P.P. Arnold

P.P. Arnold is an American soul singer who earned international solo success after she moved to England in the 1960s and made records with several popular rock artists, including Steve Marriott and Ronnie Lane from the Small Faces, with whom she toured in 1967-68. She also sang with them on their recordings "Itchycoo Park" and "Tin Soldier." Born in Los Angeles, she sang gospel with her family and performed solos in church. In the early 1960s, she auditioned and won a spot with the Ike & Tina Turner Revue and went with them to perform in England. There, she discovered the thriving music scene and Mick Jagger encouraged her to embark on a solo career. Signed to the Immediate label, she sang with Rod Stewart on his single "Come Home Baby" and Chris Marlowe on "Reach Out (I'll Be There)." She cut her own singles and "The First Cut Is the Deepest" reached number 18 on the Singles Chart in 1967. "The Time Has Come" went to number 47 the same year and in 1968   "(If You Think You're) Groovy" peaked at number 41 with "Angel of the Morning" hitting number 29. Later singles included "A Little Pain" (1985), which went to number 93, "Burn It Up" (1988), which reached number 14, and "Different Drum"(1998), which peaked at number 80. She has performed on the stage in productions such as Starlight Express and Once On This Island, and she's released several compilation albums including Greatest Hits (1978), P.P. Arnold Collection (1991), The First Cut: The Immediate Anthology (2001), The Best of P.P. Arnold (2002) and Angel of the Morning (2007). Another album, The Turning Tide—featuring recordings from the late 1960s to early 1970s—came out in 2017 with tour dates set for England and Scotland. The 2LP release Soul Survivor – A Life In Song came out in February 2025 and followed her 2022 autobiography Soul Survivor.