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Dana Gillespie

Dana Gillespie a British actress and Singer, was a music lover from an early age. She was dressing all in black at the age of 13, had her own flat in her parents' basement at 15. Her first boyfriend was David Bowie. Bowie taught her to play the guitar when they were in school together and later recorded together. She was also one-time British Junior Water-Skiing Champion, South Kensington's Dana Gillespie was hardly your average teenager.

In '65, she swapped her skies for a micro- phone after being discovered singing at the Marquee club in London by arch-folkie Donovan and started dating her. Dana first met Dylan on his 1965 English tour when she was 16. They saw each other whenever he came to England and built an enduring friendship.
   1968    
  with Bob Dylan 1965
 with David Bowie 1970        
                   
Three 45's cut for Pye between '65 and '67 included songs written by Carter & Lewis and The Hollies, whilst Donovan himself had written "You Just Gotta Know My Mind" in '65. Recorded in the U.S. by Karen Verros that same year, Dana's storming version didn't appear until late '68, by which time she had switched to Decca.     Some of her recordings as a teenager fell into the teen pop category, such as the 1966 single "Thank You Boy", produced by Jimmy Page who she also had a relationship with.

After a high-profile, Bowie-associated period during the early 70's, Dana switched to serious blues. She had a relationship with Mick Jagger in 1976. In 1997, her revamped band opened for Bob Dylan's UK tour". In 1998, Dylan rang asking her to support him on tour. When asked why, he replied “Because you’re a great songwriter and you’ve always been nice.” To Gillespie, Dylan will always be the perfect gentleman. “He’s amusing, he’s spiritual.

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[info]lynxolita

September 1 2010, 16:19:43 UTC 1 year ago

Wow great post! Dana is beautiful. She had great taste in men as well!

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[info]dancas

September 1 2010, 19:26:04 UTC 1 year ago

Tell me about it, Look at this video, Shes only sixteen here for crying out loud! Their strangly massive!

[info]ladydisgrace

September 1 2010, 19:07:22 UTC 1 year ago

I've never heard or seen this lady before but she is quite the looker! And yeah.. her tits!

[info]midniterose

September 2 2010, 03:49:28 UTC 1 year ago

She has such a "mature" singing voice for a then 16 year old. Was that song her most popular song?

[info]dancas

September 2 2010, 12:16:21 UTC 1 year ago

I don't think so. She did backing vocals on the track "It Ain't Easy" of David Bowie, and she is a close friend of Angela. Not sure about songs but album "Weren't Born a Man" I think is her most famous one.

[info]kofferfraulein

September 2 2010, 22:37:39 UTC 1 year ago

How lucky! To have a separate apartment at 15 in the right place at the right time.

[info]little_queenies

September 8 2010, 09:47:11 UTC 1 year ago

she was amazingly beautiful, many thanks for sharing :) so tallented too!

[info]little_queenies

September 10 2010, 17:45:11 UTC 1 year ago

In the pic with David Bowie she reminds us Bebe Buell :)
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