Who's singing it and would any kind soul have it for upload please?

Who's singing it and would any kind soul have it for upload please?

Ever since acquiring and watching the Granada "These Things Take Time" documentary off dime, I have wondered who the singer is that performs the great cover version of "There Is A Light That Never Goes Out."

I have hunted around the internet and searched Smiths forums and have been unable to find the answer. I did see that others had also posted asking who this singer is. I decided to put my detective hat on, call up google and try again.

First stop, the Granada TV web site. I am from the U.S. so am really unfamiliar with how UK TV is set up. Regardless I found nothing useful there. I then tried IMDB.com but there was no listing for the documentary there. Next I found some articles written back when the show first aired. Had to use the internet archive to read them as they were no longer being hosted by their original sites. These made me think to search for David Nolan, the documentary's writer and producer. There I found that David Nolan has a myspace page – www.myspace.com/davidnolanwriter. Here I decided to send Mr. Nolan an email and ask if he knew.

He replied and basically said that the singer is a jazz singer of some note but he could not remember her name. He stated that her name should be in the credits (it isn't in the version I have). He mentioned that the cover version is a discarded track from a never completed Grant Showbiz project of unusual Smiths covers. He also says that the documentary is the only place one would be able to find the track as it was never released, and he claimed it was recovered from the dustbin to use on the documentary. Such a wonderful interpretation almost thrown away.

Anyone know of any Jazz singers in the Smiths-Grant Showbiz orbit that might be the singer in question?

Oh, wow, that was really interesting, thank you!

Maybe some computer advanced person can rip the audio from the documentary then, if it's not much of a trouble?

It's probably one of the best covers I've ever heard.

Oh, wow, that was really interesting, thank you!

Maybe some computer advanced person can rip the audio from the documentary then, if it's not much of a trouble?

It's probably one of the best covers I've ever heard.

Here ya go:

http://home.att.net/~pilottown/TIALTNGO_grenada_clip.mp3

Amazing, thank you! And congratulations on your dedication, I've always wondered about that song but I haven't put any effort in finding it :o

Thank you very much!

Here ya go:

http://home.att.net/~pilottown/TIALTNGO_grenada_clip.mp3

Oh, thank you SO MUCH! Ever since I heard the song I wanted to know who the singer was and buy the record. Well, she remains an unknown lady but at least I have her on my iPod now. Thank you, thank you, thank you :)

amazing cheers

Everyone is more than welcome. Happy to be able to help.

I guess I'm a bit late but someone was kind enough to send me to this post, glad to know I wasn't the only one with OCD tendencies looking for this song.... I really wished that music was free and there was no record company sitting on the arts of music.......I can't imagine how much music really goes without getting the ear of another soul other then the artist....thanks for the clip..