Artist Names
On arrival in America, her mother nicknamed her daughter Goldie. Goldie kept the name when she joined Richard Perry's band The Escorts as lead singer and later, when she became co-founder (at age 17) of the groundbreaking all-female rock band Goldie & The Gingerbreads.
In 1966, during a temporary breakup of the Gingerbreads, she recorded the singles, "Disappointed Bride", under the name Patsy Cole and "Going Back" (Immediate Records, released February), as Goldie.
When Goldie and the Gingerbreads disbanded in 1968, Goldie, now as Genya Ravan, became the lead singer of the newly formed rock band Ten Wheel Drive.
In 1974, for one of her first solo records, and in honor of her father, she changed her name once more back to Goldie Zelkowitz. Since then and on any new editions of her earlier releases, she is again Genya Ravan.
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