Lala Brooks

When Lala Brooks was fourteen, Phil Spector made the young Brooklyn girl the lead singer of "The Crystals". All her chart-busters rocked the Sixties. "Da Doo Run Run", "Then he kissed me", "He's sure the boy I love", "Heartbreaker" and "There's no other like my baby". She's in the Rock'n Roll Hall of Fame. Then came Broadway. Lala was in the original Cast of "Hair". Her talent escaped no one. Author Galt McDemont gave her "Aquarius" to sing. The tune, like the musical, made history.Lala had fame. Next came her conversion to Islam a family with four children and a home in Teaneck, New Jersey. She put aside tours with Elvis, the Rolling Stones, James Brown, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Jackie Wilson and the Temptations to cultivate other facets of her life. During the last years, she lived in London for 7 years, and in Vienna for 10.Although "off the scene" by her own standards in the 70ies and 80ies, Lala did, however, continue to fulfill her destiny as an artist. In 1974 her tune "I'm a believer" became Number 1 on the pop charts in South Africa. During that time she recorded with George Benson, Pharaoh Sanders, Bobby Womack, The Fania All-Stars and the Neville Brothers. She sang the score and acted in "Cotton comes to Harlem". In 1996 she hosted her own R & B radio show in Vienna and released a CD. "Lala Brooks and friends" (BMG, Polygram Europe).Her family's grown, as has the depth and character of her amazing voice. Now Lala has returned to the U.S.