Group & Last Name Index to Full History:
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Tracks are listed in chronological order by year, then alphabetically.
Listings do not reflect proper order by month or day: later oft precedes earlier.
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Featured on this page loosely in order of first recording if not record release (as possible).
Names are alphabetical, not chronological, per year:
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Caveats in the employment of this page: 1. It descends in chronological
order by the year the artist or band is first found on a commercial record
issue (ideally) by year only, alphabetical thereat. One musician above
another doesn't necessarily translate to earlier issue unless the year
changed. 2. Though release dates are the aim with links to YouTube, some
are recording dates and may not be everywhere clearly distinguished. 3.
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invasion of American real estate by British musicians, roughly covering the
same time period as Gordon Thompson's
chronology
of British rock at Skidmore College. See also
1,
2,
3. The British invasion
is described narrowly in terms of chart domination, from 1964 to 1966, the
Beatles generally considered its avant-garde. It is described broadly to
include bands which charted or sold well in the United States due to
American radio play, whether or not they ever placed foot on American soil.
The criterion for this history is the latter, musicians physically arriving
in America to play music, whether on tour or in some other way. However,
though this page lists only bands and musicians who made their first record
releases before 1970, we also recognize the British invasion's longer era,
extending well into the seventies to include both early heavy metal and
garage punk rock. We also include British musicians who made their way to
America prior to the Beatles, as the latter were not the first. One could
conceivably include such as Tommy Steele at its avant-garde when he harbored
on the East Coast in the mid fifties in the Merchant Marine. But he arrived
as a sailor, not to perform music, though a musician he was, taking note of
rockabilly back to England upon witnessing a show by Buddy Holly. Steele
later visited America, but not as a rock musician. Howsoever, results of
his early scouting fell into the ears of Queen Elizabeth who had found sweet the
day of her coronation at age 27 on 2 June, 1953, for she finally gained the
power to avenge England for the War of Independence that she had wept about
as a child in history class. All the other kids called her "Cry Baby!" But
she was precocious and thought them childish, already wondering in her mind atwist how she might bring America to its knees. She found such as Steele
revelatory some years later, leading to her strategy to expand the Empire by
means seeming even likable such as the Beatles. Genius, had becoming the Queen of Rock n Roll
not also spelled her doom per the perils of power. As for the term, "British
Invasion," that originated with CBS anchorman, Walter Cronkite, as of the day the Beatles landed at
Kennedy International Airport for the first time. To quote: "The British
invasion this time goes by the code name Beatlemania [title of the Beatles'
second album released in the United States]. D-Day has been common knowledge
for months, and this was the day. . . The invasion took place at New York’s
Kennedy International Airport. . . And that’s the way it is, Friday,
February 7, 1964.” Albeit February 7 was a school day, Capitol Records
leaked the news of the Beatles' arrival such that it is estimated about 3000
kids skipped school to welcome the band to America. (Pretty sneaky, and a
few battalions of truant kids bailing water.) Release dates on this page
vary between the UK and US, Americans oft waiting a year to hear (if at all)
what Germans just across the Channel in rocking Hamburg considered old news.
As for Liverpool or Mersey beat, those were square one of the British
invasion, the Mersey River flowing along Liverpool's banks in Mersey County.
The term "Mersey Beat" had
originally been used by jazz critic, Steve Voce (aka the Jazzman), who wrote a column
for the 'Liverpool Echo' by that title beginning in November of 1957
[*].
Several years later Bill Potter addressed a different genre by founding the
'Mersey Beat' newspaper in July of 1961
[1,
2]. Instrumental to that paper's
success was Brian Epstein, soon to become manager for the
Beatles, originators of the Mersy beat
style. 'Mersey Beat' was originally intended to cover the Merseyside area,
soon expanding into a genre by groups along that style though not from that
region. Mercybeat had been preceded by skiffle, which was
something of a revival of folk or jug band music popular in America in the twenties and
thirties. Invasion musicians of the period not on this page may be in other
sections like Modern Blues or Folk. A good source for articles and
interviews for most of the musicians on this page is
Rock's Backpages.
See also SAPM.
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Tommy Steele
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Ginger Baker Source: Tentang Musik |
Drummer,
Ginger Baker
[1,
2,
3,
4,
5,
6,
7,
8,
9,
10], is
thought to have first recorded in 1957 to appear on the 1958 release of the
album, 'Storyville Re-Visited', by the the
Hugh Rainey All Stars which had become the Storyville Jazzmen. Other titles
w the Jazzmen went unissued
until 2005 on a CD titled 'Bob Wallis & His Storyville Jazzmen 1957'. In 1962
Baker
replaced
Charlie Watts in Blues Incorporated
[1,
2] (Watts
leaving for the
Stones), first meeting
Jack Bruce and
Graham Bond. 1963 found Baker with the Graham Bond Quartet, soon to
become the Graham Bond Organization
[*]. In 1966 Baker attended a Bluesbreakers concert where he met
Eric Clapton,
which resulted in their recruitment of bassist
Jack Bruce and the formation
of Cream
[1,
2,
3,
4,
5,
6] (an intentionally self-complimentary name). Cream's first release
was a 45 in 1966 with 'Wrapping Paper' A side and 'I Feel Free' B side,
followed by the album, 'Fresh Cream' (containing 'I Feel Free' but not
'Wrapping Paper'). Baker composed the title, 'Toad', included on that. In 1969 Baker joined Ric Grech,
Eric Clapton and
Steve Winwood to form Blind Faith
[1,
2,
3,
4,
5]. Blind Faith was briefly lived, making only one
tour and releasing a single eponymous album in 1969 (containing Baker's
composition, 'Do What You Like') before
Clapton decided to drop out
and join its opening act,
Delaney & Bonnie. Which left the rest of the
band to form Baker's Air Force
[*]. Air force is
generally used to lead most modern invasions. The British assailed America
differently, first sending the
Beatles' sweet Merseybeat sound from Liverpool to soften resistance in 1964, securing and widening the breach for several
years via the
Rolling Stones, yet not planning to send in their Air Force to thoroughly
finish the job until 1970. A peculiar strategy, Brits apparently thinking
that howsoever they do whatever that it will work, and it did. Because Air
Force didn't have to tour America after all. While Baker's Air Force was showing off its
power in Europe, even from afar an intimidating threat, America cried "Uncle!" and
went kaput with the issue of the
Beatles' last album, 'Let It Be', in May of
1970, finally conceding superiority to the British, though no formal
statements were issued, certainly none recognized by hard-nosed Queen
Elizabeth II who was yet intent upon absolute dominion per her British
Invasion, yet conspiring to possess every last soul of the human race. Some yet think otherwise,
claiming 'Let It Be' was a motion to surrender, the
Beatles exhausted and given up attempting
to keep conquered a United States that was proving to be a little snotty by
then. Others from their realm of alternative facts have the
Beatles signing a separate peace treaty
with unspoken American generals, kept secret from the Queen who, upon
learning that the Beatles were exhausted, only intensified her assault on
the United States, directing Freddie Mercury to change the name of his band,
Smile, to Queen, for its first performance as such in July of 1970. Most yet
conveniently believe that such just wasn't so. But can they prove it,
knowing that all parties involved would, of course, deny such? Elizabeth doggedly
continued her Invasion for years to come, eventually to the point of being
humored by future "commanders" as they pretended strategies with her while pinning tacks
on maps in the logistics room deep in the bowels of Buckingham Palace. But
those who hold such theories, also imagining so brazenly false a notion as a US victory in the war against the Brits, are a lot of
whining diehards. As for Baker, Queen Elizabeth didn't want to unnecessarily
risk his entire Air Force of only ten planes piloted by himself,
Graham Bond, Phil Seamen,
Steve Winwood, Ric Grech, Denny Laine,
Alan White, Chris Wood, Harold McNair and Remi Kabaka. Yet that power of
only ten was so formidable that the Queen had Baker
raise an army as well, the Baker Gurvitz Army
[1,
2] formed in 1974, with Adrian
and Paul Gurvitz of the Gun [*] and Three Man Army
[*]. Also in the Baker Gurvitz
Army were
Graham Bond, Phil Seamen,
Denny Laine and
Steve Winwood. During the eighties
Baker was a member of Hawkwind
[1,
2,
3] and
Public Image Ltd. [1,
2]. He joined the Masters
of Reality [1,
2,
3] in 1992. By that time Baker was no longer able to bear the burden
of counseling Elizabeth, she having long since been rendered psychotic on her
own poison on the fateful date of November 13, 1978, the day the Village
People released Y.M.C.A.. Washing his hands of the war games of the Queen's
unending spite and fury against the United States, Baker escaped to Parker, Colorado, near Denver in 1993 to
secretly smoke peace pipes with the foe while pursuing his fascination with polo. He also recorded with BBM (Bruce - Baker -
Moore)
[*] in '93 with bassist,
Jack Bruce, and guitarist,
Gary Moore, toward the release of the
album, 'Around the Next Dream', in 1994. Also in '94 he formed the jazz
ensemble, the Ginger Baker Trio, with Bill Frisell and
Charlie Haden. Baker had been to
Africa to open a recording studio in Nigeria after his time with Air Force
(per the documentary, 'Ginger Baker in Africa', released in 1971). In 1999
he moved to South Africa. 2005 saw the release of a live Cream reunion
album, 'Royal Albert Hall London May', with
Jack Bruce and
Eric Clapton. In 2008 a South African
bank clerk whom he'd hired as a personal assistant defrauded him of nigh
$60,000. Baker published his memoir, 'Hellraiser', in 2009. He formed the
quartet, Jazz Confusion [*],
in 2013. In 2014 he released the solo album,
'Why?', with Alec Dankworth, Abass Dodoo and Pee Wee Ellis. Baker died on 6
October 2019 in Canterbury, Kent. Drum solos by
Baker at
*.
Equipment employed at *.
Discos w various credits of Baker's solo career at
1,
2.
45 rpm discos of bands in which Baker played at
1,
2,
3,
4,
5,
6,
7,
8 (Baker not appearing on every title w every group). See
also Discogs at 1,
2,
3,
4,
5,
6,
7,
8,
9 (again, Baker appearing only while a member of those bands).
Baker in visual media at IMDb.
Baker maintained an internet
presence at Facebook
[*]
until his death on 6 October 2019. Per below, entries are chronological by year only,
then alphabetical. Examples per 1957 are thought to have been unissued until
2005 on a CD titled 'Bob Wallis & His Storyville Jazzmen 1957' [itunes]. Samples per
1963 are thought to been unissued until 2012 in a box set of CDs by the
title of 'Wade in the Water Classics: Origins & Oddities'. 'Little Girl' and
'Spanish' are one of three versions in that set. All tracks for 1970
below are from the album, 'Ginger Baker's Air Force', except as noted. More Cream and Blind Faith under Eric Clapton. Ginger Baker 1957 With Bob Wallis & His Storyville Jazzmen First issue 2005 CD: 'Bob Wallis & His Storyville Jazzmen 1957' With Bob Wallis & His Storyville Jazzmen First issue 2005 CD: 'Bob Wallis & His Storyville Jazzmen 1957' Composition: Joe King Oliver 1926 With Bob Wallis & His Storyville Jazzmen First issue 2005 CD: 'Bob Wallis & His Storyville Jazzmen 1957' Composition: Artie Matthews Ginger Baker 1958 With Bob Wallis & His Storyville Jazzmen Composition: Felix Bernard Album: 'Storyville Re-Visited' Ginger Baker 1963 With the Graham Bond Organisation Composition: Graham Bond Box set: 'Wade In The Water Classics' Issued 2012 With the Graham Bond Quartet Composition: Graham Bond Box set: 'Wade In The Water Classics' Issued 2012 With the Graham Bond Quartet Composition: Graham Bond Box set: 'Wade In The Water Classics' Issued 2012 Ginger Baker 1965 Filmed live with the Graham Bond Organization Composition: Willie Dixon Ginger Baker 1966 With Cream Composition: Skip James Album: 'Fresh Cream' With Cream Composition: Ginger Baker Album: 'Fresh Cream' With Cream Music: Jack Bruce Lyrics: Pete Brown Ginger Baker 1967 With Cream Composition: Ginger Baker Album: 'Disraeli Gears' With Cream Composition: Jack Bruce/Pete Brown Album: 'Disraeli Gears' With Cream Composition: Eric Clapton/Felix Pappalardi/Gail Collins Album: 'Disraeli Gears' With Cream Composition: Jack Bruce/Eric Clapton/Pete Brown Album: 'Disraeli Gears' Ginger Baker 1968 Filmed live Final Cream concert at Royal Albert Hall With Cream Music: Jack Bruce Lyrics: Pete Brown Album: 'Wheels of Fire' Ginger Baker 1969 With Blind Faith Album Ginger Baker's Air Force 1970 Composition: Harold McNair Composition: Ginger Baker/Ric Grech Composition: Ginger Baker/Steve Winwood Composition: Ginger Baker Composition: Traditional Arrangement: Denny Laine Filmed for German television Issued 2010 Ginger Baker 1971 Album Ginger Baker 1973 Filmed live with Art Blakey Ginger Baker 1990 Live with Jack Bruce 'David Letterman Show' Music: Jack Bruce Lyrics: Pete Brown Live with Jack Bruce Toad's Place Composition: Jack Bruce/Pete Brown Ginger Baker 1995 Ginger Baker Trio Filmed live Bass: Charlie Haden Guitar: Bill Frisell Composition: Charlie Haden
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The Cream Source: Music Box
Blind Faith Source: obaudoedu |
| Born in 1939 in London, bass
guitarist,
Jet Harris [1,
2,
3,
4,
5], performed with various bands
like Vipers Skiffle Group and the Most Brothers early in his career. His
first recordings were in 1956 with the Vipers Skiffle Group. None of those
are known to have been commercially released until the Bear Family box set
titled '10.000 Years Ago' in 1996, containing several tracks from '56 to
'58. Harris first emerged on vinyl with the Vipers in 1958 per 'Summertime
Blues' bw 'Liverpool Blues' (Parlophone 4484). It was 1959 when he joined
Cliff Richard & the Drifters, 'Livin'
Lovin Doll'/'Steady With You' (Columbia DB 4249) his first of numerous issues with
Richard & the Drifters. Their next plate
included his composition, 'Jet Black' (Columbia DB 4325). He followed
Richard into Cliff Richard & the Shadows
in 1959, their first issue 'Travelin' Light' bw 'Dynamite' (Columbia DB
4351) that year. Harris
toured the States with the Shadows in 1960 before getting fired from the band
for excessive drinking after the recording of 'Wonderland' in Feb '62 [*].
His first solo disc was with former drummer for the Shadows, Tony Meehan
(fired for tardiness in Oct '61 [*]),
releasing 'Besame Mucho' bw 'Chills and Fever' (Decca F 11466) in May of
'62. Their release of 'Diamonds' (Decca F 11563) in Jan of '63 rose to #1 on
the charts, that produced by Meehan. Harris formed the
Jet Harris Band in 1966, issued 'My Lady'/'You Don't Live Twice' (Fontana TF
849) in '67,
briefly performed with
Jeff Beck that year as well, then found himself working
day jobs, whatever he could find, a result of alcohol. Harris was back to
recording in '75 with 'A Theme for a Fallen Idol' bw 'This Sporting Life'.
Bankruptcy followed in 1988. Harris has briefly joined or guested with other
bands, including the 'The Event' concerts in 1989 with Richard and Meehan.
Fender, which guitars he famously used, rewarded him with a Lifetime
Achievement Award in 1998. The new millennium saw him touring from 2005 to
'09. His last album was issued in 2007: 'The Journey'. On New Years Eve of
2010 Harris was made MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire). He
died a few months later on March 18 of 2011
[1,
2]. Discos w composing and
producing credits: 1,
2.
For Harris w Meehan: *.
Harris in visual media. The Vipers 1958 Composition: Eddie Cochran/Jerry Capehart Cliff Richard & the Drifters 1959 Composition: Bunny Lewis/Norrie Paramor Composition: Ian Samwell Cliff Richard & the Shadows 1960 BBC 'Sunday Night at the London Palladium' Composition: Sid Tepper/Roy Bennett Jet Harris 1962 Composition: Consuelo Velazquez/Nicola Wilke/Sunny (Selig) Skylar Film Composition: Hank Thompson/Billy Gray Jet Harris 1963 Drums: Tony Meehan Composition: Les Vandyke/De Mare Drums: Tony Meehan Composition: Jerry Lordan Jet Harris 1996 Composition: Stan Jones Jet Harris 2007 Composition: Jerry Lordan Filmed with the Wildcats Marty Wilde's 50th Anniversary Concert
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Cliff Richard & the Shadows Source: Goldmine |
The earlier band with which
Sir Cliff Richard
[1,
2,
3,
4]
led from 1958 to 1960, 'the Drifters,
is in Rock 5. That band became the
Shadows
[1,
2/Discos 1,
2]
in 1959 to avoid confusion with the American doo-wop band called the
Drifters. Born
Harry Rodger Webb in British India in 1940, his father had brought his
family to London upon India's independence from Great Britain in 1948. Though
Richard released several top singles in the United States he didn't develop
much of an audience in America, despite
John Lennon's opinion that "before
Cliff and the Shadows, there had been nothing worth listening to in British
music." As Richards career progressed in the United Kingdom
he would appeal to the more popular than rock oriented audience. He was raised an
Anglican but didn't begin practicing his Christian faith until 1964, not
despising the rock with which he was experiencing great success with the
Shadows, while branching out as a solo act with material more expressive of
his faith, including performances at Billy Graham crusades. Albeit
personnel has
rotated numerously, the main members of the Shadows were Hank Marvin, Bruce Welch and Brian
Bennett. Richard & the Shadows toured the United States in 1960, nigh four years
prior to the
Beatles. They also appeared on the 'Ed Sullivan Show'. Though one
can't say they were a flop neither were they greeted with the screaming that
the
Beatles were. The Shadows might have come
to great success in America with Richard but for complications with record
companies. Minus Richard the band didn't fare well in America at all, though
the Shadows remain popular to this day in the United Kingdom. Richard had placed four tracks in the
Top Ten of the UK singles charts when he was with the
Drifters: 'Move It' at
#2 and 'High Class Baby' at #7 in 1958, with 'Mean Streak' at #10 and
'Living Doll' at #1 in 1959
[*]. Richard placed above sixty in the Top Ten both with
the Shadows and as a solo artist until 2008 ('Thank You For a Lifetime' at
#3) [1,
2]. Richard's #1 spots
on the UK charts were: 1959 'Living Doll' July #1 UK With the Drifters 'Travelin' Light' October #1 UK With the Shadows 1960 'Please Don't Tease' July #1 UK With the Shadows 'I Love You' December #1 UK With the Shadows 1962 'The Young Ones' January #1 UK With the Shadows 'Bachelor Boy' December #1 UK With the Shadows 'The Next Time' December #1 UK With the Shadows 1963 'Summer Holiday' February #1 UK With the Shadows 1965 'The Minute You're Gone' March #1 UK Solo 1968 'Congratulations' March #1 UK Solo 1979 'We Don't Talk Anymore' July #1 UK Solo 1988 'Mistletoe and Wine' December #1 UK Solo 1990 'Savior's Day' December #1 UK Solo 1999 'The Millennium Prayer' November #1 UK Solo Richard had written 'Bachelor Boy' with Bruce Welch. Knighted in 1995 by Queen Elizabeth II, Richard yet actively pursues his vocation with the Shadows as of this writing [1, 2]. Shadows discographies w various credits at 1, 2, 3. Discos for Richard at 1, 2, 3. Richard in visual media. The Shadow in visual media. Tracks below are chronological by year only, alphabetical thereafter. Cliff Richard & the Shadows 1960 Composition: Chuck Berry's 'Thirty Days' Versions of this song: SecondHandSongs Television performance Composition: Peter Chester/Bruce Welch Television performance Cliff Richard & the Shadows 1961 Television performance First released 1960 Composition: Jerry Lordan Television performance Composition: Sid Tepper/Roy Bennett Television performance Composition: Peter Gormley Cliff Richard & the Shadows 1962 Television performance Composition: Bobby Freeman Cliff Richard & the Shadows 1963 Composition: Jerry Lordan Cliff Richard & the Shadows 1969 Filmed live Composition: Cliff Richard/Bruce Welch Cliff Richard 1970 'The Bank Holiday Show' First release 1964 Cliff Richard 1979 Filmed live Composition: Alan Tarney The Shadows 1989 Filmed live First released 1960 Composition: Jerry Lordan Cliff Richard 1999 Filmed live Composition: Paul Field/Stephen Deal Cliff Richard/Nigel Wright The Shadows 2003 Filmed live First released 1960 Composition: Jerry Lordan
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Manfred Mann 1963 Source: Discogs |
Born Manfred Sepse Lubowitz, in
Johannesburg, Transvaal,
keyboardist Manfred Mann
[1,
2,
3], migrated to the United Kingdom at age 21, being
opposed to the apartheid system in South Africa. Sources often repeat that
Mann, having studied jazz piano in South Africa, released a couple of albums
in 1959 and '61 with Saul Ozynski as a member of the Vikings. Yet other
sources mention such not at all [2 above/*). We can find no
confirming documentation of
such so a first release date of 1959 for Mann remains tentative. Lubowitz first changed his name to Manne
(in honor of jazz drummer
Shelly Manne) as a writer for Jazz News in
1961. It was 1962 when the Mann-Hugg Blues
Brothers were formed in London by Mann and drummer, Mike Hugg, adding guitarist Mike Vickers, bassist Dave Richmond and vocalist Paul
Jones (replaced in 1966 by Mike d'Abo). That Group soon became Manred Mann &
the Manfreds before becoming simply Manfred
Mann [1,
2,
3] to release their first record in 1963: 'Why Should We Not?'
with 'Cock-a-Hoop' flip side. In 1969 Mann released the first of two albums
with the brief formation of the band, Chapter Three. Manfred Mann was disassembled in 1971, having
never stepped on American soil. Mann's next band,
however, the Earth Band [1,
2,
3,
4], first toured the States in 1973. The Earth Band,
with which Mann distinguished himself on the Minimoog synthesizer, continues
to perform to this day. Having released seventeen studio albums and three live
albums over the decades, of note in 1991 was the release of 'Plains Music',
on which Mann did homage to the American Indian. The Earth Band's latest
live issue was' Live in Ersingen' in 2011 with Robert Hart at vocals. The
group's latest studio issue was in October 2014: 'Lone
Arranger'. Tour dates for Mann's current Earth Band at their
website. Mike
Hugg and Paul Jones yet run their current version of the Manfreds from
their website.
Discographies w various credits for Mann, both solo and the group, at
1,
2,
3,
4.
For Mann's Earth Band: 1,
2,
3.
Manfred Mann in visual media.
The Earth Band in visual media.
Per below, all tracks from 1973 onward are the Earth Band. Manfred Mann 1963 Composition: Manfred Mann Composition: Paul Jones Manfred Mann 1964 Composition: Mann/Hugg/Jones 'Shindig' television performance Composition: Jeff Barry/Ellie Greenwich Television performance Composition: Robert Mosely/Robert Napoleon Taylor Manfred Mann 1965 Television performance Composition: Jeff Barry/Ellie Greenwich Television performance Composition: Herbie Hancock Manfred Mann 1967 Mighty Quinn ('Quinn the Eskimo') Television performance Composition: Bob Dylan Manfred Mann 1968 'Top of the Pops' television program Composition: John Simon Manfred Mann 1973 Composition: Chris Slade/Mick Rogers With Earth Band Album: 'Solar Fire' Manfred Mann 1975 Composition: Mick Rogers With Earth Band Album Manfred Mann 1976 'Midnight Special' with Earth Band Composition: Bruce Springsteen With Earth Band Album With Earth Band Live at the Spectrum Filmed live with Earth Band Composition: Bruce Springsteen Manfred Mann 1978 Filmed live with Earth Band Composition: Bob Dylan Manfred Mann 1979 Composition: Mann/Hirth Martinez/Jimme O'Neill With Earth Band Album: 'Angel Station' Composition: Billy Falcon With Earth Band Album: 'Angel Station' Composition: Bob Dylan With Earth Band Album: 'Angel Station' Manfred Mann 1980 Composition: Mann/Mike Heron With Earth Band Album: 'Chance' Manfred Mann 1983 Filmed live with Earth Band Composition: John Simon/Robbie Robertson Manfred Mann 2000 Filmed live with Earth Band in Cologne
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Manfred Mann 2004 Source: Don Imus |
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Steve Marriott Source: Georgia Home Theater |
Best known as the frontman for the
Small Faces
[*] and
Humble Pie
[*], guitarist and songwriter Steve Marriott
[1,
2,
3],
was born in Manor Park, Essex, in 1947. He formed his first band, the Wheels, at age twelve. His first professional employment followed the next year upon
acquiring the role of Artful Dodger in the musical, 'Oliver!', a position he
would hold for a year at the New Theatre in London (now the Noël Coward
Theatre). Before joining the
Small Faces in 1966 Marriott had pursued a solo
career, making his first record release in 1963 for Decca: 'Give Her My
Regards' backed with 'Imaginary Love'. That same year he formed
the Frantiks and covered
Cliff Richard's 'Move It' before changing the
group's name to the Moments. In 1965 Marriott got together with bassist
Ronnie Lane, 16 year-old drummer Kenny Jones and keyboardist Jimmy Winston
(later replaced by
Ian McLagan) to form the
Small Faces. Perhaps Marriott's
friend, Annabel, was tripping when she commented that they all had small
faces and it stuck. Mayhaps relevant also was the fact that the tallest
among them stood only 5'6". As well, to be a "face" was to be
a somebody, a
colloquialism during that period and place. On New Years Eve
of 1968, however, Marriott left the stage during a live performance and
didn't return. He would soon thereafter join Peter Frampton in the formation
of
Humble Pie. Frampton remained with
Humble Pie for nearly three years from
January '69 to November '71. In May of 1976 Marriott released his first solo
album, 'Marriott'. But he continued to lead
Humble Pie until its disbanding in late
1983 before he issued his next solo album in 1985: 'Live at the Sir George
Robey'. He would see the release of 'Live at Dingwalls 6.7.84' in 1986 and
'Marriott & Band' in 1990 before his death the early morning of April 20,
1991, of smoke inhalation as his cottage burned down around him in Arkesden,
Essex [1,
2].
He'd been asleep on the second floor and had nearly made his bedroom
door when he expired. Marriott catalogues w various credits at
1,
2.
Marriott in visual media.
Tracks below touch upon Marriott's career apart from the
Small Faces or
Humble Pie. Steve Marriott 1960 Musical: 'Oliver' Composition: Lionel Bart Steve Marriott 1963 Composition: Kenny Lynch Composition: Marriott Steve Marriott 1964 With the Moments Composition: Alan Lomax/Huddie Ledbetter (Lead Belly) With the Moments Composition: Alan Caddy/Don Charles With the Moments Composition: Ray Davies of the Kinks Steve Marriott 1976 Composition: Marriott Composition: Joe Brown [per smallface49] Steve Marriott 1984 Composition: John Fogerty Album: 'Dingwalls' Steve Marriott 1985 Composition: Eddie Boyd Filmed live in Houston Composition: Marriott
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The Beatles Source: My Kugiran |
At the avant-garde of the British
invasion was, of course, the Beatles (Fab Four)
[1,
2,
3,
4,
5,
6,
7,
8,
9],
easily the all-time highest selling band with 178 million units sold according to
RIAA. The bunch first
recorded in Sep 1961 as a backup band called the Beat Brothers for
Tony Sheridan.
'My Bonnie'/'The Saints' saw issue in Germany in Oct of 1961 [*].
Those were reissued in Jan 1962 as the Beatles backing
Sheridan. The Beat Brothers also
recorded 'Ain't She Sweet', 'Cry For a Shadow' an 'Why in 1961, later issued
by the Beatles in 1964. The Beatles had first formed upon Lennon's Blackjacks becoming the Quarrymen in 1957
[1,
2].They would also briefly call themselves the Moondogs, the Beatals,
the Silver Beetles, Silver Beatles and the Beat Brothers before finally
settling with the Beatles. The original personnel of the Quarrymen had been
Paul
McCartney (age 17), John Lennon (age 18),
George Harrison (despite Lennon's
doubt that at age 15 he was too young), Colin Hanton on drums and John "Duff"
Lowe on piano.
Pete Best became drummer as of the Silver
Beatles, recording as one of the Beat Brothers with
Sheridan per above. They first
auditioned for their all-important producer, George Martin [1,
2,
3,
4,
5,
6,
7,
8], on
June 6 of '63 at Abbey Road Studios. Best was
replaced by Ringo Starr in August 1962. Not only were the Beatles a
remarkable combination of musicians, but the
Lennon-McCartney songwriting
team was a virtual factory, supplying not a few other musicians along the
way with too
many compositions to count. They both wrote, or largely wrote w the other
touching off the wrap, titles individually commonly credited to both. For
this history we try to follow the practice of crediting both if the other
contributed anything at all to what was basically the other's song. In some
cases, however, it's just plain one or the other regardless of credits. Perhaps
as good example as any of the Merseybeat sound, for surely its standard, was the Beatles' first album
release in 1963, 'Please Please Me' (Parlophone), on which appears 'Love Me Do' backed with 'P.S. I Love
You'. Though basically by
McCartney,
Lennon contributed enough to credit them to
Lennon/McCartney. That was followed the same year by 'With the Beatles' released in the
UK (Parlophone) and it's American version 'Beatlemania!' (Capitol). It was upon the release of 'I Wanna
Hold Your Hand' in 1964 that the Beatles arrived to New York in February, performed
on the Ed Sullivan Show, molested the hearts of millions of screaming girls
and cracked the first thunder of the British Invasion. The Beatles faced the
problem throughout their tours of the audience overpowering what music the most
powerful amplifiers available could deliver. There is a mild example of this
on the 1965 track of 'I Feel Fine' below, "mild" because the music can actually
be heard. All to say that screaming audiences at Beatles concerts made performing
music nigh pointless. Well, it's not every day that I myself hear thousands
of girls screaming their delight in my presence. But this was for the Beatles
a frustration as well, there more screaming being done than listening, alike
they could have played everything off key and no one would have known the difference.
It was truly nothing short of mass hysteria. Only two and a half years later
they would give their last commercial concert at San Francisco's Candlestick
Park in August of 1966, the same month they released 'Revolver'. The causes
the Beatles stop touring were various. One, touring had become drudgery: the
Beatles had performed more than 1400 concerts in the last four years. Two, the
band's music had evolved considerably beyond the Merseybeat days. It was
thought
that to perform on tour what the Beatles were producing in the studio would
be a task too gigantic to do justice. Three, security may have been a contributing
factor: Lennon's remark in 1965 that the Beatles were more popular than Jesus
had wrought backlash in the form of threats and the burning of Beatles records.
There had been rioting in the Philippines as well, caused by Brian Epstein (their
famous manager since 1962:
1,
2,
3,
4,
5,
6) turning down an invitation to breakfast from Imelda
Marcos. The Beatles nevertheless won the 1967 Album of the Year Grammy Award
via 'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band'. The Beatles disbanded in 1970 for a mixture of reasons: Simple
weariness of being the Beatles was likely the condition in general. The Beatles
had been a driving non-stop engine for several years and there may have been
a sense of knowing when to quit triumphant rather than fade away but repeating
themselves. Lennon had decided to leave the group in September 1969, but waited
to announce it until record negotiations at the time were completed. (Lennon
thought things had deteriorated in general since the death of Epstein in August
of 1967 due to sleeping pill overdose. Nor was he pleased with the way
McCartney
had been handling or not handling affairs since then.) In the meantime,
McCartney
released his first solo album in April 1970 ('McCartney'), along with his announcement
that he was leaving the Beatles. This was the same month the Beatles finished
their last recording, 'I Me Mine', for the 'Let It Be' album. The final straw
for
McCartney was Phil Spector's [1,
2,
3,
4,
5,
6] production of that album. (McCartney, for example,
wasn't at all pleased with the orchestration on the Beatles' last released
single, 'The Long and Winding Road'.) The Beatles not only topped
Billboard's charts
21 times from 'She Loves You' in Aug of 1963 to 'Long and
Winding Road' in May of 1970. They were also culturally one of the most significant of phenomena in
the twentieth century. With
a little help from, most notably, the
Rolling Stones, they affected change
in
the zeitgeist of the world on a scale somewhere in the vicinity of the Apollo 11 moon landing
in July of '69. Beatles discographies w various credits at
1,
2,
3,
4.
Band membership since Lennon w the Quarrymen in 1957. More
information for the Beatles under
John Lennon,
Paul McCartney,
George Harrison,
Ringo Starr and
Pete Best. First 1961 issues w
Tony Sheridan
in UK Beat. All titles below were composed by
the Lennon/McCartney team except as noted. Per 1962 below, ''Live! at the Star Club'
is a series of recordings on reel-to-reel documented by
Kingsize Taylor (of the
Tremeloes in UK Beat) in
1962 in Hamburg, released fifteen years later in 1977. The Beatles 1962 Recorded December 1962 Not issued until 1977 See Wikipedia First release w Ringo Starr First release w Ringo Starr The Beatles 1963 BBC Radio Theme to 'Pop go the Beatles' program Radio debut BBC Radio program 'Teenager's Turn – Here We Go' The Beatles 1964 Recorded in 1961 Composition: Milton Ager/Jack Yellen 1927 Recorded in 1961 Composition: Harrison/Lennon Filmed live in Washington DC Composition: Chuck Berry Television performance Composition: Chuck Berry Filmed live in Melbourne Composition: Bert Berns/Phil Medley Filmed live in Washington DC Composition: Bert Berns/Phil Medley Ed Sullivan Show Composition: Bert Berns/Phil Medley The Beatles 1965 Studio version Television performance Filmed live at Shea Stadium NYC Filmed live at the Hollywood Bowl Composition: Chuck Berry Filmed live at Shea Stadium NYC Album: 'Help!' Composition: McCartney Credited to Lennon/McCartney The Beatles 1966 Album: 'Revolver' Composition: George Harrison Album: 'Revolver' The Beatles 1967 Album Album: 'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band' Album: 'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band' Album: 'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band' Album: 'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Album: 'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band' With a Little Help from My Friends Album: 'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band' The Beatles 1968 Album: 'White Album' Composition: McCartney Credited to Lennon/McCartney Album: 'White Album' Album: 'White Album' Composition: Lennon Credited to Lennon/McCartney Album: 'White Album' Composition: McCartney Credited to Lennon/McCartney The Beatles 1969 Album Audio Apple Studios Rooftop Concert music video Composition: McCartney The Beatles 1970 Album: 'Let It Be' Composition: Lennon Album: 'Let It Be' Composition: McCartney Album: 'Let It Be'
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Beatles with Pete Best Photo: Hulton Archive/Getty Images Source: Ooyuz |
Drummer, Pete Best
[1,
2,
3,
4,
5,
6,
7,
8/ Disco], began his
two-year career with the Beatles in August 1960 when they were the
Silver Beetles and needed a drummer for their first residency in Hamburg. Best
was drummer when they became the Beat Brothers to record 'My Bonnie' and
'The Saints' under
Tony Sheridan in September 1961.
Those were issued the next month in Germany [*].
The Beatles then changed their name to the Beatles, reissuing those w
Sheridan in Jan 1962 as such. The Beat Brothers also laid out 'Ain't She Sweet', 'Cry
for a Shadow' and 'Why' in Sep of 1961, those issued by the
Beatles in 1964. Though Best was fired from the Beatles in August
1962, just prior to their first release with
Ringo Starr ('Love Me Do' b/w
'P.S. I Love You' '62), several demos (out of more than thirty that the Beatles
made) are indexed below on which Best appears.
The dismissal of Best from the Beatles, to make way for
Ringo Starr, is
among rock n roll's most discussed issues. The majority, overall, seem to think it was
unfair. Nor did fans at the time like it, Best having developed no small
popularity during his two years with the band. (George Harrison acquired a
black eye from one indignant Best fan at Starr's second performance with the
Beatles at the Cavern Club in Liverpool in August of '62. Starr's first
performance with the Beatles had been the prior day at Port Sunlight.) Nor did Brian Epstein, the Beatles famous
manager, care for the decision, helping Best obtain a position with
Lee Curtis & the All-Stars once he'd
healed from the blow enough to make music again. (Epstein's car tires had
been slashed by angry fans during Starr's initial performance at the Cavern
Club.) In the end, the other
Beatles simply didn't think Best was the best when it came to playing drums.
It wasn't so much their prerogative to put together the best band that they could
that bothered people. It was, rather, the shabby manner in which Best was
released, concerning
which one can read anywhere:
1,
2,
3,
4,
5,
6. After Best and the rest of
the All-Stars left
Lee Curtis, as well, without a band, they formed the Original
All-Stars which would soon become the Pete Best Four, which is group with
which the list below resumes after the early Beatles audition demos. Best's
first release after the All-Stars was in 1964: 'I'm Gonna Knock on Your
Door' (not found) backed by 'Why Did I Fall In Love With You'. Best also first toured the United States in 1964, appearing on the television
show, 'What's My Line', in March of that year, as well as soon later recording
his first album, 'Best of the Beatles', in NYC for producer and arranger,
Tom Gallo. Issued in 1965, the only Beatle on it was
Best. In 1988 Best formed the Pete Best Band with which he's toured ever
since. Discographies for Best w various credits at
1,
2,
3,
4.
See also
*.
Best in visual media.
All tracks for 1962 below are Beatles audition
demos. Pete Best 1962 Unissued demos: Composition: Consuelo Velázquez Composition: Lennon/McCartney Composition: Bill Cantrell/Quinton Claunch/Carl Perkins Composition: Meredith Willson Pete Best 1964 Why Did I Fall In Love With You Composition: Tony Waddington Pete Best 1965 Composition: Sean Lamont Composition: Luther Dixon/Wes Farrell Composition: Alvin & Edwin Johnson Composition: Wayne Bickerton/Tony Waddington Composition: Ike Turner Composition: Jerry Leiber/Mike Stoller 1952 Composition: Wayne Bickerton/Tony Waddington Composition: Mick Jagger Composition: Wayne Bickerton/Tony Waddington Pete Best 1966 Album: 'Best of the Beatles' Composition: 1962 Jerry Leiber/Mike Stoller/Richard Barrett Pete Best 1988 Live with Billy Kinsley Composition: Jeff Barry/Ellie Greenwich/Phil Spector
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Pete Best 2005 Photo: Leslie Spear Source: Twitter/Pete Best |
| Reggae musician,
Jimmy Cliff
[1,
2,
3,
4], was born
James Chambers in 1948 in St. James, Jamaica. He is thought to have released
'Dearest Beverley" in 1961 with a real fine band called the Beverley's All Stars. There exists a CD
compilation of early Jimmy Cliff & the Beverley's All Stars titles called
'The Ska Singles 1961-1962', including such as their 1962 recordings,
'Hurricane Hattie' and 'King of Kings', as well as Cliff's 1962 recording of
'I'm Sorry' with the Cavaliers Combo. The
Beatles' arrival to the U.S. in
February of 1964 was a surprise attack upon America's citizens that yielded
the Queen's first major gain of the British Invasion. Elizabeth II had more ammunition than that to
come, but needed spies. No one suspected Cliff's innocent 16 year-old visage
during his "tour" to the 1964 World's Fair
in New York as a so-called representative of Jamaica. It is thought he signed on
with Island Records upon moving to the UK in 1964. Which further proves he was a
spy, a rather obvious one at that, during the Invasion. He released
his debut album, 'Hard Road to Travel' in 1967 (fishing for sympathy,
though on the Queen's payroll, just as spies are taught). Cliff moved
to the British label, Trojan (big secret except to Brits funding
their assault, though Cliff may have issued on that label as an American
mole), in 1969 to record his compositions, 'Wonderful World,
Beautiful People' and 'Vietnam'. 'Wonderful World' grabbed the #6 spot on
the UK Singles Chart. Cliff rode
Cat Stevens' composition,
'Wild World', to #8 in August 1970. Songwriting of essence to Cliff's
vocation, he composed titles like 'Struggling Man' ('72), 'Trapped' ('72),
'On My Life' ('73) and 'Dreams' ('02). Recording on British labels confirms where
Cliff's interests were: with
Bob Marley, yet another rather conspicuous spy for the
Brits recording on British labels, though he was more likely a mole in the
more secret employ of American forces.
Peter Tosh, however, came to the defense of the United
States during its war with the Brits, issuing his recordings on American
labels. All three, however, including Cliff, are suspected to have been moles, even double
moles, though documentation of such has been shredded by now. In 1972 Cliff starred in the reggae film, 'The Harder They Come',
produced in Jamaica. (See how it all fits together, Jamaica being an
independent Commonwealth realm over which the Queen is head of state? A lot
of funny business making movies in Jamaica so close to U.S.
borders.) During the latter seventies Cliff made his first trip to Africa,
then converted to Islam for a time. His reggae came to be more African
influenced than
Marley's more Caribbean reggae, but Islam put him at odds
with the Rastafarian religion strongly associated with reggae. Be as may,
Cliff has recorded, including soundtracks, well into the new millennium. His last album was 'Rebirth', released in
2012. He yet tours
as of this writing and maintains a
Facebook page.
Discographies for Cliff w various credits at
1,
2.
Cliff in visual media.
Per below,
all titles are composed by Cliff (James Chambers) except as noted. All listings from 1994 onward are filmed concerts. Jimmy Cliff 1961 With the Beverley's All Stars Jimmy Cliff 1962 With the Beverley's All Stars With the Beverley's All Stars Jimmy Cliff 1972 Album: 'The Harder They Come' Album: 'The Harder They Come' Composition: Guilly Bright/Jimmy Cliff Arrangement/Production: Guilly Bright Jimmy Cliff 1976 Jimmy Cliff 1990 Composition: Jimmy Cliff/Steven Seagal (actor) Jimmy Cliff 1994 Jimmy Cliff 2012 Sierra Nevada World Music Festival Jimmy Cliff 2013 Jimmy Cliff 2014 In Benicàssim, Spain
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 Jimmy Cliff Circa 1970 Photo: Redferns/Getty Images Source: Famous People |
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George Harrison Source: Michael Arnold |
Guitarist,
George Harrison
[1,
2,
3,
4,
5,
6,
7,
8,
9,
10,
11,
12],
was born in Liverpool in 1943. He joined the
Beatles in 1958 when they were still the Quarrymen. He was age fourteen when
he first auditioned, which
John Lennon thought too young. But
Paul McCartney
wanted him in the band, so arranged a second audition (by which time
Harrison had become fifteen) upon which
Lennon agreed to hire him. Howsoever,
he was deported from Hamburg during the
Beatles' first residency there, too young
to play nightclubs. His first record release was in Oct 1961 when the
Beatles were the Beat Brothers with
Tony Sheridan [*].
'My Bonnie' and 'The Saints' were issued again in Jan 1962 upon the Beat
Brothers changing their name to the
Beatles [*].
Harrison had visited the United States in 1963 before the
Beatles' arrival on Feb 7 of 1964
[*]. Albeit
Lennon and
McCartney were the
Beatles lead vocalists, Harrison sang lead
on nearly thirty
Beatles songs, the first in 1963 on the
'Please Please Me' album ('Chains' and 'Do You Want to Know a Secret'), the
last on the 'Let It Be album' of 1970 ('I Me Mine' and 'For You Blue').
Though
Lennon and
McCartney were the
Beatles' major composers, Harrison wrote or
contributed to the
composition of numerous Beatles songs from 'Don't
Bother Me' in 1963 to several tracks on 'Let It Be' (including 'I Me Mine',
the
Beatles' last recording together, excepting
Lennon who was in Denmark, having
already quit the
Beatles). He wrote such as ''You Like Me
Too Much' ('65) and 'Blue Jay Way ('67)' for
the
Beatles, 'Apple Scruffs' ('70) and 'Isn't
It a Pity' ('70) for issue
by himself, and later collaborated on titles w the Traveling Wilburys. His first solo album, 'Wonderwall Music',
the first by an ex-Beatle, was the 1968 soundtrack for
the film 'Wonderwall'. That was followed in 1969 by 'Electronic Sound', then 'All Things Must Pass' in November 1970 (after the official disbanding of
the
Beatles in April of that year). Harrison may well be best known apart from
the
Beatles for the single released from the latter album, 'My Sweet Lord'.
The triple-sleeve 'Concert for Bangladesh' at Madison Square Garden was
issued in December of '71, the film the next year. That concert was his
initial association with Indian sitar player,
Ravi Shankar.
'Living in the Material World', issued in 1973, was largely a philanthropic
endeavor as well, royalties from nine of its eleven songs assigned to his
Material World Charitable Foundation (founded '73) in perpetuity. Harrison
founded Dark Horse Records in 1974. He was afterward the first ex-Beatle to
tour the States after the band's demise, visiting in 1974 with
Ravi Shankar as of
the Dark Horse Tour which album followed that December. Harrison was a film
producer as well. In 1978 he founded HandMade Films with Denis O'Brien
toward the 1979 release of 'Monty Python's Life of Brian'. Handmade Films
was involved in 27 films before its acquisition in 1994 by Paragon. 1987 saw
the platinum release of the album, 'Cloud Nine'. It was
1988 that Harrison joined Jeff Lynne, Roy Orbison, Bob
Dylan and
Tom Petty as one of the Traveling Wilburys.
That ensemble released two albums (excepting Orbison who died after
'Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1'), the second titled 'Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3'
as a joke. In 1999 Harrison was attacked in his home by an intruder, one
Michael Abram, with a knife. He sustained forty plus wounds largely to his
head, puncturing a lung as well, until his wife, Olivia, crowned the psycho
with a lamp. Harrison
died of lung cancer on Nov 29, 2001, at the relatively young age of fifty-eight
[1,
2].
Beyond music, some of Harrison's greater interests had been Hinduism, psychedelics,
antique cars and garden landscaping. Olivia Harrison continues his emphasis on charity,
founding The George Harrison Humanitarian Fund for UNICEF in 2005. His
presence in social media is maintained at
Facebook and
Twitter. Harrison discographies w various credits at
1,
2,
3.
Lyrics at AZ.
Reviews. Traveling Wilburys at
1,
2,
3.
Lyrics at AZ.
Harrison in visual media.
Harrison can of course be heard on any
Beatles record release. The entries below touch on
his career apart from the
Beatles. He authored all titles not
otherwise noted. George Harrison 1968 Album George Harrison 1969 Album George Harrison 1970 George Harrison 1971 George Harrison 1973 Album George Harrison 1980 Unreleased version George Harrison 1987 Composition: Rudy Clark Live with the Traveling Wilburys Composition: Jeff Lynne/Bob Dylan George Harrison/Tom Petty George Harrison 1988 With the Traveling Wilburys Composition: Jeff Lynne/Bob Dylan George Harrison/Tom Petty/Roy Orbison With the Traveling Wilburys Composition: Jeff Lynne/Bob Dylan George Harrison/Tom Petty/Roy Orbison George Harrison 1990 With the Traveling Wilburys Composition: Jeff Lynne/Bob Dylan George Harrison/Tom Petty George Harrison 1991 Album with Eric Clapton
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|
| Composer, guitarist and vocalist
John Lennon
[1,
2,
3,
4,
5,
6,
7,
8,
9,
10,
11]
was born in Liverpool in 1940. His first guitar was a gift from his mother
in 1956. Lennon
formed the Quarrymen (originally the Blackjacks)
[*], at first a skiffle
group (named after Quarry Bank High School), in 1956 at age fifteen. It was
at the Quarrymen's second performance, at St. Peter's in Woolton, that
Lennon met
Paul McCartney and asked him to join his band,
the Quarrymen. It was also about
that time that Lennon composed his first song, 'Hello Little Girl', which
would become the first release of the Fourmost (aka
Beatles) in 1963.
