ELAINE PAIGE AND FRIENDS CD Released In The UK November 1

Elaine Paige AND FRIENDS, the new CD by British singer, actress and theatre icon Elaine Paige O.B.E., will be released November 1, 2010 in the United Kingdom. It will be released in the U.S. in early 2011.

Recorded in New York. over the past three months, the CD, produced by legendary record producer Phil Ramone for Rhino/Warner Bros Records, features duets recorded by Ms. Paige with 14 of her favorite musical performers, including (in alphabetical order): Paul Anka, John Barrowman, Michael Bolton, Kenny G, Barry Manilow, Johnny Mathis, Idina Menzel, Olivia Newton-John, Billy Ocean, Sinead O'Connor, LeAnn Rimes, Jon Secada, Neil Sedaka and Dionne Warwick.

The 13 tracks on the CD are:

Mi Morena duet with Jon Secada*
Take A Bow duet with Idina Menzel
The Prayer duet with Barry Manilow
Just The Way You Are duet with Paul Anka
Closest Thing To Crazy duet with LeAnn Rimes**
Where Is The Love duet with John Barrowman
It's Only Life duet with Sinead O'Connor***
You Are Everything duet with Billy Ocean
It Might Be You duet with Johnny Mathis
Amoureuse duet with Olivia Newton-John
All The Way duet with Michael Bolton
Thank You For Being A Friend duet with Dionne Warwick
* (sax solo by Kenny G)

** (string arrangement by Mike Batt)

*** (new song by Gary Barlow &Tim Rice)

"I am delighted with this album," Elaine said, "I have been waiting for 20 years for this opportunity to work with the legendary Phil Ramone. He really is a true magician in the recording studio. And being able to sing with some of my idols, people I have admired for years, brought out the fan in me; it was an absolute pleasure!"

Elaine Paige AND FRIENDS costs £11.99 and may be ordered on www.amazon.co.uk & $30.98 amazon.com

Ms. Paige spent the last three months in the U.S. where she laid down the tracks for her new CD, introduced her book, entitled Memories, to American readers and made a thrilling Atlantic City debut with her critically acclaimed one-woman show, Elaine Paige 40 Years On Stage, at the Borgata Hotel Casino. She also recorded interviews with American stage and screen luminaries for her popular weekly program, "Elaine Paige on Sunday" currently celebrating its sixth broadcast year BBC Radio 2.

Ms. Paige has carved out a remarkable career as an actress, recording artist, producer and broadcaster over the past four decades. She first came to fame when she created her award winning performance as Eva Peron in Evita in 1978. Shortly afterwards she originated the role of Grizabella in the original production of Cats and the classic song Memory became the first of Elaine's many hit records. Her subsequent theatre productions included Hair, Jesus Christ Superstar, Grease, Billy, Anything Goes, Piaf, Sunset Boulevard in London and Broadway, The King and I, Sweeney Todd with the NYC Operas and Chess (with her record breaking Number One hit I Know Him So Well).

She last performed on the West End stage in 2007 when she returned to critical acclaim in the title role of The Drowsy Chaperone at the Novello Theatre, for which she received a Best Supporting Actress in a Musical nomination at the What's On Stage Awards, London.

Elaine has recorded 20 solo albums (four multi Platinum and eight consecutive Gold) and six cast albums, and has also recorded a track with Secret Garden, The Things You Are To Me, for their Number One quadruple-platinum selling album. In 2006 she released an album of songs from the stage entitled Essential Musicals.

In her illustrious career, Elaine Paige has been honored with many awards: Society of West End Theatre Award for Best Actress in a Musical and Variety Club Award for Show Business Personality of the year (1978); Variety Club Awards in 1986 and 1995; Gold Badge of Merit from the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors (1994); HMV Lifetime Achievement Award (1996); Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Operatic and Dramatic Association (1999); Order of the British Empire for services to Musical Theatre (1995), Drama Desk Award nomination for Outstanding Actress in a Musical (2004) and Variety Club Special Presentation for 40 Years on Stage (2009).