• Genre: Folk
• Active: '60s

Biography

Virtually nothing is known about Leonore Drewery, a British singer who released one rare single in 1965, "Rue"/"The First Time Ever" (though it's known that she was discovered by Richard Harris). The 45 was very much British traditional folk, with the kind of high, serious female voice that would be prevalent in much British folk and folk-rock of the last half of the 1960s. The traditional "Rue" is probably better known under the title "Let No Man Steal Your Thyme," which is how Pentangle recorded it; "The First Time Ever" is better known as "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face," the Ewan MacColl song that became a big pop hit in the 1970s for Roberta Flack. The only pop element in the recordings by Drewery is a flute; otherwise they're straight, competent mid-1960s British folk. Both sides of the single were reissued on the 2003 CD compilation Dream Babes, Vol. 5: Folk Rock and Faithfull. ~ Richie Unterberger, All Music Guide

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