Lennon at first objected to
George Harrison joining the Quarrymen because he
thought
Harrison, age fourteen, was too young (Lennon age eighteen by that
time). But
McCartney wanted
Harrison in the band and arranged a second
audition, after which
Harrison became a member. Just as
Lennon said,
Harrison was too young for the
nightclubs in Hamburg and was deported upon the band's first residency
there. Lennon issued his initial plate in October of 1961 in Germany as one
of the Beat Brothers consisting of
Harrison,
McCartney and
Pete Best on drums. That was backing
Tony Sheridan on 'My Bonnie and 'The
Saints' issued in Germany in October 1961. Those were reissued in Jan of
1962 as the Beatles backing Sheridan. Upon becoming the
Beatles with
Pete Best at drums, replaced in August by
Ringo Starr at drums to issue 'Love Me
Do'/'P.S. I Love You' Parlophone R 4949 in Oct of 1962 [1,
2,
3,
4,
5,
6], Lennon's
story is largely that of the
Beatles until 1970 when they separated. He
and
McCartney had collaborated in the
composition of the majority of the
Beatles' titles.
Lennon had created some controversy while with the Beatles in March of 1966
with a statement quoted later that summer in an American magazine:
"Christianity will go. It will vanish and shrink . . . We're more popular
than Jesus now — I don't know which will go first, rock and roll or
Christianity." By that time touring had already become exhausting for the
Beatles. But the burning of
Beatles records and threats against Lennon
added a security factor to their decision to stop touring after the summer
of 1966. Another of
Lennon's controversial deeds was his relationship with Japanese conceptual artist,
Yoko Ono [b
1933/1,
2,
3,
4,
5,
6,
7], whom he had
met at on
e of her exhibitions in London in 1966 while he was yet married to
Cynthia Powell, and which contributed to their divorce in 1968. It was May
1968 when Lennon and
Ono first made a record together, an album titled 'Two
Virgins'. Recorded overnight at Lennon's home, apparently to raise money for
Ono's art, when Powell returned from Greece the next morning she found
Lennon, Ono and a few signs of a compromising situation. Lennon and Powell
were divorced the following November, after which Lennon
married
Ono in March of 1969. It was their honeymoon in Amsterdam during which they
held their first "bed-in" for world peace, giving interviews to the press
while in pajamas, tucked beneath the sheets. Lennon and Ono then released
the first of a number of Plastic Ono Band albums, 'Live Peace in Toronto',
in December of 1969. (The sardonic wit of the British, to release propaganda
such as 'Give Peace a Chance' while invading America.) As to the
Beatles breaking up
in 1970, Lennon ascribed it largely to the
death of the
Beatles' famous
manager, Brian Epstein, in August of 1967, after which the band began to
fall into disarray in general. It was Lennon's claim that he had dropped out
of the band in September of 1969, but decided to not announce it until
record negotiations at the time were finished. He was surprised, and less
than pleased, when
McCartney released his first solo album in April of 1970
with the announcement that he had quit the
Beatles. Lennon followed with his
first solo release as a non-Beatle, 'Imagine', in September 1971. He would
release six more studio albums, his final, again with
Yoko Ono, in November
1980: 'Double Fantasy'. Titles composed by Lennon and Ono include 'Instant
Karma' ('70), 'Beautiful Boy' ('80) and 'Woman' ('80). Lennon was murdered
[*] at the young age
of forty, which significance to the public ostensibly ranked as great as the
assassinations of the Kennedy brothers and Martin Luther King. Lennon was
retrieving mail on the morning of the 8th of December, 1980, when he was
shot in the back four times by one Mark Chapman
[*], confessedly for no greater
reason than to acquire notoriety. Lennon discographies w various credits at
1,
2,
3.
Lyrics at AZ.
Lennon in visual media.
Ono discos at 1,
2.
Ono in visual media.
Ono on social media at 1,
2.
Art.
Lennon-Ono 5-star review. Tracks below are chronological by year only,
alphabetical thereafter.
Yoko Ono is involved in some capacity with all of
them, perhaps most singularly featured on 'Don't Worry, Kyoko'. Per 1969
below, 'Give Peace a Chance' was composed by Lennon/McCartney. John Lennon 1968 Album Side 1 Compositions by Lennon/Ono except: 'Together' Composition: George DeSylva/Lew Brown/Ray Henderson Album Side 2 Compositions by Lennon/Ono except: 'Hushabye Hushabye' (Track 2) Composition: Unknown John Lennon 1969 Film Live Peace in Toronto Composition: Carl Perkins Film Live Peace in Toronto Composition: John Lennon Film Live Peace in Toronto Composition: Larry Williams Film Film Live Peace in Toronto Studio version Album Film Live Peace in Toronto Composition: Janie Bradford/Berry Gordy Film Live Peace in Toronto Composition: Lennon/McCartney John Lennon 1971 Album: 'Fly' Composition: Yoko Ono Video: 'Let's Have a Party' Composition: Lennon/Ono He's Got the Whole World in His Hands Video: 'Let's Have a Party' Composition: American spiritual traditional First published 1927 Wikipedia Album: 'Imagine' Composition: John Lennon Album: 'Let's Have a Party' Composition: Paul McCartney John Lennon 1972 Filmed live Composition: John Lennon John Lennon 1980 Album
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John Lennon Photo: Bob Gruen Source: Skibbereen Eagle |
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| It was 1957 when
Paul McCartney [1,
2,
3,
4,
5,
6,
7,
8,
9,
10,
11,
12], age 15, joined
John Lennon's band,
the Quarrymen [*], as rhythm guitarist.
Lennon, McCartney and
George Harrison later
made their first recordings together in 1961 as the Beat Brothers, including
Pete Best, backing singer,
Tony Sheridan.
Among those were 'My Bonnie' and 'The Saints' issued in Germany in
1961 [*].
That was reissued in January of '62 as the
Beatles backing
Sheridan [*].
The Beat Brothers also recorded 'Ain't
She Sweet', 'Cry For a Shadow', an instrumental, and 'Why' in 1961, issued
in 1964 as the Beatles. As of this writing
McCartney is 74 years old and still proving that the little engine could.
McCartney has earned more than sixty gold records and sold more than 100
million albums and 100 million singles. McCartney wrote such as 'Yesterday'
(credited to
Lennon/McCartney), covered by more than 2,200 musicians.
He and
Lennon had collaborated on the majority of the
Beatles'
titles (credits sometimes given to
both for such as only one or the other had written). He would later
collaborate with photographer and deceased wife,
Linda McCartney [1,
2,
3,
4], on songs
like '3 Legs' ('71), 'Junior's Farm' ('74) and 'You Gave Me the Answer' ('75).
Linda was playing keyboards with McCartney when he formed Wings in 1971, a
band that would release seven platinum albums. Perhaps the most important
thing that happened to McCartney beyond the
Beatles was his marriage in 1969 to Linda
Eastman, with whom collaborated and performed until her death in 1998 from cancer
[*].
Both were vegetarians
[1,
2].
It isn't hyperbolic to comment that McCartney contends for top position as
the most successful composer and performer of music in history. That's a
pretty big deal. McCartney will be found on any track by the Beatles, but his solo career
was nothing to
cough at either. His first solo excursion was the eponymously titled album,
'McCartney'. It was a totally
one-man show released in April of 1970 with McCartney's announcement that he
was quitting the
Beatles. (Lennon
had already quit during the production of the album, 'Let It Be', but was
waiting for its release to make a formal announcement.) His second solo album, 'Ram', released in 1971, was a collaboration
with Linda and drummer Denny Seiwell. McCartney's band, Wings, formed with Linda,
Seiwell and prior
Moody Blues guitarist, Denny Laine, gave its first concert
in 1972 and its last in 1979. In 1980 McCartney produced another completely
one-man show with the album, 'McCartney II'. As has been expressed in a number
of rock n roll songs from
Deep Purple to
Mick Jagger, lazy is oxymoronic in
the same phrase with rock n roll, such that McCartney fairly epitomizes the
expression "Let's rock" (Vamanos!: Let's do it, let's go,
let's move). The terms "rock' and "roll" have long since largely ceased to
own the sexual connotations of their origins. Be as may, rock n roll is often associated with behaviors less than
recommendable. But McCartney, as well as his fellow luminary in making rock and
roll happen,
Mick Jagger, easily represent robust
health and energetic industry before they do such as alcohol or drug abuse. Like rock n roll itself, being anything but a history of somnambulant lullabies, "Wake up!" may be the most self-expressive command
that McCartney ever uttered to anyone. Which isn't a bad legacy to leave to
a world which troubles are due to such as ignorance and sloth. Be as may, McCartney yet
gives remarkable performances as of this writing. Social media is maintained
at *.
McCartney discographies w various credits at
1,
2,
3.
Lyrics at AZ.
Reviews: 1,
2.
For Wings see
1,
2,
3.
Linda McCartney at 1,
2. Paul & Linda at
*.
Paul in visual media.
Linda in visual media.
Paul's official
YouTube site. Linda sings backing vocals on
'McCartney' below. Wings, formed later in 1971, is listed below per
'My Love' in 1972 to 1976. The majority of edits
below are live performances. All edits for 2013 are filmed live. All but four are with the band, Nirvana.
McCartney composed all titles below except as noted. Paul McCartney 1970 Album: 'McCartney' Album: 'McCartney' Instrumental Album: 'McCartney' Album: 'McCartney' Paul McCartney 1971 Composition: Paul & Linda McCartney Album: 'Ram' Paul McCartney 1972 Live Composition: Paul & Linda McCartney Live in Antwerp Paul McCartney 1973 Composition: Paul & Linda McCartney Album: 'Band On the Run' Composition: Paul & Linda McCartney Album: 'Band On the Run' Album Paul McCartney 1976 Filmed live Composition: Paul & Linda McCartney Filmed live Composition: Paul & Linda McCartney Album: 'Wings Over America' Filmed live Composition: Paul & Linda McCartney Paul McCartney 1980 Paul McCartney 1993 Filmed live Filmed live Filmed live Composition: Lennon/McCartney Paul McCartney 1999 Filmed live Composition: Baker Knight Paul McCartney 2009 Filmed live at Albert Hall Ed Sullivan/David Letterman Late Show Theater Paul McCartney 2010 Filmed live Composition: Paul & Linda McCartney Paul McCartney 2012 Filmed live Composition: Paul & Linda McCartney Paul McCartney 2013 Composition: Lennon/McCartney Composition: Lennon/McCartney Composition: Lennon/McCartney Composition: Lennon/McCartney Composition: Lennon/McCartney Composition: Lennon/McCartney Composition: Lennon/McCartney Composition: George Harrison
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Paul McCartney Source: Rádio Ipanema |
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Long John Baldry
[1,
2,
3,
4]
was a popular vocalist with a taste for the blues. Thought to have first
recorded with
Alexis Korner's
Blues Incorporated in 1962, nothing is found on which he is definitely
featured. The next year Baldry joined
Cyril Davies' R&B All
Stars. Upon
Davies' untimely death in 1964 Baldry reshaped the band into the
Hoochie Coochie Men, which would in turn become Steampacket in 1965.
Rod Stewart was a member of both bands.
Brian Auger and
Julie Driscoll were members of
Steampacket. Upon Steampacket dissolving the next year, Baldry then made
Bluesology his backup band. That group featured one Reg Dwight on keyboards
who would soon become
Elton John. Bluesology disbanded in
1968. Baldry's sixth and best-known album, 'It Ain't Easy', was released in
1971, containing the track, 'Don't Try To Lay No Boogie Woogie On The King
Of Rock and Roll'. That was followed by his first tour of the United States. Baldry's 10th album, 'Baldty's Out!', on which he
formally announced his homosexuality, was issued in 1979. Moving to Toronto,
Ontario, in 1980, Baldry exchanged British for Canadian citizenship the next
year, eventually settling in Vancouver, British Columbia. By the turn of the
millennium Baldry had released fourteen albums, closing the century with
'Evening Conversation' in 1999 and beginning the new with 'Remembering
Leadbelly' in 2001 (89 years after
Lead Belly's first issued recording in
1912). That was his last studio album. Baldry died of a chest infection at Vancouver General Hospital in
July 2005. Discographies w various credits at
1,
2.
Baldry in visual media.
2004 'Reader's Digest'
article by Rod Stewart:
1,
2.
Brief profile by Richie Unterberger. Long John Baldry 1963 Live with Cyril Davies Composition: Ma Rainey/Lena Arant Long John Baldry 1964 Television performance with the Beatles Composition: Preston Foster Long John Baldry 1965 With Rod Stewart and Steampacket Composition: Nick Ashford/Valerie Simpson/Josephine Armstead Composition: Bert Russell/Wes Farrell Composition: Florence Kaye/Bill Giant/Bernie Baum Time's Getting Tougher Than Tough Composition: Jessie Mae Robinson/Dootsie Williams Long John Baldry 1966 Composition: Mike D'Abo Composition: Burt Bacharach/Hal David Long John Baldry 1968 Television performance Composition: Tony Macaulay/John Macleod Long John Baldry 1969 Composition: Tony Macaulay/John Macleod Long John Baldry 1971 Don't Try to Lay No Boogie Woogie on the King of Rock and Roll Composition: Tony Macaulay/John Macleod LP: 'It Ain't Easy' Composition: Ron Davies LP: 'It Ain't Easy' Long John Baldry 1975 Recorded 1973 Composition: Chris Ethridge/Gram Parsons Long John Baldry 1997 Live Composition: Bessie Smith
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Long John Baldry Source: Long John Baldry |
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Ritchie Blackmore Photo: Helge Øverås Source: KSHE |
Best known as lead guitarist for
Deep Purple, Ritchie Blackmore
[1,
2,
3,
4]
received a guitar from his father at age eleven on condition that he study
classical guitar, which he did for a year, at first. He began his career as a session musician, the
earliest recordings on which he appears being in 1962 with the Outlaws
[1,
2,
3] as the Chaps per parts 1 and 2 of 'Poppin' (Parlophone R 4979). That
band consisted of Chas Hodges (bass), Ken Lundgren (rhythm guitar) and
Mick Underwood (drums), the last for
whom "Poppin'' was also his first issue. 1963
saw Blackmore supporting both Heinz and Gunilla Thorne. He backed various
operations like that of Screaming Lord Sutch until 1968 when he joined the group that became
Deep Purple.
Purple first toured the States in
1968 after the issue of their second album, 'The Book Of Taliesyn'. The band
scored two platinum albums
in 1972: 'Machine Head' and 'Made in Japan'. In 1975 Blackmore left the band to form Rainbow
[1,
2,
3,
4], releasing 'Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow' that
year. It's something peculiar that for a man who was anything but sedentary
Blackmore didn't learn to drive nor own a car until 1984, the year
Deep Purple reunited to release their third
platinum album, 'Perfect Strangers'. Blackmore's Rainbow, with changing
personnel over two decades, released its last of eight studio albums in
1995: 'Stranger in Us All'. Rainbow discos w various credits at
1,
2,
3.
Rainbow in visual media.
That same year ('95) Blackmore formed the Medieval and Renaissance folk group,
Blackmore's Night
[1,
2,
3], with
girlfriend, Candice Night [1,
2], at vocals. Releasing 'Shadow of the Moon' in
1997, that group's ninth and latest studio endeavor (ensemble changing over
the years but for Blackmore and Night) appeared in 2015: 'All Our
Yesterdays'. Discos w various credits for Blackmore's Night at
1,
2,
3. Blackmore's Night has performed internationally and often at well-known Renaissance
fairs and festivals. Discos for Blackmore w various credits at
1,
2.
Blackmore in visual media.
Night at Discogs.
Night in visual media.
Interviews w Blackmore: 1991 for Guitar World,
1995 at Classic Rock,
1998 at Guy Guitars,
2010 at Guitar International,
2011 at Guitar International,
2015 at The Guardian,
2017 at Newsweek,
2017
at The Guardian,
2017 at The Quietus,
2018
at Guitar World. See also undated at *. Blackmore at
Facebook.
Official YouTube site. Blackmore can of course be heard with
Deep Purple lower on
this page. The list below approaches his rather significant career apart from
that band. The Chaps (Outlaws) 1962 With Mick Underwood Ritchie Blackmore 1963 With Heinz Composition: Geoffrey Goddard With the Outlaws Composition: the Outlaws With Gunilla Thorne Composition: Joe Meek With the Outlaws Composition: Chas Hodges With the Outlaws Composition: Joe Meek Film with the Outlaws: 'Live It Up' With the Outlaws Composition: Joe Meek With the Outlaws Composition: Geoffrey Goddard With the Outlaws Composition: Joe Meek Ritchie Blackmore 1964 With the Outlaws Composition: Arthur Colahan With the Outlaws Composition: Gene Austin/Pony Cherrell With the Outlaws Composition: Peter Jacobs Ritchie Blackmore 1965 With Heinz Composition: Butch Davis/Joe Meek With the Outlaws Composition: P. Thomas/D. Groom Ritchie Blackmore 1975 Debut album with Rainbow Ritchie Blackmore 1976 Concert with Rainbow Ritchie Blackmore 1977 Filmed live in Munich with Rainbow Composition: Paul Samwell-Smith/Jim McCarty Ritchie Blackmore 1982 Filmed concert with Rainbow Ritchie Blackmore 1984 Filmed concert with Rainbow Ritchie Blackmore 1995 Filmed live in Paris with Rainbow Composition: Ritchie Blackmore/Ronnie James Dio Ritchie Blackmore 2006 Live in Paris with Blackmore's Night Composition: Ritchie Blackmore/David Coverdale Album: 'Dancer and the Moon' With Blackmore's Night Composition: Ritchie Blackmore
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| Formed in North London in 1957 as the Dave
Clark Quintet, the band changed its name to the Dave Clark Five
[1,
2,
3,
4,
5,
6,
7] in 1958.
Undergoing several personnel changes, the best known configuration of the
group was Dave Clark (drums), Rick Huxley (bass), Lenny Davidson (lead),
Denis Payton (sax and harmonica) and Mike Smith (keyboard and vocals). The
band's first record release in 1962 was 'Chaquita' b/w 'First Love'. Among
the most successful of the Invasion bands (18 appearances on the 'Ed
Sullivan Show', their first on March 8 of '64), the Dave Clark Five (DC5) first toured
the States in 1964. It's popularly said that they briefly preceded the
Beatles to the States, but no American tour dates earlier than February 7,
1964 (the day the Beatles arrived to America), are found. The DC5 released
the film, 'Catch Us If You Can' (titled 'Having a Wild Weekend' in the
United States), in 1965. The DC5 dissolved in 1970, reforming as Dave Clark
& Friends until 1973. Clark held full rights to DC5 music and didn't wish to
license it, meaning that between 1978 and 1993 none of the DC5's recordings
were commercially available. Clark thawed that freeze with a couple CDs in
deals with EMI and Hollywood Records in '93, then locked down again until
2008, the year the band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Clark had composed numerously, titles like 'Because' and 'Any Way You Want
It' in '64. Often collaborating with band keyboardist, Mike Smith, they
wrote such as 'Come Home' in '65 and 'Please Tell Me Why' in '66. Of
the personnel listed above, only Dave Clark is yet living, presently
residing, lushly, in West London with small want to make public appearances.
Discographies w various credits at 1,
2,
3.
DC5 in visual media.
Further reading:
1,
2,
3,
4. Dave Clark Five 1962 Composition: Dave Clark/Mike Smith Composition: Dave Clark/Lenny Davidson Dave Clark Five 1963 Composition: Dave Clark/Mike Smith Composition: Dave Clark/Lenny Davidson Composition: Dave Clark/Ron Ryan Dave Clark Five 1964 Television performance Composition: Dave Clark/Mike Smith Television performance Composition: Dave Clark/Mike Smith Composition: Dave Clark/Mike Smith Television performance Composition: Dave Clark/Mike Smith Dave Clark Five 1965 Film Title sequence Composition: Dave Clark/Lenny Davidson Television performance Composition: Robert Byrd (Bobby Day) Dave Clark Five 1966 Television performance Composition: Chris Kenner/Allen Toussaint Dave Clark Five 1968 Composition: Raymond Froggatt Dave Clark Five 1969 Television performance Composition: Peter Lee Stirling/Phil Peters Dave Clark Five 1972 Composition: Dave Clark/Mike Smith
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Dave Clark Five Source: Adventurers Club |
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Bob Marley Source: Kotillas |
Jamaica acquired independence from the
United Kingdom on August 6 1962. But it remains a Commonwealth realm with
Elizabeth II as Queen of Jamaica and head of state. A brilliant strategy it
was, therefore, when the Queen enlisted a Jamaican division to invade the
United States with Bob Marley
[1,
2,
3,
4,
5,
6,
7,
8,
9,
10] its commander in dreadlocks (Rasta locks) and Rastafari his "way."
Marley was no stranger to such as rocksteady and ska
(see
Millie Small and
Owen Gray in UK Beat), out
of which he created full-blown reggae. Marley's parents had been from
England, his father white (who died when Marley was ten), his mother black.
He had already done a reconnaissance mission to Delaware (ostensibly to be
near his mother who had moved there) when he married singer Rita Anderson in
1966 and formally became a Rastafarian. (Rastafari [1,
2,
3,
4], a radical interpretation
of Christianity, had its origins in Jamaica in the thirties. Among its
distinguishing tenets is the spiritual use of cannabis and belief in the
divinity of Haile Selassie I, Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974.) Marley
released his first recordings in 1962: 'Judge Not' and 'One Cup of Coffee'.
In 1963 he and friends, Bunny Wailer (Neville Livingston) and
Peter Tosh, formed a rocksteady and ska group called
the Teenagers, which became the Wailing Rudeboys, which became the Wailing
Wailers [personnel], at which which point a recording contract with Jamaican label,
Studio One, was gained. To the result of Marley's debut album, 'The Wailing
Wailers', being released in 1965. Marley didn't tour the States, however,
until 1971, concerts in Brooklyn and New York City thought to be his first. Like
Millie Small and
Owen Gray, Marley either recorded on
Jamaican labels or went to Great Britain to groove vinyl. He also created
his own recording company, Tuff Gong, in Jamaica. As for
Peter Tosh, he was a double agent during
the British invasion. He recorded with
American companies, Columbia and EMI, after leaving the Wailers with Bunny Wailer in 1974,
each to pursue solo careers.
Tosh's one exception was 'Bush Doctor' for Trojan Records, based in the UK.
Putting his talents to use to profit that label made the Queen suspicious of
his loyalties during her long cultural siege of America,
until she was informed he was indeed a mole on American labels, though
perhaps a double mole to keep in watch. As for Marley, he continued with the
Wailers, they to issue the album, 'Exodus', in 1977 w all titles composed by
Marley except 'One Love/People Get Ready' written by
Curtis Mayfield. Maerley was the
Wailers' major songwriter, having composed such as 'It Hurts to Be Alone'
and 'I'm Still Waiting' for issue in '65. 'Africa Unite' and 'Zimbabwe'
would arrive in 1979. Marley performed with the Wailers until his last
performance in September of 1980 in Pittsburgh, PA, at the Stanley Theater
(now the Benedum Center for the Performing Arts). He
died yet in his prime, of melanoma, on May 11, 1981, only 36 years old
[*].
Tosh
wouldn't make it much farther, having been murdered at age 42 during a
psychotic robbery episode at his home in Jamaica in 1987. Only Bunny Wailer
continues to perform to this day. Discographies for Marley w various
credits at 1,
2,
3.
Lyrics at AZ.
Marley in visual media.
Presence in social media at
1,
2,
3. All
titles below were written by Marley except as noted. Bob Marley 1962 As Bobby Martell As Bobby Martell Bob Marley 1965 Album Bob Marley 1967 Bob Marley 1970 Bob Marley 1971 Album Bob Marley 1979 Concert Filmed live in Boston Composition: Vincent Ford/Bob Marley Album Bob Marley 1980 Concert Filmed live Album
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| Guitarist,
Jimmy Page
[1,
2,
3,
4,
5,
6] was
born in Heston, Middlesex, in 1944. Though Page didn't appear on commercial vinyl until
late 1962, he first recorded at age 13 with his skiffle band on Huw Wheldon's
'All Your Own' show on 6 April 1957. Some sources like IMDb prefer 1958.
Page was age fifteen when he joined a band called the Red Cats in 1959
(previously the Redcaps) which became Neil Christian's Crusaders in 1960.
Quitting school to work with the Crusaders, Page recorded his first
demos
with that outfit in spring of 1960 consisting of 'Restless', 'Red
Sails in the Sunset', 'Your Cheatin' Heart' and 'Danny'. It was with the
Crusaders that Page recorded his first commercially issued titles in late
1960 toward later issue by Joe Meek for Columbia in December 1962. Those were 'The
Road To Love' / 'Big Beat Drum' on SP Columbia DB 4938. During this period
with the Crusaders Page also accompanied performances of "rocketry" (poetry
rock) by Royston Ellis from late 1960 to July of 1961. They appeared on
Southern Television together in late 1960. Page began a busy career as
session guitarist in 1963. To go by the Jimmy Page website
[sessions],
initial titles were recorded on 2 January 1963 with Jet Harris and Tony
Meehan per 'Diamonds' and 'Hully Gully'. 'Diamonds' saw issue with 'Footstomp'
on Decca F 11563. 'Hully Gully was released with 'Scarlet O'Hara' on Decca F
11644. A session with the Brook Brothers followed on 2 February toward
'Trouble is My Middle Name' / 'Let the Good Times Roll'. Other studio work
in 1963 included such as 'The Worryin' Kind' (Columbia DB 7067) by Brian
Howard and the Silhouettes. Page arrived to big demand as a session
guitarist who could play extemporaneously to just right measure. Adapting
well to anything, his became a prolific recording career, sometimes
performing on as many as three sessions a day during his first three years
as a studio musician. Session work in '64 and '65 included the
Stones, the
Tremeloes,
Brenda Lee,
Joe Cocker, the
Them, the
Seekers,
Rod Stewart,
Petula Clark,
Billy Fury,
Tom Jones,
Herman's Hermits,
Marianne Faithfull, et al.
Page did session work on either lead or rhythm guitar to 1969. In the meantime
he filled spots at the Marquee in London with such as
Cyril Davies,
Alexis Korner,
Jeff Beck and
Eric Clapton. See also
1,
2,
3,
4,
5
for incomplete lists of sessions by Page. In 1966 Page joined guitarist,
Jeff Beck, bass player and future partner,
John Paul Jones, drummer, Keith Moon (The Who) and keyboardist Nicky Hopkins
in the recording of
Beck's 'Beck's Bolero'. He also became a member of the
Yardbirds that year,
Beck having already filled
Eric Clapton's gap. When
Beck was fired in 1968 for continually not showing up Page decided to reconfigure the band into the New Yardbirds, a name that would soon be changed to
Led Zeppelin (name suggested by
Keith Moon of
The Who). All members of
Led Zeppelin contributed to
compositions. Authored by himself were such as 'Black Mountain Side' ('69) and 'Tangerine' ('70)
[*]. Jimmy Page can, of course, be heard on any
Led Zeppelin album released during the
sixties, seventies and eighties (from 'Led Zeppelin I' in 1969 through
'Coda' in 1982). The tracks below concern
his career apart from that band. Years 1963 through 1968 are all session
work on either lead or rhythm guitar. Picking up after Page's main career with
Led Zeppelin, find below edits from the ARMS concerts in 1983 during which Page shared the stage with
Eric Clapton' and
Jeff Beck. (The full concert at Madison Square Garden is under
Jeff Beck lower on this page.) Also of note during the eighties was work with
Paul Rodgers (of
Free and
Bad Company) and the Firm
[*] (albums
'The Firm' and 'Mean Business' released in 1986), folk singer,
Roy Harper, and collaborations
with
Robert Plant on the albums, 'Outrider'
and 'Now and Zen' in 1988. Notable in the nineties amidst much else were
acoustic collaborations with
Robert Plant (such as the album, 'No
Quarter', released in 1994), the remastering of the
Led Zeppelin catalogue,
more charity concerts and Page's first performance with the Black Crowes
[*] in
1999, resulting in the album, 'Live at the Greek', released in 2000. All
recordings below for year 2000 are live performances with the Black Crowes.
Page, with too many awards and honors for this condensed profile to approach,
published a limited edition autobiographical tome of 512 pages in 2010 via Genesis Publications:
'Jimmy Page'. Among his more recent releases was 'Lucifer Rising' in 2012,
recorded for the 1972 film by the same name but not used. Estimated by
'Business Insider' to be worth 125 million pounds (162 million dollars), Page remains one of rock n roll's living dynamos,
currently residing in London while maintaining an internet presence at
Facebook and
Twitter. Jimmy Page discos w various credits at
1,
2,
3.
Interviews
per issues of Led Zeppelin albums. Interviews: 1977,
1986,
2014,
2016.
HMR Project.
Jimmy Page 1957/58 In Them Ol' Cotton Fields Back Home Television performance Composition: Lead Belly 1947 Mama Don't Want to Skiffle No Mmore Television performance Composition: Charles (Cow Cow) Davenport Jimmy Page 1961 With the Crusaders Jimmy Page 1962 With the Crusaders Composition: John Barlow Jimmy Page 1963 With Jet Harris & Tony Meehan Composition: Jerry Lordan Jimmy Page 1964 With the Them Composition: Folk traditional * With the Sneekers Composition: Shel Talmy With Dave Berry Composition: Geoff Stephens With Petula Clark Composition: Tony Hatch With the Rolling Stones Composition: Mick Jagger/Keith Richards Album: 'Metamorphosis' With the Who Composition: Pete Townshend With the Kinks Twelve string guitar Composition: J.D. Miller With Brenda Lee Composition: John Carter/Ken Lewis With Dave Berry Composition: Arthur Crudup With the Nashville Teens Composition: John D. Loudermilk Jimmy Page 1965 With the Them Composition: Bert Berns Jimmy Page 1966 With Donovan Leitch Composition: Donovan Leitch Jimmy Page 1968 With Johnny Hallyday Music: Jacques Revaux Lyrics: Ralph Bernet Jimmy Page 1969 With Al Stewart Composition: Al Stewart With a Little Help from My Friends Album with Joe Cocker Tracks 2, 4, 5, 7 & 9 Jimmy Page 1971 With Roy Harper Composition: Roy Harper Jimmy Page 1983 ARMS Concert Composition: Jimmy Page Madison Square Garden with Paul Rodgers ARMS Concert Composition: Jimmy Page Royal Albert Hall with Steve Winwood Jimmy Page 1984 Live with Roy Harper Cambridge Folk Festival Composition: Roy Harper Live with Roy Harper 'Old Grey Whistle Test' television show Composition: Roy Harper Jimmy Page 1985 With Roy Harper Composition: Roy Harper With Roy Harper Composition: Roy Harper/David Gilmour With Roy Harper Composition: Roy Harper With Roy Harper Composition: Roy Harper Jimmy Page 2000 Composition: Willie Dixon For issue by Sonny Boy Williamson II 1966 Composition: Jimmy Page/Robert Plant/John Paul Jones Composition: John Bonham/Jimmy Page Robert Plant/John Paul Jones Composition: Blind Willie Johnson: 'Jesus Make Up My Dying Bed' Composition: John Bonham/Howlin' Wolf John Paul Jones/Jimmy Page/Robert Plant Composition: Blind Willie Johnson Composition: Jimmy Page/Robert Plant What Is and What Should Never Be Composition: Jimmy Page/Robert Plant Jimmy Page 2011 Live With Roy Harper Composition: Roy Harper
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Jimmy Page Photo: Stephen Lovekin Source: Noise Creep |
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| It was 1957 when Richard Starkey
helped form the the Eddie Clayton Skiffle Group. In 1959 he joined Al
Calwell's Texans, a skiffle group which would become the Raging Texans,
until Caldwell eventually changed his name to
Rory Storm and the Texans became the
Hurricanes as they transitioned to rock n roll. At which time Starkey changed
his name to Ringo Starr
[1,
2,
3,
4,
5,
6,
7,
8,
9,
10,
11,]. (He wore rings and the name had a western American sound,
as in Johnny Ringo). It was with the
Hurricanes that Starr made his
first recordings in 1960, being a concert at the Jive Hive in London
unissued until 2012 by Rockstar Records on RSRCD 033 in 2012
[1,
2]. In August 1962 Starr replaced
Pete Best as drummer
of the Silver Beetles, at which time the band was transitioning to the
Beatles. Starr had met and performed
with the other Beatles in Hamburg when he was with the
Hurricanes.
Tony Sheridan, for whom the
Beatles were the backing band, had
invited Starr to join them. Starr played drums on the
Beatles' first
American record
release of 'Love Me Do' backed with 'P.S. I Love You' on October 5, 1962, on Parlophone
R 4949. That session had been on the 4th of September. Both the
Beatles' all-important producer, George
Martin [1,
2,
3,
4,
5,
6,
7,
8], and their manager likewise, Brian Epstein [1,
2,
3,
4,
5,
6], were at first uncomfortable with Starr. A second session on the 11th
enlisted session drummer, Andy White, on drums w Starr on tambourine ('Love
Me Do') and maracas ('P.S. I Love You'), that issued
on Tollie T 9008 in 1964
[1,
2,
3,
4,
5,
6].
See
Pete Best concerning the Beatles drummer
whom Starr replaced. Recordings on which
Best had performed were resessioned upon
Starr being hired as his replacement. Starr's replacement of
Best went not without incident per angry
fans. Upon
John Lennon's final approval, Starr had first performed with the
Beatles in August of '62 at Port Sunlight. His next performance the
following day
at the Cavern Club brought
George Harrison a black eye and Billy Epstein
slashed car tires [1,
2,
3,
4,
5,
6,
7,
8]. A bodyguard was temporarily hired. It took a few months
for Starr to develop some rapport with
Beatles fans, and he received a
telephoned death threat as late as 1965. He was also uncertain of his
position with the
Beatles for the first couple years,
thinking he could be replaced as
Best had been. But by August of 1964 he
was smoking cannabis with the other band members, and Bob
Dylan who that month had introduced them to the plant. By 1968 Starr
was ready to quit the Beatles during the difficulties of recording the
'White Album' and did, for two weeks, returning to his drum set covered in
flowers [*].
Starr had written or co-written numerous titles with the Beatles such as
'Don't Pass Me By' ('68) and 'Octopus's Garden' ('68). Compositions later
issued by himself included 'Back Off Boogaloo' ('72) and 'Step Lightly'
('73). Starr can of
course be heard on any
Beatles (except their first as the Beat
Brothers). The edits below concern his career apart from the
Beatles. Following the dissolution of
the
Beatles in 1970, Starr released his debut solo album, 'Sentimental
Journey', then 'Beaucoups of Blues' the same year. Seven more albums
followed to 1983. Starr formed his All-Starr Band in 1989, its first
performance that July in Dallas, Texas. Edits from that tour were released
in 1990 on the album, 'Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band'. Starr released
three more albums during the nineties: 'Time Takes Time' ('92), 'Vertical
Man' ('96) and 'I Wanna Be Santa Claus' ('99). As of the new millennium,
Starr's sixth and latest album release was 'Postcards From Paradise' in
2015. Starr's career included, of course, far more than the recording of
albums. He was also an actor, appearing in all four of the
Beatles' films ('A Hard Day's Night' in
'64, 'Help!' in '65, 'Magical Mystery Tour' in '67 and 'Let It Be' in '70.)
as well as several others, including such as 'Candy' ('68'), 'The Magic
Christian' ('69), '200 Motels' ('71) and 'Lisztomania' ('75). Starr had been
inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1988 with the other
Beatles. He was elected in 2005 for his
solo career. Starr discographies w various credits at
1,
2,
3.
Lyrics.
Filmography.
See also IMDb.
Art. More of Starr under
Rory Storm & the Hurricanes, year 1960, in
UK Beat. Ringo Starr 1960 Live with the Hurricanes at the Jive Hive Unissued until 'Live at the Jive Hive' 2012 Ringo Starr 1965 Live with the Beatles Composition: Johnny Russell/Voni Morrison Ringo Starr 1970 Album Ringo Starr 1973 Album Ringo Starr 1992 Filmed live with Nils Lofgren Composition: Nils Lofgren Ringo Starr 1993 Filmed live Composition: Lennon/McCartney Ringo Starr 1995 Live Composition: Ringo Starr/George Harrison Live with Randy Bachman Composition: Randy Bachman Live w Billy Preston Composition: Billy Preston/Bruce Fisher Ringo Starr 1998 Live Composition: Lennon/McCartney First issue: Rolling Stones 1963 Flip of 'Not Fade Away' on Decca Ringo Starr 2002 Filmed live Composition: Ringo Starr/George Harrison Ringo Starr 2003 Live with Shiela E. Composition: Prince Ringo Starr 2006 Filmed live with Richard Marx Composition: John Lennon Ringo Starr 2008 Live with Hamish Stewart Ringo Starr 2010 Live with Paul McCartney Composition: Lennon/McCartney Live With Richard Page Composition: John Lang/Richard Page/Steve George
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Ringo Starr Source: Gov Teen |
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 Mick Underwood Source: trinkelbonker |
Mick Underwood
[1,
2,
3/ Disco]
was one of the great drummers of the British Invasion period, contributing
to hundreds of titles as a session musician. He picked up sticks at age
fourteen and had played while yet a student with bands called the
Dominators, the Satellites and the Crescents. He quit school at age sixteen
upon receiving an offer from
Jet Harris, formerly of the
Shadows, to tour
with him, leading to engagements with
Sam Cooke and
Little Richard. In the
meantime band manager and record producer, Joe Meek [1,
2], had put together a band he called the
Outlaws [1,
2,
3,
4] (renaming what had been the Stormers) to back singer, Mike Berry.
Underwood found himself with the Outlaws on their issue, as the Chaps, of
parts 1 and 2 of 'Poppin'' (Parlophone R 4979) on 7 December of 1962 [45Cat]. Produced
by RGM Sound,
other members of that gang were Chas Hodges (bass), Ken Lundgren (rhythm
guitar) and
Ritchie Blackmore (lead guitar),
the last for whom 'Poppin' had also been his debut record release. In addition to backing countless performers
as a studio band the Outlaws issued numerous records of their own (Mike
Berry & the Outlaws had issued 'Will You Love Me Tomorrow' bw 'My Baby Doll' in January of '61
prior to Lundgren,
Blackmore or Underwood). One
of the three plates issued while Underwood and
Blackmore were with them was 'Law
and Order' bw 'Do-Da-Day' per December of '63. Underwood exchanged the
Outlaws for the Herd in 1965. He was a
member of Episode Six [1,
2,
3] in the latter sixties before joining Quatermass
[1,
2] which
toured the States in 1970. He worked with Peace, Sammy and Graham Bonnet
('No Bad Habits' '76) before joining Strapps
[1,
2,
3] to contribute to their debut
LP, 'Strapps', in '76. The fourth and last was 'Ball of Fire' in 1979. He
then joined Gillan [1,
2,
3], a group put together by
Ian Gillan of
Deep Purple. Underwood contributed to
several albums by Gillan from 'Mr. Universe' in '79 to 'Magic' in '82.
Underwood issued 'Earthquake at the Savoy' bw 'Redwatch' in 1980 in his own
name. A couple more albums with
Gillan solo followed, after which
Quatermass II was formed for the issue of 'Long Road' in 1997. Underwood
appeared on Raw Glory's 'City Life' in 2013. He's been with his band,
Glory Road,
since 2012. May 2013 interview w DME: 1,
2.
Underwood in visual media. Underwood is indexed below per the bands with which
he preformed. Per 1962 below, composition of Part 1 of 'Poppin' is credited
to Blackwell, Scott, Sedaka, Greenfield, Hoffman and Klein. Part 2 is
credited to Goffin, King, J. Sherman, N. Sherman and Meek. The Chaps (Outlaws) 1962 With Ritchie Blackmore The Outlaws 1963 With Ritchie Blackmore Composition: The Outlaws Filmed with Ritchie Blackmore Composition: Joe Meek Episode Six 1969 Composition: Tony Lander From Mozart's 'Rondo a La Turk' Last movement of Sonata 11 A Major Quatermass 1970 Album Bonus tracks Peace 1971 Live at BBC Sammy 1972 Composition: Geoff Sharkey Strapps 1977 LP: 'Live at the Rainbow' LP: 'Secret Damage' Composition: Ross Stagg LP: 'Secret Damage' Composition: Ross Stagg Strapps 1979 LP: 'Ball of Fire' Mick Underwood 1980 Composition: Pip Williams Gillan 1981 Album Filmed at Oxford Composition: Bernie Tormé/Colin Towns Ian Gillan/John McCoy/Underwood Filmed live Composition: Colin Towns/Ian Gillan Quatermass II 1997 From the LP 'Long Road': Composition: Bernie Tormé Composition: Bart Foley Dead Horses 2011 Filmed in Oshkosh WI Glory Road 2013 Filmed live Composition: Colin Towns Issued on the Gillan LP 'Mr. Universe' 1979 Filmed live Composition: Ian Gillan/Colin Towns Issued on the Gillan LP 'Mr. Universe' 1979 Raw Glory 2013 Composition: Cosmo Verrico LP: 'City Life' Glory Road 2016 Filmed drum solo Composition: Led Zeppelin See also Wikipedia
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| Although the
Bee Gees
[1,
2,
3,
4,
5,
6,
7
8] didn't come to great
prominence until the seventies, especially as a disco group, they first recorded
quite young in 1959 for DJ, Bill Gates [*], those tapes long since lost
[1,
2]. The sample below is a coupling of two incomplete tunes
not a minute long together, both composed by
Barry Gibb
[1,
2,
3]. Consisting of twin brothers,
Maurice
[1,
2,
3] and
Robin
[1,
2,
3],
born in Dec of 1949, and elder brother,
Barry, born in 1946, the Bee Gees
had
first formed in Manchester in 1955 as a skiffle group called the
Rattlesnakes. In 1958 the brothers migrated to Redcliffe, Australia, with
their family. Their trio was renamed the Bee Gees that year in Queensland by
Gates (disc jockey above), "Bee Gees" signifying the initials of Bill
Gates and the three Gibbs brothers. They early appeared on Australian
television in March of 1960 to perform 'Time Is Passing By'. The group gained their first recording
contract in 1963 with the Fantasy label, released in Australia
only: 'The Battle of the Blue and the Grey' b/w 'Three Kisses of Love'
followed by 'Timber!' b/w 'Take Hold of That Star'. Their first album was
released in 1965: 'The Bee Gees Sing and Play 14 Barry Gibb Songs'. The
group's first American television appearance was in February 1968 on the
'The Smothers Brothers Show'. It was 1971 when the Bee Gees first topped the
charts in the United States with 'How Do You Mend a Broken Heart'. But it
was the disco years in the latter seventies during which the group embedded
itself in rock history with the release of the albums, 'Main Course' ('75),
'Children of the World' ('76'), 'Saturday Night Fever' ('77) and 'Spirits
Having Flown' ('79). As the popularity of disco tapered off so did that of
the Bee Gees. The group enjoyed a revival in the latter eighties, after
which it largely had to settle for simply having millions of diehard fans.
The Bee Gees last performed as a trio in 2002 at the 'Love and Hope Ball',
an annual charity event against diabetes. They largely retired as a group
upon the death of Maurice in January 2003 of heart attack
[1,
2]. Robin also last
performed at a charity concert, that with the Soldiers at the London
Palladium in February of 2012. He died of pneumonia the next April
[1,
2]. Barry
Gibb yet tours as of this writing. Barry had been the trio's principle
composer, especially in their early years, though composing was of element for all
the Gibb brothers, they collaborating extensively, notably on disco dance
titles. Their compositions are
rendered at AllMusic and SecondHandSongs per Barry:
1,
2, Maurice
1,
2 and
Robin 1,
2. Titles
the Gibbs composed for other artists at
YouTube.
Bee Gees discographies w various credits at
1,
2,
3.
Joseph Brennan's timeline of record releases and sessions, 'Gibb Songs'. Bee Gees in visual media: 1,
2,
3.
Bee Gees' YouTube site.
Social media:
1,
2.
Further reading: *.
Barry authored all titles below except as noted. All
tracks for 1965 are from the Bee Gees' debut album, 'The Bee Gees Sing
and Play 14 Barry Gibb Songs'. The Bee Gees 1959 Twenty Miles to Blueland/Let Me Love You Incomplete sound bits Issue unknown The Bee Gees 1960 Television performance The Bee Gees 1963 The Battle of the Blue and the Grey First release Side A Television performance Composition: Bob Dylan First release Side B Second release Side B Second release Side A The Bee Gees 1964 Composition: Jerry Capehart The Bee Gees 1965 The Bee Gees 1967 Music video Composition: Gibb Brothers The Bee Gees 1975 Composition: Gibb Brothers Album: 'Main Course' The Bee Gees 1977 Soundtrack: 'Saturday Night Fever' Composition: Gibb Brothers Soundtrack: 'Saturday Night Fever' Composition: Gibb Brothers Soundtrack: 'Saturday Night Fever' Composition: Gibb Brothers The Bee Gees 1979 Album Filmed live Composition: Gibb Brothers The Bee Gees 1989 'One For All' concert The Bee Gees 1997 Filmed live at the MGM Grand, Las Vegas Filmed live at the MGM Grand, Las Vegas The Bee Gees 1998 Filmed live in Buenos Aires, Argentina Composition: Gibb Brothers Filmed live in Buenos Aires, Argentina Composition: Gibb Brothers
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The Bee Gees Robin, Barry and Maurice Gibb Source: More Than Talking |
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| Guitarists, Chad Stewart and
Jeremy Clyde, were a "sensitive" soft rock duo with a folk lean that wasn't
quite pop, nor rock, nor folk, but simply Chad & Jeremy
[1,
2,
3,
4],
releasing their first issue, 'Yesterday's Gone'/'Lemon Tree' (Ember EMBS 180),
in the UK in September of 1963 [45Cat]. That was issued in the States in April of
1964. The most influential direction in their career may have occurred
during the recording of 'Yesterday's Gone'. Upon clamorous trials of the
song its arranger, John Barry, told them to whisper it. Thus their soft
style thereafter. 'A Summer Song' reached the No. 7 tier on the Billboard US
in September of 1964. Two months later they were in the United States
performing on 'American Bandstand'. 'A Summer Song' also scored No. 2 on the US Adult Contemporary.
