Like a Star: Celebrating 20 Years of Corinne Bailey Rae at Aladdin Theater
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“Three little birds sat on my window.. ..
And they told me I don't need to worry”
And so began the song that would change then-25-year-old Corinne Bailey Rae’s life. Now on over a billion streams, Put Your Records On, and the US and UK number one self-titled debut album that followed, propelled her from jazz club hostess to a platinum-selling artist. Bailey Rae would go on to win two Grammy Awards (plus a further four nominations), two MOBOS, two Mercury Music Prize nominations and a BET Award. The world fell hard for Bailey Rae’s jazzinflected soul stylings, while in the UK she became the fourth female act in history to have her first album debut at number one in the US, selling over four million copies in the process.
That indelible opening lyric was a playful nod to Bob Marley & The Wailers’ Three Little Birds, and to celebrate the 20th anniversary of her breakout hit in 2026, both songs will find a new and unexpected audience via Bailey Rae’s latest project: a children's book. Beautifully illustrated by Gillian Eilidh O'Mara, Put Your Records On follows a young protagonist, Bea, discovering her great aunt's record collection. It’s a celebration of music’s therapeutic power and intergenerational bonds. “Would you like to hear a song that feels like sunshine?” asks Aunt Portia, before playing Bea Bob Marley’s Three Little Birds.
‘Music can take you on such a journey and help you understand your emotions,’ says Bailey Rae. ‘I have young children and I love the idea of a child discovering a collection of music like a secret garden. That you could open these doors and find so much art and so much feeling inside.’ Bailey Rae’s love of records reaches back to childhood, where her own collection spanned Nirvana, Jimi Hendrix and Mariah Carey. It’s fitting that, to celebrate Record Store Day in Spring 2026, she will release a reissue of 2007’s Live in New York album. Recorded at New York’s iconic Webster Hall, it features orchestral-backed versions of her chart-topping hits including Call Me When You Get This, Trouble Sleeping and Put Your Records On. ‘It felt like flying,’ she says of the shows. ‘Ever since being a teenager in a band, I get into a kind of flow onstage. It's transcendent.’ Bailey Rae will headline London’s famed Royal Albert Hall as a culmination of her 20 years Celebration throughout 2026.
On Sale Now!
This Event is All Ages
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“Three little birds sat on my window.. ..
And they told me I don't need to worry”
And so began the song that would change then-25-year-old Corinne Bailey Rae’s life. Now on over a billion streams, Put Your Records On, and the US and UK number one self-titled debut album that followed, propelled her from jazz club hostess to a platinum-selling artist. Bailey Rae would go on to win two Grammy Awards (plus a further four nominations), two MOBOS, two Mercury Music Prize nominations and a BET Award. The world fell hard for Bailey Rae’s jazzinflected soul stylings, while in the UK she became the fourth female act in history to have her first album debut at number one in the US, selling over four million copies in the process.
That indelible opening lyric was a playful nod to Bob Marley & The Wailers’ Three Little Birds, and to celebrate the 20th anniversary of her breakout hit in 2026, both songs will find a new and unexpected audience via Bailey Rae’s latest project: a children's book. Beautifully illustrated by Gillian Eilidh O'Mara, Put Your Records On follows a young protagonist, Bea, discovering her great aunt's record collection. It’s a celebration of music’s therapeutic power and intergenerational bonds. “Would you like to hear a song that feels like sunshine?” asks Aunt Portia, before playing Bea Bob Marley’s Three Little Birds.
‘Music can take you on such a journey and help you understand your emotions,’ says Bailey Rae. ‘I have young children and I love the idea of a child discovering a collection of music like a secret garden. That you could open these doors and find so much art and so much feeling inside.’ Bailey Rae’s love of records reaches back to childhood, where her own collection spanned Nirvana, Jimi Hendrix and Mariah Carey. It’s fitting that, to celebrate Record Store Day in Spring 2026, she will release a reissue of 2007’s Live in New York album. Recorded at New York’s iconic Webster Hall, it features orchestral-backed versions of her chart-topping hits including Call Me When You Get This, Trouble Sleeping and Put Your Records On. ‘It felt like flying,’ she says of the shows. ‘Ever since being a teenager in a band, I get into a kind of flow onstage. It's transcendent.’ Bailey Rae will headline London’s famed Royal Albert Hall as a culmination of her 20 years Celebration throughout 2026.
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