Yvonne Keeley
Biography
Yvonne Keeley (born Yvonne Paaij, 6 September 1952) is a Dutch pop music singer. She is the sister of Patricia Paay. She began her career as a session singer in the music industry in London, working with Madeline Bell and Vicki Brown. She was the girlfriend of Steve Harley of Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel, and sang on the 1975 hit, "Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)". The couple lived together in London from 1973 to 1979. Most notably she performed as a duet with Scott Fitzgerald on the song "If I Had Words", which reached number 3 in the UK Singles Chart and Australia in 1978. It was also a hit in Ireland, New Zealand, Belgium, the Netherlands and Scandinavia and sold more than a million copies. Keeley was part of the group the Star Sisters which was popular in the Netherlands during the 1980s. She also worked as radio presenter at the Dutch regional broadcaster Radio Rijnmond.
Bio from Wikipedia
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Credited work
211 releases · 26 albums · active 1975–2025
- Performance · 205
- Other credits · 50
- Mastering · 4
Studios: Abbey Road Studios · EMI Studios · Air Studios · Scorpio Studios
Frequent collaborators
- Patricia Paay
- Steve Harley And Cockney Rebel
- The Star Sisters
- Stars On 45
- Steve Harley
- Neil Innes
- Duncan Mackay
- Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel