Frankie Armstrong (born January 13, 1941 in Workington, Cumbria, England) is a singer and voice teacher. She moved to Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire as a young child. She began singing in a group with her brother singing Elvis Presley and Little Richard numbers, and in 1957 joined the Stort Valley Skiffle Group which a few years later changed its name to the the Ceilidh Singers as its repertoire moved towards folk music. The group founded the Hoddesdon Folk Club. January 13 is the 13th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the movie, see 1941 (film) 1941 (MCMXLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1941 calendar). ... Workington is a town on the west coast of Cumbria, England at the mouth of the River Derwent. ... Cumbria is a county in the North West region of England. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital London Largest city London Official language(s) English Government Constitutional monarchy  - Queen Queen Elizabeth II  - Prime Minister Tony Blair MP Unification    - by Athelstan AD927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi   - Water (%) Population... Hoddesdon is a commuter town in the English county of Hertfordshire, situated in the Lea Valley. ... Hertfordshire (pronounced Hartfordshire and abbreviated as Herts) is an inland county in the United Kingdom and part of the East of England Government Office region. ...

In 1963 she began working with Louis Killen and performing solo, then in 1964 she joined The Critics Group under Ewan MacColl, Peggy Seeger. In 1965 sang at the Edinburgh Festival "Poets In Public", with John Betjeman, Stevie Smith and Ted Hughes. Her first recording, in 1965, was at the invitation of Bert Lloyd wo as director of Topic Records was putting together a recording of erotic songs with Anne Briggs, released as 'The Bird in the Bush'. also known as The London Critics Group The Critics Group was a group of people who met to explore how best to apply the techniques of folk-music and drama to the folk revival under the direction of Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger, with some participation from Bert Lloyd and... Ewan MacColl (25 January 1915 - 22 October 1989) was an English folk singer, songwriter, socialist, actor, poet, playwright, and record producer. ... Peggy Seeger (New York City, New York, June 17, 1935 -) is an American folk singer who also achieved renown in Britain, where she lived for more than 30 years as the wife of songwriter Ewan MacColl. ... Sir John Betjeman CBE (28 August 1906–19 May 1984) was an English poet, writer and broadcaster who described himself in Whos Who as a poet and hack. He was born to a middle-class family in Edwardian London. ... Stevie Smith was a British poet and radio personality (September 20, 1902 - March 7, 1971). ... Edward James Hughes, OM, referred to normally as Ted Hughes, (August 17, 1930 – October 28, 1998) was an English poet and childrens writer. ... A. L. Bert Lloyd (1908-1982) was a British folksinger and collector of folk songs, and as such was a key figure in the folk music revival of the 1950s and 1960s. ... Topic Records began as an offshoot of the UK Communist Party in 1939. ... Anne Briggs 1973 album Sing a Song For You Anne Patricia Briggs (born 1944), known as Anne Briggs, is an English folk singer. ...

In the mid-1970s Armstrong pioneered workshops based on traditional styles of singing. She worked as a singer in the folk scene and the women's movement, and she was a trainer in social and youth work. Involved with folk and political songs starting in the 1950s, she has also performed and/or recorded with, amongst others, Blowzabella, the Mike Westbrook Band, Henry Cow, Ken Hyder's Talisker, John Kirkpatrick, Brian Pearson, Leon Rosselson and Maddy Prior. The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, inclusive. ... The 1950s were the decade that traditionally speaking, spanned the years 1950 through 1959. ... Mike Westbrook (b. ... Henry Cow performing in Fresnes, France, 16 November 1975 Left to right: Tim Hodgkinson, Lindsay Cooper, Dagmar Krause, John Greaves, Chris Cutler and Fred Frith Henry Cow was a British avant-garde rock group, founded at Cambridge University in 1968 by multi-instrumentalists Fred Frith and Tim Hodgkinson. ... John Kirkpatrick is an English player of free reed instruments In London John Kirkpatrick was born in 1947 in Chiswick, West London. ... Leon Rosselson (b. ... Maddy Prior is a British folk singer. ...

Discography

Solo

• 'Lovely on the Water', Topic 12TS 216, LP (1972)
• 'Songs and Ballads', Topic 12TS 273, LP (1975)
• 'Out of Love, Hope and Suffering', Bay 206, LP (1973)
• 'And the Music Plays So Grand', Bay Records BAY206, LP (1980)
• 'I Heard a Woman Singing', Fuse Records CF 389, LP (1985)
• 'Ways of Seeing', Harbour Town Records HAR009 (1990) - CD (1996)
• 'Till the Grass O'ergrew the Corn' (A collection of Child Ballads), (FECD 116)
• 'The Garden of Love', (Fellside Records[1] FECD 144)

The Child Ballads are a collection of 305 ballads from England and Scotland, and their American variants, collected by Francis James Child. ...

Colaborations

• 'The Bird in the Bush', Topic - with A.L. Lloyd and Anne Briggs
• 'My Song is My Own' Plane Lable TPL 0001 (1980) - with Sandra Kerr, Alison McMorland and Kathy Henderson
• 'Nuclear Power No Thanks', Plane Lable IMP2, LP (1981) - with Roy Bailey, Martin Carthy, Ron Elliott, Howard Evans, Chris Foster, Sandra Kerr, John Kirkpatrick, Alison MacMorland, Brian Pearson, Geoff Pearson, Leon Rosselson, & Roger Williams
• 'Tam Lin', Plant Life PLR 063, LP (1984) - with Brian Pearson, Blowzabella and Jon Gillaspie
• 'My Song is My Own' Plane Lable TPL 0001 (1980) - with Sandra Kerr, Alison McMorland and Kathy Henderson
• 'Let No One Deceive You - the songs of Bertold Brecht' (1992) by Dave Van Ronk, The Red Onion Jazz Band and others. Recorded in the USA but apparently never available in UK, even as an import.
• 'Fair Moon Rejoices', Harbour Town Records HARCD027 (1997) - with Joan Mills, Biddy Wells, Peter Stacey, Ben Lawrence, Geoff Haynes and Darien Pritchard
• 'Darkest Before the Dawn', Harbour Town Records HARCD 045 - with Sarah Harman & Shanee Taylor

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Reissues

• 'Lovely on the Water', a reissue of Frankie's first solo LP, with extra tracks from the 1960s & 1970s (FECD 151).

• 'Ways of Seeing' (solo, duo and group apace women's voices HARCD 009).
• 'I Heard a Woman Singing', a reissue by Rounder Records, USA (CD FF 332) of an early 80s LP of Frankie's, is distributed in Britain by Topic Records.
• 'The Bird in the Bush', (TSCD 479) with additional material from Louis Killen and Norman Kennedy.

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Books

• 'My Song is My Own', Kathy Henderson, Frankie Armstrong and Sandra Kerr. London: Pluto Press, 1979. One hundred traditional and composed women's songs from the British Isles, with select bibliography and discography.
• Autobiography 'As Far as The Eye Can Sing', edited by Jenny Pearson, published by Women's Press in 1992 (ISBN 0-7043-4294-4)
• 'Well Tuned Women: Growing Strong through Voice Work', co-edited with Jenny Pearson, containing essays from leading international women voice trainers and artists, is also published by Women's Press (ISBN 0-7043-4649-4).

External links

• Web site

• Folk Music Index

• Tam Lin Balladry