This morning on Vernon Kay’s BBC Radio 2 show the fabulous Elkie Brooks performed today - on her 80th birthday! - for Radio 2 ...

Elkie Brooks has recalled her boozy antics back in the day and needed some dutch courage before performing in front of ...

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Sixty years into her storied career, Elkie Brooks has added a raft of additional new dates to her Long Farewell Tour due to ...

To mark her 80th birthday, Elkie Brooks looks back on some of her finest-ever performances at the BBC, including such hits as Pearl’s a Singer, No More the Fool and Lilac Wine. Show more To mark her ...