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Despite her powerful, no-prisoners-taken voice, Helen Shapiro was still merely a fourteen year-old schoolgirl in a gymslip when she exploded onto the UK Pop scene in 1961. Helen enjoyed almost unprecedented initial success, her first four discs - 'Don't Treat Me Like A Child', 'You Don't Know', 'Walkin' Back To Happiness' and 'Tell Me What He Said' - reaching #3, #1, #1, and #2 in the UK respectively. She quickly became established as a major international star, notably in Europe, The Middle East and Australia, and global sales of her early 45s all topped a million. This compilation features her first seven singles, the Jazzy Helen EP, and the Tops With Me LP, all of which were substantial UK and worldwide?hits during 1961-62. Helen went on to enjoy a long, full career, later appearing in cabaret and stage musicals, and enjoying a couple of decades as a respected Jazz singer, before eventually turning to Gospel music after becoming a Messianic Jew.
