Dana Gillespie is an actress, singer, and songwriter, she released her first album at the age of 15. Her music career span over four decades in which she has recorded around 60 albums. As a schoolgirl, she had a young David Bowie carrying home her books and teaching her guitar chords. He also wrote the song ‘Andy Warhol’ for her. Bowie also produced her second album along with Mick Ronson in 1973. Gillespie began her singing career with the folk genre but later switched to rock. After folk and Rock, she dedicated her life to the blues.
I believe the blues should be sung by an older person because it’s about emotions and experience. I couldn’t do justice to it when I was younger because my voice didn’t have the edge it needed to convey the emotion, nor did I have the firsthand experience to sing about blue themes convincingly.
Gillespie appeared in many theaters shows like Jesus ‘Christ Superstar’ and movies such as ‘The Hound of the Baskervilles’, ‘Parker (1986)’, ‘Strapless (1989)’ and many more. She also appeared in a cult classic ‘The People That Time Forgot (1977)’. Currently, she is the organizer of the annual Blues festival at Basil’s Bar on Mustique in the Caribbean.
Here below are some fabulous photos of Dana Gillespie from her early life and career.
#1 Dana Gillespie posing with chimney, 1971.
#2 Dana Gillespie at Junior Water Ski Championships, 1966.
#3 Dana Gillespie with David Bowie, 1971.
#4 Dana Gillespie performing at Hilversum studios, Netherlands in 1973
#5 Dana Gillespie performing on the stage, 1955.
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check that year; I believe it’s 1965!
#6 Dana Gillespie, 1955.
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Again…check that year; I believe it’s 1965!
#7 Dana Gillespie with John Wayne on the set of the movie ‘The People That Time Forgot’, 1977
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Wrong again: it’s PATRICK Wayne!
#8 Dana Gillespie with Jack Good and Marsha Hunt, 1971
#9 Dana Gillspie with Kevin Connor and Douglas Patrik in the movie ‘The People That Time Forgot’, 1977.
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Yeah, let’s fix this one also; obviously no one is fact checking these pix anyway on this site: Patrick Wayne and Sarah Douglas! ! !
#10 Dana Gillespie dressed in stage costume on 13th January 1971.
#11 Dana Gillespie with her friend at Hilversum, Netherlands in 1973
#12 Dana Gillespie poses for a portrait on set at a TV studio in 1973 in Hilversum, Netherlands.
#13 Beautiful Dana Gillespie, 1971.
#14 Dana Gillespie smiling during an interview, 1978.
#15 Dana Gillespie with Marsha Hunt, 1976.
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Number 14 is with Marsha Hunt…there is no one else here in #15 except Dana!
