Florence Rawlings

Florence Rawlings (born 26 September 1988) is a British singer from South London, England. She first met Dramatico Entertainment chairman Mike Batt when she was 13 years old. He was auditioning female vocalists, and two of them stood out to him: one was Florence and the other was Katie Melua.[1] Batt signed Melua, but as Florence was so young, it was agreed that she should finish her studies before embarking on her professional career.[2] On completing her A level exams, Florence signed to Batt's Dramatico label.

Performances

Rawlings made a special appearance in 2008 with Mike Batt at the Stuttgart Jazz Open. She returned to the event the following year for a performance at the Bix Club and made a guest appearance at the concert given by Katie Melua with Mike Batt conducting the Stuttgart Philharmonic[3]

In the UK, Rawlings was booked to perform at several festivals in 2009 including The Isle of Wight Festival (her performance opened the festival),[4] Wireless Festival,[5] and Guilfest.[6] She performed as support for Booker T at Bush Hall in Shepherd's Bush, London.[7]

Rawlings toured the UK and Europe in Autumn/Winter 2009 as support act for Tom Jones on his "24 Hours" European Tour.[8]

She performed her first headlining show at Bush Hall in Shepherd's Bush, London on 24 February 2010.[9]

She appeared as a support singer, not credited, in Clean Bandit's cover of Royals from Lorde, in January 2014. She again met up with the group to perform 'Extraordinary' as a lead singer at the Capital Summertime Ball in June 2014, and again to perform as a lead singer with the group for their entire set at Reading and Leeds Festivals in August 2014. She toured with the band from 2013 to 2016.

Discography

Album: "A Fool In Love" Dramatico, 2009

  • Wouldn't Treat A Dog (Walsh/Barri/Price/Omartia)
  • The Only Woman In The World (Mike Batt)
  • Riverboat (Allen Toussaint)
  • Jump On The Wagon (Mike Batt)
  • Wolf Man (Mike Batt)
  • A Fool In Love (Ike Turner)
  • Hard To Get (Mike Batt)
  • Can't Hold Your Hand (Mike Batt)
  • Take Me In Your Arms And Love Me (Strong/Penzabene/Grant)
  • Can't Catch Me (Chuck Berry)
  • A Dollar Of My Pain (Mike Batt)
  • Love Can Be A Battlefield (Mike Batt)

References
  1. Hurley, James (16 October 2009). "Introducing Florence Rawlings". MSN. Archived from the original on 22 September 2009. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
  2. "Alleyns School". Edwardalleynclub.com. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
  3. "Jazzopen Stuttgart: Jazzopen Stuttgart". Jazzopen.com. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
  4. Archived 19 July 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  6. "GuilFest Forum //". Guilfest.co.uk. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
  7. + niceTime(v.created_at) +. "Music in London – Gigs and live music – Time Out London". Time Out. Archived from the original on 14 October 2012. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
  8. "Twenty year old Florence Rawlings to support Tom Jones on European Tour". Buzzin Pop Music. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
  9. Archived 29 March 2010 at the Wayback Machine
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