12 Timeless Songs

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November 2010 saw the release of Elaine's brand new studio album, Elaine Paige & Friends. Recorded in New York and produced by legendary record producer Phil Ramone for Rhino/Warner Bros Records. It features duets with 14 of her favourite musical performers, and entered the Top 20 in the UK where Elaine was awarded a gold disc for sales over 100,000 by the end of the year. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrateded.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p.90. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.

Elaine often takes time out of her busy schedule to support tirelessly various charities close to her heart including The Dan Maskell Tennis Trust, The Children's Trust Tadworth, EveryChild, Breast Cancer Campaign, Noah's Ark Hospice, The Lady Taverners, St Thomas' Lupus Trust and most recently The Terence Higgins Trust. The year ended with a sell out UK tour including a spectacular night at London's prestigious Royal Albert Hall accompanied by the BBC Concert Orchestra which was not only broadcast on BBC Radio 2, but was filmed and released in cinemas worldwide and later as a live DVD/CD as I'm Still Here. September 2008 marked the 40th anniversary of Elaine's 'West End' debut and was celebrated with a book entitled Memories and a sell out international celebratory concert tour across the world including Scandinavia, China, the UK and Ireland (which resulted in a live CD release Elaine Paige Live - Celebrating A Life On Stage), and continued in October of 2009 across Australia & New Zealand where the Sydney concert was filmed for DVD release in March 2010 entitled Elaine Paige Celebrating A Life On Stage.On her return to the UK Elaine sang I Know Him So Well with Susan Boyle on her TV special I Dreamed a Dream: The Susan Boyle Story. Elaine also performed at the 2010 Cheltenham Jazz Festival showcasing a brand new jazz set to an enthralled audience. In 1987, a studio version of " I Know Him So Well" was recorded as a duet by Cissy Houston and her daughter Whitney Houston for Whitney's second album, Whitney. It was released as the 6th and final single from Whitney on 30 November 1988 in Australia, Germany, Netherlands, and Spain. There was no official music video produced for the Houston duet of song, however there are live performance video-recordings. The song version was included in the Whitney Houston North American leg of the Moment of Truth World Tour. The single was not promoted as heavily as previous singles from Whitney.

Elaine Paige, as an actress, recording artist, producer and broadcaster, has made a major contribution to the modern musical that ensures her own chapter in the entertainment world and justifies the title "The First Lady of Musical Theatre". The Official UK Singles Chart for the week ending October 22, 2012". UKChartsPlus. Milton Keynes: IQ Ware Ltd (475). Words Are Not Enough / I Know Him So Well (UK CD single liner notes). Steps. Jive Records, Ebul Records. 2001. 9201452. {{ cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) ( link) Best known for her work in musical theatre, Paige grew up in Barnet, Hertfordshire and attended the Aida Foster Theatre School. The Irish Charts – Search Results – Words Are Not Enough". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 22 November 2018.Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrateded.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p.228. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. In 2014, Charlotte Jaconelli and Kerry Ellis performed the song on Jaconelli's solo debut album, Solitaire. [40] In 2005 she completed her triumphant concert tour of Australia, New Zealand and the Far East and in 2006 she released her new album of songs from the stage entitled Essential Musicals followed by a sell-out concert tour of Scandinavia, and the UK prior to taking her new show to China and in March 2007 she performed in concert at the Hong Kong Exhibition and Convention Centre. saw Elaine continue her 50th Anniversary tour, perform live at the V.E. Day 70 Concert at London's Horse Guards Parade Ground, top the bill at some summer festival dates in the UK and take on two very different acting roles - one in the indie film Speed Love, which is a thriller based around a speed dating event due for release in 2016 and the other in Russell T Davis' adaptation of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream in which Elaine played the role of Mistress Quince, head of the mechanicals and director of the play within the play which airs on BBC1 TV on Monday 30th May 2016. ERIC SNIDER; ANNELISE WAMSLEY (14 June 1987). "Whitney pulls out another bag of hits Series: RECORDS". Tampa Bay Times. Archived from the original on 13 November 2012 . Retrieved 29 March 2014– via Pqasb.pqarchiver.com.