Her first solo album on A&M records Rich Man's Woman (1975) came before a run of sixteen UK hit albums in twenty-five years, starting with Two Days Away, produced by the legendary duo Leiber & Stoller, who had also worked with Elvis Presley and many others (1977).<br />Brooks wrote some tracks with Leiber and Stoller.<br />The hits Pearl's a Singer, Sunshine After the Rain came from this album.<br />Lilac Wine, Don't Cry Out Loud, came later.<br />The albums Shooting Star (1978), Live and Learn (1979), Pearls (at the time, the largest selling album by a British female artist) (1981), Fool (If You Think It's Over) was a hit for Brooks taken from this album.<br />Written by Chris Rea.<br />Pearls II (1982), Minutes (1984) and Screen Gems the first album to be produced on CD in the UK (1984) were all UK chart successes.<br />In 1986 No More the Fool gave her biggest hit single to date while the parent album reached the top 5.<br />Following chart success ensued with the albums The Very Best of (1986), Bookbinders Kid On Bookbinders Kid, she covered What's The Matter Baby previously recorded by Timi Yuro.<br />Yuro got in touch with Brooks to compliment her.<br />(1988), Inspiration (1981), Round Midnight (1993), Nothin' But the Blues (1994), Amazing (1996) and The Very Best of (1997).<br />In 1980 Brooks performed at the Knebworth festival with The Beach Boys, Santana and Mike Oldfield.<br />Brooks' success has earned her recognition by the Guinness Book of Records as the most charted British female album artist of the last 30 years.<br />Pearls stayed in the charts for 79 weeks and was still there when Pearls II charted a year later. (*)