The records of Lorraine Silver are prized by girl group and Northern soul collectors alike -- not bad for a 13-year-old Jewish kid from London. Born in 1951, she began her recording career in 1965 while on holiday break from school; during a shopping trip to the Oxford Street district, Silver -- already a veteran of the talent show circuit -- entered a Woolworth's record booth, depositing two shillings and cutting an a cappella rendition of "Sealed with a Kiss." Within two months of dropping off the acetate at Pye Records' London offices, she was offered a record contract, mak...