Fans of Adele (and Duffy, Amy Winehouse, Emeli Sandé and Paloma Faith) probably know that she is part of the second wave of British women with a deep affinity for American pop and soul music. The first was in the '60s, when the great triumvirate was Petula Clark, Dusty Springfield and Lulu, who made her first New York appearance in a 50-year career Saturday night at B.B. King's.
That career has had long legs in Britain in music, film and TV (she plays herself in a series of hilarious cameos on "Absolutely Fabulous"). But Lulu has had a number of big splashdowns on this side of the Atlantic, too. There was her signature song, "To Sir, With Love," a mammoth No. 1 hit in 1967 that has survived numerous remakes, including a couple by Lulu herself. That one, like her other hits — "Oh Me, Oh My (I'm a Fool For You Baby)," "The Man Who Sold the World" — combines a growly, gravelly energy with decorous phrasing that finds the sweet spot between melody and rhythm.
At B.B. King's this weekend, she tore through a catalog of American soul, with the help of Paul Shaffer and the "Late Show" band. Now 64, she has lost little of the power and the passion in her voice. But as thrilling as it was to hear her sing "Unchain My Heart" and "Try a Little Tenderness,'' the best moments of the show were her own "I Don't Wanna Fight" (which she wrote for Tina Turner in the '90s) and a stomping version of the Beatles' "You Can't Do That.'' Even "To Sir, With Love" held a surprise as she sang it with the fluid, soulful arrangement Al Green used in his '70s remake. The wall-to-wall crowd couldn't get enough, and not just because they were happy to be in the same room with a legend. She brought the goods; may this show be only the first of a renewed love affair with her American audiences.
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