Cleo

"Cleo, grew up in Southall, a tomboy with unruly hair, whose English mother and Jamaican father were constantly on the move, trying to make ends meet. Though theirs was a difficult marriage and money was short, they enriched her life with their infectious enthusiasm, fun and love of music. From an early age Cleo knew she wanted to sing, and after working as an apprentice hairdresser and milliner, in a library and pawnshop, she finally made her break when she auditioned for John Dankworth in Soho in the early 1950s.". "She writes of her hilarious life on the road with the Dankworth Seven,…