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Yvonne Keeley
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| Birth name | Yvonne Paaij |
| Born | (1952-09-06) 6 September 1952 (age 71) |
| Origin | Rotterdam, Netherlands |
| Genres | Pop |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, presenter |
| Instrument(s) | Singing |
| Years active | 1975–present |
Yvonne Keeley (born Yvonne Paaij, 6 September 1952) is a Dutch pop music singer. She is the sister of Patricia Paay.
She began her career as a session singer in the music industry in London. She was the girlfriend of Steve HarleyofSteve Harley & Cockney Rebel, and sang on the 1975 hit, "Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)". She also worked with Madeline Bell and Vicki Brown.
Most notably she performed as a duet with Scott Fitzgerald on the song "If I Had Words", which reached number 3 in the UK Singles Chart[1] and Australia in 1978. It was also a hit in Ireland, New Zealand, Belgium, the Netherlands and Scandinavia and sold more than a million copies.[2]
Keeley was part of the group the Star Sisters which was popular in the Netherlands during the 1980s. She also worked as radio presenter at the Dutch regional broadcaster Radio Rijnmond.[3]
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| 1971 | "One Way Ticket" (as Ivy Christie) | ― | ― | ||
| 1974 | "Tumbling Down" | ― | ― | ||
| 1975 | "Concrete and Clay" | ― | ― | ||
| 1977 | "If I Had Words" (with Scott Fitzgerald) | 3 | 1 | ||
| 1978 | "We Got Love" (with Steve Flanagan) | — | ― | ||
| 1981 | "Thank You" | — | ― | ||
| 1982 | "Dim the Light" | — | ― | ||
| 1992 | "United We Stand" (with Scott Fitzgerald) | — | ― | ||
| 2010 | "If I Had Words" (2010 re-recording) (with Scott Fitzgerald) | — | 65 | ||
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