Julie Driscoll

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Julie Driscoll Tippett, born Julie Driscoll on 8 June 1947 in London, is an English singer and actress. She became famous in the late 1960s with Brian Auger and the Trinity, delivering hit versions of This Wheel’s on Fire and Donovan’s Season of the Witch. She also sang in the 1969 TV special 33⅓ Revolutions per Monkee, performing I’m a Believer in a soulful style.

Earlier in her career she was part of Steampacket with Long John Baldry and Rod Stewart. She met her future husband, Keith Tippett, around the time of her first solo album (released in 1971). They married and she began using the name Julie Tippetts, often collaborating with Tippett on his projects and as a duo, including the 1987 album Couple in Spirit, continuing through his death in 2020.

From 2009 she worked with Martin Archer, releasing several albums with him up to 2022. She sang in Keith Tippett’s Centipede big band and performed at Robert Wyatt’s Theatre Royal Drury Lane concert in 1974. Her other work includes the solo album Sunset Glow (1975), singing on Carla Bley’s Tropic Appetites, and performing with Working Week. She also spent time in groups like Voice and reunited with Auger for the 1978 album Encore.