The boys’ first vocalist passed, yesterday
Trailblazing’ TV, film and stage actor Cleo Sylvestre dies aged 79 The Guardian)
Mick Jagger leads tributes to first black actor to land leading role at National Theatre, who sang with the Rolling Stones
Sir Mick Jagger was among those paying tribute to the late actor. In an Instagram Story, the Rolling Stones frontman wrote he was “sad” to hear about the death of his “old friend”, who, he said, was “the first female vocalist to sing with the Stones”.
Sylvestre sang as Cleo, with the Rolling Stones backing her, on a cover of To Know Him Is To Love Him in 1964. Her mother often cooked for the band. “I mean, the Stones were always round, especially Brian (Jones) and Mick (Jagger),” she said in an interview with PBS.

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