Chad & Jeremy never ranked in the Top Ten of Billboard's Hot 100 again,
though they placed four more on the US AC: 'Willow Weep For Me' (#1 11/64),
'If I Loved You' (#6 2/65), 'What Do You Want with Me' (#9 4/65) and 'Before
and After' (#4 5/65). The duo's debut LP, 'Yesterday's Gone', had been
released in 1964. 'Three in the Attic', soundtrack to the film, was their
eighth and last in the sixties as of 1968. Chad & Jeremy didn't issue
another album until their reunion recordings in 1983, 'Chad Stuart & Jeremy
Clyde' appearing the next year. The team then performed in Nevada casinos
until splitting again in 1987. A reunion in 2003 for PBS brought about a
tour the next year. Chad & Jeremy have performed in some or other capacity
ever since and yet tour as of this writing while maintaining a page a
Facebook.
Discographies w various credits at 1,
2.
Chad & Jeremy in visual media.
Chad & Jeremy 1963 First issue Side B Composition: Will Holt First issue Side A Composition: Chad Stuart/Wendy Kidd Chad & Jeremy 1964 'American Bandstand' television program Composition: Chad Stuart/Clive Metcalfe/Keith Noble Television performance Composition: Ann Ronell Chad & Jeremy 1966 Composition: Dorothy Fields/Jerome Kern Chad & Jeremy 1968 Selection from '3 in the Attic' Composition: Keith Noble LP: 'The Ark' Chad & Jeremy 2010 Filmed live Composition: James Guercio Filmed live Composition: Jimi Hendrix
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Chad & Jeremy 1965 Source: WFMU |
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| Popular singer
Cilla Black
[1,
2,
3,
4]
was Priscilla White until a journalist for 'Mersey Beat' magazine got her name
wrong in an article and it stuck. She was a waitress at the Zodiac coffee
lounge when she made her first performance at the Casanova Club in London
and began guesting Merseybeat bands. It was
John Lennon who recommended Black to
Brian Epstein who recommended her to George Martin of Parlophone Records, such
that Black released her debut single, 'Love of the Loved', in 1963 at age seventeen
(climbing to #35 on the UK chart).
Though Black charted at #26 on Billboard's US Hot 100 in 1964 with 'You're My World'
she disliked touring. She thus so limited engagements in the United States that,
despite an appearance on the 'Ed Sullivan Show', she never developed much an audience
in America. Listed below are her Top Ten singles in the United Kingdom: 1964 'Anyone Who Had a Heart' February #1 UK 'You're My World' May #1 UK #26 US #4 AC 'It's For You' May #7 UK #79 US #15 AC 1965 'You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling' January #2 UK 1966 'Love Is Just a Broken Heart' January #5 UK 'Alfie' April #9 UK #95 US 'Don't Answer Me' May #6 UK 1968 'Step Inside Love' March #8 UK 1969 'Surround Yourself with Sorrow' February #3 UK 'Conversations' July #7 UK 1971 'Something Tells Me' November #3 UK Black filled gaps in her music career with appearances on television either as an actress, guest or hostess. She published her autobiography, 'Step Inside', in 1985 via Dent. A second memoir followed in 2003 titled 'What's It All About?' for Ebury Press. She died upon falling in her villa in Estepona, Spain, in August of 2015. 'The Very Best of Cilla Black' became her first #1 album on the UK charts the next day. Tribute page at Facebook. Discographies for Black w various credits at 1, 2, 3. Black in visual media. 2014 interview w Radio Times. Further reading: *. All edits below for 1973 are television appearances. Cilla Black 1963 Composition: Paul McCartney Cilla Black 1964 Composition: Lennon/McCartney Composition: Umberto Bindi/Gino Paoli/Carl Sigman Cilla Black 1969 Composition: Bill Martin/Phil Coulter Cilla Black 1970 If I Thought You'd Ever Change Your Mind Composition: John Cameron Cilla Black 1971 Television performance with Marc Bolan Composition: Marc Bolan of T. Rex Cilla Black 1973 Composition: Burt Bacharach/Hal David Composition: Stephen Schwartz Composition: Tim Rice/Andrew Lloyd Webber Composition: Lennon/McCartney Composition: Roger Greenaway/Roger Cook Composition: Don McLean Cilla Black 1975 Composition: Alan Price Composition: Alex Harvey
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Cilla Black Source: Famous Fix |
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| Pianist and singer
Gary Brooker
[1,
2,
3]
is pretty much another spelling of Procol Harum
[1,
2,
3,
4,
5,
6,
7].
Born in Hackney, East London, in May of '45, he began his career at age 14 by joining a band
called the Paramounts (not the American doo wop group), first recording with
that band on its first record released in 1963, 'Poison Ivy' b/w 'I Feel
Good All Over' (Parlophone R 5093). The Paramounts produced several records between 1963 and
1965, including an album titled 'The Paramounts', in 1964. They didn't,
however, tour America. In 1966 Brooker
formed Procol Harum with lyricist, Keith Reid [1,
2]. At the time of Procol Harum's
first single, 'A Whiter Shade of Pale' (1963), Brooker's fellow band members
were Matthew Fisher, David Knights, Ray Royer and Bill Eyden. Guitarist
Robin Trower joined the band thereafter, in time to appear on the group's
second single, 'Homburg' (1963). Procol Harum (named by its first manager,
Guy Stevens, after a friend's pet cat) has been through infinite personnel
changes over the years, though Brooker remains its core if only original
member. Brooker discographies w various credits at 1,
2. Procol Harum at
1,
2,
3.
Procol Harum in visual media.
Reviews by Starostin at Only Solitaire.
At Facebook. Several of the recordings below are live performances. Gary Brooker 1963 With the Paramounts First Release Composition: Otis Blackwell/Winfield Scott With the Paramounts First Release Composition: Jerry Leiber/Mike Stoller Gary Brooker & Procol Harum 1967 Composition: Brooker/Keith Reid Second single Video Composition: Brooker/Keith Reid First single Video Composition: Brooker/Keith Reid/Matthew Fisher Gary Brooker & Procol Harum 1970 Composition: Brooker/Keith Reid LP: 'Home' Gary Brooker & Procol Harum 1971 Album Filmed live Composition: Brooker/Keith Reid Gary Brooker & Procol Harum 1976 Composition: Brooker/Keith Reid Gary Brooker & Procol Harum 1977 Filmed live Composition: Brooker/Keith Reid Gary Brooker & Procol Harum 1992 Live in Boston Composition: Brooker/Matt Noble/Keith Reid Gary Brooker & Procol Harum 2003 Live in Cologne Composition: Brooker Gary Brooker & Procol Harum 2014 Filmed live Composition: Brooker/Keith Reid/Matthew Fisher
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Gary Brooker Source: Procul Harum |
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Jack Bruce Source: Longshot's Blog |
Born in Lanarkshire, Scotland,
in 1943, bass guitarist
Jack Bruce
[1,
2,
3,
4,
5]
had won a scholarship to study cello at the Royal Academy of Music and Drama
(now the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland) in Glasgow. It being necessary to
eat and pay rent, Bruce also played in Jim McHarg's Scotsville Jazzband,
jazz a style of music that the Academy disapproved. Faced with the choice of
staying in school without jazz, or leaving school with jazz, Bruce took off
for Italy, playing double bass with the Murray Campbell Big Band. Upon his
return to Great Britain Bruce joined
Alexis Korner's Blues Incorporated,
playing upright bass, in 1962. Organist
Graham Bond and drummer
Ginger Baker
were also members of
Blues Incorporated, with whom he helped form the Graham
Bond Quartet in 1963 upon recruiting guitarist John McLaughlin. It is with
the Graham Bond Quartet, to become the Graham Bond Organisation, that Bruce
switched from upright bass to bass guitar and made his earliest known
recordings. As
Baker and Bruce couldn't get along, Bruce left that
band in 1965 to endeavor a solo career, recording 'I'm Gettin' Tired' with
Polydor Records. He then joined
John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, appearing on
the 1966 album, 'Bluesbreakers with Eric Clapton'. He also joined
Manfred Mann in 1966, as well as Clapton's Powerhouse. It was 1966 as well when he
and
Baker found a way to tolerate each
other enough to join
Eric Clapton in the formation of
the power trio,
Cream.
It was at that time that one of the most important associations of his
career to come began with lyricist,
Pete Brown. They collaborated on
numerous Cream titles like 'I Feel Free' in '66 and 'White Room' in '68. But differences between
Baker and Bruce saw to the disbanding
of
Cream in the latter year, after which Bruce released his first solo album in
1969: 'Songs for a Tailor', followed by 'Things We Like' in 1970 and
'Harmony Row' in 1971. West, Bruce and Lang was formed in 1972 with
guitarist,
Leslie West, and drummer, Corky Laing
[1,
2]. That group issued three
albums before its demise in '74, the same year Bruce released his fourth
solo album, 'Out of the Storm'. The eighties saw more albums and session
work. In 1981 the power trio, BLT (Bruce - Lordan - Trower), was formed with
Bill Lordan and
Robin Trower, releasing 'B.L.T.' that
year. Bruce's initial collaborations with percussionist and producer, Kip
Hanrahan, commenced in 1983, ultimately resulting in five albums. Work
reuniting him with
Baker began occurring at the cusp of
the nineties, both recording and touring. The power trio, BBM (Bruce - Baker
- Moore), was formed in 1993 with
Gary Moore. To the result of the album,
'Around the Next Dream', BBM was then disbanded, Baker and Bruce unable to
get along as of old. 1997 saw Bruce touring with
Ringo Starr until 2000. Work into the
new millennium included solo albums as in the nineties, as well as yet
another reunion with now ancient nemesis,
Baker, in a series of concerts at Royal
Albert Hall with
Eric Clapton in 2005. That resulted in
the album, 'Royal Albert Hall London May 2-3-5-6, 2005', issued that
October. 2009 saw reunion with
Trower for a series of concerts in
Europe, as well as the release of Bruce's solo CD, 'Automatic'. Leading a
very active career which this brief account can but approach, Bruce returned
to his love for Latin music (initially explored in 1983 per Kip Hanrahan) in
2012, residing in Havana for a time to play mambo in the band of Augusto
Enriquez. Bruce's last solo album was released in 2014: 'Silver Rails'. He
died seven months later in October
25 of 2014 from liver disease
[1,
2]. Tribute page at
Facebook. Discographies w
various credits at 1,
2.
Bruce in visual media.
Further reading:
1,
2,
3,
4.
See
Cream for Jack Bruce with that band. Jack Bruce 1963 With the Graham Bond Quartet Vocal: Duffy Power Composition: McCartney/Lennon Jack Bruce 1964 Live with the Graham Bond Organisation Composition: Al Smith/Luther Dixon Live with the Graham Bond Organisation Composition: English folk traditional traced to 1787. Live with the Graham Bond Organisation Composition: Negro spiritual Published 1901 by John Wesley Work Jr. As interpreted by the Fisk Jubilee Singers. Jack Bruce 1965 Filmed live w the Graham Bond Organisation Composition: Willie Dixon Jack Bruce 1966 Bluesbreakers with Eric Clapton Album Jack Bruce 1969 Titles from 'Songs for a Tailor' Music: Jack Bruce Lyrics: Peter Brown Never Tell Your Mother She's Out of Tune Jack Bruce 1970 Composition: Mel Tormé/Robert Wells 1946 Album: 'Things We Like' Jack Bruce 1971 Music: Jack Bruce Lyrics: Peter Brown Album: 'Harmony Row' Jack Bruce 1975 Filmed live with Mick Taylor Music: Jack Bruce Lyrics: Peter Brown Filmed live with Mick Taylor Music: Jack Bruce Lyrics: Peter Brown Jack Bruce 1980 Jack Bruce & Friends for 'Rockpalast' Music: Jack Bruce Lyrics: Peter Brown Jack Bruce 1984 Percussion: Kip Hanrahan Composition: Kip Hanrahan Album by Hanrahan: 'Vertical's Currency' Jack Bruce 1988 Live with Eric Clapton The Bottom Line Club Composition: Jack Bruce/Eric Clapton/Peter Brown Jack Bruce 1990 With Ginger Baker 'David Letterman Show' Composition: Jack Bruce/Robert Stigwood/Peter Brown With Rory Gallagher for Rockpalast Composition: Jack Bruce/Peter Brown Jack Bruce 1993 BBM (Bruce - Baker - Moore) Jack Bruce 1998 Filmed with Gary Husband & Gary Moore Composition: Jack Bruce/Peter Brown Jack Bruce 2011 Filmed live with the Norman Beaker Band Composition: Booker T. Jones/William Bell
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| Welsh multi-instrumentalist
John Cale
[1,
2,
3,
4,
5,
6]
(not to be confused with J.J. Cale)
meets the requirements to be a British Invasion musician on this page: arrives to America
on foot to play music and releases vinyl by 1970. Cale was actually sent by MI5
as instructed by Queen Elizabeth II to gather
intelligence prior to the Beatles onslaught upon the United States in early
1964. Cale arrived to the States in
1963, early enough to appear on the television show, 'I've Got a Secret', in
September of that year (secret indeed, as in secret service). The "secret"
was that Cale had performed an eighteen hour piano solo, 'Vexations', which
only one member of the audience stayed to hear to its end, its composer,
Érik Satie. This was all an elaborate orchestration by the conspiratorial British
only to thumb their noses at the American public, pretending one secret, all
the better in broad daylight, while keeping the real ones hidden. (The
Queen, planning her invasion with information gathered by Cale, watched the broadcast
in such condition of delight as not only to spill her tea with an
uncontrollable guffaw, but spew it from her mouth, staining astonished Prime Minister
Harold Macmillan's white shirt.) In 1965 Cale formed the band, Velvet
Underground, with American rocker,
Lou Reed. In 1967 Velvet Underground
released their first vinyl, 'Loop', a vexing piece that Cale had recorded in
1964. (Flexidisc copies were given away freely with issues of Aspen Magazine
in order to permanently baffle the minds of the poor.) Cale and
Reed, both composers, collaborated on
numerous Underground titles like 'Sunday Morning' issued in '66 and 'The
Black Angel's Death Song' in '67.Neither Cale nor
Reed have ever
faced charges for espionage, evidence of something pretty fishy lurking in
the deep. Cale quit the "Velvet Underground" indeed in 1968, after which he
released his first solo album, 'Vintage Violence', in 1970. Given carte blanche to twist the collective mind of the American
public, Cale then released the album, "Church of Anthrax' in '71 with
classical composer,
Terry Riley, then the classical oriented, 'The Academy in Peril', in 1972. 'Paris
1919' followed in '73. Cale was back in London for the release of his fifth
album, 'Fear', in 1974, followed by 'Slow Dazzle' and 'Helen of Troy' in
'75. The EP, 'Animal Justice', arrived in 1977, followed by the punk rock
oriented 'Sabotage/Live' in '79. Among albums released in the eighties were
'Honi Soit' ('81), 'Music for a New Society' ('82), 'Caribbean Sunset'
('84), 'John Cale Comes Alive' ('84) and 'Artificial Intelligence' ('85).
Cale and Reed reunited for 'Songs for
Drella', issued in 1990. 'Walking on Locusts' appeared in 1996. His
autobiography, 'What's Welsh for Zen?', appeared in 1999, written with
Victor Bockris. Cale's EP, 'Five Tracks', appeared in 2003 as well as the
album, 'Hobo Sapiens'. 'Black Acetate' arrived in 2005, followed by the
double-sleeve 'Circus Live' in '07. 'Shifty Adventures in Nookie Wood',
Cale's latest studio endeavor, was issued in 2012. Among Cale's numerous
compositions were 'Amsterdam' released in 1970, 'Endless Plain of Fortune' in '73, and 'Fear Is a Man's Best Friend' and 'You Know Me More Than I Know'
in '74. Discographies for Cale w various credits at
1,
2,
3.
Cale in visual media.
Cale yet actively performs as of this writing while maintaining pages at
Facebook and
Twitter.
Interviews with Cale: 2004,
2012. Further reading on Cale at 'The New Yorker'
published Jan and Dec of 2017:
1,
2.
Albeit Velvet Underground was an
American band, they are Cale's vocals on a couple samples below, as well
as Cale playing organ on 'Sister Ray'. All titles below were composed by
Cale except as noted. John Cale 1963 'I've Got a Secret' Composition: Erik Satie John Cale 1967 Recorded 1964 Released as Velvet Underground debut John Cale 1968 Titles with Velvet Underground Album: 'White Light/White Heat' Composition: Cale/Sterling Morrison Maureen Tucker/Lou Reed Composition: Lou Reed Composition: Cale/Sterling Morrison Maureen Tucker/Lou Reed John Cale 1970 From Cale's 'Vintage Violence' John Cale 1971 From 'Church of Anthrax' Collaboration w Terry Riley Composition: Cale/Riley The Hall of Mirrors in the Palace at Versailles Composition: Cale/Riley Composition: Cale/Riley Vocal: Adam Miller John Cale 1972 From 'The Academy in Peril' Legs Larry at Television Center John Cale 1973 Album: 'Paris 1919' John Cale 1974 Album: 'Fear' John Cale 1975 Composition: Mae Boren Axton/Tommy Durden/Elvis Presley John Cale 1981 Album: 'Honi Soit' John Cale 1983 Filmed live John Cale 1984 Filmed live for 'Rockpalast': Composition: Cale/Larry Sloman Composition: Robby Krieger of the Doors Composition: Jonathan Richman John Cale 1990 Album with Brian Eno John Cale 2012 Filmed live on KEXP: You Know More Than I Know/Guts Composition: Cale/Brian Burton (Danger Mouse) John Cale 2013 Live in Paris
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John Cale Source: Paste |
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Eric Clapton Source: CT Touring |
Born in Ripley, Surrey,
Eric Clapton first
recorded in 1963 with the Yardbirds. In 1965 the Yardbirds
began to pursue a more commercial sound, prompting Clapton to leave the band
and join
John Mayall's
Bluesbreakers, the better to examine blues guitar. (Clapton can be found playing
with the
Bluesbreakers under John Mayall for the years 1965 - 1966.) Clapton joined the rock band,
Cream, in 1966, with whom he played until helping to form the band, Blind Faith,
in 1969. That same year he accompanied
Delaney & Bonnie and Friends,
before forming Derek and the Dominos in 1970. Albeit Clapton's career first
went stellar as a rock n roll musician with Cream he early distinguished himself
as a blues guitarist from the Yardbirds
onward and would later join such as
BB King as among the elite of the
greatest blues musicians of the 20th century. Main entry and references for
Clapton are thus in Blues
3, including other early pieces with the Yardbirds,
tracks performed with
John Mayall's
Bluesbreakers and edits with
Delaney & Bonnie. More
Cream and Blind Faith under
Ginger Baker above. Also more Clapton
under
Steve Winwood lower on this page. As
for samples below, find a couple of edits
from the ARMS Concert at Royal Albert Hall in 1983, during which Clapton
plays alongside
Jeff Beck and
Jimmy Page. Also find 'Concert for
George' as of 2003, staged with
Ravi Shankar in
honor of
George Harrison who had died in
2001. Eric Clapton 1963 Composition: Chuck Berry With the Yardbirds You Can't Judge A Book By Looking At The Cover With the Yardbirds Eric Clapton 1964 Good Morning Little School Girl With the Yardbirds Eric Clapton 1966 Live with Cream Eric Clapton 1969 Live with Blind Faith Live with Blind Faith With Blind Faith Live with Blind Faith Live with Blind Faith With Blind Faith With Blind Faith Under My Thumb Live with Blind Faith Composition: Keith Richards/Mick Jagger Eric Clapton 1970 With Derek and the Dominos Eric Clapton 1974 Album: '461 Ocean Boulevard' Eric Clapton 1983 ARMS Concert Royal Albert Hall ARMS Concert Royal Albert Hall Eric Clapton 1999 Filmed live at Madison Square Garden Eric Clapton 2001 Filmed live in Japan Eric Clapton 2003 Filmed live at Albert Hall Eric Clapton 2007 Filmed live Filmed live Filmed live Eric Clapton 2010 Filmed live at Madison Square Garden Filmed live at Madison Square Garden With Jeff Beck Filmed live at Madison Square Garden
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|
| Vocalist,
Julie Driscoll
[1,
2,
3], came to
represent what was called "mod" in British society at the time.
Driscoll began her career as a pop singer, largely made her name in
association with organist
Brian Auger, then shifted toward jazz
in the early seventies upon starting a decades-long partnership with pianist,
Keith Tippett, whom she married
in 1970 (Driscoll
to assume the name of Julie Tippetts).
Driscoll's first record release in 1963 isn't found at YouTube: 'Take Me by
the Hand' b/w 'Stay Away From Me'. She later sang with
Long John Baldry's group,
the Hoochie Coochie Men,
Rod Stewart also a member. She and
Stewart stuck with
Baldry upon the disbanding of the
Hoochie Coochie Men to become Baldry's Steampacket with
Brian Auger and Brian Waller (drums),
et al, to record titles in December of 1965 first issued in France in 1972
on 'Rock Generation Vol 6: The Steampacket', later in the UK in 1977 on 'The
First Supergroup'. She
joined Auger upon the formation of Trinity
in 1967, with which she first toured
the United States. Her association with
Auger would come to about seven albums of original material from 'Open'
with Trinity in '67 to 'Encore' in 1978. Driscoll had released her first
solo album, '1969', in 1971. She's led or co-led around fifteen others
including duos with
Keith, 'Couple In Spirit' and 'Couple In Spirit II', in
1988 and 1996. She's appeared with
Keith on about 21 albums containing original material. Among her recent recordings
were 'Serpentine'
with Martin Archer in 2012, 'The Dance of Her Returning' in October 2014 on
Keith's 'The Nine
Dances of Patrick O'Gonogon', and 'Murmuration' gone down in early 2016 for
Blazing Flame with
Keith, Steve Day, Peter Evans,
et al. Among other operations with which Tippetts has recorded are the
Spontaneous Music Ensemble with Trevor Watts in 1971 and the Dedication
Orchestra in '92 and '94,
Keith also in the latter.
Driscoll discographies w various credits at
1,
2,
3,
Lord (leading 32 of 66 sessions relevant to jazz).
Driscoll in visual media.
All edits below for years 1967 through 1969 are with
Brian Auger and Trinity. All tracks
from 1971 onward are with husband,
Keith Tippett, unless otherwise noted. Julie Driscoll 1965 Composition: Charlie & Inez Fox Composition: Paul Williams Filmed live With Eric Burdon, Long John Baldry, Steve Windwood, Rod Stewart Julie Driscoll 1966 I Didn't Want to Have to Do It Composition: John Sebastian Julie Driscoll 1967 Filmed live with Brian Auger Music video Composition: Curtis Ousley/Aretha & Carolyn Franklin Julie Driscoll 1968 Music video Composition: Donovan Leitch Filmed live Composition: Bob Dylan/Rick Danko Julie Driscoll 1969 Musical: 'Hair' Music: Galt MacDermot Lyrics: James Rado/Gerome Ragni Filmed live Composition: David Ackles Composition: Traditional Arrangement: Driscoll Julie Driscoll 1971 Titles from the LP: '1969' Compositions by Driscoll Julie Driscoll 1972 Composition: Keith Tippett/Julie Tippetts Roy Babbington/Keith Bailey/Frank Perry Album: 'Blueprint' Julie Driscoll 1975 Composition: Julie Tippetts Album: 'Sunset Glow' Julie Driscoll 1977 From LP w Brian Auger: 'Encore' Composition: Bennie Benjamin/Gloria Caldwell/Sol Marcus Composition: Brian Auger Composition: Al Jarreau Julie Driscoll 1984 With Working Week Composition: Larry Stabbins/Simon Booth Julie Driscoll 2009 From the CD: 'Nostalgia 77 Sessions' Album: 'Nostalgia 77 Sessions' Composition: Gary Boyle Composition: Benedic Lamdin/Riaan Vosloo Julie Driscoll 2011 Filmed live Piano: Keith Tippett
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Freddie & the Dreamers Source: Heroine in Training |
Formed in Manchester,
Freddie and the Dreamers
[1,
2,
3,
4,
5] consisted of Freddie Garrity
[1,
2] at vocals, Roy Crewdson (guitar), Derek Quinn (guitar and harmonica), Peter Birrell
(bass) and Bernie Dwyer (drums). It is thought that 'If You Gotta Make A Fool
Of Somebody' with 'Feel So Blue' was their first 45 release, followed by 'I'm
Telling You Now' with 'What Have I Done To You?', then 'You Were Made For Me'/'Send
A Letter To Me' their third. Although the Dreamers reached Billboard's Hot 100
top slot in 1965 with 'I'm Telling You Now', then ranked 18 with 'Do the Freddie',
the group never acquired much prestige in America. The Dreamers separated
shortly after a last tour in 1968. Garrity moved onward to a less than
successful solo career, later reforming the Dreamers in 1976 with
Alan Mosca assuming Birrell's prior spot at bass. One version or another of
the Dreamers have toured into the new millennium, Mosca fronting the current
Dreamers upon Garrity's retirement in 2001 and death in May of 2006
[1,
2]. Dwyer had died in 2002. As to the
other original members, it is thought that Crewdson currently runs a bar
called Dreamers in Tenerife, Birrell drives a taxi, and Quinn works in
distribution in Cheshire [Mental Itch]. Discos for the Dreamers w various
credits at
1,
2. For Garrity:
1,
2.
The Dreamers in visual media.
Garrity in visual media. Freddie & the Dreamers 1963 First release Side B Composition: Garrity If You Gotta Make a Fool of Somebody First release Side A Composition: Rudy Clark Second release Side A Composition: Garrity/Mitch Murray Third release Side B Composition: Garrity Second release Side B Composition: Les Vandyke Third release Side A Composition: Mitch Murray Freddie & the Dreamers 1964 Film: 'Every Day's A Holiday' Composition: Garrity Freddie & the Dreamers 1965 Composition: Lou Courtney/Dennis Lambert Composition: Pat Best Composition: Gordon Mills 'Shindig' television program Composition: Mitch Murray Freddie & the Dreamers 1966 Composition: Frank Churchill/Larry Morey LP: 'Freddie and The Dreamers in Disneyland' Filmed live in Germany Composition: Lennon–McCartney Composition: Malvina Reynolds/Harry Belafonte/Alan Greene
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invasion bands was the Hollies
[1,
2,
3,
4,
5,
6,
7,
8]. first formed by Allan
Clarke and
Graham Nash as a duo
called Ricky and Dane Young. In 1962 they merged together with a band named the Fourtones and changed their
title to the Hollies in December of that year for
their first gig at the Oasis Club in Manchester. (Their name was both in reference
to Christmas holly and in homage to
Buddy Holly). Bernie Calvert (bass) and
Tony Hicks were in the Hollies when they released their
debut single in May of 1963, a cover of the Coasters tune, '(Ain't That) Just
Like Me', which reached the 25 slot on the UK Singles Chart. Their second release,
'Searchin'', also a Coasters cover, was released the same year to reach the
12 spot. Bobby Elliott joined the band on drums in August of '63'. 'Bus Stop' in 1965 was the Hollies' first Top Ten single in the
States, leading to the album by the same name. In 1968
Nash would leave the Hollies after their recording of 'Listen
to Me' to join
David Crosby and
Stephen Stills in California, forming the trio,
Crosby,
Stills & Nash.
Nash was replaced by guitarist, Terry Sylvester, he
first appearing on 'Hollies Sing Dylan' in 1969. Nice lists of tracks and
keys to
which
Nash, then Sylvester, contributed
harmonica. Leadman, Clarke, left the
Hollies after their release of the album, 'Distant Light', in 1971, he
replaced by Mikael Rickfors. Rickfors appeared on the albums, 'Romany' ('72)
and 'Out on the Road' ('73). Clarke returned to the Hollies in 1973. But by
the time the Hollies issued 'Clarke, Hicks, Sylvester, Calvert, Elliott' in
1977 their popularity in the States had largely waned, though the band
remained hugely successful in Europe. The group, minus Calvert and Sylvester
as of '81, issued its last studio album in 1983: 'What Goes Around . . .'
That album featured
Nash who had begun working
with the Hollies again in '81. Clarke, Hicks, Elliott and
Nash were recorded on tour in
'83, though that wasn't released until 'Archive Alive' in 1997. The original
Hollies were inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 2006, but it was
very different Hollies that issued 'Staying Power' that year with Peter
Howarth at vocals. The original group was elected into the Rock and Roll
Hall of Fame in 2010. New versions of the band continue to perform as of
this writing (see 1 above). Hollies members.
Session dates. Discographies w
various credits: 1,
2,
3.
Lyrics at AZ.
The Hollies in visual media. The Hollies 1963 Composition: Billy Guy/Earl Carroll (Coasters) Original issue: The Coasters Oct '61 Composition: Jerry Leiber/Mike Stoller Original issue: The Coasters Mar '57 The Hollies 1964 Composition: Gregory Carroll/Doris Payne Composition: Graham Nash/Allan Clarke/Tony Hicks The Hollies 1965 Composition: Graham Gouldman Television performance Composition: Graham Gouldman/Charles Silverman Composition: Gerry Goffin/Russ Titelman Also issued as 'I'll Be True': The Monkees 1966 The Hollies 1966 Composition: Chip Taylor/Al Gorgoni The Hollies 1967 Composition: Graham Nash/Allan Clarke/Tony Hicks Composition: Graham Nash/Allan Clarke The Hollies 1968 Composition: Tony Hazzard From Terry Reid's 'Without Expression' The Hollies 1969 Filmed live Composition: Graham Nash/Allan Clarke/Tony Hicks The Hollies 1970 Filmed live Composition: Roger Cook/Roger Greenaway/Tony Macaulay The Hollies 1971 Filmed live Composition: Jerry Sylvester/Dean Ford The Hollies 1972 Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress Filmed live Composition: Allan Clarke/Roger Cook/Roger Greenaway The Hollies 1973 Composition: Albert Hammond/Mike Hazlewood The Hollies 1974 Composition: Allan Clarke/Tony Hicks/Terry Sylvester Included on 'Another Night' '75 The Hollies 1975 Composition: Allan Clarke/Tony Hicks/Terry Sylvester Album: 'Another Night' Filmed live Composition: Bob Russell/Bobby Scott
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The Hollies Source: Gov Teen |
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Mick Jagger Source: Mick Jagger Blox |
Vocalist
Mick Jagger,
born July of 1943 in Dartford, Kent, was rather an
anomaly when it comes to rock n roll and school. Unlike the norm for kids
with better things to do than go to class, such as
Keith Richards getting
tossed from Sidcup Art College for truancy (preferring to practice
Chuck Berry songs on guitar), Jagger pursued his studies diligently, taking
business courses at the London School of Economics with notions of
becoming a journalist or politician. He was, however, a vocalist in a group
called Little Boy Blue and the Blue Boys when, on his way to school, he met
Richards on the metro train. He happened to have records by
Chuck Berry and
Muddy Waters with him, such that common interest found
Keith joining Jagger's band. As the pair was hopping London's clubs one evening they met
Brian Jones, a talented slide guitarist for
Blues Incorporated, who wanted
to form his own band. The three rented a flat together and would soon become
the Rollin' Stones, with small notion what was brewing in the kettle: the
singular band so synonymously representative of rock n roll that, did one
have to choose for some historian three hundred years from now one
band to define rock n roll, all others for want of space to be struck from
the record, in the opinion of this writer there is no question that that
band would have to be the
Rolling Stones. (The
Beatles explored rock more elaborately,
creating whole new territories as from the start with Merseybeat, but the
Stones were rock more
quintessentially barebones due influences fundamental from early blues, country and
rhythm and blues.) As for Jagger, he's been that band's frontman for half a
century, verily an indisputable master of the rock n roll realm such that
were there a rock n roll a university one should find Jagger at it's chair.
Queen Elizabeth II eventually arrived to something of the like sentiment
when she knighted Jagger in 2002. As for
economics, but one example is Jagger's negotiations with Bill Gates, 12 years younger
than he,
as to the use of the Stones' song 'Start Me Up' to launch 'Windows '95' (see
Rolling Stones). But Jagger's wealth compared to Gates fits into a walnut
shell, being worth but a paltry 200 something million. That
places him quite firmly amidst the 1% (requiring only a puny eight million), albeit a pathetic example of wealth
to yet others. Howsoever, one finds Jagger to be
far more than only a model of hardworking industry, a savvy businessman, the frontman for the definitive rock n roll band of the 20th century, a gifted songwriter (largely in
collaboration with
Keith Richards) and an
uncompromising stage performer. Jagger danced his way expressly to
the front page of the most influential people in human history. Rock n roll
was among the most significant influences upon the global zeitgeist during
the 20th century, with Jagger at its vanguard. Though Jagger and
Richards came to having their
differences over the decades their partnership was the only to rival that of
John Lennon and
Paul McCartney in the sixties. Their numerous
compositions included
such as 'Let's Spend the Night Together' and '2000 Man' in '67, and 'Let It
Bleed' and 'You Got the Silver' in '69. Discos for Jagger w various credits
at 1,
2.
Jagger in visual media.
At Facebook and
Twitter. References encyclopedic:
1,
2,
3,
4.
Musical: 1,
2,
3,
4,
5,
6.
Interviews w 'Rolling Stone': 1987,
1994/95,
2017.
Ancestry.
Children of: *. Further reading: 2013,
2018.
Jagger is featured as recently as 'You Did the Crime' on the 2018 release of
Buddy Guy's 'The Blues Is Alive and
Well'. Jagger can of course be heard
on any
Rolling Stones recording. The entries below
concern his career apart from the
Stones, albeit his first solo album didn't
occur until 1985 with 'She's the Boss', followed by 'Primitive Cool" in
1987. He composed all titles except as noted. Mick Jagger 1970 For the film 'Performance' Slide guitar: Ry Cooder Composition: Jagger/Richards Mick Jagger 1985 Album: 'She's the Boss' Filmed live at Live Aid Composition: Jagger/Carlos Alomar Album: 'She's the Boss' Mick Jagger 1987 Composition: Jagger/David Stewart Album: 'Primitive Cool' Album: 'Primitive Cool' Mick Jagger 1988 Filmed live in Tokyo with Joe Satriani Composition: Bob Relf/Earl Nelson Mick Jagger 1993 Album: 'Wandering Spirit' Filmed live in NYC Album: 'Wandering Spirit' Music video Album: 'Wandering Spirit' Composition: Jagger/Jimmy Rip Album: 'Wandering Spirit' Mick Jagger 2001 Album: 'Goddess In the Doorway' Composition: Jagger/Lenny Kravitz Album: 'Goddess in the Doorway' Mick Jagger 2004 Composition: Jagger/David Stewart For the film 'Alfie' Mick Jagger 2007 Recorded 1992 Mick Jagger 2012 Live with the Foo Fighters Composition: Jagger/Richards Live with Jeff Beck Mick Jagger 2013 Live with Arcade Fire
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 Wayne Fontana Crown Derby Court 2007 Source: Streamingoldies |
Wayne Fontana
[*] founded the
Mindbenders
[1,
2,
3,
4] in 1963 at age eighteen. Taking its name from the British film starring Dirk Bogarde, 'The Mind Benders', the original group consisted of Bob Lang, Ric
Rothwell and Eric Stewart, but would see personnel changes. The Mindbenders
released their initial plate, 'Hello! Josephine'/'Road Runner' (Fontana TF
404) on June 21 of 1963 [45Cat]. (There is no relation between Wayne Fontana
and Fontana Records, the latter founded in 1954 as an arm of Dutch Phillips
Records, the latter established in 1950 by the Phillips electronics company,
having acquired the Dutch limb of Decca's UK operation in 1946
[1,
2].) The
Mindbenders played their first gig on television
for 'Beat Room' on 2 November, 1964. Come 'Top Beat' on December 9th. Fontana remained
with the Mindbenders long enough to participate in the group's first Top Ten
single in the United States in 1965, 'Game of Love' topping the chart at
#1 in February (first released in January on Fontana TF 535 per reviews
listed at 45Cat). The group then headed to the United States for an
appearance on 'Shindig!' on 21 April, 1965. It was the 'Mike Douglas Show'
on 27 July. Fontana, however, left the band for a solo career before its issue of the US Top Ten single in
Jan '65, 'A Groovy Kind of Love' climbing to #2. Fontana had abruptly quit
the band midway through a show in Oct of '65, remarking "It's all yours" to
a surprised Stewart as he exited the stage. Fontana's debut solo single was 'It Was Easier
to Hurt Her'/'You Made Me What I Am Today' (MGM K 13456) in Feb of '66. The Mindbenders
continued onward as a trio but disbanded in 1968
having left several albums behind, three w Fontana: 'Wayne Fontana and The
Mindbenders' ('64 Fontana TL 5230), 'The Game of Love' ('65 Fontana MGF
27542), 'Eric - Rick - Wayne - Bob: It's Wayne Fontana and The Mindbenders'
('65 Fontana TL 5257); three afterward w Fontana out: 'The Mindbenders' ('66
Fontana TL 5324/SFL 13045), 'The Mindbenders: A Groovy Kind of Love' ('66
Fontana MGF 27554), 'With Woman in Mind' (April '67 Fontana TL 5403). The
Mindbenders released their last 45
disc of original material in August 1968: 'Uncle Joe, The Ice Cream Man' bw 'The Man Who Loved
Trees' (Fontana TF 961 UK/Fontana F 1628 US). Lang had been replaced by Graham Gouldman on that. Gouldman would move on
to Hot Legs, then 10cc. Fontana continued recording into the seventies, his last issue
thought to have been 'The Last Bus Home' bw 'Give Me Just a Little Bit' in
July of 1976. He then fell into obscurity until 2005 when he set fire to a
bill collector's car with gasoline, with the bailiff in it. He then showed
up at Derby Crown Court in 2007 masquerading as Lady Justice. Having already
served the term of eleven months to which he was sentenced, he then
imagined a different reality in Spain. Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders discos w various credits
at
1,
2. Fontana discographies
at 1,
2.
Mindbenders at 1,
2. Fontana Records issued 'The Best of Wayne Fontana
and the Mindbenders' in 1994
[*].
Fontana in visual media.
The Mindbenders in visual media. Wayne Fontana & the Mindbenders 1963 Second release Side A Composition: Peter Stirling (Peter Green) First release Side A Composition: Fats Domino/Dave Bartholomew Second release Side B Composition: Jerry Leiber/Mike Stoller First release Side B Composition: Ellas McDaniel (Bo Diddley) Wayne Fontana & the Mindbenders 1964 Composition: Curtis Mayfield Wayne Fontana & the Mindbenders 1965 Television appearance Composition: Clint Ballard Jr. Television appearance Composition: Clint Ballard Jr./Les Ledo Composition: Clint Ballard Jr. Wayne Fontana 1966 Composition: Jackie Edwards Wayne Fontana 1967 Composition: Les Reed/Mitch Murray Composition: Graham Gouldman The Mindbenders 1967 Composition: T. Wine/C. Bayer Wayne Fontana 1968 Composition: Pete Andreoli/Vini Poncia Wayne Fontana & the Mindbenders 2001 Filmed live Composition: Toni Wine/Carole Sager Wayne Fontana 2009 Filmed live Composition: Graham Gouldman
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Wayne Fontana & the Mindbenders Source: Rock Archeologia |
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Van Morrison Source: Song Mango |
Irish vocalist,
Van Morrison
[1,
2,
3,
4,
5,
6] was born in 1945. He launched his career at age seventeen as a saxophone
player with a band called the Monarchs. He was with that band in Cologne,
Germany, when he made his first recordings in November of 1963 at Ariola
Studios, playing sax on 'Boozoo Hully Gully' bw 'Twingy Baby'. Vocals were
by George Jones and the band for that session called Georgie and the
Monarchs. Though that 45 was issued, in Germany only, no release dates are
discovered. With a recording date of November (no more precise date found)
those tracks may not have been released until early 1964. But late 1963 may
not have been impossible, so we tentatively go with it. In any case, those
songs aren't found at YouTube but are available on a CD titled 'Here Comes
Van Morrison', released in 2008. Morrison then played in a band called the
Golden Eagles before launching the group, The Them
[1,
2,
3,
4,
5], in 1964 in Belfast. It was a fan's recording of 'Turn On Your Love Light' at one of the band's performances
at the Maritime Hotel which resulted in a recording contract the same year with Decca, among the
tunes recorded that year being 'Don't Start Crying Now' b/w 'One Two Brown
Eyes', 'Baby Please Don't Go' b/w 'Gloria', 'Groovin', 'Philosophy', 'Turn
on Your Love Light' and Bo Diddley's 'You Can't Judge a Book by Its Cover'.
In 1965 they released their first album titled, 'The Angry Young Them'
(containing 'Gloria'). Their second and last album, 'Them Again',
was released in 1966. Although the Them toured the States in 1966 they garnered no great success
in America. Not until Morrison left the band in 1966 to pursue a solo career
did he rocket galactic with 'Brown Eyed Girl' in 1967 (22 takes the day it
was recorded to get it to satisfaction). That single appeared on Morrison's
debut solo album, 'Blowin' Your Mind!', released the same year. Morrison
moved to Boston after that to record his second studio album, 'Astral
Weeks' [1,
2,
3,
4], issued in 1968. 'Moondance' and 'His Band and the Street Choir'
followed in 1970. 'Moondance was Morrison's first LP to sell a million
copies. 'Tupelo Honey' followed in '71. 'Saint Dominic's Preview' in '72 was
Morrison's highest charting album of the 20th century. 'Hard Nose the
Highway' followed in '73, 'It's Too Late to Stop Now' and 'Veedon Fleece' in
'74. In 1976 Morrison appeared with The
Band on Thanksgiving Day at a concert that would be released as 'The
Last Waltz' in 1978. Martin Scorsese directed the documentary by the same
title. Morrison's 'A Period of Transition' arrived in '77 and 'Wavelength'
in '78. Morrison's brand of
rock had folk and jazz airs that audiences took rather more seriously than
such as Mrs. Brown's lovely daughter, toward the result that to this day Van
Morrison is regarded as among the most distinguished and important of rock
musicians. He dove into the eighties with the release of 'Common One' in
1980, followed by 'Beautiful Vision' in '82, 'Inarticulate Speech of the
Heart' in '83, 'A Sense of Wonder' in '85 and 'No Guru, No Method, No
Teacher' in '86. 'Irish Heartbeat' of '88 was a collection of Irish folk
songs recorded with the Chieftans. 'Avalon Sunset' appeared in '89. The
nineties commenced with the issue of 'Enlightenment' in 1990, followed by
the double-sleeve 'Hymns to the Silence' in '91. Morrison's 22nd LP, 'Too
Long in Exile', was released in '93. The double-sleeve live album, 'A Night
in San Francisco', followed in '94. 'Days Like This', 'How Long Has This
Been Going On' and 'Tell Me Something' were released in '96, followed by
'The Healing Game' in '97, 'The Philosopher's Stone' in '98 and 'Back On
Top' in '99. Morrison entered the new millennium with the release of 'The
Skiffle Sessions', recorded live in Belfast in 1998. 'Down the Road'
followed in 2002. 'Magic Time' emerged in 2005. In 2006 Morrison issued the
double-sleeve 'Hurricane Relief: Come Together Now', a philanthropic effort
to raise money for the victims of hurricanes, Katrina and Rita. 'Pay the
Devil' ensued the same year. A couple of live productions followed before
the 2008 release of 'Keep It Simple'. Morrison's 34th studio release was
'Born to Sing: No Plan B' in 2012. 'Duets: Re-working the Catalogue'
appeared in 2015. He issued 'You're Driving Me Crazy' as recently as April
of 2018 with organist, Joey DeFrancesco. In the works per this revision is
'The Prophet Speaks' scheduled for release in Dec 2018. Along the way
Morrison left an extensive oeuvre of
compositions like 'Brown Eyed Girl' in
'67 and 'Domino' in 1970. His capacity as a songwriter benefited other
artists as well, such as 'Gloria' for the Shadows of Knight in '66, 'Crazy
Love' for
Helen Reddy in '71 and 'I Shall Sing' for
Art Garfunkel in '73.
Rod Stewart took 'Have I Told You Lately' to the top of the charts in '93.
John Mellencamp did the same in '94 w 'Wild Night'. [See
*.] Discographies for
Morrison w various credits at
1,
2,
3. For The Them:
1,
2.
Lyrics at AZ.
Morrison in visual media.
Morrison at
Facebook,
Instagram and
Twitter.
Official YouTube site.
See the Morrison
Chronology 1947-1969 by David Chance.
Interview w 'Rolling Stone' Sep 2016.
Further reading: 1,
2,
3; web archives:
1,
2,
3,
4. See also 'The Words and
Music of Van Morrison' by Eric Hage, Praeger Publishers, 2009. Exhaustive
documentation of The Them at Chrome Oxide and Mark Butchko's
The Them at
Tripod. (Closing the ad will make you wet your pants with a
full screen popup to an even greater power of the, but it's
harmless.) All tracks below from 1964 through 1966 are Van Morrison with the Them,
chronological by year, alphabetical thereafter. Several later edits below are
live performances. All titles were authored by Morrison except as noted. Van Morrison 1964 Television performance Composition: See Wikipedia Composition: James Moore/Jerry West Van Morrison 1965 Debut album by The Them Composition: Bert Berns Van Morrison 1966 Composition: Joseph Scott/Deadric Malone (Don Robey) Album: 'Them Again' Van Morrison 1967 Van Morrison 1970 Album Live version Van Morrison 1979 Filmed live Filmed live Filmed live Van Morrison 1980 Filmed concert Filmed live in Ireland Van Morrison 1989 Whenever God Shines His Light On Me 'David Letterman Show' with Georgie Fame Van Morrison 1997 Tupelo Honey/Why Must I Always Explain Montreux Jazz Festival Van Morrison 2013 Filmed live in Belfast
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The Them Source: All Dylan |
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Nico 1983 Source: AG Nauta Couture |
Germany was, of course, no part of the
United Kingdom. But it was the main "foreign" country in which
early British
rock musicians toured, Hamburg the favored
destination in particular, which citizens were far more familiar with
British musicians and the UK beat than were Americans. One could thus call
Nico [1,
2,
3,
4,
5,
6],
born in Cologne, an ally of the British Invasion, although she had
made New York her home base for ten years before her debut record release.
Born Christa Päffgen in 1938, she began her professional life at age 16 as a
model in Berlin, at which time she changed her name to Nico, then moved to
Paris to work for a number of fashion magazines. At age seventeen she
migrated to New York City where she continued her modeling career and did
television commercials. During the decade prior to her first record release
Nico traveled back and forth between Europe and America, meanwhile landing
roles in several films, resulting in her first recording in 1963,
'Striptease', a soundtrack to the Poitrenaud film, 'Strip-Tease' (not
released for audio until 2001). Nico's first performance as a vocalist had
been in December of '63 at the Blue Angel nightclub in NYC. She released her first record, 'I'm Not Sayin'' b/w 'The Last Mile', in 1965. The next year she joined
Lou Reed's
Velvet Underground. Nico's first solo album, 'Chelsea Girl', appeared in 1967,
that containing titles written by such as
Jackson Browne,
John Cale and
Reed. Her second LP, 'The Marble Index', followed the next year
w all titles composed by herself, some citing that as
the first goth album. (If
Julie Driscoll represented British
"mod" Nico's interest was bohemia.) During the seventies Nico issued the
albums, 'Desertshore' ('70 w all titles written by her) and 'The End' ('74 w
six of eight titles written by her). She also made several films
during the seventies with director, Philippe Garrel, her first role as an
actress in 'La Cicatrice Intérieure' of 1972. It was 1978 that Nico began
supporting punk bands, notably the goth band, Siouxsie & the Banshees. She
filled out the seventies touring in the States in '79. 'Drama of
Exile' was released in '81, Nico moving to Manchester during the early
eighties. She authored all titles on that except 'I'm Waiting for the Man'
by
Reed and 'Heroes' by
David Bowie. 1982 saw the release of two live albums, 'Do
or Die' and 'En Personne En Europe'. Nico's last studio album, 'Camera Obscura', was
released in 1985 with her backing band, the Faction, after which she toured
internationally the next few years. She gave her last performance in 1988 at
a show called 'Fata Morgana' in West Berlin, the live album released in
1994. 'Behind the Iron Curtain', issued in '1995, was a compilation of live
performances in Eastern Europe before the fall of the Berlin Wall. Nico's
final recording was with Marc Almond on 'Your Kisses Burn', issued in
September '88 on Almond's album, 'The Stars We Are'. That had been recorded
about a month before Nico's death in July of '88 while vacationing in Ibiza
off the coast of Spain. She'd suffered a heart attack while bicycling but
died of cerebral hemorrhage from hitting her head upon falling. She was
interred in Berlin. Discos w various credits at 1,
2. Further reading:
1,
2,
3.
