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Also known as Helen Kate Shapiro

British singer and actress

Person · Open Library

Works
4

Top works

  • Walking Back to Happiness
  • Walking back to happiness
  • Simply Shapiro (KAT0003)
  • Engines of growth

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Female
Origin
United Kingdom
Active from
1946-09-28
britishenglishjazzpopuk

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
121,811
Total plays
794,115

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Helen Kate Shapiro (born 28 September 1946) is an English pop singer, jazz singer and actress. She is best known for her 1960s UK chart toppers, "You Don't Know" and "Walkin' Back to Happiness". Shapiro was born at Bethnal Green Hospital in the East End district of Bethnal Green, London. Her early childhood was spent in a Clapton council house in the London borough of Hackney, where she attended Northwold Primary School and Clapton Park Comprehensive School until Christmas 1961. <a href="https:

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Helen
Family name
Shapiro
Gender
female
Citizenship
United Kingdom
Place of birth
Bethnal Green
Occupation
film actor
Languages spoken
English language
Genre
jazz
Instrument
voice
Record label
Pye Records
Image
Helen Shapiro (1963).jpg
Voice type
contralto
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date of birth
1946-09-28
Commons category
Helen Shapiro
start of work period
1961-00-00
name in native language
Helen Shapiro
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