LATEST NEWS

NEW RELEASE - JACKIE'S 1975 ALBUM ON CD FOR THE FIRST TIME

Copies are now available from the Zone website.

From Karl

I am just back from a nice week with Jackie & Colin in Spain.  We had a pre birthday lunch and dinner for Jackie.  Here is a photograph I took of her.

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Advance orders are being taken for the cd from the beginning of September through Zone Records www.zonerecordsltd.com - Zone 1014.
Thanks are due to Paul Howes (Of The Dusty Springfield Bulletin) for his efforts in securing the release of the cd.

Track Listing - Can't give it up

 1. Everybody Rejoice
 2. You Make Me Feel Brand New
 3. Can't Give It Up No More
 4. You Are The Sunshine Of My Life / Then Came You
 5. Didn't I Say I Love You
 6. My Love
 7. I Honestly Love You
 8. Purely By Coincidence
 9. From The Inside
10. If You Believe
11. Just A Little Piece Of You
bonus tracks
12. Come Home, My Love
13. I'm Gonna Build My World Around You
14. The Warmth Of Your Love
15. Positive Thinking
16. Moving On (from the musical The Card)
17. Send In The Clowns (from the musical A Little Night Music)

ALBUM RE-RELEASE

Jackie's 1975 album Can't Give It Up makes its CD debut in October, please check discography for full details.

RICHARD SHELTON

We are happy to add Richard Shelton's website to our Links page. Richard has recently released a CD entitled Top Cat and it's a terrific CD.

PHONE CALL FROM STUART GILLIES

For some time I have been trying to track the whereabouts of singer Stuart Gillies and with the help of Barry Watson (a friend of Jackie's) I succeeded.
You may remember Stuart had several hits in the 70's with "Amanda" and "For My Love" and has a very rich and powerful voice. Anyway, last week Stuart called me to say he had received my letter and he is doing fine and singing on cruise liners, he re-located to Jersey some years ago and that's when things went quiet regarding news.
Stuart does not have a website so I offered to add a little piece here and hopefully soon we will have a picture to add.

NEW RELEASE FROM JAPAN

The Jackie Trent & Tony Hatch album "Live For Love" is being released on cd for the first time on May 30.
CDUniverse are taking orders for this cd.

Gene Pitney 1941-2006

Radio Interview

Jackie was interviewed by BBC Radio Humberside on Saturday 25th March 2006.  If you were not in the region, you were able to hear it via the Internet.

Reissue of the Pye Anthology

This reissue of the Pye Anthology is due for release March 27th.  The tracks are the same as the previous release but the sleeve notes have been updated, the website has been added to the notes and there is also a new catalogue number.
CMDDD 1272.  It is now on the discography on this site and the sleeve can be found in the display of CD sleeves..

Jackie's Recording Session

Hello Folks,
Just a few weeks ago I spent a few days with Jackie in Croydon as she was completing work on her new cd.  This was my first experience of seeing someone at work in a studio and it was a great time for me (even although Jackie declined my offer of doing backing vocals!)!!!  A lot of hard work goes into making a record and Jackie was in great voice, her song selection was excellent and this is going to be a superb CD.  During the time I was with Jackie I took several pictures of her.  Below, you can see one of her at work in the studio - the others we will add at a later date.  I also had the pleasure of meeting Colin, Jackie's new husband and between the two of them they were excellent hosts.
Please check back soon for more news!

 
Jackie and Colin will become husband and wife on November 24.
 
Here's wishing them every happiness in their life together.

A newspaper article about the two of them can be found here published in The Sentinel.

New CD

New cd released on January 16.  It is a straight re-release of the Pye Anthology - Where Are You Now 2 cd set with a new catalogue number.  (Additional news Sanctuary has contacted us  and the release is now early March due to updates on the sleeve notes - addition of the website etc.)

The 'other' Jackie Trent 

If anyone checks EBay for any Jackie Trent records and notices one called "Little Andy", please be advised this IS NOT the British Jackie Trent (of Jackie Trent & Tony Hatch) but an American male country singer.  This record puzzled both Jackie and myself for some time until I did some checking on the title.

HATCHBOX - TONY HATCH 6CD SET

On March 21 a new 6 cd set was released featuring the following albums with 
the sleeves reproduced in miniature.
 
CD1 The Tony Hatch Sound
CD2 A Latin Happening
CD3 Beautiful In The Rain
CD4 The Two Of Us (with Jackie Trent)
CD5 Sounds Of The Seventies
CD6 Hit The Road To Themeland
 
This is a truly wonderful release as it includes the album "The Two Of Us" 
(for track list please the the album discography).
 
There are some stunning tracks on the Instrumental albums including Jackie's 
number one "Where Are You Now", also Jackie's "When Summertime Is Over" plus 
"Beautiful In The Rain", "You'd Better Come Home" and "Call Me" all 
recorded by Petula Clark.
 
It's too bad Tony's "Hits Symphonic" album was not included as it is a 
superb album, instead a later album "Hit The Road To Themeland" is included in the 
set. 
 
An excellent addition to any collector of quality music!

Jackie Trent Scholarship

Jackie set up the "Jackie Trent Scholarship" last year, to be awarded annually to a member of Stoke-on-Trent AOS Youth Section, who is about to go to drama/performing arts school in the following year. It is a bursary of £2000 which is to help towards tuition fees, etc., needed to pursue a career in music/musical theatre. It is Jackie's way of putting back something into the community where she grew up.

For this year it is awarded to 19 year old Robert Smith, who played "Simeon" in Rock Nativity. He has previously played "Riff" in West Side Story, "John" in the Hired Man, "Will Parker" in Oklahoma! and many other smaller parts. He has a superb voice, is an excellent actor and a tremendous dancer.

LATEST NEWS FROM JACKIE - OCTOBER 29 2004
 
Jackie has just called me with two pieces of great news!
 
Firstly she will be recording a new album around January/February and secondly she has agreed to go on tour with a concert called "Here Come The Girls" with Billie Davis and Lyn Paul (Of The New Seekers).
So far 41 dates have been mentioned so as soon as I find out towns, venues etc; I will let you know, keep checking back for the latest news!

PS The "Here Come The Girls" tour did in fact not materialise. 

Jackie's Australian Tour April/May 2004

A Flyer for the Australian concert tour.
Thanks to Charles Bures for sending it

Paul Hunt sent us this review

Over the years, Jackie Trent has not received the critical acclaim befitting her wide-ranging vocal talents.
To some extent, this was due to her close professional association with her now ex-husband, Tony Hatch. Together they wrote some monumental hits for various artists, notably, Petula Clark.
But tonight she demonstrated why she should take pride of place in her own right alongside other chart-topping female vocalists from Great Britain such as Cilla Black and Dusty Springfield.
Apart from reeling off the string of hits she wrote for Petula Clark, she invited Barry Crocker to the stage for an impromptu duet of another of her Australian hits, the theme song from the TV show, Neighbours.
She performed an elegant and poignant version of Sondheim’s Send In The Clowns, a song which these days has assumed anthem status more than just a contemporary pop song.
Despite her self-confessed age of sixty-something, her voice is as strong as ever.
After letting us know she took out Australian citizenship in 1995, she concluded the performance with her spine- tingling musical adaptation of Dorothea Mc Kellar’s I Love A Sunburnt Country… a fitting tribute from one of our favourite adopted daughters.

Vicki sent us a message to say how much she enjoyed the concert.  Jackie sang the following songs - among others:

Downtown
Don't sleep in the subway
Send in the clowns
Colour my world
Two of us
From a distance
Thank you for loving me
My Country the song based on 'I love a sunburnt country'
Neighbours
and a Reba Mcintyre song

Live and TV appearances - Here are some of the dates:

April 9th - Rooty Hill RSL
April 10th - Canterbury Hurdstone Park RSL
April 24th - Bank Town Sports Club
May 15th - Blacktown Workers Club

TWO NEW CD'S FEATURING JACKIE
 
Sanctuary records have two new issues by Tony Hatch which feature a song or two by Jackie.
 
"DOWNTOWN - THE BEST OF TONY HATCH"  features Jackie & Tony on the tv theme "Mr. & Mrs".
 
"THE ESSENTIAL TONY HATCH" (Grooves Hits & Themes)
 
This recently released 3cd set has some excellent tracks.
Disc 2 features the vocalists and Jackie can be found singing the following 
songs;-
7.10 From Suburbia
Where Are You Now
The Two Of Us (with Tony Hatch)
My Love
Disc 3:-
Mr. & Mrs. (Be Nice To Each Other - with Tony Hatch)
 
Both releases are at an excellent price!

JACKIE SINGS IN GERMAN
New cd from Bear Family Records
1000 NADELSTICHE VOL 10 - UK GIRLS
Two tracks from Jackie including "Bye Bye My Love" (Auf Wiedersehn) and
"Alles Okay" (Send Her Away).

Barry Watson the musician who bought Jackie's 'Roller'
Barry  bought a Rolls Royce Silver Shadow that used to belong to Jackie and it turns out he built his own recording studio and recorded an album.  You can see his website here http://www.barrybwm.plus.com.