Polly Brown
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Polly Brown (also spelled Browne) is a singer whose work on the British pop/rock and disco scenes brought her some international fame in the 1970s. In her native England, she became a very familiar voice, both as a member of Pickettywitch and Sweet Dreams, and as a solo act later in the decade. Brown was born in Birmingham, England in 1947, and was an aspiring singer in her teens. She was a founding member of the bubblegum group Pickettywitch in 1969, which enjoyed several major hits in England and was a popular draw on television as well, and for three years she fronted this group. In 1972, however, after a year of declining sales and receding fortunes, Brown left Pickettywitch and later became part of a group called Sweet Dreams, where she enjoyed a hit with their cover of ABBA's &"Honey Honey." She spent a couple of years with Sweet Dreams and released her first and only solo album in the middle of the decade. Her 1973 solo single &"So Much in Love" was something of a throwback to an early-'60s girl group sound, but Brown later moved into a disco mode, and enjoyed a short string of U.K. hits, one of which -- &"Up in a Puff of Smoke" -- made the U.S. top 20. In the three decades since, Brown has continued to sing and also author songs. In 1995, the RPM label released Bewitched: The Polly Brown Story, which encompassed her work with Pickettywitch and Sweet Dreams, as well as her solo releases. Bruce Eder, All Music Guide
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