Gabrielle (singer)

Louise Gabrielle Bobb ( London , April 16 1970 ) is a British singer who acts under the name Gabrielle.

Gabrielle had the birth name Louise Bobb. When she began her singing career she took on the stage name Gabrielle.

Gabrielle earned early 90s living as a secretary, but at night she performed extensively in clubs and bars in London. With her soulful voice was not long before she was discovered by producers for a gramophone recording. In 1991 she made ​​a demo of 'Dreams', where she 'Fast Car' by Tracy Chapman sampled. The single was not officially released because Tracy had not given its consent, but illegal copies of it were played a lot on London's dance stations and in clubs. Two years later, 'Dreams' readmitted (now without sample) and officially released. The result was a UK number 1 hit and a Dutch top 10 listing.

Gabrielle had at least one striking characteristic: her eyepatch. She had really need because they already since her birth a " lazy eye "has. She did not want surgery and an eyepatch found are nice tough. It became her trademark.

After the success of 'Dreams' Gabrielle took it easy. She became a mother, she took a sabbatical and only came back in 1996 with new work. That was not nearly as successful as her debut single, but her status as one of the best British soul singers were there confirmed.

In late 1999, she released her third album, 'Rise'. The title track of it was in the spring of 2000 a fairly big hit in the Netherlands; it was in Britain Gabrielle's second No. 1 hit. The eye patch she had been lost, but a lock of hair strategically about her lazy eye still hung blocked a look at that now mysterious eye. In 2007 she is lazy eye already lost (she's only gone under the knife), and lock of hair is gone.