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Rab Noakes

Rab Noakes
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Rab Noakes (born Robert Noakes in St Andrews on 13 May 1947; died 11 November 2022) was a Scottish singer-songwriter. Most prominent in the 1970s, his best known single, "Branch" from the album "Red Pump Special" was released in 1974. Noakes performed with Lindisfarne, who recorded his songs "Turn a Deaf Ear" on their first album, Nicely Out of Tune, and "Together Forever" on their second, Fog on the Tyne. Barbara Dickson also recorded "Turn a Deaf Ear" on her album Do Right Woman, on which Noakes also performed.

Top songs

  1. Same Old Place - 1976 Version
  2. Waiting Here For You
  3. Shine a Light - 1976 Version
  4. All Away
  5. She's all I see
  6. Mary Skeffington - 1971 Version
  7. Restless
  8. Moonlight and Gold
  9. Lonely Boy Tonight
  10. Same Old Place - 1979 Version
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  1. I won't let you Down
  2. Fallen Ones
  3. Long dark night
  4. clear day
  5. Blues Around Me Now
  6. branch
  7. Shine a Light - 1979 Version
  8. Mary Skeffington - Remastered 2001
  9. (Sittin' Here) Lovin' You
  10. See Me Again
  11. It'll Be Me
  12. The Downtown Lights
  13. Mississippi
  14. Somewhere to Stay
  15. Together Forever
  16. Gently Does It
  17. A Question of Travelling
  18. Too Old to Die
  19. Dreams Of Love
  20. Niel Gow's Apprentice
  21. as big as his size
  22. When This Bloody War Is Over
  23. Diamond Ring
  24. pass the time
  25. It Could Be You
  26. Psycho Killer
  27. Without Me, Just With You
  28. Song For A Pretty Painter
  29. tomorrow is another day
  30. I Wish I Was in England
  31. Do You See The Lights?
  32. wrong joke again
  33. I've Hardly Started Yet
  34. On My Own I Built A Bridge
  35. somebody counts on me
  36. One More, One Less
  37. A Love Story
  38. The Sketcher and the last train
  39. frisco depot
  40. Absolutely Sweet Marie
  41. I Shall Be Free
  42. Sittin' in a Corner Blues
  43. Taking the Long Way Home
  44. Long Time No See
  45. I See Light
  46. Without Me Just With You
  47. It All Joins Up (In the End)
  48. November Afternoon - Final Version
  49. Lenny Bruce
  50. November Afternoon - The Doodle
  51. Debts Pile High
  52. Long Way Round
  53. No More Time
  54. I'm Walkin' Here
  55. Blue Dream
  56. Love Is a Gamble
  57. Deep Water
  58. Solid Gone
  59. Into the Sun
  60. The Handwash Feein' Mairket
  61. Call On Me
  62. Open All Night
  63. Believing Is Seeing
  64. What Do You Want the Girl to Do?
  65. Wait Down Here
  66. Slippin' Away
  67. What's the Matter?
  68. Goodbye to All That
  69. Eat Neuk Misfortune
  70. Clear Day - Single Version
  71. Turn a Deaf Ear (First Attempt)
  72. Memories
  73. Turn A Deaf Ear
  74. Remember My Name
  75. Only Happy When It Rains
  76. Let the Show Begin
  77. Out of Your Sight
  78. Devil's Haircut
  79. Drunk Again
  80. Poortoun
  81. Just One Look
  82. East Neuk Misfortune
  83. I Always Will
  84. Still In Town
  85. Freight Train
  86. That's the Way the Whole Thing Ends
  87. One Dog Barks
  88. Branch - Single Version
  89. The Old Routine
  90. Spanish Harlem

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