Nico in visual media. Nico 1963 Soundtrack: 'Strip-Tease' Composition: Serge Gainsbourg/Alain Goraguer Nico 1965 Composition: Gordon Lightfoot Composition: Andrew Loog Oldham/Jimmy Page Nico 1966 With Velvet Underground Film by Andy Warhol Composition: Lou Reed Nico 1967 Debut solo album Album with Velvet Underground Nico 1968 Second solo album All compositions: Nico Nico 1970 Third solo album All compositions: Nico Nico 1974 Fourth solo album Nico 1982 Filmed live Composition: Lou Reed Live album Nico 1986 Composition: Nico Album w the Factions: 'Camera Obscura'
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Keith Richards
was born in Dartford, Kent, in December of '43. He was an art student when
he first met
Mick Jagger, an economics student, on the metro
train.
Jagger was also singing in a band called Little Boy Blue and the Blue
Boys which Richards then joined. In 1962 Richards moved into a flat with
Jagger and Brian Jones to better focus on the creation of a blues band with
pianist Ian Stewart. Upon recruiting bassist Dick Taylor and drummer Mick
Avory the
Rolling Stones (Rollin' Stones at first) played their first gig at
the Marquee Club in July that same year. Richards has been
Jagger's main partner in crimes against
the American public ever since, joining
Jagger in the composition of nearly
120
Stones' songs. Albeit not the vocalist that
Jagger was (the ever present cigarette
not much assistance), Richards sang or contributed to lead vocals on nearly
thirty
Rolling Stones tracks. Richards'
career was filled with guest appearances with numerous artists from the
Beatles to Tom Waits, many more than his
five drug related arrests between '67 and '78. Richards can be heard on any
Rolling Stones recording. The
material below approaches his career apart from
the
Stones, releasing his first solo single, 'Run Rudolph Run' in 1978. It
was 1987 when Richards formed the band, the X-Pensive Winos, releasing the
album, 'Talk Is Cheap', the next year, his first of two solo tours of the
States ensuing. 'Main Offender' saw release in 1992. Into the new millennium Richards appeared in the third and
fourth installments of the 'Pirates of the Caribbean' films as Captain
Teague ('At World's End' in 2007 and 'On Stranger Tides' in 2011). He also
performed as Captain Teague in the fifth sequence of that film, 'Dead Men Tell
No Tales', released in July 2017. 2010 saw the publication of
Richards' autobiography, 'Life', written with James Fox, a tome at more than
500 pages. He issued the album, 'Crosseyed Heart', in 2015. Richards is
featured as recently as 'Cognac' with
Jeff Beck on the 2018 release of
Buddy Guy's 'The Blues Is Alive and
Well'. Richards is, of course,
well-known as Jagger's collaborator in the
composing department,
partnering
extensively on songs like '19th Nervous Breakdown' in '66, 'Yesterday's
Papers' in '67 and 'Midnight Rambler' in '69. Ian McPherson lends
an exhaustive account of their songwriting at Time Is On Our Side.
Richards on composition at the Jas Obrecht Music Archive. Generally perceived
as the member of the
Stones that one's parents would be
least likely to recommend, that's largely but a public persona that's stuck
since the sixties and seventies when he registered as one of rock and roll's
principal bad boys, like he was the only in that band in its early years. He's since then kept pace with
Jagger for decades, a highly
professional musician beneath a mask of seeming to take all things at the
circus fairly lightly,
due a character trait which likes to make what's difficult look easy.
He's also done very nicely for
himself, owning homes in the Caribbean, Connecticut and Sussex, and has been
cited for his large home libraries. Discographies for Richards w various
credits at 1,
2.
Richards in visual media.
References: 1,
2,
3,
4,
5,
6.
Guitar specific: *.
Interviews: 2005,
2017,
Ask Keith.
Further reading: 1,
2.
See also Victor Bockris: 'Keith Richards: The Biography', De Capo Press,
1992, revised and expanded to 'Keith Richards: The Unauthorised Biography',
Omnibus Press, 2013. Richards at
Facebook and
Twitter.
All titles per 1988 below were authored by Richards with drummer, Steve Jordan
[1,
2]. Keith Richards 1974 Filmed live with the Faces Composition: Blues traditional See Wikipedia Filmed live with the Faces Composition: Sam Cooke 1962 Keith Richards 1978 Composition: Johnny Marks/Marvin Brodie Composition: Jimmy Cliff Keith Richards 1988 Filmed live Album: 'Talk Is Cheap' Filmed live Album: 'Talk Is Cheap' Album: 'Talk Is Cheap' Album: 'Talk Is Cheap' Keith Richards 1992 Filmed live in Köln, Germany Composition: Richards/Steve Jordan Filmed live in Köln, Germany Composition: Richards/Steve Jordan Filmed live in Köln, Germany Composition: Charley Drayton/Richards/Steve Jordan Keith Richards 2002 Filmed live with Willie Nelson Composition: Jagger/Richards Keith Richards 2013 Filmed live with Eric Clapton Composition: McKinley Morganfield (Muddy Waters) Filmed live with Rolling Stones Composition: Jagger/Richards
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Keith Richards Source: Jesus Broadfield |
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Gerry & the Pacemakers Source: Last FM |
Gerry & The
Pacemakers
[1,
2,
3,
4]
were a Liverpool (therefore Merseybeat) group of heart implants
that enjoyed brief popularity in the States in 1964, their appeal thereafter
to wane. Formed in 1959, each about the size of a coin I suppose, the Pacemakers' original members were Gerry
[1,
2] and Fred
Marsden, Les Chadwick and Arthur McMahon. First named Gerry Marsden and the
Mars Bars, their name change occurred upon suggestion by Mars, the giant chocolate
company. 'How Do You Do It'/'Away from You' (Columbia DB 4987) was the Pacemakers' first record release in 1963,
the former charting at #1 in the UK and #9 in the States.
'Don't let the Sun Catch You Crying' reached Billboard's #4 in the US in April
of '64, #6 in the UK. The Pacemakers scored their third and final Top Ten in
the States in December of '64 with 'Ferry Cross the Mersey' attaining to #6,
#8 in the United Kingdom. 'Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying' and 'Ferry
Cross the Mersey' had been composed by Marsden. The Pacemakers were three months behind the
Beatles and a month ahead of the
Rolling Stones in arriving to America,
performing on the 'Ed Sullivan Show' in May 1964. The Pacemakers dismantled
in October of 1966, having released six albums of noncompiled material
beginning with 'How Do You Like It?' in '63. The band was reformed in 1974 w
Marsden taking the outfit into the new millennium to lead the
current formation of the Pacemakers.
Discos with various credits for the Pacemakers:
1,
2. For Marsden:
1,
2.
Lyrics at AZ.
The Pacemakers in visual media.
Marsden in visual media.
Pacemakers miscellanea
(Angelfire site w full-screen popup, though harmless). Gerry & the Pacemakers 1963 Composition: Mitch Murray Composition: Hank Williams Sr. Composition: Terry Thompson Gerry & the Pacemakers 1964 Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying Composition: Gerry Marsden Composition: Gerry Marsden Composition: 1952: Dan Belloc/Lew Douglas Cliff Parman/Frank Levere Composition: David Williams Composition: Barry Mann/Cynthia Weil Gerry & the Pacemakers 1965 'Top of the Pops' television performance Composition: Gerry Marsden
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| The
Rolling Stones,
my own all-time overall favorite rock group, were wrought out
of a band called Little Boy Blue and the Blue Boys, with which
Mick Jagger, then
Keith Richards, briefly played before teaming with Brian Jones (of
Blues Incorporated) to form the Rollin' Stones, soon after the apostrophe removed
to become the Rolling Stones. The band was named by Jones after a song by
Muddy Waters ('Rollin' Stone', in Blues 3).
It's original members were Brian Jones [1,
2,
3,
4] on guitar, Ian Stewart
[1,
2,
3,
4] on piano,
Mick Jagger (lead vocals),
Keith Richards (guitar),
Bill Wyman
(bass) and
Charlie Watts (drums). Other notable members were
Mick Taylor,
who replaced Brian Jones in 1969, and
Ron Wood who replaced
Taylor in 1975. The Stones' manager at
their inception was Giorgio Gomelsky who owned the Crawdaddy
Club in London where the Stones first played as the house band. They first
met
Andrew Loog Oldham, yet a teenager learning the ropes from one Eric
Easton, at the Crawdaddy on April 28 of '63, Oldham to both manage and produce the Stones into 1967
as Gomelsky moved on to the
Yardbirds.
The next month in May Easton and Oldham suggested that Stewart trade piano
for road management to which he agreed. Though
Jagger was the band's frontman, Jones was the acknowledged leader
until he could no longer function as needful due to drug abuse. Two weeks
after being fired from the band Jones would drown in a swimming pool in
circumstances yet a mystery on July 3 of 1969
[1,
2].
Jagger, the band's drive, then took the
helm with major partner in crime,
Keith Richards, and the more
stabilizing presence of
Watts. Though it was the
Beatles that spearheaded what Walter Cronkite first called the "British
invasion" of America (the
Beatles first arriving in the United States on
February 7, 1964), it was the second major assault by the Stones that
exposed the United States, at a time relatively weak in defense, to a thorough sacking, the
Stones first arriving to tour the
States on June 20, 1964. At what parents rolled their eyes with the
Beatles
(and even themselves enjoyed, what with adorable
Paul McCartney singing
songs like 'Yesterday') they found a little more difficult to tolerate with
the Stones (angels of a different kind). The Stones had no interest
in the "silly love songs" of Merseybeat; their thing was hard rhythm and
blues out of the underground. Theirs wasn't music for teenage boys and girls
to hold hands with; they addressed matters rather more directly, thus
disturbingly, which decorous everyday society found boat-rocking
(though not in terms of the Boswell Sisters). The Rolling Stones released
their first single on June 7 of 1963, a
Chuck Berry cover titled, 'Come On'
w 'I Want to to Be Loved' flip side (Decca F 11675). Later titles included 'I Wanna Be Your Man'
(Decca F 11764), that composed by
John Lennon with
Paul McCartney and issued on
November 1 of '63, three weeks prior to the
Beatles' version on their album 'With The
Beatles' issued on November 22. The Stones' debut album, 'The Rolling
Stones', saw release in April of 1964, that to go gold, platinum in Canada.
The Stones' first single to top Billboard's chart in the United States was
'(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction' in July of '65, there to reside for a month.
Their earliest album to reach platinum in the United States was 'Out of Our
Heads' issued in July of 1965. Their release of 'Aftermath' in April of '66
would also find platinum. A pair of albums that would go gold appeared in
1967, 'Between the Buttons' [*] in January and 'Their Satanic Majesties
Request' in December. The Stones' next platter to go platinum was 'Beggars Banquet' issued in December of
'68. That had been recorded between March 17 and July 25, its issue delayed
due to contest over the album's toilet wall graffiti design between Decca and London
Records at one end of the rope versus
Jagger and
Richards at the
other, their labels eventually winning with their cleaner alternative of an
R.S.V.P invitation in quiet but fancy-pants cursive script at the opposite
end of the spectrum of showing some
class, as such might appear
[1,
2].
That was followed by the Stones' next album to see platinum, 'Let It Bleed',
issued on December 5 of '69. The Stones played at the Altamont Festival in
Tracy, California, the next day on the 6th, their performance of 'Under My
Thumb' interrupted by the killing of one Meredith Hunter by a Hell's Angel,
that gang hired by the Stones as security in exchange for $500 in beer
[Daily Beast/ 1,
2,
3,
4].
The
Beatles' had recently released 'Abbey Road'
on October 1 of '69. But they disbanded the next year, 'Let It
Be' their last issue in May, before the Stones were just finding second gear
with the release of their first live album, 'Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out!', in
September 1970, that also to see platinum, as would their next studio issue,
'Sticky Fingers', in April of '71, that the first album on which
Mick Taylor appeared. 'Sticky Fingers'
was also the first use on an album of the famous
tongue logo designed by John Pasche.
Ronnie Wood, a member of the
Faces when he participated in the Stone's
track of 'It's Only Rock 'n' Roll' in '74, joined the band in 1975. He,
Jagger,
Richards and
Watts have been the core members of
the Stones ever since. The Stones closed the seventies with 'Some Girls' in
'78 and opened the eighties with 'Emotional Rescue' in 1980. They were
inducted into the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame in 1989 before releasing 'Steel
Wheels' the same year. They closed the century in 1997 with 'Bridges to
Babylon'. Making a big fuss for over half a century now, concerning which
this profile is necessarily an abbreviation, the Stones yet perform second
to none as of this writing, with no plans to cease. In March 2016 they pulled
off the historic event of performing in Havana, Cuba, after decades of
foreign music being banned there. The concert film, 'Havana Moon', was
released in September. That was followed in December by their blues album
recorded the year before in Dec of 2015, 'Blue & Lonesome'.
Following the death of Watts on 24 August 2021 the Stones have scheduled the
release of the album, 'Hackney Diamonds', in October of 2023 with drummer,
Steve Jordan, and Matt Clifford at piano. The Stones at
Facebook and
Twitter.
Official YouTube site. Stones discographies w various credits:
1,
2,
3.
The Stones in visual media.
References encyclopedic:
1,
2,
3. Musical:
1,
2,
3,
4,
5,
6,
7,
8.
Synopsis. Ian
McPherson's exhaustive Chronicle of the Stones.
Nico Zentgraf's Complete Works.
Chris M.'s Revelations. Further reading:
1,
2,
3. Rolling Stones 1963 Composition: Chuck Berry Composition: Lennon-McCartney Rolling Stones 1964 Composition: Ellas McDaniel (Bo Diddley) Composition: Jagger/Richards Album: 'Metamorphosis' Television performance Composition: Lennon-McCartney Composition: Ellas McDaniel (Bo Diddley) 'The Mike Douglas Show' Composition: Charles Hardin (Buddy Holly)/Norman Petty Composition: Bobby Troup Composition: Arthur Alexander Rolling Stones 1965 Composition: Jagger/Richards/Andrew Loog Oldham Composition: Jagger/Richards 'Ed Sullivan Show' Composition: Willie Dixon Composition: Jagger/Richards Rolling Stones 1966 Studio version Composition: Jagger/Richards Television version B&W Composition: Jagger/Richards Television version Color 'Ed Sullivan Show' Composition: Jagger/Richards Television performance B&W Composition: Jagger/Richards Television performance Color Composition: Jagger/Richards Rolling Stones 1967 Television performance Composition: Jagger/Richards Rolling Stones 1968 Album Rolling Stones 1969 Album Filmed live at Altamont Music Festival Composition: Jagger/Richards Filmed live at Altamont Music Festival Composition: Jagger/Richards Rolling Stones 1971 Composition: Marianne Faithfull/Jagger/Richards Album: 'Sticky Fingers' Rolling Stones 1976 Filmed live Composition: Jagger/Richards Rolling Stones 1978 Album Rolling Stones 1980 Composition: Jagger/Richards Album: 'Emotional Rescue' Rolling Stones 1981 Filmed live w Muddy Waters Composition: McKinley Morganfield/Mel London/Ellas McDaniel Née Muddy Waters/Mel London/Bo Diddley Filmed live Composition: Jagger/Richards Composition: Jagger/Richards Album: 'Tattoo You' Rolling Stones 1988 Album Rolling Stones 1989 Titles from 'Steel Wheels' Compositions: Jagger/Richards Rolling Stones 1995 Live in Amsterdam Featuring Lisa Fischer Composition: Jagger/Richards Filmed live in Rio de Janeiro Composition: Jagger/Richards Composition: Jagger/Richards Windows '95 television commercial Original release 1981 Rolling Stones 1997 Filmed live in New York Composition: Marianne Faithfull/Jagger/Richards Rolling Stones 1998 Filmed live in Argentina Composition: Jagger/Richards Rolling Stones 2003 Filmed live Composition: Jagger/Richards Rolling Stones 2012 Filmed live Composition: Jagger/Richards Live in London Composition: Jagger/Richards Live in London Composition: Jagger/Richards Rolling Stones 2013 Concert You Can't Always Get What You Want Filmed live in Las Angeles Composition: Jagger/Richards
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Rolling Stones Source: Bons Tempos |
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Robin Trower Source: Acoustic Guitar Forum |
Guitarist
Robin Trower
[1,
2,
3,
4,
5,
6] began his career
as an original member of the Paramounts, first recording with that band on
their first release in 1963, 'Poison Ivy' b/w 'I Feel Good All Over' (Parlophone
R 5093). He
would make his name with
Procol Harum, joining that band after the release
of its first 7", 'A Whiter Shade of Pale'/'Lime Street Blues'' (Deram 7507) in
May 1967, in time to record on
its second single, 'Homburg'/'Good Captain Clack' (A&M 885), released in
October. Trower was w
Procol Harum when the group made its
first of several television appearances on 'Beat Club' on 13 January, 1968
[IMDb]. Though largely known
as a guitar virtuoso, Trower sang now and again as well. He is the vocalist,
for example,
on
Procol Harum's 'Crucifiction Lane'
appearing on their 'A Salty Dog' album.
Leaving that band in 1971 after the issue of five albums, Trower then formed the
Robin Trower Band in '73, issuing 'Twice Removed from Yesterday', followed
by 'Bridge of Sighs' in '74. In '81 he partnered with
Jack Bruce for the issue of 'B.L.T.',
then again for 'Truce' the next year. Trower's album, 'Back It Up', appeared in
'83. Trower issued several albums in the nineties, also backing Bryan Ferry
(Roxy Music) on a couple of the latter's albums, 'Taxi' ('93) and 'Mamouna'
('94). Trower commenced the new millennium with the issue of 'Go My Way' in
2000. A few albums ensued, one recorded live in Bonn, Germany, before
supporting Ferry on a third album issued in 2007, 'Dylanesque'. Trower also partnered with
Bruce a third time toward the
release of 'Seven Moons' in 2007. The next year saw him touring internationally
again. Trower's favorite guitar was the Fender Stratocaaster (first manufactured in
1954). He continues to perform on tour as of this writing, maintaining an
internet presence at his website
(archived).
Trower's official YouTube channel.
Discographies for Trower
w various credits at 1,
2.
2006 interview w Brian Holland for Modern Guitars Magazine.
2013 interview
w Jeb Wright at Classic Rock Revisited. Album chronology w brief quotes by
Trower concerning. More Robin Trower
per
Procol Harum. Per 2006 below, all titles were filmed live
at the Rockpalast Crossroads Festival and had been composed by Trower. Robin Trower 1963 With the Paramounts First Release Composition: Otis Blackwell/Winfield Scott With the Paramounts First Release Composition: Jerry Leiber/Mike Stoller Robin Trower 1967 With Procol Harum Composition: Gary Brooker/Keith Reid Robin Trower 1969 Album with Procol Harum Robin Trower 1973 KSAN Radio Composition: James Dewar/Trower Filmed live Album Robin Trower 1974 Filmed live Composition: Trower Robin Trower 1975 Robin Trower 1978 Composition: Trower Album: 'Caravan to Midnight' Robin Trower 2005 Robin Trower 2012 Filmed live in Nümberg Composition: Trower
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| At first called Bob Evans and the Five
Shillings, then the Vegas Five in 1959, the
Undertakers
[1,
2,
3] decided to keep the
name that a printing error in a local newspaper had given them in 1961.
Like other early British bands they played at Germany's rock hub in
Hamburg, the Star Club [*],
giving their first professional performances there in 1962. Bruce Eder at
AllMusic has the Undertakes issuing their first plate per 'Everybody Loves a
Lover'/'Mashed Potatoes' (Pye 7N 15543) in July of '63 [45Cat]. Albeit the
Undertakers experienced nice demand at live performances in the UK, they
didn't sell records well there nor in the US, that despite touring
the States in 1965. So they buried the Undertakers that year for later
exhuming at an unknown time by prior members, Brian Jones and Geoff Nugent
(since the Five Shillings). A later formation, now including earlier member,
Jackie Lomax, issued the album, 'Resurrection', in 2009 on Meadow Records. The Undertakers yet perform
as of this writing while maintaining a presence at Facebook. Undertakers
discographies w various credits: 1,
2. See also the Big Beat
compilation of
1995, 'The Undertakers Unearthed Featuring Jackie Lomax'.. The Undertakers 1963 Composition: Robert Allen/Richard Adler Composition: Dessie Rozier (James Brown) Composition: Berry Gordy Jr./Janie Bradford Composition: Jerry Leiber/MikeStoller The Undertakers 1964 Composition: Solomon Burke Composition: Lowman Pauling The Undertakers 1965 Composition: Bob Bateman The Undertakers 2010 Live Composition: Jon Sheldon First version: Chubby Checker 1962
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The Undertakers Source: Merseybeat Nostalgia |
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Charlie Watts Source: 11-19 |
Believe it:
Charlie Watts'
parents actually bought him a drum kit when he was about fourteen years
old. Like handing someone who doesn't know any better a bat and telling them
to hit you over the head with it. Well, he was into jazz. How bad could that
be? Watts showed a another inclination as a teenager as well: as is true of
many rock musicians, Watts was into art. After graduating from secondary
school he enrolled in the Harrow Art School (now the University of
Westminster). His first employment was as a graphic designer for an
advertising company. He later designed the album sleeve for the
Rolling Stones' release of 'Between the Buttons' in 1967
[*], and would contribute to
several tour stage designs throughout the years. (The
Rolling Stones tongue
logo, incidentally, was designed by John Pasche in 1971, first to be seen on
the 'Sticky Fingers' album.) Watts continued working as a graphic designer
even after getting hired to his first major job as a drummer in 1962,
playing gigs with
Alexis Korner's Blues Incorporated. But Watts did away
with all necessity to craft an appealing resumé fairly early in life when he
joined the
Rolling Stones in January 1963
early enough to appear on the band's first issue in June that year, 'Come On'/'I
Want to Be Loved' (Decca F 11675). Watts died on 24 August 2021 in London. References encyclopedic:
1,
2.
Musical:
1,
2,
3,
4. Specific to drums: *. Discographical resources
for Watts'
career apart from the Stones: 1,
2,
3,
4,
5,
6.
Watts in visual media.
Watt's is heard, of course, on any
Rolling Stones recording. The tracks below
approach his career apart from the band, largely as a jazz
musician. All entries below for year 1972 are from the album, 'Jamming with
the Edward!'. Recorded in 1969, "Edward" refers to pianist, Nicholas Hopkins,
who is featured on the album together with guitarist
Ry Cooder. Also contributing
were
Mick Jagger on mouth harp and
Bill Wyman at bass. All titles were
composed by
Cooder, Hopkins and Watts except as noted. Vocals for
all of year 1993 below are performed by Bernard Fowler, all from the album,
'Warm and Tender'. Per 2011 below, the ABC&D of Boogie Woogie refers to
the group consisting of Axel Zwingenberger, Ben
Waters, Charlie Watts and Dave Green. Charlie Watts 1972 Composition: Tampa Red: From 'Things 'Bout Comin' My Way' 1931 Charlie Watts 1983 ARMS Concert Live with Joe Cocker & Bill Wyman Composition: Maceo Merriweather 1941 'Dennis Miller Show' Composition: Jimmy Davis/Roger Ramirez/Jimmy Sherman Charlie Watts 1993 Composition: Ned Washington/Victor Young Composition: Ralph Rainger/Leo Robin Composition: Alec Wilder Composition: Jimmy Dorsey/Paul Mertz Composition: Lorenz Hart/Richard Rodgers Composition: George & Ira Gershwin Composition: Ira Gershwin/Kurt Weill Composition: George & Ira Gershwin Composition: Jerome Kern/Herbert Reynolds 'Late Night with Conan O'Brien' Vocal: Bernard Fowler Composition: Sammy Cahn/Jule Styne Composition: Harold Adamson/Jimmy McHugh Charlie Watts 1996 Composition: Sammy Cahn/Axel Stordahl/Paul Weston Album: 'Long Ago & Far Away' Charlie Watts 2000 Composition: Blondie Chaplin/Jim Keltner/Watts Album: 'Jim Keltner Project' Composition: Jim Keltner/Watts Album: 'Jim Keltner Project' Charlie Watts 2011 Filmed live w the ABC&D of Boogie Woogie Charlie Watts 2013 Filmed live Vocal: Bernard Fowler Composition: Mick Jagger/Keith Richards
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| Bass guitarist,
Bill
Wyman [1,
2,
3,
4,
5], joined the
Rolling Stones in 1962, his first recordings occurring
with them in 1963. Songs composed by
Wyman for the
Stones were 'In Another Land', on which he sang lead, and 'Downtown
Suzie'. His first solo endeavor apart from the
Stones was his album, 'Monkey
Grip', released in 1974. He issued 'Stone Alone' in '76, 'Bill Wyman' in
'82 and, upon retiring from the
Stones in 1991, 'Stuff' in '92 (Japan and Argentina only, 2000 in the UK). The first
album released by Wyman's Rhythm Kings was 'Struttin' Our Stuff' in 1997.
That band issued several albums into the new millennium, including 'Live
Communication' in 2011. Wyman yet performs as of this writing, his last
album release being 'Back to Basics' in 2015. Wyman's pursuits beyond music
have been diverse, including the opening of his Sticky Fingers restaurant in London
in 1989. In addition to authoring seven books he began manufacturing his own brand of metal detector in
2007, he having discovered numerous
ancient coins by that method. As well,
the Bill Wyman Signature bass guitar went into production by Bass Centre in
2011. Wyman has also exhibited as a professional
photographer. He currently owns
homes in Suffolk and St. Paul de Vence in southern France. Discographies w
various credits at 1,
2,
3.
Wyman in visual media.
Wyman at Facebook. Bill Wyman 1967 Composition: Bill Wyman With the Rolling Stones Album: 'Their Satanic Majesties Request' Bill Wyman 1974 Television performance Composition: Bill Wyman Television performance Composition: Bill Wyman Bill Wyman 1975 Composition: Bill Wyman With the Rolling Stones Album: 'Metamorphosis' Bill Wyman 1982 Filmed live Composition: Wyman/Terry Taylor Bill Wyman 2002 Concert filmed live with the Rhythm Kings
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Bill Wyman Source: Equip Board |
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Eric Burdon Source: Get Ready to Rock |
The
Animals
[1,
2,
3,
4,
5,
6,
7,
8,
9] were
probably my own favorite band as a youth. (I preferred classical to rock as
a kid, though started liking it per such as the
Ventures and
Beach Boys.)
The Animals [Chrome Oxide] had originally been the
Alan Price Rhythm & Blues Combo, formed in Newcastle upon Tyne, and renamed
the Animals (due to their rather abandoned manner of performing) when
vocalist, Eric Burdon
[1,
2], joined the band in 1962. The original members of the
Animals were Alan Price [1,
2] on keyboards, Hilton Valentine
[1,
2,
3]
on guitar, John Steel
[1,
2,
3 at drums and Bryan "Chas" Chandler
[1,
2] 'on bass.
It was when Mickie Most [1,
2] saw the band perform at the Club A-Go-Go in
Newcastle that he decided to produce them. Their
initial issue was 'Baby Let Me Take You Home'/'Gonna Send You Back to
Walker' (UK Columbia DB 7247/US MGM K 13242) in March of '64, June in the
United States. They followed with 'House of the Rising Sun'/'Talkin' 'Bout
You' (UK Columbia DB 7301/US MGM K 13264) in June, July in the States. Come
'I'm Crying'/'Take It Easy' (Columbia DB 7354/US MGM K 13274) in September.
None of those were included on their debut album issued in Oct 1964, 'The
Animals'. Among titles issued in 1965 was 'Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood'
composed by Horace Ott, Gloria Caldwell, Bennie Benjamin and Sol Marcus,
credited to Caldwell. Among titles written by Burdon were 'For Miss Caulker'
and 'I'm Going to Change the World'. The
Animals endured several shifts of personnel before their existence of four
years, a couple per its first incarnation, a couple with its second. Price had left the band in 1965 to form the Alan Price Set, pursuing a
career in film and television in addition to performing and recording music.
His first release w his Set is thought to have been 'Any Day Now'/'Never Be
Sick On Sunday' (Decca F 12217) in August of '65. Discos w various credits:
1,
2. Steel had left the band in Feb of 1966, later issuing the album, 'Closing
Night', in 1971. Chandler left the band in '66 and worked as a producer
before becoming a wealthy businessman until his
death in 1995. Valentine also left the band upon the demise of its first incarnation in Sep
of 1966, he moving onward to issue 'All In Your Head' in 1969.
Disco w
various credits. Valentine currently maintains an internet presence at his
website.
Burdon formed the second incarnation of the Animals (nee the New Animals) in
Dec of '66 consisting of John Weider (guitar/violin/bass), Vic Briggs
(guitar/piano) and Danny McCulloch (bass). The band saw further personnel
rotation before its demise in December of '68. In 1969 Burdon began the work of putting together
the band, War
[1,
2].
Its first of above twenty albums was 'Eric Burden Declares War' in 1970
followed by 'The Black-Man's Burdon' the same year, after which Burden left the group to
form the Eric Burdon
Band in 1971. Notable Animals reunions were in 1975, recording 'Before We Were So
Rudely Interrupted' for its release in 1977, and in 1983, issuing the album,
'Ark'. The band then went on a world tour resulting in two albums: 'Rip it
to Shreds' released in '84 and 'Last Live Show' issued in 2008. Another
notable reunion was Burden with War in 2008 at Royal Albert Hall. Burden
yet performs as of this writing w his current band.
Rated 57th on The 100 Greatest Singers of All Time by 'Rolling Stone
Magazine', discographies for Burdon w various credits at 1,
2,
3,
4.
Burdon in visual media.
Discos for the Animals at 1,
2,
3.
The Animals in visual media.
Reviews.
Discos for Eric Burdon & War: 1,
2. See also
'The Best Of'.
War discographies: 1,
2.
War in visual media. All tracks below through
year 1968 are the Animals. Per 1966, 'Inside Looking Out' was authored by a
prison work gang at Parchman Farm (Mississippi State Penitentiary) called
C.B. Cook & Axe Gang. They were recorded by Alan Lomax in 1947. Interspersed with the index below is solo work by Alan Price
and Hilton Valentine, including much
later live recordings with his group, the Skiffledogs (which audio will need
adjusting by who have such software). Eric Burdon & the Animals 1964 Composition: Wes Farrell/Bert Russell Composition: See Wikipedia Composition: Wes Farrell/Bert Russell Jake Hammonds Jr./Johnnie Mae Matthews Composition: Eric Burdon/Alan Price Eric Burdon & the Animals 1965 Album Television performance Composition: Roger Atkins/Carl D'Errico Composition: John Lee Hooker Live Composition: Sam Cooke We Gotta Get Out Of This Place Television performance Composition: Barry Mann/Cynthia Weil Alan Price 1965 First solo 45 release Composition: Bob Hilliard/Burt Bacharach First solo 45 release Composition: John Walters Eric Burdon & the Animals 1966 Composition: Gerry Goffin/Carole King Television performance Composition: Eric Burdon/Chas Chandler From 'Rosie' by C.B. Cook & Axe Gang 1947 See also pancocojams Alan Price 1966 Second solo 45 release Composition: Bronislaw Kaper/Helen Deutsch Filmed live Composition: Screamin' Jay Hawkins Eric Burdon & the Animals 1967 Composition: Eric Burdon/Vic Briggs John Weider/Barry Jenkins/Danny McCulloch Filmed live Composition: Eric Burdon/Vic Briggs John Weider/Barry Jenkins/Danny McCulloch Live in Monterey Composition: Mick Jagger/Keith Richards Television performance Composition: Eric Burdon/Vic Briggs John Weider/Barry Jenkins/Danny McCulloch Alan Price 1967 Composition: Alan Price Eric Burdon & the Animals 1968 Composition: Eric Burdon/Zoot Money Album: 'Every One Of Us' Composition: Zoot Money/Andy Summers Album: 'Love Is' Composition: See Wikipedia Composition: John Weider Composition: Eric Burdon/Vic Briggs John Weider/Barry Jenkins/Danny McCulloch Composition: Eric Burdon Hilton Valentine 1969 Album: 'All in Your Head' Album: 'All in Your Head' Eric Burdon & War 1970 Album Filmed live Filmed live Composition: John D. Loudermilk Eric Burdon & War 1971 Filmed live Compositions: War Alan Price 1973 Soundtrack Composition: Alan Price Eric Burdon 1974 Composition: Roger Atkins/Carl D'Errico Album: 'Sun Secrets' Album Alan Price 1975 Live Composition: Alan Price Filmed live Composition: Alan Price Filmed live Composition: Alan Price Eric Burdon 1976 Filmed live Composition: John Lee Hooker Alan Price 1980 Composition: See Wikipedia Eric Burdon & the Animals 1981 Composition: John Lee Hooker Album: 'Live in Pougkeepsie' Composition: John Lee Hooker Live at Wembley Eric Burdon 1995 Filmed with Bon Jovi Composition: Roger Atkins/Carl D'Errico We Got It Get Out of This Place Filmed with Bon Jovi Composition: Barry Mann/Cynthia Weil Eric Burdon 1998 Filmed live at The Coach House Composition: Roger Atkins/Carl D'Errico Eric Burdon 2004 Composition: David Munyon Album: 'My Secret Life' Eric Burdon 2006 Filmed live 'Soul of a Man' tour Eric Burdon 2008 Filmed live Composition: John Lee Hooker Filmed live We Gotta Get Out of This Place Filmed live Composition: Barry Mann/Cynthia Weil Hilton Valentine & Skiffledog 2008 Filmed live Bass: Suzi Quatro Composition: Eddie Cochran/Ned Fairchild Alan Price & the Manfreds 2009 Filmed live Composition: John Lee Hooker Filmed live Composition: Screamin' Jay Hawkins Hilton Valentine & Skiffledog 2010 Featuring Mary Wilson Composition: Sam Cooke Filmed live Composition: See Wikipedia Eric Burdon 2011 Filmed live Composition: John Lee Hooker Filmed live Composition: See Wikipedia Filmed live Composition: Screamin' Jay Hawkins Filmed live Composition: Eric Burdon/Vic Briggs John Weider/Barry Jenkins/Danny McCulloch Eric Burdon 2012 Music video Composition: Bob Dylan Filmed live at Arcada Theater Composition: Roger Atkins/Carl D'Errico Eric Burdon 2013 Composition: Ellas McDaniel (Bo Diddley) Album: 'Til Your River Runs Dry' Filmed live at The Canyon Club Filmed live Composition: See Wikipedia Composition: Roger Atkins/Carl D'Errico We Gotta Get Out of This Place Filmed live at The Canyon Club Composition: Barry Mann/Cynthia Weil Hilton Valentine & Skiffledog 2013 Filmed live in Old Saybrook: Composition: A.P. Carter Composition: Traditional First recording: Jim Jackson 1929 Composition: Lee Hays First recording: The Weavers 1950 Filmed live at the Salt Gastropub Composition: Johnny Smith
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Rod Argent Source: Net Worth Inspector |
Keyboardist,
Rod Argent
[1,
2,
3,
4], and the Zombies
[1,
2,
3,
4,
5,
6,
7] released their first
vinyl, 'She's Not There'/'Woman' in 1964
on Decca GD 5067. Born in St. Albans, Hertfordshire, in 1945, Argent had
formed his first group which became the Zombies in 1961 w guitarist Paul
Atkinson and drummer Hugh Grundy, they all yet in school. Briefly joined by
Paul Arnold on bass, he was replaced by Chris White. The band had in the
meantime come up with Colin Blunstone to sing lead. In May 1963 the band won
the Herts Beat Contest which prize was a recording deal with Decca Records.
Their first session in June included Argent's composition, 'She's Not There'
which visited the #12 spot on the UK chart, #2 in the United States in
August. The Zombies toured the States in 1965, also appearing on the
first broadcast of 'Hullabaloo' in January of that year, the same month
'Tell Her No' (Argent)rose to #6 on Billboard in the States as their first
album was released in the States, "The Zombies'. Their initial album release
in the UK was the identical 'Begin Here' in April. Their next album, 'Odessey
and Oracle', included 'Time of the Season', written by Argent, which rose to
#3 in the States in Feb of 1969. Argent had by that time already formed the
band, Argent [1,
2], toward the release of its first album, 'Argent', in 1970. 1978 saw the
issue of Argent's solo album, 'Moving Home'. Notable in the eighties were
joint albums released with saxophonist, Barbara Thompson
[*]: 'Ghosts' ('82)
and 'Shadow Show' ('85). Argent spent the the nineties much as eighties: composing, producing and guesting on the tracks of various artists. 1999 saw the issue of
'Rod Argent Classically Speaking', an album of classical piano pieces. Into
the new millennium, Argent toured with
Ringo Starr in 2006 and yet actively
performs as of this writing. As might be indicated, Argent wrote a
considerable portion of
his catalog from such as 'The Way I Feel Inside' in '65 to 'A Rose for
Emily' in '68 [*]. He also authored titles for other artists such as 'If It
Don't Work Out' for
Dusty Springfield in '65
and 'I Want Her She Wants Me' for the
Mindbenders in '66. Discos for the
Zombies w various credits at
1,
2. For
the band, Argent:
1,
2. For Rod Argent:
1,
2.
The Zombies in visual media.
Rod Argent in visual media.
Interviews w Rod: 2001,
2004,
2008,
2011 NAMM,
2011,
2015.
Rod composed all titles below except as noted. Rod Argent & the Zombies 1964 Rod Argent & the Zombies 1965 Composition: Phillip Mitchell 'Hullabaloo' television program 'Shindig' television program Rod Argent & the Zombies 1966 'Hippodrome' television broadcast Composition: Angela Riela/Clint Ballard Jr. Rod Argent & the Zombies 1968 Composition: Chris White Album: 'Odessey & Oracle' Album: 'Odessey & Oracle' Rod Argent & Argent 1970 Album Composition: Rod Argent/Chris White Album: 'Argent' Rod Argent & Argent 1971 Composition: Rod Argent/Chris White Bonus track reissue of 'All Together Now' 1987 Rod Argent & Argent 1972 Composition: Rod Argent/Chris White Album: 'All Together Now' Rod Argent & Argent 1973 Composition: Russ Ballard Album: 'In Deep' Live on 'Midnight Special' Composition: Rod Argent/Chris White Rod Argent & Argent 1975 Album: 'Counterpoints' Rod Argent 1978 Album: 'Moving Home' Rod Argent 2002 Filmed live with Colin Blunstone Rod Argent & the Zombies 2010 Filmed live at the Du Maurier Festival Composition: Rod Argent/Chris White Filmed live with Ringo Starr Rod Argent & the Zombies 2011 Live on the Jimmy Fallon show Live at Metropolis Studios Rod Argent & the Zombies 2013 Filmed live
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| Guitarist
Jeff Beck
[1,
2,
3,
4,
5,
6] started his career
by joining the Rumbles in 1963 at age nineteen. His debut appearance on
vinyl was the next year as a session guitarist for Fitz and Startz: 'I'm Not
Running Away' with 'So Sweet' flip side. (Though Biran Hindley was lead
guitarist of Fitz and Startz, Beck is featured on 'I'm Not Running Away'.)
In 1965 Beck joined the
Yardbirds to replace
Eric Clapton. He was fired mid-tour in
1966 as an habitual no-show. Which was the same year he
recorded his first solo release, 'Beck's Bolero', followed by 'Hi Ho Silver
Lining' and 'Tallyman'. In 1967 Beck formed the Jeff Beck Group, joined by
Rod Stewart on the album, 'Truth',
released in August 1968 and 'Beck-Ola' in July 1969
[*]. 'Rough and
Ready' followed in 1971 before 'Jeff Beck Group' in '72. 'Blow by Blow'
arrived in 1975, 'Wired' the next year. Of remark in 1983 is Beck's
participation in one the greatest concert tours in the history of rock, the 1983 ARMS
(Action into Research for Multiple Sclerosis) concerts during which Beck
shares the stage with, among others,
Eric Clapton and
Jimmy Page.
The full concert at Madison Square Garden is listed below. (Edits from the
ARMS concert at Royal Albert Hall under
Jimmy Page and
Eric Clapton.) Beck released the
album, 'Jeff Beck's Guitar Shop', in 1989. 'Frankie's House' emerged in
1992, 'Crazy Legs' in 1993. Beck has remained quite active into the new
millennium, conducting multiple tours amidst which he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
in 2009. That was followed
in 2010 with the LPs, 'Emotion & Commotion' and
'Live and Exclusive'. Beck was featured as recently as 'Cognac' with
Keith Richards on the 2018 release
of
Buddy Guy's 'The Blues Is Alive and Well'. Beck is yet busy touring to this date.
Discographies with composing and producing credits at
1,
2,
3.
Beck in visual media.
Internet presence.
Interviews: 2011 Guitar World,
2018 Rolling Stone.
Early 'Hit Parader' and 'Zig Zag' articles. Beck's
Gibson Les Paul Oxblood
guitar after a modified '54 Gibson Les Paul Goldtop.
Jeff Beck 1964 Composition: Bill Mason Composition: Fitz Harris/Tommy Roe Jeff Beck 1967 Composition: Jimmy Page Collaboration claimed by Beck Composition: Scott English/Larry Weiss Composition: Graham Gouldma Jeff Beck 1968 Album with Rod Stewart Live Composition: Yardbirds w Jeff Beck Core members of the Yardbirds: Keith Relf/Jim McCarty Chris Dreja/Paul Samwell-Smith Jeff Beck 1969 Composition: Otis Blackwell/Elvis Presley LP: 'Beck-Ola' Jeff Beck 1971 Vocals: Bobby Tench Composition: Jeff Beck LP: 'Rough and Ready' Jeff Beck 1976 Album Jeff Beck 1983 ARMS Concert at Madison Square Garden Filmed live Composition: Jeff Beck ARMS Concert at Madison Square Garden Filmed live Composition: Don Nix ARMS Concert at Madison Square Garden Filmed live Jeff Beck 1999 Concert filmed live Jeff Beck 2009 Filmed live w Buddy Guy & Billy Gibbons (ZZ Top) Composition: Jimi Hendrix Filmed live w Buddy Guy & Billy Gibbons (ZZ Top) Composition: Jeffrey Rod Jeff Beck 2010 Filmed live at Madison Square Garden Composition: Jeff Beck/Tony Hymas/Terry Bozzio Filmed live at Madison Square Garden Composition: Lennon/McCartney Filmed live with Joss Stone Composition: Jay Hawkins/Herb Slotkin 1956 Filmed live with Joss Stone Composition: Jason Rebello/Joss Stone
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David Bowie Source: Whale |
Born David Jones in
London in January of 1947, the androgynously theatrical
David Bowie
formed his first
group, the Konrads, in 1962. Bowie released his debut single, 'Liza Jane',
in 1964 as Davie Jones with the King Bees. In 1966 he changed his name to
Bowie (in reference to the American frontiersman with the bigger than
average knife, Jim Bowie) to avoid confusion with
Davy Jones of the American
group, the
Monkees. His debut album titled 'David Bowie'
appeared in 1967, the same year he studied Kubuki, a Japanese style of dance
drama, under performance artist, Lindsay Kemp [*].
December of 1967 saw him in his first acting role as Cloud at the premiere of
Commedia dell’Arte's mime, 'Pierrot in Turquoise', on the 28th. He struck up
a trio w guitarists, Hermione Farthingale and John Hutchinson, in 1968. It
was Nov of 1969 that Bowie released his sci-fi
'Space Oddity', that launching his space pod toward the 1972 release of the album, 'The Rise and Fall of Ziggy
Stardust and the Spiders from Mars'. That
was followed by the Ziggy Stardust World Tour of '72-'73. Bowie released
'Aladdin Sane' in 1973, that also promoted by tour, costumes for which were
designed by Kansai Yamamoto. Bowie moved to the States in 1974 as he began
to shift apart from the Ziggy glam persona toward that of Halloween
Jack, the human-canine hybrid behind the 1974 album, 'Diamond Dogs'. [See
also concerning the costuming of Bowie and fashion at
1,
2,
3.] Come the 1975 issue of 'Young Americans'
including the track 'Fame', Bowie's first to rise to No. 1 on Billboard. Bowie described 'Young Americans' as "plastic soul," a term referring to
soul music by white musicians. (The
Beatles' sixth studio album in 1965,
'Rubber Soul', was a twist on that.) 'Station to Station' appeared in '76.
'Low' and 'Heroes' followed in '77, pushed by the Isolar II World Tour the
next year. 'Lodger', Bowie's thirteenth studio album, appeared in 1979.
Bowie starred in the Broadway production of 'Elephant Man' from April of '79
through June of '81.
'Scary Monsters' got issued in 1980 to include Bowie's composition, Fashion', followed by 'Let's Dance' in '83 (his
fifteenth studio album). '86 saw the Glass Spider Tour followed by the '87
release of 'Never Let Me Down'. Among Bowie's numerous roles in film was as
Pontius Pilate in 'The Last Temptation of Christ' in 1988. In 1989 Bowie helped form Tin Machine,
issuing 'Tin Machine' that year. 'Black Tie White Noise' was Bowie's 18th
studio release in 1993. In 2003 he excused himself from an offer of
knighthood by Elizabeth II, the same year he issued 'Reality'. Among his
latest roles in film was as Nicola Tesla in the 2006 release of 'Prestige'
concerning a pair of rival magicians. Bowie's album, 'The Next
Day', appeared in March of 2013. 'Blackstar', Bowie's 25th studio LP, saw release
on January 8 of 2016 two days before his death of cancer
[1,
2].
As elemental to Bowie's career as stage presence was composition, to which
he attended extensively, writing titles like 'Life on Mars' ('71), '1984'
('74) and 'Young Americans'. 2014 interview addressing composition. Discographies w songwriting and production
credits at 1,
2,
3.
As every aspect of his life was approached as art to fine finish, it would be amiss to neglect mention of Bowie's considerable talent as a
painter.
His art and design collection by other artists sold for $41 million at
Sotheby's in 2016 [1,
2].
