P.P. Arnold was one of the Ikettes, the backing singers for the Ike and Tina Turner Revue in the 60s, but after a visit to London, Mick Jagger, impressed by her powerful voice and stunning beauty—who wouldn’t be???—connected her with Andrew Loog Oldham, who signed her to his Immediate Records label, alongside acts like the Small Faces, Chris Farlowe (recognize that one?) and pre-Velvet Underground Nico (who was then recording songs Dylan had written for her with session musicians like Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones). The Small Faces backed Arnold on several of her hits, including this one, If You Think You’re Groovy, which was written by Steve Marriott and Ronnie Lane:

P.P. Arnold appears alongside the Small Faces for an absolutely ass-kicking version of Tin Soldier on Flemish television from 1968:

P.P. Arnold has been firmly entrenched in my “rock goddess” pantheon for years and years. It was super annoying to see Roger Waters right up front at Madison Square Garden a few years ago, only to find out that PP Arnold was one of the back-up singers—she even had a featured number—and I didn’t even know it for a couple of days after the fact!

P.P. Arnold: The First Cut is the Deepest—amazing Cat Stevens cover on Germany’s Beat Club TV show (1967)

Something Beautiful Happened (my top favorite P.P. Arnold track, audio only)

P.P. Arnold: I Go To Pieces Everytime (2007 music video)

P.P. Arnold: Life is But Nothing (60s music video)

Another amazing version of If You Think You’re Groovy (in color)

P.P. Arnold: To Love Somebody—Bee Gees cover on French TV (1968)

The Nice, sometimes regarded as one of the first progressive rock bands, started out as P P Arnold’s backing band before striking out on their own, eventually losing their keyboard player, Keith Emerson, who left to form a band with two blokes called Lake & Palmer.

An absolute goddess and yet another great singer that Richard Metzger introduced me to many years ago.

The “absolutely ass-kicking version” of Tin Solder is just the studio version though (on which P.P. did appear). There’s obviously nothing live about the recording though.

If you like PP Arnold, I might recommend checking out Betty Davis as well. She was a 70’s funk goddess that was a cult hit, but didn’t get much mainstream attention because she was raw, powerful, and raunchy.

Great back up vocals by P.P.Arnold. Just a little bit about her from Wikipedia concerning this song.
“She enjoyed several major British hits on Immediate, including songs written for her by Steve Marriott and Ronnie Lane from labelmates The?ج

Yeah, the Tin Soldier video with the Small Faces isn’t live; they’re lip synching. And yet, it is still absolutely ass-kicking.