 years old. He was auditioning female vocalists, and two of them stood out to him: one was Florence and the other was Katie Melua.[1] Batt signed Melua, but as Florence was so young, it was agreed that she should finish her studies before embarking on her professional career.[2][3] On completing her A-level exams, Florence signed to Batt's Dramatico label.
Performances
[edit]Rawlings made a special appearance in 2008 with Mike Batt at the Stuttgart Jazz Open. She returned to the event the following year for a performance at the Bix Club and made a guest appearance at the concert given by Katie Melua with Mike Batt conducting the Stuttgart Philharmonic[4]
In the UK, Rawlings was booked to perform at several festivals in 2009 including The Isle of Wight Festival (her performance opened the festival),[5] Wireless Festival,[6] and Guilfest.[7] She performed as support for Booker T at Bush Hall in Shepherd's Bush, London.[8]
Rawlings toured the UK and Europe in Autumn/Winter 2009 as support act for Tom Jones on his "24 Hours" European Tour.[9]
She performed her first headlining show at Bush Hall in Shepherd's Bush, London on 24 February 2010.[10]
She appeared as a support singer, not credited, in Clean Bandit's cover of Royals from Lorde, in January 2014. She again met up with the group to perform 'Extraordinary' as a lead singer at the Capital Summertime Ball in June 2014, and again to perform as a lead singer with the group for their entire set at Reading and Leeds Festivals in August 2014. She toured with the band from 2013 to 2016.
Discography
[edit]Album: A Fool In Love Dramatico, 2009
- "I Wouldn't Treat a Dog (The Way You Treated Me)" (Walsh/Barri/Price/Omartian)
- "The Only Woman in the World" (Mike Batt)
- "Riverboat" (Allen Toussaint)
- "Jump on the Wagon" (Mike Batt)
- "Wolf Man" (Mike Batt)
- "A Fool in Love" (Ike Turner)
- "Hard To Get" (Mike Batt)[11]
- "Can't Hold Your Hand" (Mike Batt)
- "Take Me in Your Arms and Love Me" (Strong/Penzabene/Grant)
- "Can't Catch Me" (Chuck Berry)
- "A Dollar of My Pain" (Mike Batt)
- "Love Can Be a Battlefield" (Mike Batt)
References
[edit]- ↑ Hurley, James (16 October 2009). "Introducing Florence Rawlings". MSN. Archived from the original on 22 September 2009. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
- ↑ "Alleyns School". Edwardalleynclub.com. Archived from the original on 20 May 2010. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
- ↑ "Florence Rawlings A Fool in Love". Archived from the original on 21 December 2009. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
- ↑ "Jazzopen Stuttgart: Jazzopen Stuttgart". Jazzopen.com. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
- ↑ Archived 19 July 2009 at the Wayback Machine
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- ↑ "GuilFest Forum //". Guilfest.co.uk. Archived from the original on 19 August 2014. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
- ↑ + niceTime(v.created_at) +. "Music in London – Gigs and live music – Time Out London". Time Out. Archived from the original on 14 October 2012. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
- ↑ "Twenty year old Florence Rawlings to support Tom Jones on European Tour". Buzzin Pop Music. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
- ↑ Archived 29 March 2010 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "Florence Rawlings: Hard To Get (Single)". Music.uk. 13 August 2009. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
External links
[edit]- MySpace page
- TMF meets Florence Rawlings, The Music Fix.co.uk
- Introducing Florence Rawlings, Female First.co.uk
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