Jazz singer Peyroux 'disappears'

[Dr. Rat]

Former boyfriend sues the disappearing jazz singer, claiming he discovered her

By Jonathan Brown

Published: 24 August 2005

The troubled jazz singer Madeleine Peyroux is embroiled in a bitter and long-running legal battle with her former boyfriend and musical collaborator who says he "discovered" her singing in a bar.

The acrimonious case, which casts light on the star's so-called "missing years" between her first hit and her latest success, is being brought by the musician William Galison amid claims of physical abuse, harassment, libel and thwarted ambition. It is expected to be heard at the Federal Court in New York next month. Galison, who has performed with stars such as Carly Simon, Barbara Streisand and Shaka Khan, is claiming $1m (£555,000) in damages resulting from the split with Peyroux.

The dispute centres on the recording of a seven-track CD entitled Got You On My Mind in March 2003, shortly before Peyroux signed with Universal, the world's biggest record label.

http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americ...ticle307882.ece

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The Gallison/Peyroux album is actually pretty good (different, but not patently inferior as claimed in the article) and has gotten a fair deal of listener response here, to both the Gallison stuff and the Gallison/Peyroux stuff.

--eric