Some UK Jewish artists have been working class. Helen Shapiro's family was poor enough not to own a record player. Marc (Feld) Bolan's father was a bus driver. Bolan went to the same school as Shapiro. Elkie (Elaine Bookbinder) Brooks' father was a baker. And in the modern era, Amy Winehouse's father is a truck driver.

On the other hand, Beatles' manager Brian Epstein's family owned a furniture store.