User:Glo Macari

Glo Macari made her first record when she was 13 with the Ivor Raymond Orchestra on The Pie Label - ‘He Knows I Love Him Too Much’ - written by Carole King and Gerry Goffin with record producer John Schroeder. Her first major performance was at the Prince of Wales Theatre, London, - The Freddie Mills Benefit Night, alongside Bruce Forsyth and the Late Tommy Cooper. She went on to appear with the Tony Bennett Spectacular at the Hammersmith Palae. Glo has performed in various TV shows, one being ‘A Tribute to a Boxer’ at the Rainbow Theatre with Muahmmed Ali. Glo has had several recordings of her own singles on the EMI label produced by Roger Ferris. Another considerable talent of Glo’s is that of song-writing. For many years, Glo Macari and Roger Ferris (producer for EMI) worked with Mickie Most who made these songs international best-sellers for the groups; Arrows, Racey and Smokie. The 14-hour Technicolour Dream at The Alexandra Palace in 1967 was also a venue where Glo performed with her band ‘The Big Three’. In her spare time, Glo has been involved in animal rescue work and is also a vegetarian. She has recently written a song with Roger Ferris and Dominic Ferris, inspired by Marianna Macari-Ferris called ‘And Then Came Bob’ from the book by James Bowen, ‘A Street Cat Named Bob’ which can be found on iTunes and Amazon. Some of the profits are going to charities. Glo is the great-great granddaughter of Madame Gasgoyne (The Only Clock Eyed Lady in the world), and granddaughter of the famous ‘Macari and his Dutch Serenaders’ who then went onto open Macari’s music shops in Denmark Street and Charing Cross Road. The Macari’s shops are now owned by Anthony Macari and Steve Macari, and are still going strong after 60 years. Details of Madame Gasgoyne and The Dutch Serenaders can be found in a book written by Michael Kilgarriss (Grace, Beauty and Banjos).