The Far East was prominent in Bowie's tastes as well, evident in the
interior design
of his home on the private island of Mustique (one of the Grenadines in the
West Indies). In addition to collecting art, Bowie had acquired a library of
about 2,500 records, including some of his favorite albums by other musicians. With
nine platinum albums behind him, Bowie sold more than 140 million of
them in the UK alone. One figure places global album sales at some
95,700,000, assisting toward the hundred million he is said to have left to
his surviving wife and two children. References for Bowie encyclopedic:
1,
2,
3,
4. Musical:
1,
2,
3,
4,
5,
6,
7.
Synopsis.
1976 interview w 'Playboy' magazine.
Official Bowie YouTube
channel. In other visual media: 1,
2. Tribute pages at
Facebook and
Twitter.
Further reading: 1,
2. See also 'The
Words and Music of David Bowie' by James Perone, Praeger, 2007. All titles below composed by Bowie except as noted.
Per 'Under Pressure', that was written by Bowie w Freddie Mercury, John
Deacon, Brian May and Roger Taylor, all the latter of the band, Queen. David Bowie as David Jones 1964 With the King Bees Composition: Leslie Conn (producer) From 'Li'l Liza Jane': Composition: Countess Ada de Lachau 1916 Recorded by Earl Fuller 1917 With the King Bees Composition: Paul Revere Dick/Mark Lindsay of the Raiders David Bowie 1965 With The Manish Boys Composition: Joe Medwick Credited to Deadric Malone (producer) With the Lower Third David Bowie 1966 With the Lower Third With the Buzz I Dig Everything/I'm Not Losing Sleep David Bowie 1967 David Bowie 1969 Film released in 1984 Original release 1967 on the album 'David Bowie' Side B to 'Space Oddity' Composition: Bowie/Mogol Album David Bowie 1970 With Marc Bolan David Bowie 1971 Album David Bowie 1972 The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust Album David Bowie 1975 Album: 'Young Americans' David Bowie 1980 Album: 'Scary Monsters' David Bowie 1981 Live With Queen David Bowie 1992 Filmed live With Annie Lennox Freddie Mercury Tribute rehearsal David Bowie 1996 Live in Phoenix Composition: Lou Reed David Bowie 1997 Filmed live in Zaragoza Composition: Bowie/Reeves Gabrels David Bowie 1999 Filmed live in Madrid Composition: Bowie/Reeves Gabrels David Bowie 2004 Filmed live in San Francisco David Bowie 2013 Album Music video David Bowie 2015 Music video Included on the album 'Blackstar' David Bowie 2016 Music video Included on the album 'Blackstar'
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Joe Cocker Source: Le Peuple du Rock |
John "Joe" Cocker
[1,
2,
3,
4,
5,
6]
was born in Sheffield, Yorkshire, in May of '44. He formed his first
group, the Cavaliers, in 1960 at age sixteen, a skiffle ensemble. (Skiffle
was a kind of jug band music, complete with washboards, popular in Great
Britain at the time.) In 1961 Cocker put together the
Avengers under the stage name, Vance Arnold. Cocker released his first single
in 1964: 'I'll Cry Instead' b/w '(Those) Precious Words', after which he
shaped the Grease Band in 1966 w bass guitarist and keyboardist, Chris
Stainton [*]. Cocker attained to international fame w the Grease Band
[*], first touring
[1,
2] the United States in spring of '69, appearing on 'The Ed
Sullivan Show' and 'This Is Tom Jones' as well. 'With a little Help from My
Friends' appeared on May of 1969. Among titles composed w Stainton on that
was 'Change in Louise'. They performed at the famous Woodstock Fest in New
York in August of 1969. Parting ways w Stainton and the Grease Band, Cocker
then put together Mad Dogs & Englishmen to take on a tour of 65 dates in
less than two months that spring [*],
a huge endeavor with a band consisting of 21 members including Leon Russell
on piano and singer, Rita Coolidge. The live double-sleeve album, 'Mad Dogs & Englishmen', in
appeared in August of 1970. He toured
internationally in 1972
[1,
2] prior to the release
of 'High Time We Went' in November. Stainton was back with Cocker for 'Joe
Cocker' issued in 1972, they collaborating on titles like 'High Time We
Went' and 'Woman to Woman'. Cocker then issued 'I Can
Stand a Little Rain' in '74 and 'Jamaica Say You Will' in '75. His last
album in the seventies was 'Luxury You Can Afford' released in 1978.
Cocker's initial studio release in the eighties was 'Sheffield Steel' in
1982. 'Cocker', on which the track, 'You Can Leave Your Hat On', appears,
was issued in '86 and went platinum. Cocker's last LP issue in the eighties
was 'One Night of Sin' in 1989. Since that time he released ten more studio
albums, out of more than twenty, while making numerous guest appearances
with other artists. His last album, 'Fire It Up', appeared in 2012. Cocker
died of lung cancer in December of 2014 in Crawford, Colorado
[1,
2].
Discographies w various credits at 1,
2,
3.
Lyrics for Cocker at AZ.
Cocker in visual media.
Facebook tribute page.
Further reading: *. Joe Cocker 1964 First vinyl Side A Composition: Lennon/McCartney First vinyl Side B Composition: Claudia Robinson Joe Cocker 1968 With a Little Help from My Friends Live with the Grease Band Composition: Lennon/McCartney Joe Cocker 1969 Live at Woodstock w the Grease Band Composition: Bob Dylan Live at Woodstock w the Grease Band Composition: Nick Ashford/Valerie Simpson/Josephine Armstead Live at Woodstock w the Grease Band Composition: Cocker/Chris Stainton With a Little Help from My Friends Live at Woodstock w the Grease Band Composition: Lennon/McCartney Joe Cocker 1970 Composition: Leonard Cohen Album: 'Mad Dogs & Englishmen' With a Little Help from My Friends Filmed live at Fillmore East w Leon Russell Composition: Lennon/McCartney Filmed live at Fillmore East w Leon Russell Composition: Jagger/Richards Composition: Nick Ashford/Valerie Simpson/Josephine Armstead Album: 'Mad Dogs & Englishmen' Composition: Wayne Carson Thompson Album: 'Mad Dogs & Englishmen' Composition: Matthew Moore Album: 'Mad Dogs & Englishmen' Composition: Titus Turner/Henry Glover Album: 'Mad Dogs & Englishmen' Live at Fillmore East w Leon Russell Issue unknown Composition: Robbie Robertson Joe Cocker 1980 Filmed live in Tokyo Composition: Billy Preston/Bruce Fisher Joe Cocker 1986 Music video with Mickey Rourke Composition: Randy Newman Joe Cocker 1992 Filmed live Composition: Dave Mason Joe Cocker 1996 Filmed live Music: Ray Henderson Lyrics: Mort Dixonn First recording: Sam Lanin's Dance Orchestra 1926 Filmed in studio Composition: Bennie Benjamin/Gloria Caldwell/Sol Marcus Joe Cocker 2002 With a Little Help from My Friends Filmed live Composition: Lennon/McCartney Joe Cocker 2012 Filmed live in Buenos Aires Composition: Randy Newman Joe Cocker 2013 Filmed concert Filmed live in Halle Westfalen Composition: Jim Gregan/Russ Kunkel With a Little Help from My Friends Filmed live in Prague Composition: Lennon/McCartney
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 The Artwoods Source: Bop Pop Rock Til U Drop |
Born Keith rather than Keef in 1944
in Preston,
Lancashire,
Keef Hartley
[1,
2,
3,
4,
5,
6]
notably began his drumming career in the summer of 1963, replacing
Ringo Starr for a brief period with
Rory Storm & the Hurricanes. He was
present with the Hurricanes when 'Beat City - The Merseybeat Phenomenon of
1963' was filmed on June 18th of 1963 at the Cavern in Liverpool [1,
2]. Part of
that is indexed below, it appearing that it is Hartley at drums rather than
Starr. That film was televised in December
24 of 1963, the same month the Hurricanes issued 'Dr. Feel Good'/'I Can
Tell' on Oriole CB 1858 in the UK. 'I Can Tell' saw issue in the States in
March of '64 on Columbia 4-43018 w 'Let's Stomp' flip side as by Farin's
Flamingos. Leaving the Hurricanes in November, in 1964
Hartley was a founding member of the Artwoods, issuing their first plate in
October 1964 as the Art Woods: 'Sweet Mary'/'If I Ever Get My Hands On You'
(Decca F 12015).
Other members of the Artwoods were
Jon Lord (keyboards), Derek Griffiths
(guitar), Malcolm Pool (bass) and ramrod, Arthur Wood (front). The band
released its only album, 'Art Gallery', in 1966 [1995
reissue w bonus tracks
and credits). Their last 45 disc was issued in November of '67, 'Brother Can You
Spare a Dime'/'Al's Party', as St. Valentine's Day Massacre. Hartley then
emerged on
John Mayall's 'The Blues Alone' in
1967. He then formed the Keef Hartley Band. Answering the Queen's call to
arms per her Invasion, he led a hit and run attack on the American public at
the Woodstock Festival in August 1969
[1,
2]. He was back in London already honored
as a war veteran before his first two albums were released in 1969, 'Halfbreed'
and 'The Battle of North West Six'. Notable in '75 was 'Dog Soldier' with
his band by the same name, after which Hatrley largely pulled out of the
music industry, working as a carpenter by the nineties. He died November 26,
2011. Hartley discos w various credits at
1,
2.
Keef Hartley Band in visual media. Per
'Sinnin' for You' below, that was coauthored by Keef Hartley, Peter Dines,
Fiona Hewitson and Owen Finnegan. Rory Storm & the Hurricanes 1963 Film: 'Beat City' Composition: Chick Willis The Art Woods 1964 Composition: John Carter/Ken Lewis Composition: Traditional Arranged by Ledbetter (Leadbelly) on label The Artwoods 1966 Composition: Jon Lord EP: 'Jazz in Jeans' These Boots Are Made for Walkin' Composition: Lee Hazlewood EP: 'Jazz in Jeans' The Artwoods 1967 Not issued until 2014 St Valentine's Day Massacre 1967 Composition: Paul Gump/Colin Martin Composition: Jay Gorney/Yip Harburg Keef Hartley 1967 Composition: John Mayall John Mayall LP: 'The Blues Alone' Keef Hartley 1969 Composition: Peter Dines/Keef Hartley Gary Thain/Fiona Hewitson LP: 'Halfbreed' Composition: Sleepy John Estes LP: 'Halfbreed' Filmed at the Essen Festival Arrangement: Keef Hartley LP: 'Halfbreed' LP: 'Halfbreed' Keef Hartley 1970 Filmed live Filmed with the Little Big Band Keef Hartley 1970 Album Album
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 Keef Hartley Source: Classic Rock Forums |
| Formed in 1963 in Manchester,
Herman's Hermits
[1,
2,
3,
4,
5,
6]
was a hugely successful Invasion band. "Herman" was actually Peter Noone
[1,
2,
3]
going as Peter Novak at the time, who it was thought resembled Sherman in
the 'Peabody's Improbable History' cartoon series. The 'S' was dropped from
Sherman to Herman. The original Hermits were Keith Hopwood
[1,
2] on rhythm guitar, Karl Green
[1,
2] at guitar), Alan Wrigley (bass guitar) and Steve Titterington (drums). Titterington was early replaced by
Barry Whitwam [1,
2]. Wrigley was early replaced on bass by Green whose spot was assumed by Derek Leckenby
[1,
2] as lead. Born in 1947 in Manchester, Noone was
a child actor who had first appeared in media in 1959 at age 11 on the
television show, 'Knight Errant' [*].
The Peter Noone website has him studying voice and acting at St. Bede’s
College and the Manchester School of Music and Drama on unidentified dates
[*]. Leckenby,
born in 1943, had played with a Manchester band called the Wailers prior to
the Hermits. Whitwam, born in 1946, had previously been a member of Danny
and the Demons. Although Herman's Hermits had been
conceived as an R&B band their producer, Mickie Most [1,
2], groomed the group
Listerine clean for wider appeal. 'I'm Into Something Good' was side A of
their first release in
August 1964 backed with 'Your Hand in Mine' on side B
(Columbia DB 7338). 'I'm Into Something Good' topped the UK chart at #1,
arriving to a mighty #13 in the Sates
on Billboard. 'Show Me Girl'/'I Know Why' (7408) saw record shelves in
November followed by 'Silhouettes'/'Can't You Hear My Heartbeat' (7475) in
Feb 1965. The former title rose to #5 on Billboard, the latter to #2. The
Hermits first arrived to the United States in 1965, performing that April on
Dick Clark's 'Caravan of Stars', that coinciding with their issue in the
States the same month of 'Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter', the
group's first #1 title in the States. They next appeared in the States on 'Ed Sullivan' in June,
that coinciding with their issue of 'I'm Henery the Eighth, I Am' the same
month, that their second and last #1 title in the US. (One difference
between 'The Ed Sullivan Show' and others such as 'American Bandstand',
'Hullabaloo', 'Shindig', etc., was that bands played live on 'Ed Sullivan';
they lip-synched on other programs.) The Herman's Hermits debut album,
'Herman's Hermits', appeared in 1965 as well, the year they topped the
Beatles in record sales. The group's seventh and last
album was 'Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter' issued in 1968.
('Classic Collection' was issued in '86. A live performance in Salem,
Oregon, in July 1967, was issued in 1991. Titled 'Live in Salem Oregon', it
fared not well.) Noone left the Hermits in 1971 for a solo career, replaced
by Peter Cowap. Hopwood, who founded Pluto Music with Leckenby in 1968, left
in 1972 and would spend the greater part of his career into the new
millennium composing scores for television
like 'The Wind in the Willows' in 1983. 1975
saw the legal battles between Noone and the other Hermits as to who could
use the name, "Herman's Hermits". Noone lost but was to receive 10% of
future Herman's Hermits proceeds. Just how "Herman's Hermits" could be used
saw court again in 2011 between Noone and Barry Whitwam, the last original
member of the band since Leckenby's death in 1994 of Non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
As of 2014 original member, Karl Green, playing with the Hermits
intermittently since his departure in 1980, put together an ensemble to
perform Hermits material. As for Noone, his solo career after the Hermits in
no way compared to his success with that group. In 1980 he formed the band,
the Tremblers, releasing the album, 'Twice Nightly'. In 1982 he issued the
solo album, 'One of the Glory Boys'. As of this writing he hosts the
'Something Good' radio program for SiriusXM. Discography for Noone. 2016
interview w Songfacts.
Noone in visual media.
Having sold above 80 million records, discographies w
various credits for the Hermits at 1,
2,
3.
Herman's Hermits in visual media. Herman's Hermits 1964 Composition: Gerry Goffin/Carole King Herman's Hermits 1965 Television performance Composition: John Carter/Ken Lewis Television performance Composition: John Carter/Ken Lewis 'Ed Sullivan' television performance Composition: Fred Murray/Robert Weston Television performance Composition: Gerry Goffin/Carole King Television performance Composition: Kenny Young Mrs. Brown You've Got a Lovely Daughter Composition: Trevor Peacock Mrs. Brown You've Got a Lovely Daughter Television performance Composition: Trevor Peacock Composition: Bob Crewe/Frank Slay Television performance Composition: Bob Crewe/Frank Slay Composition: Sam Cooke/Lou Adler/Herb Alpert Herman's Hermits 1966 Composition: Noel Gay Composition: Graham Gouldman Television performance Composition: Graham Gouldman Herman's Hermits 1967 Television performance Composition: Donovan (Leitch) Composition: Geoff Stephens/Les Reed Herman's Hermits 1968 Television performance Composition: Giancarlo Bigazzi/Riccardo Del Turco/Jack Fishman Composition: Geoff Stephens/John Carter
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John Paul Jones Source: Alex Reisner's Led Zeppelin |
Born John Baldwin in 1946, bassist,
John Paul Jones
[1,
2,
3],
had studied piano as a child. His parents were musicians so, though he
was placed in boarding schools that they might tour, he wasn't totally
ignorant of the music profession. Jones began playing in bands at age
fifteen, then got something of a break when hired by the
Shadows. They had
recently (1963) topped the chart with 'Diamonds' (to which
Jimmy Page had
contributed rhythm guitar), and that brief position got his foot in the door
as a session musician in 1964 (age 18), the year he issued his first solo recordings,
'Baja'/'A Foggy Day in Vietnam' (UK Pye 7N 15637/US Parkway P-915). Jones recorded prolifically
as a session musician, much in demand by some of the biggest names in the
music business. During the next four years, prior to
Led Zeppelin of which he was an
original member, Jones did
session work, as well as arrangements, with countless musicians from
Cat Stevens to
Rod Stewart to
Herman's Hermits to
Shirley Bassey. The earliest session
recordings found for Jones, however, are not until 1966. 'She's a Rainbow'
is included below as Jones did the string arrangement. Jones continued doing sessions with other artists while with
Led Zeppelin. After the dissolution of
that band in 1980 upon the death of John Bonham, Jones began guesting with
numerous musicians. He participated in the 1985 Live Aid concert with former
members of
Led Zeppelin,
Jimmy Page and
Robert Plant. Jones' solo album,
'Scream For Help', appeared that year. He reunited with
Page and
Plant again in 1988 for the Atlantic
Records 40th Anniversary Celebration. 1992 saw his orchestral arrangements
for R.E.M. on their album, 'Automatic for the People'. 1994 saw the release
of 'The Sporting Life' with Diamanda Galás. In 1995 Jones produced and
contributed to
Heart's live acoustic album, 'On the Road'. In 1999 Jones
released 'Zooma', followed 'The Thunderthief' in 2001. In 2007 he reunited
with
Page and
Plant again at the O2 Arena
in London. Jones yet performs as actively as ever, among those with whom
he's collaborated in the new millennium being the Foo Fighters and Seasick
Steve. Each member of
Led Zeppelin had contributed
extensively to composition, Jones collaborating with Bonham,
Page and
Plant on titles like 'Communication
Breakdown' and 'The Lemon Song' in '69. Discographies for Jones in specific
w various credits at 1,
2. As of this writing Jones lives in West London w his wife since 1967,
Maureen, and three daughters named Tamara, Jacinda and Kiera. More of Jones, of course, with
Led Zeppelin. The index below approaches his career apart from that band. John Paul Jones 1964 First issue Side A Composition: Lee Hazlewood First issue Side B Composition: Andrew Loog Oldham/Mike Leander John Paul Jones 1966 Session work Donovan Composition: Donovan Leitch Session work Donovan Composition: Donovan Leitch John Paul Jones 1967 Session work Jeff Beck Composition: Credited to Jimmy Page Collaboration claimed by Beck Composition: Jagger/Richards String arrangement: John Paul Jones John Paul Jones 1992 Composition: David Keith Bentley With David Gilmour & Rod Stewart John Paul Jones 1993 Filmed live with Lenny Kravitz Composition: Lenny Kravitz/Craig Ross John Paul Jones 1999 Live in Las Vegas Composition: Kansas Joe McCoy/Memphis Minnie Album John Paul Jones 2001 Album
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| 'Tis said in some circles that the Brits are
the kinkiest people on the globe. Must be their proximity to Germany where
it isn't known if anyone normal exists at all. The "out there" French, only
just across the Channel, were
the last thing the Kinks needed as well. Americans, on the other hand,
were both eccentricity and pugnacity-free until the Kinks
[1,
2,
3,
4,
5/ Discos] first toured there in 1965. Formed in
1962 in North London, the Kinks were the disturbing strategy of
Dave (lead) and
Ray
Davies (rhythm and vocals). The band's original bassist was
Pete Quaife,
until he developed so many quirks that he had to be replaced in 1969 by
John Dalton [1,
2]. Drummer, Mick Avory
[1,
2,
3,
4], however, proved to be abnormally stable,
sticking with the band until 1984. T'was upon the merest capricious notion that the
Kinks made their debut performance at a dance at William Grimshaw Secondary
Modern School as the Ray Davies Quartet. Then, upon the commencement of the sheerest of whims,
the band changed its name to the Ravens. But as changing names can be fun,
adding something peculiar to the day of those who thought they knew you,
they switched to the Kinks, to which they kept only to differ from past
behavior, stubbornly refusing all temptations to change their name again.
Thus unconventionally conventional, the Kinks released their first single
but to make a fuss, a
cover of
Little Richard's
'Long Tall Sally' (UK Pye 7N 15611/US Cameo C 308), in 1964, followed by 'You Still Want Me', 'You Really Got
Me' and 'All Day and All Of the Night' the same year. The Kinks' debut
album, titled 'Kinks' in the UK, 'You Really Got Me' in the US, was also
released in 1964. The Kinks first toured the States in the summer of 1965.
But they were thereafter deprived of joining the Invasion by being banned
from performing in the States for another four years ('65-'69) by the
American Federation of Musicians. No official reason was given. But highly
suspect as part of the equation involving truculence in general is that the
Kinks were a brawling band, a regular 'Flight Club', that reputation
developed by incidents of fisticuffs and instruments used as weapons on
stage, complete with audience involvement. Their attempt to excuse one
occasion of the latter as part of their act didn't wash, and it was common
knowledge that the Kinks didn't get along internally nor with much anyone
else. During that period they all experienced an enlightening punch-drunk
memory cramp of things yet to come, upon the Nov 1968 (US Jan '59) issue of 'The Kinks
Are the Village Green Preservation Society'
[*], concerning which they weren't,
being the Kinks, yet had no choice but also be if future memories were to come
true. After touring elsewhere, such as Asia, a less pugilistic
Kinks finally arrived to the States once again as of October 1969 (with Quaife
replaced by John Dalton). The album, 'Arthur', had been issued earlier that
year (featuring both Qualfe and Dalton). 'Preservation Act 1' appeared in
1973 and 'Preservation Act 2' in '74, followed by the 'Preservation' tour of
the States. 'Sleepwalker' arrived in 1977, Jim Rodford to replace Dalton in
1978. 'Give the People What They Want' saw release in '81.
Ian Gibbons joined the band in
'79. Mick Avory left the Kinks in 1984, replaced by Bob Henrit
[1,
2,
3]. Among
Avory's last recordings with the Kinks was the LP, 'State of Confusion',
issued in '83. His participation in 'Return to Waterloo' was released in
'85. Both he and Henrit appear on the '85 issue of 'Word of Mouth'. The
Kinks released 'Phobia' in 1993. Various remanifestations of the band have
appeared into the new millennium. The original Kinks found themselves
elected into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2005. Dave Davies released
the album, 'Two Worlds' in 2010, the same year Ray Davies issued 'See My
Friends', also the year Quaife died [1,
2]
on June 22 of kidney failure. Rodford died on 20 January 2018
[1,
2/
Article
by Henrit]. Avory plays in a
group called the
60s All Stars as of this writing.
Discographies for the Kinks w various credits at
1,
2,
3.
Kinks lyrics.
The Kinks in visual media.
All things Kinks including guitar chords.
Kinks at Chrome Oxide.
Kinks forum.
Kinks at Facebook
and Twitter.
Individual Kinks members at Discogs:
Dave Davies,
Ray Davies,
Pete Quaife,
John Dalton,
Jim Rodford,
Ian Gibbons,
Bob Henrit. Interviews w individual
members: Avory 2009
1,
2,
2016,
2017;
Dave Davies 2013;
Ray Davies 2011;
Pete Quaife 1998;
John Dalton 2009 1,
2,
2015;
Bob Henrit 2014 NAMM.
Dave at Facebook.
Ray at Facebook.
All titles below were composed by Ray except as noted.
Lyrics per his solo career. The Kinks 1964 Composition: Joseph "Jay" Miller I've Been Driving on Bald Mountain Composition: Shel Talmy (producer) The Kinks 1965 'Shindig' television program Filmed live at Wembley The Kinks 1968 Are the Village Green Preservation Society Album All titles composed by Ray Davies The Kinks 1970 Filmed live The Kinks 1972 Album: 'Muswell Hillbillies' The Kinks 1977 Filmed live Filmed live The Kinks 1982 Album: 'State of Confusion'
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The Kinks Source: Beatles RU |
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John Mayall Source: Harmony Central
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John Mayall
played multiple instruments such as keyboards and guitar, but is better known
for harmonica. Mayall recorded his first release, 'Crawling Up a Hill'
bw 'Mr.
James' in 1964. He released his first album, 'John Mayall
Plays John Mayall', in 1965, after which guitarist,
Eric Clapton joined his band the same year. Guitarist
Mick Taylor joined the Bluesbreakers
in 1967, first appearing on the album 'Crusade'. Mayall's group now called the (original) Bluesbreakers, Mayall released his next album, 'Blues Breakers', in 1966. As
Mayall was better known as a blues musician we list only his first record
release below. Titles below composed by Mayall. Main John Mayall
in Blues 4. John Mayall 1964
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| Formed in 1964, the original members
of the progressive orchestral concept group, Moody Blues
[1,
2,
3,
4,
5,
6,
7,
8,
9,
10,
11/ Chronology], were
Ray Thomas (composer and flautist),
Michael Pinder
(composer and pianist),
Denny Laine (composer and guitarist),
Graeme Edge
(composer and drummer) and
Clint Warwick (bassist).
Warwick left the band in June of '66, briefly replaced by
Rod Clark who left
the group in October to join the
Rockin' Berries, he replaced by
John Lodge.
Composer, vocalist and lead guitarist,
Justin Hayward,
joined the band about the same time. The Moody Blues released their debut 45, 'Steal Your Heart
Away' bw 'Loose Your Money (But Don't Loose Your Mind)', in September of '64
on Decca F 11971. That was followed by 'Go Now!'/'It's Easy Child' in November. Their initial album, 'The Magnificent Moodies', appeared in 1965.
To greater significance, however, was their '67 release of 'Days of Future
Passed' containing the single, 'Nights
in White Satin'. Each album they
issued thereafter in the sixties was equally well done: 'In Search of the
Lost Chord' ('68), 'On the Threshold of a Dream' ('69),'To Our Children's
Children's Children' ('69). They continued delivering material as strongly
unique as uniquely strong into the seventies with 'A Question of Balance'
('70), 'Every Good Boy Deserves Favour' ('71) and 'Seventh Sojourn' ('72).
In 1975 Hayward and Lodge released their album, 'Blue Jays' and their
single, 'Blue Guitar'. Pindar last appeared with the Moody Blues on their
ninth album, 'Octave', in 1978. He was replaced by
Yes keyboardist,
Patrick Moraz, for the
'Octave' tour commencing in October of '78. 'The Other Side of Life'
appeared in 1986, followed by 'Sur la Mer' in '88. Moraz was fired from the
Moody Blues in 1991 as of a negative relationship between him and the rest
of the group, which working on an independent concert project instead of
rehearsing with the group didn't assist. Keyboardist, Paul Bliss, thus
appears on the 1991 release of 'Keys of the Kingdom'. It's
Danilo Madonia at
keyboards on the 1999 issue of 'Strange Times', their fifteenth album. Into
the new millennium the Moody Blues released 'Hall of Fame' in August 2000, a
live album recorded at Royal Albert Hall the previous month. But in 2002 Ray Thomas retired, leaving the Moody Blues to the trio of Hayward, Lodge and
Edge. Prior early member, Clint Warwick,
died on May 15 of 2004. The Moody
Blues picked up keyboardist,
Alan Hewitt, for their 2010 UK and North
American tours. Others who played keyboards with the Moody Blues were
Bias Boshell and
Guy Allison in the latter eighties.
Thomas died on January 4 of 2018. The Moody Blues yet
tour and deliver a rockin' show as of this writing.
Discographies w various credits at 1,
2,
3.
Songwriting credits grouped at SHS: Ray Thomas,
Mike Pinder,
Denny Laine,
Graeme Edge,
John Lodge,
Justin Hayward.
Moody Blues lyrics.
Official YouTube channel.
In other visual media.
At Facebook. Interviews w
individual members: Ray Thomas 2015
1,
2; Michael Pinder
2014; Denny Laine
2018; Graham Edge
2014: John Lodge 2015
1,
2,
3,
2017; Justin Hayward
2017; Pat Moraz
2015. The Moody Blues 1964 First single First side Composition: Robert Parker Second single First side 'Top Of The Pops' television program Composition: Larry Banks The Moody Blues 1967 Album The Moody Blues 1968 Album The Moody Blues 1969 Album To Our Childrens, Childrens, Children Album The Moody Blues 1970 Concert The Moody Blues 1986 Composition: Justin Hayward The Moody Blues 2000 Filmed live at Royal Albert Hall Composition: Justin Hayward The Moody Blues 2010 Filmed live in Orlando Composition: John Lodge The Moody Blues 2011 Filmed live in Milwaukee Composition: Justin Hayward The Moody Blues 2012 Filmed live in Providence Composition: Justin Hayward/Graeme Edge The Moody Blues 2013 Filmed live Composition: Graeme Edge
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Moody Blues Source: Infoabad |
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Peter & Gordon Source: Frank Beacham |
Peter Asher
[*] and Gordon Waller
[*] had sang
together since their days at the Westminster School for Boys, a private
school in London. Asher had been a child actor alongside his sister, actress
Jane Asher. The team that became known as Peter and Gordon
[1,
2,
3/ Disco]
released their first plate in Feb of 1964: 'A World Without Love'/'If I Were
You' (Columbia DB 7225). The former title was a Lennon-McCartney
composition, the latter co-authored by Asher and Waller. The
Lennon-McCartney song placed Peter and Gordon at #1 on both the UK and US
charts in March. Though P & G composed other songs together ('Don't Pity
Me', 'I Would Buy You Presents') they relied largely on
music written by others, including Lennon-McCartney compositions, like
'Nobody I Know' which climbed to #10 in the UK, #12 in the US, in June of
'64. 'I
Don't Want to See You Again', another Lennon-McCartney tune, rose to #9 on Billboard's AC, #16 on the US.
Peter & Gordon also toured America for
the first time in 1964, appearing on 'Ed Sullivan' in November that year.
1965 was the year Richard Feynman shared the Nobel Prize for his
contributions to quantum physics. But Peter & Gordon only looked like nerds.
Bill Gates, who was age ten at the time, had plastic surgery, died his hair
blazing red and shoplifted a pair of eyeglasses from Amazon so he could look
like Pater.
I myself was resident behind a pubescent goofball, my greatest contribution
to the cosmos likely onanistic that year, while Peter & Gordon from
Nerdsville placed yet three more singles on Top Ten charts: 'I Go to Pieces'
climbing to #9 on the US in January, 'True Love Ways' reaching #2 in the UK
and #14 in the US in April, and 'To Know You Is to Love You' reaching #5 in
the UK, #24 in the US in June. Peter & Gordon's last to achieve a Top Ten
position was 'Lady Godiva', reaching #15 on the UK, #6 on the US in
September of '66.
Making their last record releases in 1969 (disbanding in 1968), Asher went
on to become a major recording executive in California, managing and
producing an exhaustive catalog of artists such as
James Taylor,
Linda Ronstadt and
Neil Diamond. Waller went on to found a music
publishing company, Steel Wallet International. They reunited again for the
first time in 2005 and performed numerously until Waller's death
[1,
2,
3] in 2009 of
heart attack, only 64 years of age. Discographies for P & G w various
credits at 1,
2.
P & G in visual media.
2014 NAMM interview w Asher.
Asher at Facebook. Peter & Gordon 1964 'Crackerjack' television program Composition: Lennon-McCartney Television broadcast Composition: Lennon-McCartney Peter & Gordon 1965 Television broadcast Composition: Del Shannon Composition: Phillip Spector Television broadcast Composition: Buddy Holly Peter & Gordon 1966 Composition: Charles Mills/Mike Leander Composition: Gordon Waller/Peter Asher Composition: Lennon-McCartney Peter & Gordon 1967 Composition: Lennon-McCartney 'The Milton Berle Show' Composition: Charles Mills/Mike Leander Peter & Gordon 2005 Filmed live Composition: Lennon-McCartney Peter & Gordon 2008 Filmed live Composition: Lennon-McCartney
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| Formed in Birmingham in 1963, the
remarkable Spencer Davis Group
[1,
2,
3,
4,
5/ Disco] consisted of
Muff Winwood on bass, his brother
Steve Winwood on organ (who would
leave to form
Traffic in '67, later to become a
member of such as Blind Faith in 1969), Pete York on drums and Spencer Davis
oft on harmonica. The band signed their first record contract in 1964, first
recording 'Dimples' with 'Sittin' and Thinkin' flip side, followed by 'I
Can't Stand It' with 'Midnight Train'. They next released 'Every Little Bit
Hurts' with 'It Hurts Me So' in 1965. Though the group disbanded in 1969 it was reunited again in
1973 with different personnel. Davis yet performs with
his group as of this writing, though its members have changed over the years.
Discos w composition and
production credits at
45Cat and
Discogs.
Spencer Davis Group in visual media.
As the Spencer Davis
Group was mainly blues oriented only several tracks are listed below. More Spencer Davis Group in Blues 4. Spencer Davis Group 1964 Composition: John Lee Hooker 1956 Spencer Davis Group 1965 Composition: Nicky Brown/Deadric Malone/Eddie Silvers Composition: Muff Winwood/Steve Winwood Pete York/Spencer Davis Spencer Davis Group 1966 'Keep on Running' was written by Jackie Edwards Filmed live Filmed live French television broadcast
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Spencer Davis Group 1969
Source: Rok Pool |
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Rod Stewart Source: Event Search |
"Mod" vocalist
Rod Stewart
[1,
2,
3,
4,
5,
6,
7,
8,
9] began his
career playing harmonica with folk singer Wizz Jones in 1962, with whom he
played in London and on the Continent (getting arrested for vagrancy in
Spain). But his first real professional position was with the Five
Dimensions, with which he also played harmonica. Stewart's first record
release occurred in 1964, singing with
Long John Baldry and the Hoochie
Coochie Men on 'Up Above My Head'. He began his solo career that same year
with the release of 'Good Morning Little Schoolgirl'. In 1965 he joined
Julie Driscoll and
Brian Auger in the formation of Steampacket out of
Baldry's then dissolved Hoochie Coochie Men. But
it wasn't until 1967, upon joining the
Jeff Beck Group, that Stewart began
making a name for himself, first arriving to America with Beck in June 1968
to begin a tour at the Fillmore East in NYC. Stewart released the album,
'Truth', with
Beck in 1968, 'Beck-Ola' in '69 [*]. 'An Old
Raincoat Won't Ever Let You Down' was Stewart's debut solo album in 1969. He
joined the
Faces that year as well. Though
he hadn't been a member of the prior band, the
Small Faces, record company
executives credited the first
Faces album to the
Small Faces in America to
capitalize on that band's success. The same album, 'First Step', was
credited to the
Faces in the United Kingdom. 'Gasoline Alley'
was Stewart's second solo release in 1970, followed by 'Every Picture Tells
a Story' the next year. He appeared on the
Faces' release of 'Long Player' in '71 as
well. His solo issue, 'Never a Dull Moment', in '72 preceded his final
release with the
Faces in 1973, 'Ooh La La'. 'Smiler' appeared
in '74, 'A Night on the Town' in '76, 'Foot Loose & Fancy Free' in '77.
'Blondes Have More Fun' in 1978 was Stewart's ninth album, worth four
million copies. The song, 'Do Ya Think I'm Sexy?', appeared on that album.
Stewart donated royalties from that single to UNICEF. Stewart's first album
release in the eighties was 'Tonight I'm Yours'. He finished that decade
with 'Out of Order' in 1988. The nineties commenced with 'Vagabond Heart' in
1991. In '94 he was inducted into the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame. The next
year saw the release of 'A Spanner in the Works', followed by 'If We Fall in
Love Tonight' in '96 and 'When We Were the New Boys' in '98. Stewart entered
the new millennium with 'Human' in 2001. By the next year he was worth 100
million records sold. He released five volumes of 'The Great American
Songbook' between '02 and '10. Stewart issued
'Merry Christmas, Baby' in Oct 2012, followed the next month by the
publishing of his memoir, 'Rod: The Autobiography'. 'Time' was released the next year, 'Another Country'
in 2015. Performing in Las Vegas in recent years, Stewart's latest issue as of
this revision was 'Blood Red Roses' in Sep 2018, his 30th studio album.
Discos for Stewart w various credits: 1,
2,
3.
Lyrics at AZ.
Stewart in visual media.
Interviews: 1973,
2013,
2018.
At Facebook and
Twitter.
Several of the recordings below
are live performances. Rod Stewart 1964 With Long John Baldry Composition: Willie Dixon Good Morning Little Schoolgirl Composition: Unknown First recording: Sonny Boy Williamson I 1937 I'm Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town Composition: Roy Jacobs/Casey Rod Stewart 1965 Composition: Barry Mason Rod Stewart 1966 Composition: Sam Cooke With Jeff Beck Composition: Jim McCarty/Keith Relf/Paul Samwell-Smith Rod Stewart 1967 With Jeff Beck Composition: Rod Stewart Live with Jeff Beck Composition: Bonnie Dobson Rod Stewart 1969 Published circa 1913 by Dick Burnett Original title: 'Farewell Song' First recording current title: Emry Arthur 1928 Rod Stewart 1970 Composition: 1882 Christmas carol See Wikipedia Composition: Elton John/Bernie Taupin Album: 'Gasoline Alley' Composition: Wayne Walker/Marijohn Wilkin Album: 'Gasoline Alley' Composition: Ronnie Lane/Rod Stewart/Ronnie Wood Composition: Rod Stewart/Ronnie Wood Album: 'Gasoline Alley' Rod Stewart 1971 Filmed live Composition: Rod Stewart/Ronnie Wood Filmed live Composition: Rod Stewart/Ronnie Wood Rod Stewart 1972 Filmed live Composition: Paul McCartney Rod Stewart 1977 Television broadcast Composition: Rod Stewart/Ronnie Wood 'Top of the Pops' Composition: Cat Stevens Music video Composition: Rod Stewart Rod Stewart 1978 Composition: Rod Stewart/Carmine Appice/Duane Hitchings Rod Stewart 1983 Composition: Rod Stewart/Jay Davis Rod Stewart 1991 Music video Composition: Robbie Robertson Rod Stewart 2004 Concert at Royal Albert Hall Rod Stewart 2005 Composition: George & Ira Gershwin Album: 'Thanks for the Memory' 'The Great American Songbook IV' Rod Stewart 2011 Filmed live Composition: Elmore James Filmed live Composition: Rod Stewart Rod Stewart 2012 Filmed live Composition: Scottish folk See Wikipedia Rod Stewart 2013 Concert filmed live
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| Guitarist,
Mick Taylor
[1,
2,
3,
4/ Timeline], was
fifteen when he first recorded with a band he'd formed with schoolmates, the
Juniors, they issuing 'There's a Pretty Girl'/'Pocket Size' on Columbia DB
7339 in August of 1964 [45Cat]. The next year, 1965, he attended a
John Mayall performance at which
Eric Clapton
was missing from the stage. During break Taylor asked
Mayall if he might fill
Clapton's absence during the next set, to which
Mayall agreed, to come to recognize
that Taylor was not without talent. Which is how Taylor next found himself
in a recording studio, with
John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers, at age seventeen.
Taylor first appeared with the
Bluesbreakers on their 'Crusade' album. He played
guitar on three more
Bluesbreakers albums ('Diary of a Band', 'Bare Wires',
'Blues From Laurel Canyon') before filling Brian Jones' missing spot in the
Rolling Stones in 1969. Jones had been dismissed from the
Stones for inability to function due
to substance abuse, and died by drowning in a swimming pool less than a
month later on July 3. Taylor had first recorded with the
Stones on the tune, 'Honky Tonk
Women', gone down in June of 1969 w Jones out. Taylor's first public
appearance with the Stones was at their free Hyde Park concert on July 5 two
days after Jones' death. Later that year he contributed slide and electric
guitar to 'Country Honk' and 'Live with Me' on 'Let It Bleed', that
including Jones from earlier recordings playing congas on 'Midnight Rambler'
and autoharp 'You Got the Silver'. 'Let It Bleed' was Jones' last appearance
on an album and Taylor's first. Taylor was in the band on Dec 6 at the
famous Altamont Fest in Tracy, CA, during which a member of the audience was
killed by a Hell's Angel working as security during the Stone's performance
of 'Under My Thumb'. Taylor's was a strong presence on 'Exile on Main
Street' recorded on dates from October of 1970 to March of '72. 'Tumbling
Dice' was one of the tunes on that album to which he contributed lead
guitar. Taylor's last recordings before leaving the
Stones were in 1974 toward the album, 'It's Only Rock n' Roll'.
Taylor guested with various artists until releasing his first solo LP in
1979, 'Mick Taylor'. He entered the eighties touring with
Alvin Lee,
John Mayall and Bob
Dylan, also recording with Dylan.
Taylor toured internationally in the latter eighties before collaborating
with guitarist, Carla Olson, in Hollywood at the Roxy Theatre on March 4 of
1990 toward their joint album, 'Too Hot for Snakes' issued a couple months
later. He then played with Bobby Keys and Nicholas Hopkins in a band called
Tumbling Dice for a couple years in Miami before moving back to London where
he a session musician into the new millennium. The year 2000 saw the release of 'A Stone's Throw', his second and
last studio LP. Reunions with
John Mayall occurred in '03 ('70th
Birthday Concert') and '04,
various collaborations with prior
Stones members in 2010 and '11. The
next year he was performing at
Stones concerts into 2014 (appearing
on the
Stones' 2013 release of 'Hyde
Park'). Taylor currently resides in Suffolk. Discos w various credits at
1,
2.
See also Chris M.'s Revelations.
Taylor in visual media.
At Facebook.
2010 interview with Rob Hughes
for Classic Rock. Taylor also appears on tracks with
John Mayall in Blues 4 and under the
Rolling Stones above. Mick Taylor 1964 With the Juniors Side B Composition: Edward White With the Juniors Side A Composition: Roger Webb Mick Taylor 1968 With John Mayall & the Bluesgreakers Drums: Keef Hartley Composition: Hartley/Mayall/Taylor Mick Taylor 1969 With the Rolling Stones Composition: Jagger/Richards Album: 'Metamorphosis' Mick Taylor 1979 Composition: Taylor Lyrics: Colin Allen Album: 'Mick Taylor' Composition: Taylor Album: 'Mick Taylor' Mick Taylor 1984 Live with Bob Dylan Composition: Bob Dylan Mick Taylor 1993 With Carla Olson Album: 'Within an Ace' Composition: Carla Olson Mick Taylor 2000 Composition: Taylor Album: 'A Stone's Throw' Mick Taylor 2001 Live Composition: Taylor Mick Taylor 2009 'Rockpalast' concert Mick Taylor 2012 Filmed live with the Rolling Stones Composition: Jagger/Richards Filmed live at the Iridium Composition: Willie Dixon Mick Taylor 2013 Filmed live with the Rolling Stones Composition: Jagger/Richards Filmed live with the Rolling Stones Composition: Jagger/Richards
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Mick Taylor Source: Rocks Off |
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Roger Daltry Source: Last FM
Keith Moon Source: Tijolo Blog
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In 1959
Roger Daltry
[1,
2,
3,
4,
5,
6,
7,
8], age fifteen,
formed a band called the Detours upon being expelled from school. The band
apparently had little trouble getting gigs to play corporate functions and
weddings right from the begin. Soon after, as the story goes, Daltry saw
John Entwistle
[1,
2,
3,
4,
5] walking down the street with a bass guitar and called out "I hear
you play bass!" Upon which matters unfolded toward Entwistle recommending
his friend, Pete Townshend
[1,
2,
3,
4,
5,
6], as a guitarist. The pair had been schoolmates
(both dropouts by now) and had played in a band, the Confederates, together.
Upon some shifting about of personnel the Detours were renamed the
Who
[1,
2,
3,
4,
5,
6,
7,
8] in
early 1964. A couple months later they met Keith Moon
[1,
2,
3,
4,
5], who had been drumming
with a group called the Beachcombers, but they weren't yet ready to rock n
roll until June, upon a gig at a place called the Railway, where Townshend
accidentally broke the head of his guitar upon the low ceiling above the
stage. The audience thought this a laugh, which made Townshend angry. He thus
commenced to destroy the guitar, then picked up another and did the same,
upon which Moon made an act out of the incident by kicking over his drum
set. Now out with the old and in with the new, the Who were ready to sign a
recording contract with Brunswick Records, an arm of Decca. The band's first
single was released in the US in December of '64: 'I Can't Explain'/'Bald
Headed Woman' (Decca 31725). Produced by Shel Talmy
[1,
2,
3,
4,
5], it was
released in the UK in Jan 1965 on Brunswick 05926, coinciding w the first of
18 appearances on the 'Ready Steady Go!' television program on Jan 29. Also released
in '65 were 'Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere' in May/June and 'My Generation'
in Oct/Nov. The Who first visited North America in 1967, but made little
impact until their '69 performance at the Monterey Pop Festival. 'I Can See
for Miles', written by Townshend, was issued that year. It remains the Who's
top selling single, the only one that reached the Top Ten of Billboard's Hot
100 at #9. Like the
Kinks, the Who were at first a brawling band
at fisticuffs with each other and, like the
Kinks, made the destruction of musical
instruments part of their show. Which blew up in Keith Moon's face while on
tour that year, his drum set packed with ten times the explosives intended,
throwing him from his seat with singed hair and a cut to the arm from cymbal
shrapnel. (See 1967 below.) Hazardous duty pay arrived later that year in the form of the
album, 'The Who Sell Out' (containing "I Can See for Miles'). The Who
released the double album, 'Tommy'
[1,
2,
3] in 1969, their first of two
rock operas largely composed by Townshend. The
film
scored by Townshend appeared in theaters in
1975, the musical premiering in 1992.
The Who then appeared at the famed Woodstock
Festival in August of 1969. 'Live at Leeds' was issued in 1970. In 1971 John Entwistle became
the first of the Who to issue a solo album, 'Smash Your Head Against the
Wall'. The Who's album, 'Who's Next', appeared in August of '71. Townshend
released his debut solo album, 'Who Came First', in October of '72. Daltry
followed with his, 'Daltry', in April of '73. 'Quadrophenia'
[1,
2], the
group's second rock opera, saw release in
October '73, also a double album. 'Tommy', the film per above, premiered in March 1975,
grossing above two million its first month w the soundtrack rising #2 on
the Billboard chart. Also that March arrived Moon's first and only solo LP,
'Two Sides of the Moon'. 'The Who by Numbers' appeared in October of '75,
'Who Are You' in August 1978. Moon's last public appearance was in September
that year, attending a party given by
Paul McCartney. Upon returning home
that evening he swallowed 32 tablets of Heminevrin (clomethiazol, prescribed
against alcohol withdrawal) and was
discovered dead the next morning. He was
replaced by Kenney Jones. 'Quadrophenia', the film, was issued in 1979. '79
was the year a Who concert made evident that attending a concert could be
dangerous (like no one, including myself, had realized that up to that
time). Common was the problem of crowd control as people waited for concert
doors to open. The rear of a crowd would gradually push the front of a crowd
forward until those at the front had no option but get smashed either
against or through closed doors. The variety of that action which occurred
in Cincinnati at the Riverfront Coliseum, blamed largely on unassigned
seating (people competing for the best spots), killed eleven fans and
injured 23 more. The Who were among those sued. (Families of the deceased
were awarded $150,000 in 1983, with $750,000 divided amongst the wounded.) Daltry
appeared in the film, 'McVicar', in 1980, collateral damage imaginary. The
album,
'Face Dances', appeared in 1981, 'It's Hard' in '82. The Who engaged a tour that year to push 'It's Hard', but
announced it as their last (which it was for Kenney Jones). The band would
reunite twice in the eighties before touring together again in '89. The Who
reunited again in 1999 until John Entwistle's
death in 2002
(final rehearsal). The only two original members of the Who yet living, Daltry and Townshend, issued 'Endless
Wire' in 2006. Townshend published his memoir, 'Who I Am', in 2012. The
current Who consist of no original members, though is run by Townshend's
younger brother, Simon. Albeit Townshend was the major composer in the Who,
notably of their orchestral operas, Entwistle contributed numerous titles like 'Boris the Spider' and 'Whiskey
Man' in 1966. Daltry collaborated with Townshend on 'Anyway, Anyhow,
Anywhere' in '65. Moon partnered w Entwistle on 'In the City' in '66. Discos for the Who w various credits at
1,
2,
3.
