Kelly Marie (born Jacqueline McKinnon; 16 October 1957)[2] is a Scottish singer, best known for the song "Feels Like I'm in Love", a No.
[3] Born to Alex and Jeanette McKinnon, Kelly Marie began training for a performing career at age ten.
[1] At age sixteen, as Keli Brown, she appeared on the television talent show Opportunity Knocks[2] winning four times, with her rendition of "I Don't Know How to Love Him".
This exposure led to her signing with Pye Records, who released Marie's debut single "Who's that Lady with My Man" in April 1976: that track reached No.
[5] In 1978, "Make Love to Me" gave Marie her most significant success (to that point) in the English-speaking world, reaching No.
[2] Dorset's group Mungo Jerry did record the song but their version was relegated to the B-side of a Belgian single "Sur Le Pont D'Avignon" (A-side).
[4] Like all of Marie's recordings to that date, "Feels Like I'm in Love" initially failed to become a hit in the UK, but it did become a popular disco tune first in Scotland and eventually all over Britain.
Her final recording to date would seem to be a 2002 collaboration with Tina Charles with whom she remade "To Sir with Love" and "Your Disco Needs You".
On 7 May 2005, Marie appeared on the ITV show Hit Me, Baby, One More Time, singing "Feels Like I'm in Love" and "Oops!...