BRENDA KRISTEN / BRENDA GLOVER

Brenda Glover was one of the new generation of dynamic, blues-inspired female vocalists from the early 70s that included Wendy Saddington, Carol Lloyd, Bobbi Marchini and Alison McCallum. Brenda joined the second incarnation of Aesop's Fables in 1970 who started out as a pop vocal group in 1968. With Brenda out front they took on a tougher blues-rock direction. Aesop's Fables had disbanded by October 1970 and the group's only single, "Little Yellow Pills", was issued posthumously in February 1971 as the first single on the Generation Records label. Later that year Glover recorded a solo single on the Violet's Holiday label. The A-side was a cover of the Rolling Stones' "Jumpin' Jack Flash.

She changed her name to Brenda Kristen and released a fine version of John Lennon's "Jealous Guy" in 1972 on EMI/HMV, which was arranged by Col Loughnan (Ayers Rock) & produced by Rod Coe (Freshwater). She later turned up on RCA Records with the single "Touch The Wind (Eres Tu)" and a self-titled album. The single charted in some states and according to chart compiler David Kent it reached #70 on the national charts for seven weeks in March 1974. By this stage Brenda had moved away from the blues/rock belter style she is best known for and had settled into an MOR/soul style (similar to Alison MacCallum's second album and Albert singles). Other singles from the album ''Blood Red And Goin' Down / You Won't Have To Say'' and "Tequila Sunrise / Queen Of The Silver Dollar" failed to chart. From there Brenda went into cabaret and appeared on The Ernie Sigley Show, In Melbourne Tonight and other TV shows. In 1980 she won the Pacific Song Contest held in Ottawa shared with kiwi Mark Williams. 

Brenda recently commented on this blog entry about what she's been doing after all these years: ''After spending some time entertaining on cruise ships overseas I took time out to study acting in LA when Ric Birch and I moved there while he directed the Opening Ceremony of the LA Olympics. I then followed my passion for songwriting working with a songwriter publisher in Nashville. I have had an interesting and blessed life in Music. Very grateful, Brenda Kristen''.

SINGLES 
''Jumpin' Jack Flash / Fanny Adams'' [as Brenda Glover] 1971 Violets Holiday 
''Jealous Guy / Fly Away'' 1972 HMV
''Touch The Wind (Ere Tu) (#70) / Put A Little Love Away'' 1974 RCA
''Blood Red And Goin' Down / You Won't Have To Say'' 1974 RCA
''Tequila Sunrise / Queen Of The Silver Dollar'' 1975 RCA
''Taking Over This Town'' 1978 CUE

ALBUMS 
'Brenda Kristen' 1974 RCA

References

http://www.milesago.com/artists/aesops.htm

http://top100singles.blogspot.com.au/