The Who at Chrome Oxide.
Lyrics at AZ.
Tablature.
Equipment used by the Who.
The Who in visual media:
1,
2.
Membership since Entwistle and Townsend in the Confederates in 1959.
Discos for individual members of the Who: Daltry
1,
2; Entwistle
1,
2;
Townshend 1,
2.
Interviews w individual members: Daltry 2015,
2017,
2018 1,
2; Entwistle
1972,
1995;
Townshend 1968 1,
2,
1974,
1980,
1982,
2006,
2013,
2015,
2017;
Moon 1972,
1978 (final).
Further reading: Entwistle 1,
2; Townshend
1,
2,
3.
At Facebook: Daltry,
Entwistle,
Townshend,
Moon.
Keith Moon forum.
Interspersed with tracks by the Who below are individual solo recordings.
Per 1973 all tracks are from Moon's sole solo album, 'Two Sides of the
Moon'. All uncredited titles below, being most, were authored by Townshend. The Who 1964 First issue Side A First issue Side B Composition: Shel Talmy The Who 1965 'Ready Steady GO!' television program Composition: Townshend/Daltry 'Filmed live' Composition: Fred Fassert 'Ready Steady GO!' television program Composition: James Brown The Who 1967 'Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour' Televised 'Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour' Audio recording 'Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour' audio recording Audio recording Keith Moon exploding drum set incident The Who 1969 Album: 'Tommy' Live at the Electric Factory Album: 'Tommy' Live at the Electric Factory Composition: Eddie Cochran/Jerry Capehart Album: 'Tommy' The Who 1970 Composition: Eddie Cochran/Jerry Capehart Album: 'Live at Leeds' John Entwistle 1971 Smash Your Head Against the Wall Album The Who 1971 Live at the Warehouse Album Pete Townshend 1972 Album: 'Who Came First' Roger Daltry 1973 From the LP 'Daltry' All by David Courtney/Leo Sayer John Entwistle 1973 Composition: John Entwistle Album: 'Rigor Mortis Sets In' The Who 1973 Filmed live Album Keith Moon 1975 All titles: 'Two Sides of the Moon' Composition: Al Staehely Composition: Steve Cropper Composition: Lennon-McCartney Composition: John Lennon Composition: Randy Newman With Ringo Starr Composition: Harry Nilsson/Keith Moon/Richard Starkey The Who 1975 Live in Houston The Who 1978 Roger Daltry 1980 Composition: Russ Ballard Composition: Billy Nicholls Pete Townshend 1982 LP: 'All the Best Cowboys Have Chinese Eyes' The Who 1982 Filmed ive Roger Daltry 1985 Music video Pete Townshend 1985 Filmed concert Pete Townshend 1986 Filmed live with David Gilmour Roger Daltry 1992 Live with Queen Composition: Queen John Entwistle 1999 Filmed live The Who 2001 Live Behind Blue Eyes/Won't Get Fooled Again Live Roger Daltry 2008 Filmed live Roger Daltry 2009 Filmed live Roger Daltry 2011 Filmed live Filmed live Filmed live Pete Townshend 2011 Filmed live Filmed live Pete Townshend 2012 Live with Jeff Beck The Who 2012 Filmed live
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John Entwistle 1967 Source: Ashen Lady
Pete Townshend Source: RockFile Radio |
| Organist (Hammond B-3)
Steve Winwood
[1,
2,
3,
4,
5,
6] lived close to the Birmingham music
halls. He thus acquired experience as an adolescent backing big names who generally
toured to England without a band, hiring locals along their itinerary:
Muddy Waters,
John Lee Hooker,
T-Bone Walker,
Howling Wolf,
BB King,
Sonny Boy Williamson II, Eddie Boyd,
Otis Spann,
Chuck Berry,
Bo Diddley. Such uncommon
acquaintances as a teenager (b May '48) were due to Steve's father,
Lawrence, who worked at a foundry
but also played clarinet and saxophone. Winwood was eight when he began
performing with his father and older brother by five years, Muff, the latter
a bass guitarist who would eventually
become a record producer. Winwood himself played drums, guitar and
piano. By age fourteen he was capable enough to
join not just any band, but the remarkable
Spencer Davis Group (SDG [1,
2,
3,
4]), that along with his brother, Muff, now age nineteen.
That ensemble's first release was 'Dimples'/'Sittin' and Thinkin' (Fontana
TF 471) in May of 1964, which didn't fare too
well. The
SDG issued several more plates,
including a couple EPs, which didn't make much of a splash before the release
of 'Keep On Running' in Nov of 1965, that success allowing Winwood
to purchase his own Hammond B-3 organ. Steve and Muff appeared on the first
three
SDG albums, 'The First LP'
(July '65), 'The Second Album' (Jan '66) and 'Autumn '66' (Sep '66) While
with Davis' group Winwood also played in guitarist,
Eric Clapton's, young
band,
Powerhouse. When Davis left his group in April of 1967
to form another configuration toward the release of 'With Their New Faces
On' ('68) Winwood formed
Traffic
[1,
2,
3,
4,
5,
6,
7,
8,
9] w original members Jim Capoldi (drums),
Dave Mason (guitar) and Chris Wood
(saxophone). His brother, Muff, moved onward as well, parting from
Davis and Steve to work in
A&R for Island Records. Traffic's first 45 release was 'Paper Moon' with 'Hole
in
My Shoe' flip side on Island WIP 6017 in Aug of 1967. It's first album the same year
was titled 'Mr. Fantasy'. That band toured the States in
'68. In 1969 Winwood formed
Blind Faith
with
Eric Clapton, drummer
Ginger Baker, and Ric Grech at bass.
Winwood wrote titles for
Blind Faith like 'Had to Cry Today' and
'Sea of Joy' in '69. The band toured
once, after which
Clapton left to join
Delaney & Bonnie & Friends, which had
been
Blind Faith's opening act. The group that was left was reshaped into
Air Force, with
Ginger Baker at helm. Traffic released
what is likely its best-known LP in November of '71, 'The Low Spark of High
Heeled Boys', which went platinum. Traffic released the eighth and final
album of its continuous existence, 'When the Eagle Flies', in 1974. The band
was touring that year when Winwood walked off the stage in Chicago and
didn't come back. He didn't arrive to the band's scheduled appearance the
next evening either and the band was dissolved. Winwood released his debut
eponymously titled LP in 1977. 'Arc of a Diver' followed in 1980. 'Back In
the High Life' appeared in 1986, 'Roll With It' in '88 and 'Refugees of the
Heart' in 1990. Winwood released 'Far From Home' as Traffic's ninth album in
1994, though with the exception of percussionist, Jim Capaldi, it was
largely a solo endeavor. Winwood released 'Junction Seven' in 1997. Into the
new millennium Winwood issued 'About Time' in 2003 and 'Nine Lives' in 2008.
Winwood has done a lot of session work, especially after leaving Traffic. He
is thus found on tracks by all number
of artists from
Jimi Hendrix' 'Electric Ladyland' of '68 to
Marianne Faithfull's
'Broken English' in '79 to Gov't Mule's (a limb off the
Allman Brothers Band)
'Shout!' in 2013. Songwriting essential to Winwood's vocation, some of the
numerous titles to which he contributed composition.
Discographies for Winwood w various credits at
1,
2,
3.
Discos for
Spencer Davis Group at
1,
2,
3.
For Traffic: 1,
2,
3.
Traffic at Chrome Oxide. Winwood in visual media including
SDG and Traffic.
Winwood at Facebook,
Twitter and
YouTube. Album by album
reviews of Traffic at Wilson & Avery's.
Lyrics and tablature. Winwood currently resides in Nashville, Tennessee, with
his wife since 1987, Eugenia Crafton. They have had four children and own a
rural home in Gloucestershire as well. Steve Winwood 1964 With the Spencer Davis Group (SDG) Composition: John Lee Hooker Steve Winwood 1965 Television performance with the SDG Composition: Jackie Edwards Steve Winwood 1967 From the Traffic LP 'Mr. Fantasy': Composition: Dave Mason Composition: Jim Capaldi/Steve Winwood/Chris Wood Composition: Jim Capaldi/Steve Winwood Steve Winwood 1969 Filmed concert with Blind Faith Steve Winwood 1970 Album with Traffic Steve Winwood 1972 Filmed live Composition: Jim Capaldi/Steve Winwood/Chris Wood Filmed live Composition: Steve Winwood/Jim Capaldi Steve Winwood 1980 Composition: Steve Winwood/Vivian Stanshall Album: 'Arc of a Diver' Steve Winwood 1986 Composition: Steve Winwood/Will Jennings Composition: Steve Winwood/Will Jennings Composition: Steve Winwood/Will Jennings Composition: Steve Winwood/Will Jennings Steve Winwood 1987 Composition: Steve Winwood/Will Jennings Steve Winwood 2003 Filmed live Composition: Jim Capaldi/Steve Winwood/Chris Wood Composition: Timmy Thomas Album: 'About Time' Steve Winwood 2004 Filmed live with Tom Petty Featuring Prince Composition: George Harrison Steve Winwood 2007 Filmed live With Eric Clapton Composition: Steve Winwood Filmed live Composition: Jim Capaldi/Steve Winwood/Chris Wood Filmed live With Eric Clapton Composition: Eric Clapton Steve Winwood 2008 Filmed live With Eric Clapton Composition: Robert Johnson Steve Winwood 2009 Filmed live Composition: Steve Winwood/Jim Capaldi Steve Winwood 2010 'David Letterman Show' Composition: Steve & Muff Winwood/Spencer Davis Steve Winwood 2012 Filmed live Composition: Steve Winwood/Jim Capaldi Steve Winwood 2013 Filmed live Composition: Jackie Edwards
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Steve Winwood Source: Past Daily |
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|
Ron Wood Photo: Hulton Archive/Getty Images Source: creedence80100 |
Guitarist,
Ronnie Wood
[1,
2,
3,
4,
5,
6,
7], was
born in Hillingdon, Middlesex, in 1947. He began his professional
career in 1964 with the Birds. In 1967 he joined an ensemble called Santa
Barbara Machine Head before signing on with the
Jeff Beck Goup as a
bassist. While with
Beck, Wood also played guitar, his preferred instrument,
with Creation. In 1969 Wood and
Rod Stewart, who had also been with
Jeff Beck, joined members of the
Small Faces, now dissolved upon
Steve Marriott
leaving the band, to form Quiet Melon, then the
Faces. Wood played bass on Melon tracks that
year (notably 'Diamond Joe'), then joined
Rod Stewart in the issue of
Stewart's initial solo LP, 'An Old
Raincoat Won't Ever Let You Down', The
Faces released their debut LP, 'First Step',
in 1970. It was 1973 when
Wood's relationship with the
Rolling Stones began - with which
band he has played rhythm, lead and slide - also collaborating with
Mick Jagger that
year on the tune, 'It's Only Rock 'n Roll'. Having been with the
Stones ever
since pretty much writes of Wood's abilities, no one getting near the
Stones
who's not already a serious talent. But in 1974 he got together with a group
billed as Woody and Friends to tour. They (to include
Rod Stewart, keyboardist, Ian McLagen
and
Keith Richards among others were filmed in July at Kilburn Gaumont State Theatre in London. (Some refer to that group as the first
Barbarians, due the name of his '79 band, the New Barbarians, reinforced in
2007 by the release of 'The First Barbarians: Live from Kilburn'.) In
December of 1974 he participated in what was released on DVD in 2000 as 'Rod
Stewart & Faces - The Final Concert with Keith Richards'. (That wasn't,
however, their last public performance. The
Faces continued to tour until
their dissolution in late 1975.) Between 1974 and 2007 Wood released
thirteen solo or collaborative albums. His first
was 'I've Got My Own Album to Do', with contributions from
Jagger
and
Keith Richards, followed by 'Now
Look' the next year. 'Gimme Some Neck', his third, appeared in 1979, upon
which he formed the New Barbarians (to include Ian McLagen and
Keith Richards among others) to promote it with a tour.
Highlighting the eighties was Wood's appearance w
Keith Richards and Bob
Dylan at the Live Aid Concert in Philadelphia in 1985 (during which
Dylan's guitar string broke. Highlighting the nineties was the issue of
Wood's seventh album, 'Slide on This' in 1992. Wood's last studio LP was 'I Feel Like Playing', in
2010. Discos w various credits at
1,
2.
See also 'Anthology: The Essential Crossexion'
issued in 2006, CD 1 containing a selection of works as a solo artist, CD 2
housing a selection of titles performed with other bands. Wood is also a
highly accomplished artist (having attended the Eating Art
College in 1963). To the right is
one of his 'Conversation Piece' paintings as of 2004. Art by Wood at
[1,
2,
3,
4,
5,
6]. In 2005 Wood founded
his record company, Wooden Records. Wood has also
published three books, a couple featuring his art and an autobiography,
'Ronnie', as of 2007. Currently part owner of the Scream gallery in London, Wood resides
in homes both there and in Ireland. He continues to tour with the
Stones as of this writing, having
been with that band well above forty years now.
Wood at Twitter. Official
YouTube site. In other
visual media.
He otherwise appears on tracks with the
Faces and
Rolling Stones. Titles below
approach Wood's career apart from the
Stones. Entries are chronological by year only, alphabetical thereafter.
Per 1974, live tracks of Woody and Friends were filmed at Gaumont State
Theatre, Kilburn, London, on July 14, 1974, with a guest appearance by
Rod Stewart ('Mystifies Me' and 'Take a Look at the
Guy'). Core members of Wood's Friend's were
Keith Richards on guitar, Andy
Newmark at drums, Willie Weeks on bass and
Ian McLagan at keyboards. That bunch
were also the core contributors to Wood's debut LP, 'I've Got My Own Album
to Do', in latter '74. Woody and Friends were later referred to as the First
Barbarians to distinguish them from the New Barbarians, a band Wood later
formed in 1979. Also per 1974 below, Wood performed with
Stewart and the
Faces at their final
concert at the Gaumont on December 23, 1974. See also
Jambase. Ron Wood 1964 With the Birds Composition: Ellas McDaniel (Bo Diddley) With the Birds Composition: Ron Wood Ron Wood 1965 With the Birds Composition: William Stevenson With the Birds Film: 'The Deadly Bees' Composition: Alistair McKenzie/Ron Wood/Tony Munroe Ron Wood 1974 Filmed live with Woody and Friends Composition: Bert Russell/Jeff Barry Filmed live with Woody and Friends Composition: Ron Wood Composition: George Harrison/Ron Wood Album: 'I've Got My Own Album to Do' Composition: Ron Wood Album: 'I've Got My Own Album to Do' Filmed live with the Faces Composition: Etta James/Ellington Jordan/Billy Foster Filmed live with Woody and Friends Composition: Ron Wood Composition: Ron Wood Album: 'I've Got My Own Album to Do' Filmed live with Woody and Friends Composition: Ron Wood Ron Wood 1979 Album Filmed live with Bob Marley Composition: Rita Marley/Allen Cole Ron Wood 1985 Live Aid Concert w Bob Dylan & Keith Richards Dylan's guitar string breaks at 4:10 Composition: Bob Dylan Ron Wood 1992 Composition: Ron Wood/Bernard Fowler Album: 'Slide On This' Ron Wood 2001 Live with Slash Composition: Chuck Berry Ron Wood 2004 Filmed live with Rod Stewart Composition: Rod Stewart/Martin Quittenton Ron Wood 2010 Filmed live Composition: Wood/Eddie Vedder Paul Hyde/Bob Rock Filmed live with Buddy Guy & Johnny Lang Crossroads Guitar Festival Composition: Mick Jagger/Billy Preston Credited to Jagger/Richards Ron Wood 2012 Filmed live With Mick Hucknall Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Composition: Rod Stewart/Ron Wood First issued by the Faces 1971 Ron Wood 2013 Live with Johnny Marr Composition: Johnny Marr/Steven Morrissey
|
 Conversation Piece Painting by Wood Source: Bunker Sonica |
| What had briefly been the Metropolitan
Blues Quartet became the Yardbirds
[1,
2,
3,
4,
5,
6,
7,
8] in 1963, backing
Cyril Davies the same
year. The Yardbirds were host to a few of rock n roll's guitar virtuosos.
Original guitarist, Top Topham, was replaced in October 1963 by
Eric Clapton.
Clapton was replaced by
Jeff Beck in 1965.
Jimmy Page replaced
bassist, Paul Samwell-Smith, in 1966, and later traded places with Chris
Dreja, sharing lead with
Beck until the latter was fired as an habitual
no-show in October 1966, after which
Page took over lead altogether. (One
famous non-Yardbirds example of
Beck and
Page playing together is 'Beck's
Bolero', under
Jeff Beck higher on this page. Also under
Beck is one of the rare
occasions of
Beck,
Page and
Clapton appearing on stage together for one of
the finest concert tours in rock history, the ARMS concerts in 1983.) The
first 45 released by the Yardbirds was in May 1964: 'I Wish You Would' b/w 'A
Certain Girl' (UK Columbia DB 7283), followed by 'Good Morning Little Schoolgirl'/'I Ain't Got
You' (UK Columbia DB 7391) in October. The Yardbirds debut album, 'Five Live Yardbirds',
released in 1964, was recorded at the Marquee Club in London. They issued
another live LP in 1966 with
Sonny Boy Williamson II.
The Yardbirds' first of five studio albums, 'For Your Love', was issued in
June of '65 before their first arrival to the States in August that year. Their last
studio album, 'Little Games', saw light in July 1967. Upon the band
breaking up the next summer in '68
Page put together another
configuration of the Yardbirds called the New Yardbirds with
Robert Plant, John Bonham and
John Paul Jones which band
would become
Led Zeppelin later that year. The
Yardbirds would reunite in the eighties, notably via
Chris Dreja and Jim McCarty, both keeping the Yardbirds name in the public
eye into the new millennium. Discographies for the Yardbirds w various
credits at 1,
2,
3.
The Yardbirds at Chrome Oxide.
The Yardbirds in visual media.
Yardbirds concert chronology. About
half of the edits below are live performances. The Yardbirds 1964 First release Side B Composition: Naomi Neville Good Morning Little Schoolgirl Second release Side A Composition: See Wikipedia Second release Side B Composition: Calvin Carter First release Sides A Composition: Billy Boy Arnold Live Composition: Chester Burnett (Howlin' Wolf) You Can't Judge a Book by Looking at the Cover Composition: Willie Dixon The Yardbirds 1965 Television performance Composition: Graham Gouldman Filmed live Composition: Bert Berns/Wes Farrell Original issue: 'My Girl Sloopy' by the Vibrations 1964 Filmed live Composition: Graham Gouldman Television performance Composition: Yardbirds: Chris Dreja/Jim McCartyJeff Beck Keith Relf/Paul Samwell-Smith Composition: Paul Samwell-Smith/Jim McCarty The Yardbirds 1966 Composition: John Lee Hooker Television performance Composition: Jim McCarty/Keith Relf/Paul Samwell-Smith Film: 'Blow-Up' From 'Train Kept A-Rollin' 1951 Tiny Bradshaw/Lois Mann (Syd Nathan) Album The Yardbirds 1967 Filmed live Composition: Keith Relf/Jim McCarty Jeff Beck/Jimmy Page Composition: Harry Nilsson The Yardbirds 1968 Filmed live Composition: Jake Holmes Television performance Composition: Graham Gouldman Television performance Composition: Tiny Bradshaw/Lois Mann (Syd Nathan) 1951
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The Yardbirds Source: Great Song |
|
|
Brian Auger Source: Glide Magazine |
Organist
Brian Auger
[1,
2,
3]
formed his first band in 1962, the Brian Auger Trio, with bass player Rick
Laird and drummer Phil Knorra. In 1963 he put together his first
configuration of The Trinity [*] with Rick Laird on upright bass and Phil Kinorra
on drums, expanded in 1964 to include guitarist John McLaughlin and
saxophonist Glen Hughes. Auger's debut record release is thought to have
been with
Chris Barber for the January
1965 issue of 'Morning Train'/'Finishing Straight' (Columbia DB 7461) while a member of
Trinity. Also in January of 1965 Auger switched from piano to a Hammond B-3
for the recording his first album, 'Don’t Send Me No Flowers', with
Sonny Boy Williamson II,
though that wasn't released until 1968. In May of '65 Auger issued, with The
Trinity, 'Fool Killer'/'Let's Do It Tonight' and 'Green Onions'/'Kiko'. It
was yet 1965 when Auger put together Steampacket
[1,
2,
3] (not to be confused with
the Swedish band, Steam Packet) with
Julie Driscoll,
Rod Stewart and
Long John Baldry, with which band
he first toured the United States but released no recordings at the time,
though taped rehearsals at the Marquee Club in London saw later issue on such as 'Rock
Generation Volume 6: The Steampacket (Or The First Supergroup)' (BYG Records
529.706) in France in 1970 [Discogs]. Upon the dissolution of Steampacket,
Stewart moved onward to the
Jeff Beck Group as Auger created his next configuration of
The Trinity in 1967, releasing the album, 'Open', that year. That Trinity's
last album was 'Befour' in 1970. Upon the disbanding of Trinity that year
Auger formed the Oblivion Express
[*]. Notable in the eighties were his keyboard
contributions to the album, 'Odissea', released by Mango in 1986, Mango one
example of the
numerous musicians with whom Auger performed during his
career. Auger
began the nineties playing piano on the release of 'Super Jam' in 1990. He
then toured and recorded with
Eric Burdon before reforming the
Oblivion Express in the latter nineties. Various formations of that group
have appeared well into the new millennium. Auger issued the solo album,
'Language of the Heart,' in 2012. Yet active as of this writing, he
maintains a Facebook
page and Oblivion Express tour schedule at his website.
Auger discos w various credits at 1,
2.
The Trinity: 1,
2. Oblivion Express:
1,
2.
Auger and the Trinity in visual media.
Interviews w Auger: 2006,
2014,
2017. More relevant to Auger under
Julie Driscoll. Brian Auger 1965 With the Chris Barber Soul Band Composition: Traditional arranged by Barber Brian Auger & Trinity 1965 Composition: Mose Allison Composition: Jimmy McGriff Brian Auger & Trinity 1967 Live with the Trinity Composition: Auger Brian Auger 1968 With Jimmy Page & Sonny Boy Williamson II With Jimmy Page & Sonny Boy Williamson II Brian Auger & Trinity 1969 Composition: Pontius Kack Album: 'Jools/Brian' Composition: Noel Paul Stookey (Peter, Paul & Mary) Album: 'Jools/Brian' Brian Auger & Trinity 1970 Composition: Auger Album: 'Befour' Brian Auger & Oblivion Express 1971 Composition: John McLaughlin Brian Auger & Oblivion Express 1972 Composition: Alex Ligertwood Brian Auger & Oblivion Express 1973 Composition: Marvin Gaye/James Nyx Brian Auger & Oblivion Express 1975 Composition: Wes Montgomery Brian Auger Band 1991 Filmed live with Eric Burden Composition: Horace Ott/Bennie Benjamin/Sol Marcus Credited to: Bennie Benjamin/Gloria Caldwell/Sol Marcus Caldwell was Ott's girlfriend (*) Filmed live with Eric Burden Composition: Eric Burdon & War Filmed live with Eric Burden Composition: John D. Loudermilk Brian Auger & Oblivion Express 2004 Filmed live w Savannah Grace Auger Composition: Eugene McDaniels Brian Auger & Oblivion Express 2012 Live with Alex Ligertwood Composition: Barry Dean Brian Auger & Trinity 2012 Filmed live Composition: Jimmy McGriff
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|
| Born Mark Feld in East London, glam
rocker Marc Bolan
[1,
2,
3,
4,
5,
6/
Disco] put together his first band, a skiffle group, at age twelve (1959). That group didn't go far, and neither
did academics, as Feld quit school at age fourteen. His alleged first
recording, 'Mrs. Jones', occurred in 1963 (age 16). Removed from YouTube
since this was last written,
though not proven to be Feld on that acetate demo, it was discovered among
thousands of other recordings upon the early death of famous producer, Joe
Meek [1,
2], in 1967. Those acetates and tapes took various paths, not a few tapes
of which were erased and used for blanks. The bunch to which Bolan's alleged
acetate belonged were not investigated until one Alan Blackburn indexed them
in the eighties [*]. More
as to that enigmatic demo which years-long debate remains inconclusive to
this revision: 1,
2,
3,
4,
5,
6.
It is more certain that Feld recorded 'All At Once' the next year (1964),
albeit that tune was not released until 2008 on Madman MAMAS020
[45Cat/Discogs]. Feld's next recordings came in 1965, among them
'Blowin' In the Wind' and 'The Road I'm On (Gloria)'. The name "Mark Feld"
on the two-sided acetate (of which two exist, as well as a single-sided
acetate of 'The Road I'm On') was scratched out and "Toby Tyler" written
above, so Feld was considering a name change at the time. The master tapes
yet in good condition, 'The Road I'm On (Gloria)' was eventually released on
vinyl in 1989 by Archive Jive Records. It was released with 'Blowin' In the
Wind' on CD in 1993, upon verification in 1991, by Zinc Alloy Records. All
of which is slightly murky in a scattered about manner until one arrives to
Feld's first record release in 1965, now as Marc Bolan: 'The Wizard' with
'Beyond The Rising Sun' flip side. In 1967 Bolan briefly joined a band
called John's Children, after which he formed Tyrannosaurus Rex
[*]. Originally
a band of four members, Tyrannosaurus Rex proved a monster to Bolan and was
quickly reduced to a duo with drummer Steve Took, issuing 'Debora' in 1968.
(Their debut performance occurred at the London nightclub, Middle Earth, in
1967. Somebody recorded it, such that it was released in 2002 on the album, 'There Was
a Time'.) It was with Took that Bolan first toured the United States (1968), after
which Took was fired, ostensibly due to excessive drug use, and replaced by
Mickey Finn. Tyrannosaurus Rex became T. Rex
[1,
2] in 1970, 'Ride A White Swan'
that group's first release the same year. By this time Bolan was making a
name for himself and would collaborate with a number of major names over the
next several years, including
David Bowie and
Ike & Tina Turner. Howsoever, Bolan would die
[1,
2,
3] in 1977 (age
thirty) when a car driven by singer, Gloria Jones, struck a tree. Jones was
seriously injured but not killed. She was further devastated, however, when Bolan's home was looted during his funeral, her possessions taken as well.
(She and Bolan were in a relationship that had produced a son.) Jones
returned to America with nothing but Bolan's child. In 1978, she released
the album, 'Windstorm', dedicated to Bolan. One irony in the midst of it all
was that Bolan feared driving, thus had never learned. Discographies for
Bolan w various credits at 1,
2,.
Tyrannosaurus Rex: 1,
2.
T. Rex: 1,
2,
3.
Bolan in visual media.
Bolan at Misty Mist. Bolan at
Till Dawn. Bolan's modified Gibson
Les Paul. 2015
interview w Bolan's producer, Tony Visconti [1,
2]. Bolan
tribute sites: 1,
2,
3.
T. Rex tribute page at Facebook.
Further reading Bolan. Further
reading T. Tex. The index
below begins, per above, with a 1963 demo by Mark Feld, mootly thought to be Bolan. His
1964 recording of 'All At Once' wasn't released until 2008. Since Bolan
composed exhaustively most titles below are uncredited, belonging to him. Marc Bolan 1964 As Mark Feld Released in 2008 Composition: Bellamy Marc Bolan 1965 First release Side B First release Side A Marc Bolan 1966 Marc Bolan & John's Children 1967 Composition: Andy Ellison Unreleased acetate demo Marc Bolan & Tyrannosaurus Rex 1968 First Tyrannosaurus Rex release Side A First Tyrannosaurus Rex release Side B Marc Bolan & Tyrannosaurus Rex 1969 Warlord of the Royal Crocodiles Marc Bolan & Tyrannosaurus Rex 1970 Once Upon the Seas of Abyssinia Marc Bolan & T. Rex 1970 First T. Rex release Composition: Eddie Cochran/Jerry Capeheart Marc Bolan & T. Rex 1971 'Bang a Gong (Get It On)' in America Filmed live in Paris Marc Bolan & T. Rex 1972 Filmed concert Album: 'The Slider' Marc Bolan & T. Rex 1973 Marc Bolan & T. Rex 1974 Music video w Elton John & Ringo Starr Marc Bolan & T. Rex 1976 Composition: Doc Pomus/Mort Shuman Marc Bolan & T. Rex 1977 With Gloria Jones Composition: Phil Spector With Gloria Jones Marc Bolan & Tyrannosaurus Rex 2002 Debut performance Recorded 1967
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The Easybeats Photo: United Artist Records Source: Nite Owl |
As Queen Elizabeth II is also Queen of
Australia, Steve Wright and the Easybeats can be considered a British
Invasion band, first touring America as the opening act for the
Buckinghams
('Kind of a Drag') in 1967. They also opened for the
Rolling Stones on a
later tour in the States that year. Wright [1,
2,
3,
4] had been born in Leeds,
England, in 1947. Taken with his parents to Melbourne, Australia, at age
nine, then to Sydney in 1960, he'd been the vocalist for a couple bands
before forming the Easybeats
[1,
2,
3,
4] in 1964 w Dick Diamonde on bass guitar, Gordan
Fleet on drums and guitarists,
Harry Vanda and
George Young. Fleet
would be replaced in 1967 by Tony Cahill. The Easybeats released their first
single, 'For My Woman'/'Say That You're Mine' (Parlophone A8146) in March of
1965 [45Cat]. The first title was authored by Wright and Young, the second
by Vanda and Young, those three partnering in shifting pairs on the
majority of their compositions. Six studio albums of original material followed from 'Easy' in
Sep of 1965 to 'Friends' issued in 1970. Upon the disbanding
of the Eastbeats in 1969 Wright
embarked upon a variety of solo ventures, such as the role of Simon the
Zealot in the Australian stage production of 'Jesus Christ Superstar' in
1972. His
debut solo album appeared in 1974: 'Hard Road'. 'Black Eyed Bruiser'
followed at its heels the next year, after which the use of heroin since '72
began to take its toll, followed by deep sleep therapy arguably as
unfavorable. He , Vanda and Young issued the album, 'Headlines', as Flash in
the Pan in 1982. The Easybeats reunited for a tour in 1986, live tracks from
that along with live recordings from '67 and '68 saw issue in 2006 by Raven
Records on 'Live - Studio & Stage'. Wright also issued his album, 'Facing the Music',
that year. Yet using heroin until the early nineties, he released 'Striking It Rich' as late as' 1991.
A Sydney concert in 1992 was followed by musical obscurity until the 'Long
Way to the Top' tour of 2002 that put Wright back in business again, he
forming a group in 2003 for its 'Hard Road' tour followed with the
publishing of his memoir, 'Hard Road', by Random House the next year. Wright
performed at will until his
death on 27 December 2015.
Discographies w various credits for Wright and the Easybeats at
1,
2,
3,
4. Wright
and the Eastbeats in visual media: 1,
2. 2001
interview w Wright. As for the Queen of Rock n
Roll, Elizabeth II, she was not yet Queen when she
first visited the United
States in Oct 1951 to see President Truman, she 25 years old at the time and
already plotting vengeance, via rock n roll (yet rhythm n blues at the time), for the
War of Independence in
the latter 18th century. After practicing with her scepter as a microphone since
her coronation on June 3 of 1953, she first toured to the United States
as Queen in October 1957 on
"official" business with President Eisenhower, visiting Jamestown, New York
City and Washington DC. But it's rather obvious by now that she was
planning the British Invasion. She kept her intentions secret, however, even
to this day, so Eisenhower can't be blamed for what the American people had
coming to them anyway. In the photo to the right she nearly disguises, with what
trained observers call the "stone facade" of an otherwise "afuss" expression,
what is clearly a
distracted state of mind, befuddled that though her incursive forces proved the victors for a few
brief years in the sixties, whole plunder of the States yet eluded her.
Unable to admit defeat in absolute conquest, Elizabeth yet broods and schemes
after all these decades concerning the glories that a British Invasion II
might afford were such not hopeless. That she has never denied such is
plenty evidence for anonymous entities in the know. All titles through 1966
below were composed by Wright and George Young except as noted. All titles
1968 onward were composed by Harry Vanda and Young. Steve Wright & the Easybeats 1965 First issue Steve Wright & the Easybeats 1966 Composition: Vanda/Young Steve Wright & the Easybeats 1968 Falling Off the Edge of the World Steve Wright & the Easybeats 1969 Steve Wright 1974 Album: 'Hard Road'
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 Elizabeth II Queen of Rock n Roll Source: ArtsBj |
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Peter Frampton
[1,
2,
3,
4,
5] (aka The Face)
was born in London in 1950. He played in his
first band, the Little Ravens, at age twelve. He and
David Bowie, three
years older, were pupils at Bromley Technical School where they often played
such as
Buddy Holly songs together during lunch breaks. (Bowie's band was
called George and the Dragons.) At age fourteen Frampton joined a band
called the Trubeats, followed the next year by the Preachers, with whom he
made his first recordings in 1965. Frampton became a member of the
Herd in
1966, with which he stayed through most of 1968, then joined
Steve Marriott
in the formation of
Humble Pie in early 1969 (age 18). Leaving
Humble Pie in 1971, Frampton embarked on
his solo career with the release of his album, 'Wind of Change' in 1972,
followed by 'Frampton's Camel' in 1973. His 1976 album, 'Frampton Comes
Alive!', contained his composition, 'Show Me the Way', getting good
directions to #6 on Billboard in February. He wrote or cowrote six more
titles to rise to the Top Twenty to as late as 'I Can't Stand It No More' in
May of 1979. One of those was 'Baby, I Love Your Way' which visited #12 in
June of 1976. That was the first half of a medley that Will to Power later
rode to the Top of the Charts in 1988. Big Mountain took the song to #6 in
1994 per the soundtrack to 'Reality Bites'
[*/select list of Frampton's compositions].
Highlighting the eighties was Frampton's participation in
David Bowie's
1987 album, 'Never Let Me Down' and the following 'Glass Spider' tour. Per
above, he and
Bowie had known and played music together when Frampton was age 12 and
Bowie
age 15, attending the same school in the Bromley borough of London though
to play in different bands, Frampton's Little Ravens v
Bowie's George and
the Dragons. Highlighting the nineties were reunion shows with
Marriott
in London in early 1991, though a planned tour of the States was preempted
by
Marriott's death in a house fire on
April 20 of '91. Performing into
the new millennium, Frampton issued the album, 'Acoustic Classics', as recently as
2006. Last known living in Nashville upon moving there from Cincinnati in 2013, he joined
Steve Miller on tour as recently as
the summers of 2017 and 2018. His preferred guitar was the Gibson
Les Paul.
Discographies w various credits for Frampton at
1,
2,
3.
Frampton in visual media.
Frampton's biography at his website:
1,
2,
3,
4.
Interviews: 2004,
2008.
At Facebook. Tracks below concern Frampton's
career apart from Humble Pie. Most of the
edits below are live performances. 'Do You Feel Like We Do' was composed by Frampton w
Mick Gallagher, Rick Wills and
John Siomos. 'While My Guitar Gently Weeps'
was authored by George Harrison. Frampton wrote
what other titles not credited. Peter Frampton 1965 With the Preachers Composition: Sascha Burland With the Preachers Composition: Tony Chapman Peter Frampton 1967 Television performance with the Herd Composition: Alan Blaikley Peter Frampton 1968 I Don't Want Our Lovin' to Die Television performance with the Herd Composition: Howard Blaikley Howard Blaikley = Ken Howard/Alan Blaikley Peter Frampton 1973 Album Peter Frampton 1975 Peter Frampton 1976 Album: 'Frampton Comes Alive' Filmed live Peter Frampton 1995 Filmed live Peter Frampton 2000 Album: 'Live In Detroit' Peter Frampton 2003 Album: 'Now' Peter Frampton 2008 Filmed concert Peter Frampton 2010 Filmed concert Peter Frampton 2011 Filmed live in Amsterdam: Peter Frampton 2012 Live at Beacon Theater Peter Frampton 2013 Filmed live Filmed live with Leslie West
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Peter Frampton Source: Desciclopedia |
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 Golden Earring Source: Prog Rock |
Golden Earring
[1,
2,
3,
4,
5]
was formed in 1961 in The Hague, Netherlands, as the Golden Earrings, not
dropping the plural until 1969. Though the group was Dutch, Queen Elizabeth
II and Commander in Chief of the Invasion conspired w unidentified
Netherlands officials in a perversely twisted alliance to employ GE toward
putting a dent in America's defensive hull with a tour in 1969. It was, of
course, too dangerous for the Queen herself to go, the task given to GE's
main members at the time: Rinus Gerritsen (bass, keyboard, harmonica), George Kooymans
(guitar), Barry Hay (guitar, flute, saxophone) and Jaap Eggermont (drums).
Jaap Eggermont would be briefly replaced by Sieb Warner, then Cesar
Zuiderwijk who would remain the fourth member of the band to its present
day. Earring would tour the States 12 more times by 1984. Golden Earring had released its first plates in
Oct 1965: 'Please
Go'/'Lonely Everyday' (Polydor S 1185) and the album, 'Just Ear-rings'. After their first
U.S. tour the band released the album, 'Golden Earring' in 1970 (with Cesar Zuiderwijk now in the band).
the single, 'Radar Love' rose to #7 on the UK chart in December 1973, #13 on
the US. Their first live album, 'Live', was performed
at London's Rainbow Theater in 1977. 'Twilight Zone' reached the #10 spot in
the US in 1982, #1 on Billboard's US Rock chart. 'When the Lady Smiles' was
Earring's last big splash, achieving the #9 spot on Billboard's US Rock
chart. Golden Earring celebrated its 50th
anniversary at the Hague Historical Museum in 2011, its two original
members, Rinus Gerritsen and George Kooymans, still in the band with Hay and
Zuiderwijk. Their last studio LP, 'Tits 'n Ass', was released in 2012.
Discos w composition and production credits at
1,
2,
3.
Golden Earring in visual media. Golden Earrings 1965 Composition: Gerritsen/Kooymans Composition: Kooymans/Gerritsen Golden Earrings 1968 Music video Composition: Kooymans/Gerritsen Just a Little Bit of Peace In My Heart Music video Composition: Kooymans/Gerritsen Golden Earring 1969 Album Golden Earring 1970 Album Golden Earring 1973 Filmed live Composition: Kooymans/Hay Golden Earring 1975 Filmed live Golden Earring 1982 Filmed live Composition: George Kooymans Golden Earring 1992 Filmed live Composition: Gene Clark/David Crosby/Roger McGuinn Golden Earring 2012 Album: 'Tits 'n Ass' Composition: All titles Hay/Kooymans
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| Born in Scotland,
Donovan
Leitch brought a little psychedelia to folk music. The demos he recorded
in 1964 resulted in his first record contract in 1965 (Pye Records). His first
releases were his compositions, 'Catch the Wind'/'Why Do You Treat Me Like
You Do', followed by 'Colours/Josie'. Of note on this page concerning
sixties rock was an
interview with
Donovan in the first issue of 'Rolling
Stone' [1,
2,
3], a newsprint tabloid at the time, on Nov 9, 1967. That had a still of
John Lennon on its cover. The significance since that time of 'Rolling
Stone' magazine in rock culture and the music industry can be but
underestimated. Founded in San Francisco in 1967 by publisher, Jann Wenner,
and music critic, Ralph Gleason, the debut issue that sold for a quarter at
the time (equivalent to six to seven quarters these days) is currently worth nearly
$900 to collectors. Its "golden" years included coverage of the Altamont
Fest in '69 during which a
Rolling Stones performance was
interrupted by the murder of a fan by Hell's Angels security, and the
"Gonzo" journalism of Hunter S. Thompson ('Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas' '71)
in the early seventies. Penske Media (: 'Variety') acquired majority shares
of 'Rolling Stone' in 2017-18 for above $100,000,000, not bad ROI on the
original $7,500 borrowed to launch it. Wenner has also been a major
influence, along with such as Bruce Springsteen manager, Jon Landau, on the
Rock n Roll Hall of Fame. The
current 'Rolling
Stone' of which we speak. References for Wenner:1,
2,
3,
4,
5.
The greater readership of 'Rolling Stone' consisted of such as were labeled
flower children [1,
2,] or hippies
[1,
2,]. Another notable element in rock n roll culture was rolling papers for green. Zig-Zag [1,
2], founded in
1855 in France, was a brand that Donovan no doubt used at one time and another
along w millions of others. Main entry for
Donovan at
Folk Music. Donovan 1965 First release Composition: Donovan Second release Composition: Donovan
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Donovan Leitch Source: Paper Blog
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 Peter Tosh Source: All Music |
Peter Tosh [1,
2,
3,
4]
was a reggae musician known well in association with his Rastafarian friends,
Bob Marley and
Bunny Wailer. What makes Tosh a
British Invasion musician was being born in Grange Hill, Jamaica, Jamaica a
Commonwealth realm of Elizabeth II, its Queen and head of state. Born Winston Hubert McIntosh in 1944,
Tosh was a self-taught guitarist who arrived in Kingston at age fifteen to
take singing lessons from Joe Higgs, a popular Kingston talent. Which is how
Tosh, Marley
and Wailer. got together in 1963
to form a ska and rocksteady group
called the Teenagers, which became the Wailing Rudeboys, which became the
Wailing Wailers [personnel], at which point a recording contract with Jamaican
label, Studio One, was acquired, to the result of Tosh's debut recordings
released per the album, 'The Wailing
Wailers', in 1965. Tosh kept with the Wailers until 1974, leaving the same
year as Wailer, each to pursue
solo careers. He released his first solo album, 'Legalize It!', in 1976 for
Columbia. In addition to collaborations and a couple of live LPs Tosh issued
six more studio albums before his death in 1987: 'Equal Rights', 'Bush
Doctor', 'Mystic Man', 'Wanted Dread and Alive', 'Mama Africa', and 'No
Nuclear War'. Despite recording for American and British labels (Columbia,
Trojan, EMI) Tosh lived in Jamaica where his political music clashed with
Jamaican authorities, he beaten three times during as many cannabis arrests.
(His compositions, 'Legalize It' and 'Mark of the Beast' had been banned from Jamaican radio
in '76.) On September 11 of '87 Tosh was at his home with guests in Kingston
when a gang of three robbers entered, the gunman a former inmate Tosh had
befriended upon the man's prior release from prison. Tosh and three others
lost their lives during that incident
[*] in which Tosh didn't have the money
that his killer thought he did. One Dennis Lobban ("Leppo") was tried and
hung for all four murders, his accomplices remaining unknown. Discographies
for the Wailers with various credits at
1,
2,
3. For Peter Tosh at
1,
2,
3,
4.
Lyrics at AZ.
Tosh in visual media.
Presence is maintained via social media at
Facebook. Per below,
though Tosh's recording career began in 1965 with the album, 'The Wailing
Wailers', that and other recordings during his time with the Wailers are
under
Bob Marley. The list below doesn't
commence until his first solo releases in 1976. All titles composed by Tosh
except as noted. Peter Tosh 1976 Composition: Tosh/Bunny Wailer (Livingston) LP: 'Legalize It!' LP: 'Legalize It!' LP: 'Live & Dangerous' Peter Tosh 1978 Album Peter Tosh 1979 Filmed concert Album Peter Tosh 1983 Filmed concert Filmed concert Album Peter Tosh 1984 Filmed concert Peter Tosh 1987 LP: 'No Nuclear War'
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 Bunny Wailer Source: Dance Hall Reggae Fever |
Bunny Wailer (also known as Jah B)
was born Neville Livingston in 1947 in Kingston, Jamaica
[1,
2,
3]. He and
Bob Marley
had been comrades ever since they were toddlers. Wailer missed his first
audition in 1962 for Beverley's Records, getting held up at school. In 1963 he,
Marley
and
Peter Tosh formed a ska and rocksteady group
called the Teenagers, which became the Wailing Rudeboys, which became the
Wailing Wailers, at which point a recording contract with Jamaican
label, Studio One, was won, to the result of Wailers' debut recordings
released per the album, 'The Wailing Wailers', in 1965. His collaboration w
Marley, 'Love and Affection', issued
the same year. Wailer remained with
the Wailers until 1974, the year he and
Tosh had enough of touring Great
Britain and the States, each to begin their own solo careers in Jamaica.
Wailer's
initial solo album in 1976, 'Blackheart Man', was a joint production in
Jamaica between Island Records and his own label, Solomonic. All titles were
authored by him. Of the Wailer,
Marley
and
Tosh team, only Wailer has lived to a normal life expectancy.
Marley
died in 1981 of melanoma.
Tosh was murdered in 1987. Wailer has since
continued to issue a steady stream of albums. With well above twenty
original LP releases in his catalogue, among Wailer's latest in the new
millennium were 'World Peace' ('03), 'Rub a Dub' ('07) and 'Cross Culture'
('09). Wailers discos w various credits at
1,
2,
3. Discos for Bunny Wailer
at 1,
2,
3,
4.
Bunny in visual media.
Per below, though Wailer's recording career began in 1965 with
the album, 'The Wailing Wailers', that and other recordings during his time
with the Wailers are under
Bob Marley. The list below doesn't
commence until his first solo releases in 1976. All titles below written by Wailer
except as noted. Bunny Wailer 1976 Debut solo album All compositions by Wailer Bunny Wailer 1978 Album Bunny Wailer 1983 Reissue of 'In I Father's House' 1979 Bunny Wailer 1986 Filmed at Madison Square Garden Bunny Wailer 1987 Filmed concert Bunny Wailer 2000 LP: 'Communication' Bunny Wailer 2015 Filmed in Berlin Composition: Traditional Filmed live
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The Move Source: Elsewhere |
Although very popular in the United
Kingdom, The Move
[1,
2,
3,
4] acquired no audience at all in America,
even after touring the States in 1969. The Move was formed in December
1965 by original members Roy Wood
[1,
2,
3] on guitar,
Bev Bevan [1,
2,
3] on drums,
Chris "Ace" Kefford [1,
2,
3]
on bass, Trevor Burton [1,
2] at guitar, and
vocalist, Carl Wayne [1,
2,
3]. The Move's first plate
featured compositions by Wood who was the band's
composer:
'Night of Fear'/'Disturbance' (Deram DM 109) released in Dec 1966
[45Cat]. 'Night of Fear' went nigh vertical to #2 on the
UK chart in Jan the
next year. Side A of their second release was 'I
Can Hear the Grass Grow' in March 1967, another song composed by Wood that
reached the #5 tier in April. Side B was Wood's 'Flowers in the Rain'
sprouting to #2 on the chart in Sep '67, also appearing on
their first album in 1968, 'Move', which wasn't released in the United States.
