# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/linda-lewis
# Generated: 2026-08-14T19:28:48.017Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/linda-lewis"
name: "Linda Lewis"
slug: "linda-lewis"
description: "Linda Ann Fredericks, better known as Linda Lewis. In 1973, Lewis became the first Black British female singer-songwriter to enter the UK Singles Chart when her self-written single “Rock-a-Doodle-Doo” reached number 15. Linda Lewis was an English singer, songwriter and musician. She is best known for the singles \"Rock-a-Doodle-Doo\" (1973) and her version of Betty Everett's \"The Shoop Shoop Song\" (1975). Her discography includes solo albums, Lark (1972), Not a Little Girl Anymore (1975), Woman Overboard (1977), and the later Second Nature (1995), which became successful in countries such as Japan. Lewis also provided backing vocals for other artists, including David Bowie, Al Kooper, Cat Stevens, Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel, Rick Wakeman, Rod Stewart, Stomu Yamashta, Peter Bardens, Hummingbird, Joan Armatrading and Jamiroquai."
tagline: "British musician (1950–2023)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Linda_Lewis.png?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1950-09-27"
deathDate: "2023-05-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.98
  momentum:             0
  historical:           13.91862
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/Linda__Lewis"
    handle:    "Linda__Lewis"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/oldsmokey"
    handle:    "oldsmokey"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0507470/"
    handle:    "nm0507470"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.lindalewis.co.uk/"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "ليندا لويس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7_%D9%84%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "ليندا لويس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7_%D9%84%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%B3"
    title: "لیندا لویس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_Lewis"
    title: "Linda Lewis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_Lewis"
    title: "Linda Lewis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_Lewis"
    title: "Linda Lewis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_Lewis"
    title: "Linda Lewis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7_%D9%84%D9%88%D8%A6%DB%8C%D8%B3"
    title: "لیندا لوئیس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_Lewis"
    title: "Linda Lewis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_Lewis"
    title: "Linda Lewis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_Lewis"
    title: "Linda Lewis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AA%E3%83%B3%E3%83%80%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AB%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B9"
    title: "リンダ・ルイス"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_Lewis"
    title: "Linda Lewis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_Lewis_(piosenkarka)"
    title: "Linda Lewis (piosenkarka)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/f3fae145-1e37-4fab-813d-c6f2778da373"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1396251"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2341302"
    title: "Linda Lewis"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump