Ireen Sheer - Big Yellow Taxi 1970 (Joni Mitchell`s cover version)

Born in Romford, England, Sheer spent her early years in Billericay, Essex in the U.K. where she went to school. She was discovered at the beginning of the 1960s through a talent competition, but still took time to graduate from a bank apprenticeship in spite of her early success. She sang for several pop groups, such as The Family Dogg, before she devoted herself from 1970 onwards to her solo career, focusing mainly on Germany. Her single, "Goodbye Mama", became a Top 5 hit on the German chart in 1973.