The group's strongest title on the chart was 'Blackberry Way' rising to #1
in Dec 1968.
'Live at the Fillmore 1969' was released the next year. Both 'Shazam' and
'Looking On' were issued in 1970, guitarist, Jeff Lynne, appearing on the
latter. The Move's last LP, 'Message from the Country', was released in
1971. By that time the Move had been reduced to the trio of Bevan, Lynne and
Wood, which they were in the process of transforming into the
Electric Light Orchestra (ELO). Thus at that same 'Message From the Country' session personnel were
added and the first ELO album was recorded for release in 1971: 'The
Electric Light Orchestra'. The Move continued issuing singles into 1972,
though by that time the group had dissolved. Wayne
died on 31 August 2004
after Bevan resurrected a reformation
of the Move w Burton rejoining in 2006. The pair split into separate
bands in 2014, giving their last show as The Move on Aug 30 at the Weyfest
Musical Festival in Farnham, Surrey [UltimateClassicRock]. The Move discos w
songwriting and production credits at 1,
2. What Discogs brings up for
individual members of the original Move:
Wood,
Bevan,
Kefford,
Burton,
Wayne.
The Move at Facebook.
Burton at Facebook.
All individual titles below were authored by Wood. The Move 1966 The Move 1967 German television broadcast Night of Fear/Walk Upon the Water German television broadcast The Move 1968 Filmed live The Move 1969 Live The Move 1970 Album The Move 1971 Filmed live Album
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| Having left home at age 16, singer
Robert Plant [1,
2,
3], bounced from one dead-end job to the next, managing to make his
first dead-end recordings with CBS Records two years later (1966). He also
sang with the Crawling King Snakes for a brief period where he met future
partner, drummer, John Bonham. Jimmy Page was
in the Yardbirds and putting together a new formation. In need of a lead
singer,
Terry Reid turned him down. Page
then
attended a show at which Plant was singing in a band named Obstweedle and
asked him if he'd like to be in the Yardbirds. At
the audition
Page thought there might be something wrong with Plant that
prevented him from getting along with others, for he couldn't believe that
Plant had been going nowhere for such a long time with such conspicuous
talent. But, no, that's just the way the quantum had shifted things about.
Here was a prize who, amazingly, no one had yet recognized, and
Page grabbed
it, come what may. Plant then recommended drummer and friend, John Bonham.
Page then recruited
John Paul Jones with whom he had
done session work. That band briefly became the New Yardbirds while on tour
in 1968, the same year that what came to be identified from out of all
quantum possibilities was one of the most powerful of the British
invasion bands,
Led Zeppelin. That such is so is proof
that Elizabeth II was enlisting science in her assault upon America. The
United States, now nigh rubble from incessant
bombing by the
Beatles and
Rolling Stones, was planning last ditch defenses
with such as its Latin
Santana division. But
Led Zeppelin got the jump and
the land was pummeled into submission from sea to shining sea.
Led Zeppelin
sealed British triumph for good and Queen, and the American public would have to live
with it or migrate to Antarctica in search for a new emperor. Most deceived
people think Elizabeth II had nothing to do with the Invasion. But the
formation of the band,
Queen, in 1970 was but one brazen mask of a clue, a
snubbing of her nose with a private joke of Guess Who? at America, the
latter now paying
the tit for tat price for its defiance of royalty per the American
Revolutionary War from 1775 to 1783. As for Robert Plant, between
1982 and 2014 he released fifteen solo and collaborative albums. His
first was 'Pictures at Eleven'. Collaborations with Jimmy Page appeared in
'84, '94 and 98'. His duo with country musician, Allison Krauss, in 2007,
'Raising Sand', won the Album of the Year Grammy Award in 2008. Plant's latest studio release was 'Lullaby and the Ceaseless Roar', preceded
in 2012 by his only live solo album, 'Sensational Space Shifters'. Though
all four members of Led Zeppelin contributed to composition on an ongoing
basis, Plant and Page were the
band's major songwriting partnership. Among Zeppelin titles co-authored by
Plant and Page were such as 'Your
Time Is Gonna Come', 'Living Loving Maid' and 'What Is and What Should Never
Be' in 1969. Plant wrote 'All My Love' w
John Paul Jones in honor of his
son, Kerac, who had died at only age five of a stomach virus in July of
1977. That appeared on 'In Through the Out Door' in August of '79.
Discographies for Plant in specific w various credits at 1,
2,
3.
Official YouTube channel.
In other visual media. Plant, of course,
is on any
Led Zeppelin recording. Entries
below approach his career apart from that band. Several of the later edits
below are live performances. Robert Plant 1966 First release Side B Composition: Geoff Thompson/John Crutchley Robert Plant/Roger Beamery First release Side A Composition: Eddie Brigati/Felix Cavaliere Robert Plant 1967 Third release Side B Composition: Eddie Silvers Second Release Side B Composition: Jesse Principato Third release Side A Composition: Joe Simmons Second Release Side A Composition: Anthony Clarke/Franco Califano Nisa (Nicola Salerno)/Umberto Bindi Robert Plant 1972 Recorded 1968 Mouth harp: Robert Plant Guitar: Alexis Korner Piano: Steve Miller Composition: Alexis Korner/Steve Miller/Robert Plant Robert Plant 1983 Filmed live Composition: Robert Plant/Robbie Blunt/Jezz Woodroffe Robert Plant 1988 Album Robert Plant 1993 Live Composition: Tim Hardin Robert Plant 1996 With Alexis Korner Recorded 1968 Robert Plant 2011 Filmed live Composition: Jimmy Page Robert Plant 2013 Filmed live Composition: Jimmy Page/Robert Plant Filmed live Composition: Robert Plant/Robbie Blunt/Paul Martinez Robert Plant 2014 Filmed live Composition: Anne Bredon
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Robert Plant Source: Metallized |
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Terry Reid Source: That Mercury Sound |
Guitarist and vocalist
Terry Reid
[1,
2,
3]
was born in Huntington in 1949. He
joined
Peter Jay & the Jaywalkers at age 15 in 1965. Reid recorded with that band
for releases in 1966 and '67 (such as 'It's Gonna Be Morning', 'I'll Take Good Care If You', 'Funny How
Time Slips', 'Just Walk In My Shoes', 'The Hand Don't Fit the Glove' and
'This Time'). Reid's first single release, 'Better By Far', was in May
1968. The album on which that song was included was
released in 1969, titled 'Terry Reid' in the UK, 'Move Over for Terry Reid'
in the US. Reid's first album, however, had been released in 1968: 'Bang, Bang You're Terry Reid'. Reid was
Jimmy Page's first choice for a lead singer when he
was forming
Led Zeppelin. But he had prior commitments to tour the United
States (1968) as the opening act for
Cream. So
Page discovered
Robert Plant. Reid was then
invited to join
Deep Purple, which contractual
arrangements again forbade, he next touring the United States in 1969 as the
opening act for the
Rolling Stones. He appeared on 'Beat
Club' on Dec 31 of '69 [IMDb]. 1973 saw the release
of Reid's third album, 'River'. Two more followed in the seventies, 'Seed of
Memory' ('76) and 'Rogue Waves' ('79). Reid turned to session work in the
eighties, though 'The Hand Don't Fit the Glove' appeared in 1985. His album,
'The Driver', appeared in 1991. An anthology of early material was issued in
2004, as well as two live albums. Reid's last LP release was 'Live in
London' in 2013. He yet actively tours as of this writing. Discos for Reid w
composing and production credits at 1,
2.
Short list of compositions by Reid. Reid at
Facebook and
Twitter.
Titles not credited below were written by Reid with the exception of 'Bang
Bang' by
Sonny Bono. Terry Reid 1967 With Peter Jay and The Jaywalkers Composition: Bert Russell Terry Reid 1968 Album: 'Bang, Bang You're Terry Reid' Live at Fillmore West Debut single Composition: Tony Macaulay/John MacLeod Live at Fillmore West Composition: Screamin' Jay Hawkins/Herb Slotkin Live at Fillmore West Live at Fillmore West Live at Fillmore West' Live at Fillmore West Composition: Eddie Cochran/Jerry Capehart Terry Reid 1969 Filmed live German television broadcast Composition: Donovan Leitch German television broadcast Composition: George Weiss/Jerry Ragovoy Terry Reid 1971 Filmed live Terry Reid 1973 Album: 'River' Terry Reid 1976 Album: 'Seed of Memory' Album: 'Seed of Memory' Terry Reid 2006 LFilmed liv Terry Reid 2008 Filmed live Terry Reid 2012 Filmed live
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| At first called the Troglodytes (cave
dwellers), The Troggs
[1,
2,
3,
4] were formed in 1964. The group had limited success in the
US due that the band did not tour there until 1968. Consisting of vocalist, Reg
Presley [*],
Chris Britton at lead guitar,
Pete Staples [1,
2] on bass and Ronnie Bond
[*] on drums, the Troggs
released their debut single, 'Lost Girl'/'The Yella in Me (CBS 202038), in
Feb 1966. Their release of 'Wild Thing' in April charted at No. 2 in the UK and No. 1 in America,
that a cover of the song written by
Chip Taylor and released by the American band, the Wild Ones, in 1965 to not
a lot of success. 'Wild Thing' was also loaded onto the Trogg's first album,
'From Nowhere', issued in the UK in July of 1966 containing other titles
like 'Jingle Jangle' and Louie Louie'. It was also featured w 'Jingle
Jangle' on the first Trogg's album issued in the States, 'Wild Thing' ('66).
Discogs has the Troggs issuing a minimum of 15 studio and live
albums to as
late as 'Live & Wild' in 2008. Britton released his solo album,
'As I Am', on Page One POLS 022 in 1969 [Discogs],
Presley [1,
2] and Bond
[1,
2]
issuing titles of their own as well. Their first of four albums issued in
the seventies was 'Contrasts' in 1970. Highlighting the eighties was the
release of 'Black Bottom' in 1981 on the French label, New Rose.
Bond was replaced at drums in 1988 by Dave Maggs. New Rose released 'AU' in 1991 before the Troggs appeared on
the album, 'Athens
Andover', the next year, a collaboration with R.E.M., the same year Bond died on November 13 of 1992. As the Troggs continued into the new millennium Presley published a book of
observations on such as crop circles, UFOs, alchemy and religion called
'Wild Things They Don't Tell Us', in 2002 by Metro Press. He died on Feb 4
of 2013 [1,
2]. The Troggs continue to perform as of
this writing with original member, Chris Britton. The Troggs
at 45Worlds.
Lyrics at AZ.
The Troggs in visual media.
The Troggs 1966 Composition: Chip Taylor Composition: Reg Presley First single Composition: Reginald Ball Composition: Richard Berry 1955 Composition: Ellas McDaniel (Bo Diddley) Composition: Chip Taylor Composition: Reg Presley The Troggs 1967 Composition: Reg Presley Music video Composition: Reg Presley French television broadcast Composition: Ellas McDaniel (Bo Diddley) French television broadcast Composition: Reg Presley The Troggs 1975 Composition: Ronnie Bond/Tony Murray Composition: Richard Moore Reggae version Composition: Chip Taylor
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The Troggs Source: CRF2 |
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Early Fleetwood Mac Source: British Blues Arhive |
Formed in London in 1967 by guitarist,
Peter Green, Fleetwood Mac
[1,
2,
3,
4,
5,
6,
7,
8/
Timeline/
Synopsis]
got its start with two other members of
John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, bassist, John McVie
[1,
2] (who early replaced
Bob Brunning [1,
2])
and drummer, Mick Fleetwood [1,
2,
3]. Originally a blues band, Fleetwood Mac made its debut public appearances upon
adding slide guitarist, Jeremy Spencer [1,
2], then released its first album,
'Fleetwood Mac' in 1968, produced by Mike Vernon [1,
2,
3,
4]. That was followed by 'Mr. Wonderful' in August the
same year.
Green, who had been the band's
principal composer, left the band in May 1970,
Fleetwood Mac becoming more rock than blues oriented by then. Keyboardist, Christine McVie
[1,
2,
3], joined the band upon marriage to
John McVie that year. She'd first performed with the group in May of '69 at
Bristol University and would become a major
composer in the new
(latter) Fleetwood
Mac. Guitarist Lindsey Buckingham
[1,
2] signed up much later
on New Years Eve of 1974, together with his girlfriend, vocalist, Stevie
Nicks [1,
2,
3].
Both would compose numerous titles for Fleetwood Mac [1,
2]. Buckingham and Nicks first appeared on the album titled
'Fleetwood Mac', released in 1975. 'Rumours' saw release in 1977, that
containing 'Chain', a unique instance of composition by all five members. Touring between '77 ('Rumours' tour) and
'80 ('Tusk' tour '79-'80) saw the release of Fleetwood Mac's first live LP,
'Live', in December of 1980. Fleetwood, Buckingham and Nicks each released
their first solo albums in 1981, 'The Visitor' by Fleetwood, 'Law and Order'
by Buckingham, 'Bella Donna' by Nicks. Each would issue several further solo
LPs. Fleetwood Mac's release of 'Mirage' in 1982 went platinum. Christine
McVie issued her eponymous album, 'Christine McVie', in 1984. (Her debut
album release had been in 1970: 'Christine Perfect'.) Fleetwood Mac released
'Tango in the Night' in 1987, after which Buckingham left the group prior to
the 'Tango in the Night' tour, the group joined by Rick Vito and Billy
Burnette for that. Nicks
left the band in 1991, the year before John McVie issued his single solo LP,
'Gotta Band', that in collaboration w Lola Thomas. Buckingham and Nicks were briefly reunited with the group for
a performance at President Clinton's Inaugural Ball in 1993. The band, minus
Nicks, issued 'Time' in 1995 (Buckingham contributing only backing vocals on
one track). Buckingham and Nicks appeared on the live album, 'The Dance',
released in August 1997. Christine McVie left Fleetwood Mac in its death
throes upon leaving the group in '98, her third and last solo
album, 'In the Meantime', to appear in 2004. Various formations of Fleetwood
Mac, including Buckingham and Nicks, manifested into the new millennium, McVie rejoining in 2009. The group's last issue of original material was an
EP titled, 'Extended Play' in 2013. Fleetwood had released his sixth and
latest LP, 'Blue Again!', in 2008. Buckingham had released his sixth and
latest solo LP, 'Seeds We Sow', in 2011. Nicks had released 'In Your Dreams'
the same year, her seventh and latest studio LP. Christine McVie was back w
Fleetwood Mac for its 2014 'On with the Show' tour. Fleetwood Mac continues to
tour as of this writing,
some seats asking as much as $900 for a show. Current members are Mick Fleetwood, Christine McVie, John McVie and Stevie Nicks,
Underwood presently in litigation upon his being fired in 2018 upon
disagreement concerning concert scheduling. He was replaced by Mike Campbell
and Neil Finn. Other members of Fleetwood Mac over the decades:
concise/
exhaustive.
Peter Green's early Fleetwood Mac at
ChromeOxide.
Fleetwood Mac has released toward 30 studio and live
albums over the years. Jeff Giles
ranks 17 of those at UltimateClassicRock.
Other reviews.
Discographies w songwriting and production credits at
1,
2,
3.
Discos for individual members: Mick Fleetwood 1,
2,;
Christine McVie 1,
2,
3;
Lindsey Buckingham 1,
2;
Stevie Nicks 1,
2,
3.
Fleetwood Mac in visual media: 1,
2.
Official YouTube
channel. Update: death of Christine McVie in London on 30 Nov 2022. Fleetwood Mac 1967 First single Composition: Jeremy Spencer Fleetwood Mac 1968 With Eddie Boyd Composition: Jeremy Spencer Composition: Peter Green Composition: Mertis John Jr. Original issue: Little Willie John 1955 Album Fleetwood Mac 1969 Television performance Composition: Peter Green Fleetwood Mac 1970 Television performance Composition: Peter Green Fleetwood Mac 1975 Filmed concert Fleetwood Mac 1976 Filmed live Composition: Stevie Nicks Fleetwood Mac 1977 Composition: Lindsey Buckingham Album: 'Rumours' Fleetwood Mac 1979 Album With the USC Trojan Marching Band Composition: Lindsey Buckingham Fleetwood Mac 1982 Music video Composition: Stevie Nicks Filmed live Composition: Christine McVie Fleetwood Mac 1987 Composition: Christine McVie/Eddy Quintela Album: 'Tango in the Night' Fleetwood Mac 1997 Filmed live Composition: Lindsey Buckingham Fleetwood Mac 2006 Filmed live Composition: Stevie Nicks Fleetwood Mac 2013 Filmed live in Boston Composition: Stevie Nicks
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Late Fleetwood Mac Source: IBA International |
| Born in 1946 in Worcester,
(session) guitarist
Dave Mason
[1,
2,
3,
4,
5] is one of the Invasion's
more underrated talents. He co-founded Traffic, which
debut album was in 1967, 'Mr. Fantasy', containing three compositions by
Mason: 'House for Everyone', 'Utterly Simple' and 'Hope I Never Find Me
There'. Vocals on that LP were shared by Mason, Jim Capaldi (drums) and
keyboardist, Steve Winwood. Mason also worked with
Jimi Hendrix before releasing his first name record
in 1968: 'Just For You' b/w 'Little Woman' (Island WIP 6032). 1970 saw the release of the
album, 'Alone Together'. Some of the bigger names with
whom Mason worked over the years, in addition to his solo career, were the
Rolling Stones,
Delaney & Bonnie, Derek and the Dominos,
Michael Jackson
and
Fleetwood Mac. Others w whom he has
recorded and performed: 1,
2.
A few of the philanthropic concerns with which Mason had
involved himself were Little Kids Rock, Yoga Blue and Work Vessels for
Veterans. Mason was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of fame in 2004.
Releasing above twenty albums, his latest were 'Future's Past' in 2014 and
'Traffic Jam' in 2015. Mason
continues to tour
with his backing band, Traffic Jam, as of this writing. Discographies w
various credits at 1,
2.
Short list of compositions.
Lyrics at AZ.
Interviews w Mason: 2007 NAMM,
2014. Per below, 'Hole in My Shoe' wasn't included on the original
release of 'Mr. Fantasy' in the UK, though saw issue in the States on
'Heaven Is in Your Mind' by United Artists [Discogs]. Mason wrote all titles not credited
below. Most from 1981 onward are live. Dave Mason 1967 With Traffic Issued in US on 'Heaven Is in Your Mind' Bonus track on later issues of 'Mr. Fantasy' Dave Mason 1968 With Family With Family Dave Mason 1970 Album Dave Mason 1971 From the LP: 'Dave Mason & Cass Elliot': Composition: Ned Doheny Composition: Dave Mason/M. Juster With Cass Elliot Dave Mason 1972 Album Dave Mason 1974 Filmed concert Dave Mason 1977 Album: 'Let It Flow' Dave Mason 1978 Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow Composition: Gerry Goffin/Carole King Dave Mason 1981 Filmed live Dave Mason 2011 Filmed live Music: Steve Winwood/Chris Wood Lyrics: Jim Capaldi Dave Mason 2013 Filmed live Composition: Bob Dylan Filmed live Filmed live Composition: Jim Capaldi/James Nicola Mason David/Earle Nancy Lee Filmed live Dave Mason 2014 Filmed live Composition: Steve Winwood/Jim Capaldi
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Dave Mason Source: Ray Sasho |
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| In 1967 brothers Michael [drums/
1,
2] and Peter Giles
[bass/ 1,
2) formed the band, Giles,
Giles and Fripp [1,
2], with Robert Fripp
[guitar/ 1,
2,
3]. They
released a number of singles and the album, 'The Cheerful Insanity of Giles,
Giles and Fripp'. Peter Giles was thereafter replaced by Greg Lake
[1,
2].
Multi-instrumentalist keyboardist, Ian McDonald [1,
2], was brought aboard with
lyricist, Peter Sinfield [1,
2], at synthesizer and lighting, and the
group morphed into the progressive orchestral rock band, King Crimson
[1,
2,
3,
4,
5,
6,
7.
8], that would rival the
Moody Blues and
Pink Floyd as a concept band though
didn't arrive to so great success, barely known in the States in comparison. Crimson knew it was a band by November 1968, the name, King Crimson, an
inversion of crimson king, defined as a monarch whose reign is especially
violent [see also *]. The group's debut appearance was with the
Rolling Stones at Hyde Park in
London in April 1969. The crowd that day was half a million, something to
draw a breath about for some relatively inexperienced guys whose previous
gigs had been jobs, not concerts. 'In the Court of the Crimson King' was
King Crimson's debut LP as of October 1969. Its initial sessions were
recorded with Tony Clarke [*],
producer for the
Moody Blues, intended to
ramrod the operation, but the match proved directionally divergent and KC ended up producing it
themselves with engineering by Robin Thompson, Tony Page and McDonald. The
group first toured in the States
in 1969 as well. Both Giles (Michael) and McDonald last performed with King
Crimson in December of 1969, temporarily leaving the group a trio of Fripp,
Lake and Sinfield, after which personnel would rapidly change in the coming
years, Lake already to vacate in 1970 after contributing to 'In the Wake of Poseidon'
issued in
May 1970. Also contributing to that was new bassist, Gordon Haskell
[1,
2], and
Keith Tippett [1,
2] at piano who later that year married
Julie Driscoll. Issued in Dec
1970 was 'Lizard' with new recruits, Andy McCulloch [drums/
1,
2] and Mel Collins
[saxophone and flute/ 1,
2). Ian Wallach replaced McCulloch for 'Islands' in '71. 'Larks' Tongues in Aspic' followed in March 1973
w Wallach replaced by Bill Bruford [1,
2,
3], the latter to remain with future
formulations of KC to as late as ProjeKct One of FraKctalisation in 1997.
Also first appearing on 'Larks'' were violinist and keyboardist, David
Cross [*],
and bassist, John Wetton [1,
2], both remaining through 'Starless and
Bible Black' issued in March 1974, 'Red' in October and 'USA' recorded live
in June for release in May 1975. After the recording of those in the summer
of '74 the first formulation of KC went kaput. Fripp released his initial solo album,
'Exposure', in 1979. He led a band called the League of Gentlemen for
several months in 1980 before forming Discipline w Bruford switching from
drums to bass, also recruiting guitarist,
Adrian Belew [1,
2,
3], and drummer,
Tony Levin [1,
2].
That band first played at Moles nightclub in Bath, England, in
April of '81, but had been rechristened King Crimson by the end of the year.
The album, 'Discipline', appeared in September 1981, 'Beat' in June 1982,
'Three of a Perfect Pair' in March '84. Fripp and producer, David Singleton
[*],
founded the Discipline Global Mobile
record label in 1992. KC released the EP, 'Vroooom', in 1994, the same
year as 'B'Boom' was recorded live in Argentina for release in '95. April of
'95 saw the issue of 'THRAK'. 'THRaKaTTaK' followed in '96. Fripp's Shift
key must have been sticky again when he formed ProjeKcts, apparently
deciding to forego the assistance of a proofreeder even in so much as the
naming of a band. He did, however, get the plural correct, as ProjeKcts
(sic) was a succession of sub-bands called "fraKctalisations" (sic). It was also the most confusing way to
catalogue music since the invention of the opus number about the time of
Haydn in the eighteenth century.
'ProjeKcts' One through Four were a succession of
thirteen live albums released between 1998 and 2007. 'ProjeKct X' was issued in 2000, consisting of only one album, likewise 'ProjeKct
Six' in 2006. King Crimson issued 'The ConstruKction of Light' in 2000, the 'K' key on somebody's keyboard still
stuck and no one giving a whit. Kcing Kcrimson (how do you like it?) issued
the EP, 'Level Five', in 2001, another EP, 'Happy with What You Have to Be
Happy With' the next year. 2003 saw the issue of King Crimson's thirteenth
album, 'The Power to Believe'. By 2009 King Crimson entered into suspension
again as members pursued other roads. Then, what do you know, just when prior sufferance
has been nigh forgotten Belew and Levin toured the United States in 2012 in
a sextet called Crimson ProjeKCt
(stuck 'K' and 'C' keys now - just sayin'). Fripp didn't participate in Crimson ProjeKCt, pretending to
retire. Crimson ProjeKCt would tour in Russia, Japan, Australia, New Zealand
and Europe. Not before in the history of music had so much typographical
neglect traveled so far. Fripp announced another formation of King Crimson
in September of 2013, that w Levin back, but Belew out upon continuing w
Crimson ProjeKCt. Crimson's last
release was 'Live at the Orpheum' in January 2015. The group continues to
tour as of this writing. Discos w composition and production credits at
1,
2,
3.
Lyrics at AZ.
Album reviews: 1,
2,
3,
4.
King Crimson in visual media.
KC at Facebook. References for
Fripp's Crimson ProjeKcts:
1,
2.
For Belew's Crimson ProjeKCt: 1,
2,
3. Per
1967 below, all titles are from the LP, 'The Cheerful Insanity of Giles, Giles and Fripp'. Per 1968 all titles are from 'In the Court of the Crimson King'.
Per 1984, all lyrics on 'Three of a Perfect Pair' were composed by Belew.
All music on that album was by Belew, Bruford, Fripp and Levin excepting
Belew's 'The King Crimson Barber Shop'. Per 2016, 'Starless' is from the
album, 'Radical Action to Unseat the Hold of Monkey Mind'. Giles, Giles and Fripp 1967 Composition: Peter Giles Composition: Peter Giles Composition: Peter Giles Composition: Michael Giles King Crimson 1968 Composition: King Crimson Composition: King Crimson Composition: Ian McDonald/Peter Sinfield Composition: King Crimson King Crimson 1970 Composition: Robert Fripp/Peter Sinfield Album: 'In the Wake of Poseidon' Composition: Robert Fripp/Peter Sinfield Album: 'In the Wake of Poseidon' King Crimson 1972 Music video King Crimson 1973 Live in Zurich Composition: King Crimson Live in Zurich Composition: Robert Fripp/Peter Sinfield/Ian McDonald Live in Zurich Composition: Robert Fripp King Crimson 1974 Composition: Robert Fripp/John Wetton/Richard Palmer-James Album: 'Red Composition: John Wetton/Robert Fripp/Richard Palmer-James Album: 'Starless and Bible Black' Composition: Robert Fripp/John Wetton/Richard Palmer-James Album: 'Starless and Bible Black' Composition: David Cross/Robert Fripp John Wetton/Bill Bruford/Richard Palmer-James Album: 'Red' King Crimson 1981 Album King Crimson 1984 Filmed concert Album: 'Three of a Perfect Pair' Album: 'Three of a Perfect Pair' Album: 'Three of a Perfect Pair' Crimson ProjeKCt 2014 Filmed live Composition: Adrian Belew/Bill Bruford Robert Fripp/Tony Levin King Crimson 2016 Filmed concert Composition: David Cross/Robert Fripp John Wetton/Bill Bruford/Richard Palmer-James King Crimson 2017 Filmed live in Mexico City Music: Adrian Belew/Bill Bruford Robert Fripp/Tony Levin Lyrics: Adrian & Margaret Belew
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King Crimson Source: Spazz |
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Pink Floyd Source: Genie |
First called the Pink Floyd Sound,
Pink
Floyd [1,
2,
3,
4,
5,
6,
7/
Timeline] was another progressive concept band
sharing spectrum as such with others like
King Crimson and the
Moody Blues. Pink Floyd came together in 1965, named after blues musicians
Pink Anderson and
Floyd Council.
Originally consisting of students Syd Barrett
[guitar/
1,
2,
3],
Nick Mason
[drums/
1,
2,
3],
Roger Waters
[bass/ 1,
2] and
Richard Wright [keyboards and multiple instruments/
1,
2],
Dave Gilmour
[guitar/
1,
2]
joined the band in December 1967. Barrett would depart in April 1968
(releasing two albums in 1970: 'The Madcap Laughs' and ''Barrett'). Pink Floyd's first record release in 1967 was 'Arnold Layne'
with 'Candy and a Currant Bun' flip side. The band's initial LP was 'The
Piper at the Gates of Dawn' as of August 1967. 'A Saucerful of Secrets'
appeared in June 1968. 'Ummagumma' arrived in 1969, 'Atom Heart Mother' in
1970 and 'Meddle' in 1971. 'The Dark Side of the Moon', which put Pink Floyd
on the map, emerged in March of '73. 'Wish You Were Here' was released in
September 1975, 'Animals' in January of '77. In 1974 Gilmour issued his
initial solo album, 'David Gilmour'. 'Wet Dream' was Richard Wright's first
solo issue in September 1978. In November 1979 Pink Floyd released their
eleventh album, 'The Wall', which has since become the third largest selling
LP in the United States, having exceeded 20 million copies. (The second
highest selling LP is 'Led Zeppelin IV' released in 1971, come to 23 million
platters. The highest is
Michael Jackson's 'Thriller'
in 1982, having sold more than 27 million.) But the album wasn't enough. The
film, 'Pink Floyd – The Wall', was issued in May of 1982. The combination of
the LP and the film made Pink Floyd, already a stellar band, a galactic
presence in rock. Other progressive bands like
King Crimson and the
Moody Blues thought their careers were
advancing until then. Nick Mason had meanwhile issued his only solo album in
1981: 'Nick Mason's Fictitious Sports'. Gilmour released his second LP,
'About Face', in March of 1984. In April 1984 Waters issued his
initial solo album, 'The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking', the same month
Wright issued 'Identity' with the briefly occurring duo, Zee. Waters left
Pink Floyd in latter 1984. 'A Momentary Lapse of Reason' saw light in 1987.
'The Division Bell' rang in 1994. Pink Floyd was inducted into the US Rock
and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996, the UK Music Hall of Fame in 2005. In July
2005 Gilmour, Mason, Waters and Wright reunited as Pink Floyd at London's
Hyde Park. Gilmour issued his third solo LP, 'On an Island', in 2006, the
year Syd Barrett died of pancreatic cancer on July 7. Richard Wright passed
away of cancer on 15 September 2008. 'The Endless River' became Pink Floyd's
fifteenth and last studio
release in November of 2014 [Wikipedia]. The group has sold more than 250 million
records worldwide, 75 million of that in the United States. Gilmour has
since issued his most recent solo LP as of this writing in letter 2015: 'Rattle That
Lock'. Discographies for Pink Floyd w various credits at
1,
2,
3. SHS
credits compositions thusly:
Barrett,
Mason,
Waters,
Wright,
Gilmour.
Lyrics at AZ.
5 star review at Music Box; Bill Wyman reviews at Vulture.
Pink Floyd websites.
At Facebook. At
Twitter. Official
YouTube channel.
In other visual media.
The index below is interspersed with bits of the solo careers of
individual members of Pink Floyd. Many are live performances. 'Shine On You
Crazy Diamond' was composed by Gilmour, Waters and Wright. Pink Floyd 1967 Promotional music video Composition: Syd Barrett Composition: Syd Barrett Demo Composition: Syd Barrett Syd Barrett 1970 Album Album Pink Floyd 1972 Filmed live at Pompeii Composition: Gilmour/Waters/Wright/Mason Pink Floyd 1973 Lead: Clare Torry Composition: Wright/Clare Torry Album: 'The Dark Side of the Moon' Lead: David Gilmour Composition: Roger Waters Album: 'The Dark Side of the Moon' David Gilmour 1974 From the LP: 'David Gilmour': Composition: Gilmour Composition: Gilmour Composition: Ken Baker/Gilmour Pink Floyd 1974 Concert Pink Floyd 1975 Lead: David Gilmour Composition: Gilmour/Waters Album: 'Wish You Were Here' Richard Wright 1978 Composition: Wright Album: 'Wet Dream' Composition: Wright Album: 'Wet Dream' Pink Floyd 1979 From the soundtrack Composition: Roger Waters Pink Floyd 1980 Filmed live Composition: Gilmour/Waters Nick Mason 1981 From the LP 'Fictitious Sports' All compositions by Carla Bley Dave Gilmour 1984 Composition: Gilmour Album: 'About Face' Composition: Gilmour Album: 'About Face' Roger Waters 1984 The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking Album Richard Wright 1984 Music: Wright/Dave Harris Lyrics: Dave Harris Album: 'Identity' With Dave Harris as the duo Zee Music: Wright/Dave Harris Lyrics: Dave Harris Album: 'Identity' With Dave Harris as the duo Zee Pink Floyd 1987 Live in Philadelphia Composition: Gilmour/Mason/Waters/Wright Roger Waters 1987 Album Pink Floyd 1990 Live Roger Waters 1992 Album Pink Floyd 1994 Filmed live Earls Court in London Composition: Roger Waters Music: Gilmour Lyrics: Gilmour/Polly Samson/Nick Laird-Clowes Album: 'The Division Bell' Filmed live Earls Court in London Composition: Gilmour/Waters Music: Gilmour/Wright Lyrics: Gilmour/Polly Samson Album: 'The Division Bell' Dave Gilmour 2002 Acoustic filmed live Electric filmed live Richard Wright 2002 Filmed live with David Gilmour Composition: Wright/Anthony Moore Roger Waters 2003 Filmed live Dave Gilmour 2004 Live at Wembley Stadium in London Composition: Gilmour Dave Gilmour 2006 Composition: Gilmour Album: 'On an Island' Filmed live at Mermaid Theatre in London Composition: Gilmour/Waters Music: Gilmour/Wright Lyrics: Gilmour/Polly Samson Album: 'On an Island' Roger Waters 2012 Filmed live with Eddie Vedder Composition: Gilmour/Waters Roger Waters 2013 Filmed live Dave Gilmour 2015 Music video Music: Gilmour/Michaël Boumendil Lyrics: Polly Samson
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| Rock steady and reggae musician,
Pat Kelly, was a British spy during the
Invasion. All reggae artists were spies. Kelly was born in 1944 with an
Irish name. He doesn't look especially Irish in the photo to the right
because he's posing as a Jamaican musician born in Kingston. Indeed, Kelly's
first mission to the United States was presumably to study electronics in
Springfield, Massachusetts, in 1966. That front was in operation for a year
until he returned to Jamaica to make what is thought his first recording to
issue with the Techniques [*] in 1967, 'You Don't Care' on Treasure Isle TI
7001, A side to 'Down on Bond Street' by Tommy McCook & the Supersonics Band
[45Cat]. He had replaced the Techniques' earlier lead singer, Slim Smith. In
1968 Kelly secretly released
Curtis Mayfield's 'Queen Majesty',
no mere frivolous love song, but an obvious allusion to Elizabeth II that
wasn't issued in the States to keep it confidential to Brits and Jamaicans
alone, even though 'Queen Majesty' had first
seen issue in Sep of 1962 by the
Impressions as 'Minstrel and Queen'
(ABC-Paramount 10357). Kelly issued primarily on British or Jamaican
labels, record shops in America kept largely in the dark. His first name release was in 1968 backed by the Uniques
[*]
and produced by Bunny Lee [1,
2]: 'Little Boy Blue'. He thereafter
recorded on a fairly regular basis into the eighties. There is no tour
history found for Kelly. He did perform in America, but not for some time
and not known when. During the seventies he began to lead a double career as
a mixing and recording engineer for King Tubby
[1,
2,
3/
rtf doc]. That led
to the 1975 release of 'Only Jah Know' w Tubby's Aggrovators on the flip
side of Dennis Walk's version on Bunny Lee's label, Justice (no
catalog number). Discogs has Kelly issuing nearly twenty albums from 'Pat Kelly
Sings' in 1969 to 'Jesus Is the Answer' in 1998. The compilation, 'Better Get Ready',
was released in 2016. Kelly's relative obscurity as a
vocalist was due to the necessity of oft going incognito for the Queen, while
even yet she has him "touring"
(gathering intelligence) in the
States as of this 2018 revision. He had earlier recorded in France in 2012 with the
Argentinian reggae band, Los Aggrotones: 'Are You for Real?' (spying even yet).
References: 1,
2,
3,
4,
5,
6,
7,
8,
9.
2009 interview. Discographies w
various credits at 1,
2.
Kelly at Facebook. Related:
see also discos for the Techniques
[1,
2],
the Uniques [*],
the Aggrovators [1,
2] and Los Aggrotones
[*]. Pat Kelly 1967 With the Techniques Pat Kelly 1968 With the Uniquss Composition: Pat Kelly With the Techniques Composition: Curtis Mayfield Pat Kelly 1969 Composition: Chips Moman/Dan Penn Pat Kelly 1973 Composition: Pat Kelly Pat Kelly 1979 Composition: Curtis Mayfield Original issue: The Impressions 1963 Pat Kelly 1984 From the LP 'One in a Million': Composition: John Lennon Composition: Joe Erickson/Tom Bell Pat Kelly 2012 With Los Aggrotones Including video footage date unknown Composition: Aggrotones/Kelly
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| British blues rock band
Savoy Brown
[1,
2,
3,
4] was formed in 1966 by guitarist Kim
Simmonds.
It's original members were Bryce Portius (vocals), Trevor Jeavons
(keyboard), Ray Chappell (bass), Leo Manning (drums) and John O'Leary
(harmonica). Savoy Brown has from its start been through nigh countless
personnel changes, yet Kim
Simmonds remains at its lead to this day.
Discogs has Savoy Brown recording 'I Tried'/'Can't Quit You Baby' (Purdah
45-3503) in August of 1966 in London. The group's first album was 'Shake
Down' in 1967. 'Getting to the Point' in 1968 included 'Taste and Try,
Before You Buy' and 'Someday People' released on 45 in November of '67. The
LPs, 'Blue Matter' and 'A Step Further', completed the sixties. Commencing
the seventies with 'Raw Sienna' and 'Looking In', the group then lost Roger Earl, Dave Peveritt
(Lonesome Dave) and Tony
Stevens in 1970, they to form the rock band, Foghat, that
same year. Moving onward with 'Street Corner Talking' in 1971,
Simmonds
would lead Savoy Brown through 44 albums [per Discogs] to 'Witchy Feelin''
in 2017.
Gigs and sessions 1966-71. Songwriting
credits at
australiancharts,
45cat,
discogs and allmusic
1,
2. As Savoy Brown was mainly
a blues band we list but a couple of titles. More at Savoy Brown at Blues 3. Savoy Brown 1966 Composition: L. Davis/D. Robey/J. Scott Savoy Brown 1967 Album: 'Shakedown' Composition: Traditional Arrangement: Bob Hall/Savoy Brown
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Soft Machine
was formed in 1966 in Canterbury, named after the novel by William S
Burroughs. A progressive, avant-garde jazz fusion band, its original members were Daevid Allen (guitar), Kevin Ayers
(bass, lead), Mike Ratledge (organ) and Robert Wyatt (Robert Ellidge, drums). That brief
formation of SM issued its first vinyl in the UK in Feb of 1967 on Polydor
56151: 'Love Makes Sweet Music'/'Feelin´ Reelin´ Squeelin´'. Those were
produced by Chas Chandler (as B. Chandler) and Kim Fowley. Under the same
management as
Jimi Hendrix, Mike Jeffrey, the group
first visited the United States in early 1968 with Hendrix
[*]. SM recorded its first studio LP,
'The Soft Machine', in April of '68 in New York City toward release in
December. Produced by Chas Chandler and Tom Wilson in the United
States, personnel were Ayers, Ratledge and Wyatt with backup vocals by the female group, the Cake.
Road manager, Hugh Hopper, made his first contribution as bass guitarist on
the track, 'Box 25/4 Lid'. Andy Summers
(guitar), later with the Police, also performed w SM
on their first visit to the States. Saxophonist, Elton Dean, joined the
group in 1969. Further invasions of the States occurred
in '71 and '74, most of SM's concerts in Detroit. Soft Machine gave its
last performances in 1978 w a brief reformation in '84, none of its original members yet in the
group as of Ratledge having left in 1976 during the recording of 'Softs'. Major
members
during the seventies were John Marshall (joining '71 at drums), Karl Jenkins (joining '72
at keyboards) and
John Etheridge (joining '75 at guitar). Soft Machine permanently disbanded in '84 until
its resurrection as Soft Ware in 1999 by Marshall, Jenkins, Hopper and Dean
w Keith Tippett at keyboards. Marshall has since carried
the group through later manifestations in the 21st century: Soft Works
('Abracadabra' '03), Soft
Ware Legacy and back to Soft Machine. Original members, Ayers and Allen have
since died as of Feb 2013 and Mar 2015 respectively. Hopper, member since
'68, had died on June 7 of 2009. References:
1,
2,
3,
4,
5,
6.
Especial to
Soft Machine: 1,
2,
3,
4.
Chronology.
Discos w various credits:
1,
2. Soft Machine 1967 First issue Composition: Kevin Ayers First issue Composition: Robert Ellidge (Robert Wyatt) Soft Machine 1968 'Ce Soir On Danse' telecast Album Also titled 'The Soft Machine' Soft Machine 1969 Album Soft Machine 1970 Album Soft Machine 1971 Album Soft Machine 1975 Album Soft Machine 1976 Telecast Album Soft Machine 1981 Composition: Karl Jenkins LP: 'Land of Cockayne'
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Ten Years After Source: Music Parade |
Ten
Years After was formed by blues guitarist
Alvin Lee and bassist Leo Lyons
in 1966. It was really but a name change from the Jaybirds, in which
Lee and
Lyons were core members, to Ten Years After, in homage to Elvis Presley a decade
after he crashed rock n roll's party in a big way in 1956 ('Blue Suede Shoes',
'Love Me Tender', etc.).
Lee performed with Ten Years After
during the years 1966–1974, 1983 and 1988–2003. Their first album, released in 1967, was titled simply
'Ten Years After'. Their second, titled 'The Undead', was released in 1968.
1971 saw the issue of 'A Space in Time', one of five studio albums released
in the seventies in addition to 'Recorded Live' in 1973. Ten Years After
disbanded in '75 after the '74 issue of 'Positive Vibrations'. Their reunion
in '83 resulted in 'Live at Reading '83' issued in 1990. They regathered in
1988, resulting in 'About Time' the next year. 'Now' was issued
in 2003 with Joe Gooch replacing
Lee. Gooch sang vocals until 2014,
replaced by Marcus Bonfanti who, as of this writing, yet fronts
current Ten
Years After personnel including Colin Hodgkinson (bass) who replaced Lyons
in 2014, and original members, Chick Churchill at keyboards and Rick Lee on
drums (no relation to Alvin). Compositional credits to some of
Lee and Ten Years After's recordings at
45cat,
australiancharts and
discogs.
See also 1,
2.
Lyrics by Lee.
Ten Years After in visual media.
References: 1,
2,
3,
4.
Chrome Oxide.
Timeline. All titles below were composed by Lee except as noted. All tracks below for year 1967 are from Ten Years After's first album.
More of phenomenal guitarist,
Alvin Lee, at Blues 3. Ten Years After 1967 Composition: Mort Dixon/Willie Dixon Composition: See SecondHandSongs Composition: Possibly Paul Jones as Sheila McLeod Composition: Alvin Lee/Gus Dudgeon Ten Years After 1968 Album: 'The Undead' Composition: Joe Bishop/Woody Herman 1939 I May Be Wrong But I Won't Be Wrong Always Album: 'The Undead' Composition: Count Basie Filmed live for Bouton Rouge Composition: Willie Dixon Ten Years After 1969 Live at the Texas International Pop Festival Composition: See SecondHandSongs Album: 'Ssssh' I May Be Wrong But I Won't Be Wrong Always Live in Helsinki Composition: Count Basie Live at Woodstock Album: 'Ssssh' Ten Years After 1970 Album: 'Watt Album: 'Watt' Album Album: 'Cricklewood Green' Ten Years After 1971 Album: 'A Space In Time' Album: 'A Space In Time' Ten Years After 1972 Album: 'Rock & Roll Music to the World' Rock & Roll Music to the World Album: 'Rock & Roll Music to the World' Ten Years After 1975 Filmed live in San Francisco Live at Fillmore West Ten Years After 1978 Filmed concert Ten Years After 1979 Filmed live Composition: See Wikipedia Ten Years After 1988 Filmed live Ten Years After 1990 Concert Ten Years After 1991 I May Be Wrong But I Won't Be Wrong Always Filmed live Composition: Count Basie Filmed live
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| Some place
Deep Purple
[1,
2,
3,
4,
5,
6] at the
avant-garde of heavy metal (if not, then the band,
Judas Priest). First formed as
Roundabout,
Ritchie Blackmore
[*] suggested the name, Deep Purple, his
grandmother's favorite song (about to become the first band to which she
rocked her chair without hearing aids). Other than Blackmore on guitar the
band's original members were Ian Gillan
[vocals/ 1,
2,
3],
Jon Lord [organ/
1,
2,
3],
Roger Glover
[bass/ 1,
2,
3] and
Ian Paice [drums/
1,
2,
3].
The
band's first album, 'Shades of Deep Purple', was issued in July 1968. 'The
Book of Taliesyn' followed that October. The eponymously titled, 'Deep Purple',
appeared later the next year. 'In Rock', the group's fourth album, was issued in
June 1970. 'Fireball' followed the
next year. Deep Purple shifted into higher gear with 'Machine Head' as of
March 1972, then clutched again with 'Made in Japan' in December that year.
Jon Lord had released his first solo album in November that year, 'Gemini
Suite'. Pink Floyd released 'Who Do We Think We Are' in January 1973, prior
to making it difficult to tell when Gillan and Glover quit the group later
that year. Glenn Hughes was brought in for bass and lead vocals. Glover
released his first album independent of Deep Purple, 'The Butterfly Ball and
the Grasshopper's Feast', in the US in October 1975, followed in the UK that
November. The group
endured another major amputation when Ritchie Blackmore quit to form Rainbow
in June of 1975,
Tommy Bolin his replacement. In
August of '75 Blackmore issued his debut album, 'Rainbow', with his band,
Rainbow. Lord followed that with his second LP, 'Sarabande'. Deep Purple
issued 'Come Taste the Band' in October of '75. Bolin's debut album,
'Teaser', appeared in November that year. Ian Gillan issued his debut album,
'Child In Time', in July of '76, the same month Deep Purple's formal
retirement was announced. Bolin released his second solo album, 'Private
Eyes', before his death in December 1976 of drug overdose in a Miami hotel
room. Paice and Lord would recruit Tony Ashton to form the power trio, Paice
Ashton Lord, which would release 'Malice In Wonderland' in 1977. Paice (who
had made his debut recordings in 1966 with a group called MI5 that would
become the Maze) would move on to
Whitesnake and the
Gary Moore Band, in addition to numerous
guest appearances and session work. A reunion of Deep Purple resulted in
'The House of Blue Light' in 1987 and a live LP, 'Nobody's Perfect', the
next year. Joe Lynn Turner was vocalist on the release of 'Slaves and
Masters' in 1990. 'The Battle Rages On...' was Deep Purple's 14th studio
release in July 1993. Current long-time member, Steve Morse
[1,
2,
3] found his spot
in the band in 1994 shortly after Blackmore's departure in latter 1993, his
place briefly filled by Joe Satriani. Current member, Don Airey
[1,
2,
3] joined the group in 2001
upon Lord injuring a knee and would replaced Lord upon the latter's
retirement from the band in 2002. Lord
died a decade later on July 16, 2012
of a pulmonary embolism. Other
members of DP have included Glenn Hughes,
David Coverdale and Joe Lynn Turner. Like the Rolling Stones, Deep Purple remains
a driving band. Giving concerts is what they do and they continue to tour as
of this writing. The band's latest issue as of this writing was 'Infinite'
in April 2017. Deep Purple discographies w various credits at
1,
2,
3.
