{"id":724528,"date":"2026-08-02T14:42:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T14:42:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/724528\/"},"modified":"2026-08-02T14:42:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T14:42:14","slug":"i-loved-the-police-from-the-get-go-elaine-paiges-honest-playlist-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/724528\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I loved the Police from the get-go\u2019: Elaine Paige\u2019s honest playlist | Music"},"content":{"rendered":"

The first song I fell in love with
I used to sing All I Have to Do Is Dream by the Everly Brothers with my\u00a0schoolfriend who lived over the road, when\u00a0I was 11 or 12. I\u00a0sang\u00a0the harmony and she sang the melody.<\/p>\n

The song I do at karaoke
The only time was on holiday in Nice with a friend. We\u2019d been out for a lovely supper and had far too much ros\u00e9, and I was about to play \u00c9dith Piaf in the West End. I\u00a0ended up singing Hymne \u00e0 l\u2019amour, and he did Fools Rush In.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

The first single I bought
Magic Moments by Perry Como from the record shop in Barnet High Street, for my mother\u2019s birthday. She loved Perry Como, Andy Williams, Matt Monro \u2013 all those crooners.<\/p>\n

The song I know every\u00a0lyric to
When I was in Hair in 1968, we were in the pub\u00a0having a snifter before the show when the company manager came in and said: \u201cJeanie\u2019s off \u2013 and so are\u00a0her understudies. Paige, you\u2019re up.\u201d I was terrified. Jeanie comes up through a trapdoor, covered in beads, singing Air. Somehow I\u00a0knew every word.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

The best song to play at\u00a0a party
Roxanne. I\u2019ve loved the Police from the get-go.<\/p>\n

The song I can no longer\u00a0listen to
Shall We Dance? from The King and I. My co-star Jason Scott Lee pulled out after three months. After that I\u00a0had\u00a0to dance with a catalogue of different kings in a huge crinoline dress, wearing thick stockings, suspenders, corsets and layers of underwear.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

The best song to have\u00a0sex to
I do have a bit of a penchant for Wicked Game by Chris Isaak. But\u00a0I\u2019m not saying I\u2019ve\u00a0tried it!<\/p>\n

The song that gets me up in the morning
I wake up to Radio 4, then switch to Radio 3. I\u2019m a big Mozart fan \u2013 one of the first things I ever sang in public was a Mozart aria: Deh vieni, non tardar from The Marriage of Figaro.<\/p>\n

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The song that changed my life
Don\u2019t Cry for Me Argentina, because without it, I probably wouldn\u2019t be talking to you today.<\/p>\n

The song that makes me\u00a0cry
Ev\u2019ry Time We Say Goodbye by Cole Porter, because it reminds me of\u00a0my mum. My dad was\u00a0an estate agent, but\u00a0he also had a band, the Arcadians, and would go out gigging. Mum and I would wave\u00a0him off, then listen\u00a0to records on the\u00a0radiogram.<\/p>\n

The song I\u2019d like played at my funeral
Oh God, I don\u2019t want to\u00a0think about it. Maybe\u00a0George Michael\u2019s cover of The Long and Winding Road \u2013 I was a huge fan, he had the most beautiful voice, and it\u2019s\u00a0a\u00a0lovely song.<\/p>\n

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