SHS categorizes songwriting credits with Gillan and Paice interspersed
thusly: Blackmore,
Lord,
Glover
Morse. DP in visual media.
The Highway Star.
Deep Purple Live Index.
Ram Samudrala.
Peter Frame 1995 documentary for the BBC.
Internet presence: 1,
2,
3.
Individual members of DP at Discogs: Blackmore,
Gillan,
Lord,
Glover,
Paice,
Moore,
Airey.
Interviews w individual members: Gillan
2007,
2007,
2009,
2009; Lord
1989;
Glover 2011,
2018; Paice
2007. See also
Ritchie Blackmore. The solo careers of Deep Purple's
other
individual members
are touched upon below. Recordings are alphabetical by title per year. Per
1967 Paice performs with Rod Evans & the Maze, all titles composed by
Chris Banham, Rod Evans, Eric Jack Keene, Roger Lewis and Ian Paice except as
noted. Bantham also used "Vanhan" in credits. Ian Paice 1966 You'll Never Stop Me Loving You With MI5 Composition: Roger Lewis Production: Phil Jay Ian Paice (The Maze) 1967 Composition: N. Rodriguez N. Rodriguez = Bob & Earl Bob & Earl = Bobby Day/Earl Nelson Deep Purple 1968 Debut album Deep Purple 1969 Concerto for Group and Orchestra Filmed live w the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Music: Jon Lord Lyrics: Ian Gillan Debut single Composition: Roger Cook/Roger Greenaway Deep Purple 1970 Filmed live Composition: Deep Purple Jon Lord 1971 Album: 'Gemini Suite' Composition: Jon Lord Album: 'Gemini Suite' Composition: Jon Lord Deep Purple 1972 Filmed live Composition: Deep Purple Filmed live Composition: Deep Purple Album Ian Paice 1972 Drum solo filmed live Composition: Deep Purple Ian Paice 1973 Composition: Deep Purple Drum solo Album: 'Burn' Deep Purple 1973 Filmed live in New York Composition: Deep Purple Filmed live in New York Composition: Deep Purple Deep Purple 1974 Concert Roger Glover 1974 Composition: Roger Glover/Eddie Hardin/Ronnie James Dio LP: 'The Butterfly Ball and the Grasshopper's Feast' Roger Glover 1975 Filmed live Composition: Roger Glover Ian Gillan 1976 Composition: Deep Purple Album: 'Child In Time' Jon Lord 1976 Composition: Jon Lord Album: 'Sarabande' Composition: Jon Lord Album: 'Sarabande' Ian Gillan 1977 Filmed live Composition: Deep Purple Roger Glover 1978 Composition: Roger Glover Album: 'Elements' Ian Gillan 1980 Album Jon Lord 1983 Filmed live with Whitesnake Composition: Jon Lord Deep Purple 1984 Composition: Ritchie Blackmore/Ian Gillan/Roger Glover Album: 'Perfect Strangers' Roger Glover 1984 Composition: Roger Glover/Jean Roussel Music video Album: 'Mask' Deep Purple 1985 Filmed live for 'Rockpalast' Deep Purple 1993 Filmed live Composition: Deep Purple Deep Purple 1997 Filmed live in São Paulo Deep Purple 1999 Filmed live Composition: Deep Purple Roger Glover 2002 Composition: Roger Glover Album: 'Snapshot' Jon Lord 2003 Filmed live with the Hoochie Coochie Men Composition: Lewis Steinberg/Steve Cropper Booker T. Jones/Al Jackson Jr. Jon Lord 2004 Filmed live with Sam Brown Composition: Jon Lord/Sam Brown Filmed live Composition: Jon Lord Ian Gillan 2007 Album: 'Danger White Men Dancing' Composition: Bob Daisley/Tim Gaze/Jon Lord With the Hoochie Coochie Men Jon Lord 2007 Composition: Jon Lord Album: 'Durham Concerto' Composition: Jon Lord Album: 'Durham Concerto' Ian Paice 2007 Filmed live Jon Lord 2010 Filmed live Composition: Deep Purple Filmed live with Doogie White Composition: Jon Lord Ian Paice 2010 Drum solo filmed live Deep Purple 2011 Filmed live Roger Glover 2011 From the album: 'If Life Was Easy': Composition: Roger Glover/Randall Bramblett Composition: Roger Glover Composition: Roger Glover Composition: Roger Glover/Randall Bramblett Jon Lord 2011 Filmed live with Doogie White Composition: Jon Lord Deep Purple 2012 Filmed live in Berlin Composition: Deep Purple Filmed live in Troyes Composition: Joe South Deep Purple 2013 Album
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The Free Source: Free |
The band,
Free
[1,
2,
3,
4,
5,
6], was formed in London
in 1968 by vocalist,
Paul Rodgers, Paul Kossoff [lead
guitar/ 1,
2], Andy
Fraser [bass guitar/ 1,
2,
3] and Simon Kirke
[drums/ 1,
2]. The band would keep until 1973, after which
Rodgers and Kirke would put the group,
Bad Company, together. Fraser would form
a band called the Sharks. Kossoff would put together Back Street Crawler, but
would die of heart failure in 1976. The Free were named by
Alexis Korner. Free first performed
together at the Nag's Head in London in April of '68. It was March 1969 when Free released their first
recordings on an album called 'Tons of Sobs', followed by the album,
'Free', the same year. 'Fire and Water', the band's first major success,
followed in 1970. 'Highway' appeared in '70 as well. 'Free Live!' arrived in
latter 1971, 'Free at Last' in 1972. The group's sixth and last studio LP,
'Heartbreaker', was issued in January 1973. Having undergone personnel
changes since '71, After a tour of the States in '73 Free permanently
disbanded. Discographies w various credits at
1,
2,
3.
SHS has members of the band contributing to compositions thusly:
Rodgers,
Kossoff,
Fraser,
Kirke. Free in visual media.
Tribute page at Facebook.
All members of the original Free continued w musical careers after
separating, including various reunions between them, into the new millennium. All yet perform as of this writing excepting Frazer who died on 16 March
2015. Individual discos per Discogs:
Rodgers,
Kossoff,
Fraser,
Kirke. Free 1969 Album Free 1969 Album Free 1970 Filmed live Album Free 1971 Album: 'Free Live!' Free 1973 Album: 'Heartbreaker'
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| Vocalist
Peter Gabriel
[1,
2,
3,
4,
5,
6,
7] was a founding
member of Genesis, releasing his first recordings with that band in 1968.
He began his career as a drummer but sang lead in
Genesis. Gabriel appeared on six
Genesis albums from 'From Genesis to
Revelation' in '69 to 'The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway' in 1974 before his departure from that band in 1975. (Drummer,
Phil Collins, had joined
Genesis in time for the recording of
'Nursery Cryme' in August of 1971, released in Nov). Gabriel's first solo release after leaving that band was 'Solsbury Hill' in
1977 (recorded in 1976), the same year as the release of his first album,
'Peter Gabriel 1' (better known as 'Car'). Gabriel's first four albums were
titled eponymously (simply 'Peter Gabriel') without numerals added by some
discos to distinguish them: 'Car' (I '77), 'Scratch' (II '78), 'Melt' (III '80) and 'Security' (IV
'82). The titles to his next three solo albums were concisely titled 'So'
('86), 'Us' ('92) and 'Up' ('02). 'Scratch My Back' was released in 2010,
'New Blood' in 2011. Gabriel had made powerful use
of the music video, he and MTV an apt marriage. (MTV was launched August 1,
1981.) He was also a composer of soundtracks, 'Birdy' in 1985 his first. His
1989 release of 'Passion' was the soundtrack to 'The Last Temptation of
Christ', directed by Martin Scorsese. 'OVO' was the soundtrack to the
'Millennium Dome Show', released in 2000. 'Long Walk Home' trailed in 2002.
Gabriel was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of
Genesis in 2010. In early 2012 he pulled his composition, 'Sledgehammer',
from use on the Rush Limbaugh radio program for remarks critical of
activist, Sandra Flake [*]. He was elected as a solo artist in 2014.
Discographies for Gabriel w various credits at 1,
2,
3.
Compositions by Gabriel at SHS.
Lyrics at AZ.
Gabriel in visual media.
Official YouTube channel.
Internet hub.
Interviews: 2004,
2011.
2006 TED lecture.
Reviews at Stereogum.
Further reading: *. The list below touches upon Gabriel's career after
Genesis. All compositions by Gabriel except
as noted. * = undetermined. All edits for year 2012 are
live in Toronto. Peter Gabriel 1977 Music video Debut single Album: 'Car' Directors: Jerry Chater/Graham Dean/Gabriel Peter Gabriel 1980 Music video Director: David Mallet Music video Director: Marcelo Anciano Peter Gabriel 1982 Music video Director: Brian Grant Peter Gabriel 1986 Music video Director: Stephen Johnson Album Peter Gabriel 1987 Music video Director: Stephen Johnson Peter Gabriel 1992 Music video Directors: Nichola Bruce/Michael Coulson Music video Director: Stephen Johnson Peter Gabriel 1999 Live with Joseph Arthur Composition: Joseph Arthur/Joseph Lyburn Peter Gabriel 2000 Music video Director: Anna Gabriel Vocal: Ritchie Havens Peter Gabriel 2001 Peter Gabriel 2010 Filmed live in Amnéville Peter Gabriel 2012 All filmed live in Toronto: Composition: Gabriel/David Rhodes Composition: Laurie Anderson/Gabriel
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Genesis Source: Rock Newz |
The original members of
Genesis
[1,
2,
3,
4,
5,
6/
Discos] formed
in 1967, were keyboardist Tony Banks [1,
2], guitarist
Anthony Phillips, bassist
Mike Rutherford [1,
2], drummer
Chris Stewart [*] and vocalist
Peter Gabriel. Genesis released its first vinyl in Feb 1968 on
UK Decca F 12735 (US Parrot 3018):
'The Silent Sun'/'A
Winter's Tale'. The group's second plate, 'A Winter's Tale'/'One Eyed
Hound', arrived in May on Decca F 12775, after which Stewart was replaced on
drums by John Silver [*]. The group released its first album in 1969: 'From Genesis to Revelation'.
John Mayhew [1,
2] replaced Silver for the album 'Trespass', that Phillips
's final album w Genesis due to a combination of ill health, stage fright
and dislike of touring. Drummer,
Phil Collins [1,
2,
3], joined what for
decades now has been his band in 1970. Prior to Genesis, Collins had been drummer for
Flaming Youth.
'Nursery Cryme' appeared in 1971, that also guitarist, Steve Hackett's [1,
2], debut Genesis album. Genesis
didn't tour the States until 1972, first appearing at Brandeis University in
Boston in December that year. 'Foxtrot' arrived in 1972, followed by the band's first live
LP, 'Genesis Live', in '73. 'Selling England by the Pound' was also issued
in '73. The double-sleeve 'The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway' was issued in
1974 prior to
Gabriel's departure. With Collins
assuming
Gabriel's role at lead vocals in '75, Genesis issued 'A Trick of the Tail' in February 1976, 'Wind
& Wuthering' later that December. 'Spot the Pigeon' was a short EP
containing three tracks released in May of '77. Long-time member, Chester
Thompson [1,
2], joined the band as second drummer in time to
contribute to its
second live album, 'Seconds Out', issued in October. '...And Then There Were
Three...' was aptly titled in '78, Genesis a trio on that LP consisting of
Banks, Collins and Rutherford. Daryl Stuermer [1,
2] replaced Hackett in
1978. Banks released his debut solo album, 'A
Curious Feeling', in October of '79. Rutherford followed with his debut LP
in February 1980 with 'Smallcreep's Day'. Genesis released 'Duke' the next
month. Collins' debut album, 'Face Value', ensued in February of '81.
Genesis issued 'Abacab' in September that year. Its title track was the
first Genesis title to bust Billboard's Top Ten Rock chart at #4 in August
of '81, that composed by the songwriting team of Collins, Banks and Rutherford. 'Three Sides Live' followed
in June '82. In March of '83 the band released its twelfth album, 'Genesis'.
'Invisible Touch' arrived in June of 1986 containing three titles that rose
to Billboard's #1 spot in the US on the Rock or AC charts, all composed by
Collins, Banks and Rutherford: 'Invisible Touch', 'Throwing It All Away' and
'In Too Deep'. Those were followed by Genesis' last #1 (AC) title in the US,
also written by Collins, Banks and Rutherford, 'Hold on My Heart', that
included on 'We Can't Dance' in
'91. Genesis' last of 16 Top Ten songs in the US arrived in Nov 1992 w
'Never a Time' rising to #4 on the AC, again authored by Collins, Banks and
Rutherford. Upon Collins' departure in 1996 Ray Wilson took
his place at lead vocals on
the album, 'Calling All Stations' ('97). Collins reunited with Banks and Rutherford for the 'Turn It On Again' tour in
2006. Though Collins retired from performing in 2011, another Genesis
reunion, now with
Gabriel, occurred in 2014 for the BBC
documentary, 'Genesis: Together and Apart'. Genesis, however, was only half
of Collins' career as a leader, he also highly successful as a solo artist.
He had issued his first album, 'Face Value', in 1981. Come 'Hello, I Must Be
Going!' in 1982, that containing Collins' initial Top Ten title in the States of
his solo career, 'You Can't Hurry Love' finding #9 on the AC. That had
been authored by Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier and Eddie Holland Jr., thought
all his #1 titles to follow were composed by himself: 'Against All Odds'
('84), 'Sussudio' ('85), 'One More Night' ('85), 'Another Day in Paradise'
('89) and 'Do You Remember?' ('90). Collins' final of 15 songs to see
Billboard's Top Ten was 'True Colors' in '98 written by Tom Kelly and Billy
Steinberg. Collin's issued his eighth and most recent album as of this
writing in 2010, 'Going Back'. All members of Genesis wrote Genesis titles
together until the double album, 'The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway', which
required differing working arrangements between
Gabriel, who wrote most the lyrics, and
the rest of the band [*].
SHS credits compositions for Genesis thusly:
Gabriel,
Phillips,
Collins,
Banks,
Rutherford,
Hackett. Discos w various credits:
1,
2.
Band members.
Tours chronology.
Reviews:
1,
2.
Internet hub (fan
clubs and Genesis members' individual websites).
Further reading: *.
Genesis in visual media.
Collins in visual media.
Discos for individual members: Gabriel 1,
2,
3;
Phillips 1,
2;
Collins 1,
2,
3;
Banks 1,
2;
Rutherford 1,
2;
Hackett 1,
2;
Stuermer *.
Interviews w Individual members: Gabriel 2011,
2013,
2013;
Phillips 2001,
2014,
2015,
2017,
2017;
Collins 1983,
2016,
2016,
2016,
2016;
Banks 2008;
Rutherford 2008;
Mayhew 2006;
Stuermer 2002,
2007,
2007. All
titles
below are albums unless otherwise noted. Interspersed w Genesis are
recordings per Collins' solo career. Genesis 1968 First 45 Compositions: Banks/Gabriel/Phillips/Rutherford A Winter's Tale/One Eyed Hound Second 45 Compositions: Banks/Gabriel/Phillips/Rutherford Genesis 1969 Composition all titles: Banks/Gabriel/Phillips/Rutherford Third 45 LP: 'From Genesis to Revelation' Third 45 LP: 'From Genesis to Revelation' Genesis 1970 Composition all titles: Banks/Gabriel/Phillips/Rutherford Genesis 1971 Composition all titles: Banks/Collins/Gabriel/Hackett/Rutherford Genesis 1972 Composition all titles: Banks/Collins/Gabriel/Hackett/Rutherford Genesis 1973 Composition all titles: Banks/Collins/Gabriel/Hackett/Rutherford Genesis 1974 The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway Genesis 1976 Genesis 1978 Music video Composition: Banks/Collins/Rutherford Genesis 1980 Phil Collins 1981 Genesis 1983 Music video Composition: Banks/Collins/Rutherford Phil Collins 1985 Music video Composition: Collins Also on the LP 'No Jacket Required' Genesis 1986 Music video Music: Banks/Collins/Mike Rutherford Lyrics: Collins Genesis 1987 Concert Phil Collins 1989 Music video w Eric Clapton Composition: Collins Also on the LP '...But Seriously' Genesis 1991 Music video Composition: Banks/Collins/Rutherford Music video Composition: Banks/Collins/Rutherford Phil Collins 1994 Music video released Jan 1994 Also on the LP 'Both Sides' issued Nov 1993 Composition: Collins Phil Collins 2004 Filmed concert Phil Collins 2018 Filmed concert
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Phil Collins Source: Bugs! |
 Jethro Tull Early 18th century Agriculturalist Source: Jethro Tull Forum  Jethro Tull 1968 Source: New York Times |
No, that's not your
exceedingly strict piano teacher, Mr. Green, 'bout to bonk your bruised and bumpy head
with his disciplinary utensil, to the right. It's flautist,
Ian Anderson,
[b 1947/ 1,
2,
3] who formed his first
band, the Blades, in 1963 at age sixteen. Anderson played
acoustic guitar,
though in 1967 he began to study flute. In
December of that year he put together Jethro Tull
[1,
2,
3,
4,
5,
6],
named by a booking agent after the 18th century
agriculturalist. That's JT
to the left, perhaps espying a tidily hoed field through his study window. Also to the left is Jethro Tull in 1968 per
original members, left to right, Glenn Cornick (bass), Ian Anderson, Clive Bunker
(drums)
and Mick Abrahams (vocals). JT quickly went through personnel shifts which
left Anderson the only original member by May of 1981 when Bunker was
replaced by Barriemore Barlow. Abrahams had been replaced at vocals in Dec
1968 by guitarist and member into the new millennium, Martin Barre.
Keyboardist, John Evans, had begun working with JT in 1970, first appearing
on the album, 'Benefit'. Jeffrey Hammond-Hammond had replaced Corrick on
bass in 1970. Others notable among numerous members
would include Dave Pegg
(bass 1979–95), Jonathan Noyce (bass 1995–07), David Goodier (bass 2007-),
Doane Perry (drums 1984–11), Dee Palmer (keyboards 1975-80), Peter-John
Vettese (keyboards 1982–86), Andrew Giddings (keyboards 1991–07) and John
O'Hara (keyboards 2007-). Jethro Tull planted its first little seeds as of
February 1968 for MGM Records: 'Sunshine Day'/'Aeroplane' (MGM 1384 both UK
and US). The group planted
its first big seed, with ten little seeds inside, in October 1968 per the
album, 'This
Was'. Abrahams, being more blues oriented, then departed the group to form Blodwyn Pig. After several attempts to replace him Martin Barr joined the
band in December of '68. The LP, 'Stand Up', followed in August 1969,
'Benefit' in 1970. 'Aqualung' was Jethro Tull's fourth album as of March
1971. Being an especially large seed, it had to be planted with a backhoe that
had
a motor, thereat revolutionizing both the agricultural genre of rock and rock agriculture, selling more than 7 million copies since then.
JT then planted 'Thick as a
Brick', another great seed almost too huge for its giant hole dug with big
equipment, that the the band's fifth studio LP harvested in March 1972.
I myself planted some of those donut seeds made by Cheerios that year, but I
couldn't get them to grow [stale joke]. 'A Passion Play' followed in ('73),
'War Child' in ('74) and 'Minstrel in the Gallery' in ('75). In 1978 Tull issued
the folk oriented album, 'Bursting Out', followed by 'Stormwatch' in '79,
another folk-oriented endeavor. Anderson issued his first solo LP,
'Walk into Light', in 1983. He issued 'Under Wraps' in '84. 1987 saw the
release of Jethro Tull's 'Crest of a Knave'. 'Rock Island' arrived in 1989,
followed by 'Catfish Rising' in '91. 1995 saw the issue of 'Roots to
Branches' and Anderson's 'Divinities'. 'J-Tull Dot Com' was released in
1999. Anderson commenced the new millennium with the issue of 'The Secret
Language of Birds' in 2000, followed 'Rupi's Dance' in 2003. 2003 also saw
the issue of both 'The Jethro Tull Christmas Album' and 'Live at Montreux
2003'. 2005 saw the release of both 'Aqualung Live' (recorded in 2004) and
Ian Anderson's 'Ian Anderson Plays the Orchestral Jethro Tull'. Tull
continued to tour until Anderson put the band to rest in 2011. He released
his fifth solo studio album, 'Thick as a Brick 2' in 2012 and 'Homo
Erraticus' in 2014. Among Anderson's interests beyond music was ownership of
Strathaird Salmon, a group of eleven fish farms developed on an estate on
the Isle of Skye,
purchased in 1978 and sold in 1994, at one point
employing 400
people [1,
2].
Anderson had composed
the majority of JT's titles.
JT discos w various credits at 1,
2,
3. Discography for Anderson's
solo career.
Jethro Tull lyrics. Jethro Tull in
visual media.
Anderson in visual media.
Official Jethro Tull YouTube channel.
JT at Facebook and
Twitter.
Interviews w Anderson: 2009,
2016,
2017,
2017,
2018,
2018. Anderson yet tours as of this writing with
current members
of a resurrected Jethro Tull. Titles uncredited below were authored by
Anderson. Ian Anderson & Jethro Tull 1968 Debut single Composition: Mick Abrahams Debut album Ian Anderson & Jethro Tull 1969 Album Ian Anderson & Jethro Tull 1971 Album Ian Anderson & Jethro Tull 1972 Album Ian Anderson & Jethro Tull 1974 Skating Away On The Thin Ice Of The New Day Album: 'War Child' Ian Anderson & Jethro Tull 1976 Filmed live in Tampa Composition: Anderson/Martin Barre Ian Anderson & Jethro Tull 1978 Live at Madison Square Garden Lyrics: Jennie Anderson (Jennie Franks) Live at Madison Square Garden Lyrics: Gerald Bostock (Ian Anderson) Ian Anderson 1983 Debut solo album Ian Anderson & Jethro Tull 1983 Filmed live in München Composition: Anderson/Peter-John Vettesse Ian Anderson & Jethro Tull 1993 Filmed concert Ian Anderson & Jethro Tull 1997 Live at the Oakdale Theater in Connecticut Ian Anderson 2000 Filmed live in Hamburg Ian Anderson 2005 Ian Anderson Plays the Orchestral Jethro Tull Album Ian Anderson & Jethro Tull 2008 Filmed live in Basel Composition: Johann Sebastian Bach: 'Bourrée in E minor': Movement 5 of 'Suite in E minor for Lute' Ian Anderson & Jethro Tull 2009 Filmed live in Lancaster Ian Anderson & Jethro Tull 2011 Filmed live at Manchester Cathedral Ian Anderson 2012 Live in Luxemburg Lyrics: Jennie Anderson (Jennie Franks) Ian Anderson 2013 Filmed live in Leipzig
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Elton John Source: Metal Insider |
Born Reginald Kenneth Dwight in
March 1947, in Pinner, Middlesex, pianist
and vocalist, Elton John,
was one of the supernovas of British rock. He met Bernie Taupin
[1,
2,
3,
4,
5]
in 1967, the same year he changed his name in honor of jazz sax man, Elton
Dean and singer,
Long John Baldry.
John had been a member of Bluesology, which had became
Baldry's backup band in
1966. Taupin would become John's lyricist on more than thirty albums and
issued a few of his own [*].
In general, Taupin would first write lyrics to which John would later put music
[*]. John released his first single on March 1 of 1968, 'I've Been Loving
You'/'Here's to the Next Time' (Phillips BF 1643), with Taupin writing the
lyrics for the first track, John the music on both. John's debut album was 'Empty Sky' in 1969, followed by 'Elton John' in
1970. But it was upon his release of 'Tumbleweed Connection' later that year
that his name began gaining recognition. His release of 'Madman Across the
Water' the next year was his arrival album (going platinum in 1993). After
which his original folk orientation more perceptively changed toward pop
with 'Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player' and 'Goodbye Yellow Brick
Road' in 1973. By that time American rock groups had hugely resisted against
the British Invasion and John thought to save his skin with such pleas. But
John was much more than only a piano player. He formed the Rocket Record
Company in 1973 to spread wartime propaganda even as he pled for lenience in
the face of the enemy. John collaborated with
John Lennon a bit before releasing
'Caribou' in 1974, followed by 'Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy'
and 'Rock of the Westies' in 1975. John had also made his first appearance
on Broadway in early '75, performing in 'Bette Midler's Clams on the Half
Shell Revue' [*]. The live album, 'Here and There', was
issued the following year before 'Blue Moves'. His single with Kiki Dee,
'Don't Go Breaking My Heart', backed with 'Snow Queen', was issued in '76 as
well. 'A Single Man' followed in '78, 'Victim of Love' the next year. '21 at
33' arrived in 1980, 'The Fox' in '81. 'Too Low For Zero' emerged in 1983,
before 'Breaking Hearts' in '85. 'Sleeping with the Past' arrived in 1989,
'The One' in 1992. John was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in
1995, then released 'Made In England' the ensuing year. 1996 saw the issue
of 'Love Songs' as well. in 1997 John sang 'Candle In the Wind' (a
revision of the version issued in '73) at the funeral of Princess Diana at
Westminster Abbey. It would become the best-selling single in Billboard
history in both the UK and US, eventually selling above 33 million copies
globe-wide and the only single to achieve diamond status in the US with more
than 11 million sold. In 1997 the musical, 'The Lion King' appeared on
Broadway, based on Disney's animated film of '94. John collaborated, largely
with Tim Rice, on the score. In 2014 'The Lion King', both the animated film
and Broadway production, became the largest box office sellers in history.
(The previous record holder on Broadway had been 'Phantom of the Opera',
grossing $845 million on Broadway, $5.8 billion worldwide.) John
collaborated with Rice again on the score to 'The Road to El Dorado',
another animated film released in 2000. The next year John issued 'Songs
from the West Coast'. John began a residency of several years at
Caesars Palace in Las Vegas in 2003. He commenced his Red Piano tour in
February of 2004. He then composed the score to 'Billy Elliot the Musical',
premiering in 2005. The only musical on which John collaborated with Taupin,
who'd been composing lyrics for John for decades, was 'Lestat', premiering
in December 2005. In 2007 John performed at Madison Square Garden for the
sixtieth time on his sixtieth birthday. In 2010 he earned a million dollars
performing at the wedding of conservative agenda monger, Rush Limbaugh.
'The Union' also appeared that
year, a collaboration with
Leon Russell. 2012 saw John's
appearance at the Diamond Jubilee Concert in London. (Elizabeth II's Golden
Jubilee had been ten years earlier, celebrating her ascension to the throne
of seven countries in February of 1952. Elizabeth has counted as many as 32
countries a part of her realm during her reign. In addition to the UK she is
currently titular head to Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, the Bahamas,
Barbados, Belize, Canada, Grenada, Jamaica, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea,
Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, the
Solomon Islands and Tuvalu.) 'The Diving Board' was also released in 2012.
'Wonderful Crazy Night', John's 33rd studio album, is scheduled for release
in 2016. John's has been an extremely active career of all happening at
once. If he ever took a nap it wasn't documented.
Billy Joel, Lady Gaga and Celine Dion are but a
few of the
various artists with whom he's collaborated or performed over the years. In 1995 John was made CBE (Commander of the Order of the British
Empire) by Queen Elizabeth II. He was knighted (KBE: Knight Commander of the
Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) in 1998. (Other Invasion musicians made CBE by Elizabeth are the
Bee Gees,
Eric Clapton,
Roger Daltry,
Robert Plant and
Rod Stewart. Both
David Bowie and
Keith Richards declined the honor.
Musicians more exclusively knighted by the Queen are
Mick Jagger,
Paul McCartney and
Cliff Richard.
Bowie declined that
honor as well.) Among things in common with late night television host, Jay
Leno, was John's automobile collection, the auction of number of which
earned about $2,750,000 in 2001 [*].
That wasn't pocket change even w an estimated material worth of about $265
million [Wikipedia]. Among John's personal relationships was marriage to
Renate Blauel from 1984 to '88 and espousal to David Furnish in 2014. John
and Furnish adopted two sons ages five and eight as of this 2018 revision. References for John encyclopedic:
1,
2,
3,
4,
5,
7.
Musical: 1,
2,
3,
4,
5.
Discographies w production and other credits at 1,
2,
3,
4,
5.
John at SHS.
Lyrics.
Chronology of concert tours.
John at YouTube and in
other visual media.
Interviews w John: 2002,
2010. Interviews w Taupin:
2015,
2015.
John at Facebook and
Twitter.
Guitar chords.
Other profiles: *.
Further reading: *. The majority of tracks below are live performances.
All titles are music by John and lyrics by Taupin except as noted. Elton John 1968 Elton John 1969 Album: 'Empty Sky' Elton John 1970 Album: 'Tumbleweed Connection' Album: 'Tumbleweed Connection' Album: 'Tumbleweed Connection' Television performance Elton John 1971 Filmed live at BBC Studios Album: 'Madman Across the Water' Album: 'Madman Across the Water' Elton John 1971 Filmed live at BBC Studios Elton John 1975 Filmed live on 'Soul Train' Elton John 1976 With Kiki Dee Composition: Ann Orson/Carte Blanche (John/Taupin) With Kiki Dee Composition: Taupin/Davey Johnstone David Nutter/John/Kiki Dee Elton John 1977 Live at Rainbow Theater London Elton John 1982 Live in Sydney Composition: John/Gary Osborne Live in Cuyahoga Falls Composition: John/Gary Osborne Elton John 1983 I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues Music video Music: John/Davey Johnstone Lyrics: Taupin Music video Elton John 1989 Filmed live in Verona Elton John 1992 Filmed live with Guns n' Roses Composition: Axl Rose Elton John 1995 Filmed live in Rio Elton John 1997 Filmed live at the funeral of Princess Diana VH1 performance VH1 performance Elton John 1999 Live in Pensacola Elton John 2000 Filmed live with Kiki Dee Composition: Ann Orson/Carte Blanche (John/Taupin) Elton John 2001 'Tonight Show' with Billy Joel Composition: Billy Joel Elton John 2010 Filmed live at the Beacon Theatre NYC Elton John 2013 Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me Filmed live in Viña del Mar Filmed live in Buenos Aires
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Paul Rodgers Source: Classic Rock Mag |
Though
Paul Rodgers
[1,
2,
3]
was a multi-instrumentalist he largely sang vocals. He played in a band
called the Wildflowers (previously the Roadrunners) before helping form the
band,
Free,
in 1968. It was Rodgers' composition written w Andy Fraser, 'All Right Now',
that cracked Billboard's Top Ten in the US at #4 in August of 1970.
Free issued seven albums, including one live,
to its last, 'Heartbreaker', in 1973. Following that with a tour in the US,
the group then permanently disbanded. Free wasn't yet through as a band when
in 1971 Rodgers put together
Peace, a trio, w Stewart McDonald (bass) and
Mick Underwood (drums). The
evaporation of
Free wrought the formation of
Bad Company [1,
2,
3,
4he same year w
Mick Ralphs (guitar). That band took Ralph's
'Can't Get Enough' to #5 on Billboard in June of '74 (UK #15). Ralph and
Rodgers collaborated on 'Feel Like Makin' Love' which rose to #10 in July of
'75 (UK #20). Rodgers appeared on six of Bad Company's albums to 'Rough
Diamonds' released in 1982, after which he departed that year to embark upon a solo career.
His debut solo album,
'Cut Loose', saw release in 1983. The following year Rodgers joined
Jimmy Page
in the creation of The Firm, a brief-lived band that produced two albums,
'The Firm' and 'Mean Business' in 1985 and 1986. Rodgers' composition,
'Radioactive', had topped Billboard's Rock Tracks at #1 in Feb of 1985.
'Satisfaction Guaranteed' visited #4 the next month, that written by Rodgers
w
Page. The Firm topped the chart
again in Feb 1986 w Rodger's 'All the King's Horses'. In 1991
Rodgers
formed The Law with drummer, Kenny Jones,
whence his composition, 'Laying Down the Law', incarcerated Rock Tracks' #2
spot. Rodgers made a couple of
tribute albums, 'Muddy Water Blues' and 'The Hendrix Set', in 1993. He
issued the charity single, 'Reaching Out' in 1996 in a gathering called Rock
Therapy [1,
2] including
Sam Brown, Brian May of Queen,
Charlie Watts of the
Rolling Stones, et al. In 1999
there was a reunion with
Bad Company resulting in both recordings and a tour
of the States. 'Electric' became Rodgers' sixth studio LP in 2000. Another
tour with Bad Company occurred in 2001, followed by the CD and DVD, 'In
Concert: Merchants of Cool', in 2002. 'Return of the Champions', recorded
on tour with Queen, arrived in 2005, followed by Rodgers' live albums, 'Super Live in
Japan', in 2006 and 'Live in Glasgow' in 2007. That was followed in December
of 2007 w the release of the charity single w Queen to benefit AIDS, 'Say
It's Not True' [1,
2].
Rodgers partnered w Queen again in 2007 toward the 2008
release of the studio album, 'The Cosmos Rock'. Rodgers opted for Canadian
citizenship in 2011, there to live in Surrey, British Columbia. 'The Art of McCartney' saw
light in 2014. As of this writing Rodgers is yet rocking strong. Discos of
name releases w various credits: 1,
2,
3.
Rodgers in visual media.
At Facebook.
At Discogs: Peace,
Bad Company,
the Firm,
the Law,
Queen. Perhaps
half of the recordings below are live performances. All tracks for year 1991
are Paul Rodgers with the Law excepting 'Hey Joe'. Paul Rodgers 1969 With Free Composition: Andy Fraser/Simon Kirke Paul Kossoff/Paul Rodgers Paul Rodgers 1974 With Bad Company Composition: Simon Kirke/Paul Rodgers Paul Rodgers 1983 Filmed live with Jimmy Page Composition: Paul Rodgers Composition: Paul Rodgers Album: 'Cut Loose' Paul Rodgers 1984 Filmed live with the Firm Composition: Paul Rodgers Paul Rodgers 1985 Music video with the Firm Composition: Jimmy Page/Paul Rodgers Paul Rodgers 1991 All w Law from 'The Law' excepting 'Hey Joe': Composition: Mark Mangold/Benny Mardones Filmed live Composition: Billy Roberts 1965 Composition: Paul Rodgers Composition: Phil Collens Composition: Bryan Adams/Jim Vallance Composition: Joe Lynn Turner/Bob Held/Al Greenwood Paul Rodgers 1992 Filmed live with Buddy Guy Composition: Paul Rodgers Paul Rodgers 1993 I Just Want to Make Love to You Composition: Willie Dixon 1954 Album: 'Muddy Water Blues' Composition: Muddy Waters 1950 Rolling Stones named after this song Album: 'Muddy Water Blues' Composition: Muddy Waters 1950 Filmed live Paul Rodgers 2002 Filmed live Paul Rodgers 2008 Filmed live wi Queen Composition: Simon Kirke/Paul Rodgers Crazy Little Thing Called Love Filmed live w Queen Composition: Freddie Mercury Paul Rodgers 2009 Concert filmed live with Queen Paul Rodgers 2012 Filmed live in Chichester Composition: Andy Fraser/Paul Rodgers Paul Rodgers 2014 Filmed live with Band X Composition: Andy Fraser/Paul Rodgers Original issue by Free 1970
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Status Quo was formed out of a band called the Spectres in 1968, which itself had
transpired out of a group called the Scorpions in 1963, which band had been
put together in 1962. The Scorpions had been formed by bassist, Alan
Lancaster, and guitarist, Frank Rossi
[1,
2,
3], adding Alan Key on drums with Jess Jaworski at keyboards. Key was replaced by John Coghlan and the Spectres was
born. In 1967 an attempt was made to change the name of the band to Traffic.
But as that name was already taken by
Steve Winwood the group became Traffic
Jam (not to be confused with
Dave Mason's later band), then Status Quo. Organist, Roy Lynes, was with the band at the time. Guitarist, Rick
Parfitt [1,
2,
3]
joined the band in time to contribute to 'Pictures of Matchstick Men'
in 1967. That song achieved the #12 spot on Billboard's Hot 100 in
January of '68, after which Status Quo fell off the Earth so far as America
was concerned. Concentrating on Europe and Great Britain, Status Quo there remained very popular,
repeatedly ranking in the Top Ten to as late as 1990 with 'The Anniversary
Waltz' rising to the #2 on the UK chart that year. The group's first album, 'Picturesque Matchstickable
Messages from the Status Quo', appeared in September of '68.
'Spare Parts', their second, LP, followed the next year. Bob Young, who had
been hired as a roadie and tour manager, contributed to compositions he
that, he soon to become the band's harmonica player throughout the
seventies. The early seventies
saw the release of 'Ma Kelly's Greasy Spoon' ('70), 'Dog of Two Head' ('71)
and 'Piledriver' ('72). The band first appeared in America at the Whiskey A
Go Go in Los Angeles in Feb of 1973. Keyboardist, Andy Bown, first supported
Status Quo on the album, 'Hello!', issued in September. Officially joining
the band in '82, he would remain with it throughout its tenure to this day.
They toured the States again in the summer of
'74 to little impact. 'Rockin' All Over the World' was their tenth studio
album release in 1977. Status Quo lost Coghlan in latter 1981, replaced for
about a year by Pete Kircher before Jeff Rich assumed the sticks to year
2000, Matt Letley then at drums until replaced by Leon Cave in 2013. 1983
had seen the issue of Back to Back', '86 'The Army
Now'. 'Ain't Complaining' followed in '88. The nineties saw the release of
'Rock 'Til You Drop' ('91), 'Thirsty Work' ('94), and 'Don't Stop' ('96).
'Famous in the Last Century' was a suite of fifteen covers issued in 2000.
'In Search of the Fourth Chord' was Status Quo's 28th LP release in 2007.
That was followed by 'Quid Pro Quo' in May 2011, 'Bula Quo!' in 2013. 'Aquostic
(Stripped Bare)' was the band's 31st studio LP in 2014. Of the above mentioned members, Francis Rossi and Rick Parfitt
were the major combination that carried Status Quo into the new millennium, until Parfitt's death
in Spain on 24
December 2016 [1,
2],
that after a heart attack the prior summer after a concert in Turkey.
Current members.
References for SQ: 1,
2,
3;
Synopsis;
Status Quo
Pedia: English/
French.
Discographies for SQ w various credits: 1,
2.
Status Quo in visual media.
Gigography.
SQ at Facebook. Further reading: 1,
2,
3.
Discos for Rossi: 1,
2. For
Parfitt: 1,
2. Interviews w Rossi:
1996,
2010,
2011,
2014,
2018. Interviews w Parfitt:
2002,
2013. Per below, all performances from 1979
onward are filmed live. The Spectres 1966 Composition: Alan Lancaster/Pat Barlow From 'Uno Dei Tanti' Music: Carlo Donida Lyrics Italian: Giulio Mogol Rapetti Lyrics English: Jerry Leiber/Mike Stoller The Spectres 1967 Composition: Ron Gilbert/Ralph Scala/Mike Esposito Status Quo 1968 Composition: Francis Rossi Status Quo 1970 Album Status Quo 1979 Filmed live Composition: Rick Parfitt/Andy Bown Status Quo 1983 Television performance Composition: Francis Rossi/Bernie Frost Status Quo 1985 Filmed live at Live Aid Wembley Stadium Composition: John Fogerty Status Quo 1989 Filmed live Composition: Rick Parfitt/Pip Williams/Francis Rossi Status Quo 2015 Filmed live Composition: Francis Rossi Filmed live at the Roundhouse Composition: Rick Parfitt/Andy Bown
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the first American ice cream company. The Hershey Chocolate Company was
founded in 1894. The first Mars candy factory opened in 1911. In 1920 Good
Humor put ice cream bound in chocolate on a stick, soon after raising a
fleet of twelve trucks with bells to tour the neighborhoods of Youngstown,
Ohio, each with 700 pounds of ice and salt to last a hot day. Police had had
access to donuts ever since their invention in 1847, but Dunkin' Donuts made
them more convenient with coffee in 1950. As for Popsicle,
it was first sold in
seven flavors in 1923 at the Neptune Beach amusement park in Alameda,
California. But the
Sweet
[1,
2,
3] had only
four tastes when it was shaped in 1968 out of a band formed the previous
year by singer, Brian Connolly, and drummer, Mick Tucker, called the
Sweetshop. Other flavors of the original Sweet were Steve Priest on bass and
Frank Torpey at guitar. The Sweet didn't take their ice cream truck to America until
1975, quite after the group had come to represent a couple of camps within
rock: bubble gum and glamour (glitter). The term "bubblegum" is said to
have originated with producers Jerry Kasenetz and
Jeff Katz upon
discussing the audience of the style: kids (adolescents, prepubescents)
[1,
2]. Bubblegum had been spearheaded by the
Monkees and continued
by bands such as the Archies ('Sugar, Sugar'), the 1910 Fruitgum Company
('Simon Says') and the
Ohio Express ('Yummy Yummy
Yummy'): nothing heavy, but tunes, nigh jingles, really, to bring about a smile. Nor was bubblegum for musical savants: one was
hard-pressed at the time even to know what the Archies looked like. Marketed
as if the music were performed by characters out of the comic book, 'Archie',
there was next to no interest in the musicians themselves. As to glamour
rock, flamboyant
Rod Stewart may have unknowingly been among its first
models with his "mod" fashion. Certainly
David Bowie and
Elton John made costume a major element
in stage presence. Glam rock reached its height with the British band,
Queen, a greatly talented
group of musicians whether one liked them or not, or the American show band,
Kiss, which mixed costume with heavy
metal. Costume also found place in disco with
Village People. As for the Sweet, the band released its first single
in July 1968, 'Slow Motion'/'It's Lonely Out There' (Fontana TF 958) [45Cat].
Torpey left the group after that, replaced by Mick Stewart for the release
of 'The Lollipop Man'/'Time' (Parlophone R 5803) in Sep '69. In December 1970 several of their early issues were
collected on the A side of an album shared with the Pipkins titled 'Gimme
Dat Ding'. Their debut album, 'Funny How Sweet Co-Co Can Be'
was released in 1971, during the recording of which Stewart was replaced by
permanent member thereafter, Andy Scott.
The band's transformation from bubblegum to hard rock
became apparent with 'Sweet Fanny Adams', released in April of '74.
'Desolation Boulevard' came later that year. The double-sleeve 'Strung Up'
appeared in 1975, 'Give Us a Wink' in March the next year. 'Off the Record'
emerged in 1977, 'Level Headed' and 'California Nights in '78. During a tour
of the States in 1978 Connolly fell on stage in Birmingham due to alcohol
consumption, the band having to continue the show without him. That was the
alert that the band couldn't continue with him, such that 'Cut Above the
Rest' was issued with Sweet as a trio by backed with session players.
'Identity Crisis' was issued in 1982, but only in Mexico and West Germany.
Original drummer, Tucker, left the band in 1991 due to poor health of
leukemia. Priest continues to perform with Sweet in the States as of this
writing [1,
2].
Scott plays with another version of the group in the UK
[1,
2].
Discographies with composition and production credits at
1,
2,
3.
Sweet in visual media.
Further reading: *.
A few of the
edits below are live performances. The Sweet 1968 Composition: David Watkins The Sweet 1969 Composition: Albert Hammond/Michael Hazlewood The Sweet 1970 Composition: Roger Cook/Roger Greenaway Composition: Mick Stewart The Sweet 1971 Composition: Mike Chapman/Nicky Chinn The Sweet 1973 Composition: Nicky Chinn/Mike Chapman Music video Composition: Nicky Chinn/Mike Chapman Composition: Nicky Chinn/Mike Chapman The Sweet 1974 Composition: Nicky Chinn/Mike Chapman Filmed live Composition: Nicky Chinn/Mike Chapman The Sweet 1975 Composition: Connolly/Priest/Scott/Tucker The Sweet 1978 Composition: Andy Scott/Trevor Griffin The Sweet 2011 Filmed live Composition: Andy Scott/Trevor Griffin
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Badfinger
[1,
2,
3,
4,
5,
6,
7,
8,
9] was basically the same band
as the Iveys (UK
Beat). Though they lead the list alphabetically for 1969 they were
chronologically one of the latter bands to record that year except as the
Iveys. When the Iveys became Badfinger they
consisted of Mike Gibbins (drums and keyboards)
[1,
2,
3,
4], Pete Ham (guitar and
keyboards) [1,
2,
3,
4], Tom Evans (bass and guitar)
[1,
2,
3] and Joey Molland (guitar and
keyboards) [1,
2,
3,
4].
Molland had arrived after the Iveys' only
LP, 'Maybe Tomorrow', released in 1969, several titles from which were
included on Badfinger's debut LP, 'Magic Christian Music', issued in 1970. The
group's name, Badfinger, wasn't precisely what one may think. It was
taken from an earlier title of the
Lennon-McCartney song, 'With a Little
Help From My Friends', namely, 'Bad Finger Boogie', during the composition
of which
Lennon had hurt his index finger at the piano. The band's first
release as Badfinger had been the
McCartney composition, 'Come and Get It', in
Dec of 1969 on APPLE 20 in the UK (Apple 1815 in Jan '70 in the United
States). The Iveys had been the first to record for the Beatles' foundling
record label, Apple, in latter '68, Badfinger continuing until switching to
Warner Bros, then Elektra in the seventies. Badfinger issued their second LP
in 1970 as well: 'No Dice'. Come 'Straight Up' in 1971. 'Badfinger' and
'Wish You Were Here' ensued in 1974 prior to Bob Jackson joining the band on keyboards
later that year. The group disbanded upon
the suicide of Pete Ham on April 24, 1975, hanging himself in the garage of
his home [*].
That was after the recording of 'Head First' in Dec of '74 (gone unissued
until 2000), contractual complications with Warner Bros and fishy money
management by manager, Stan Polley (d '09). Gibbins went on to join the Flying Aces.
Evans and Jackson joined the Dodgers until Evans was fired. Evans and
Molland then resurrected Badfinger in '77 with fresh members, Kenny Harck
(drums) and Joe Tansin (guitar), et al. Signing onto Elektra, they released
the album, 'Airwaves', containing such as 'Lost Inside Your Love' and 'Come
Down Hard'. Evans and Molland led a new roster of Tony Kaye (keyboards),
Glenn Sherba (guitar) and Richard Bryans on drums for the 1981 album, 'Say
No More'. Evans hung himself from a willow tree behind his home in Richmond on November 19,
1983 [*],
signaling the end of the second reincarnation of Badfinger. All moving
onward to solo careers. Gibbins died on October 4, 2005 [*].
There are currently two versions of Badfinger, one run by
Joey
Molland in the US, the other
by Bob Jackson in the UK.
Badfinger featuring Jackson at
YouTube. Badfinger
discos w various credits at
1,
2,
3,
4.
Lyrics at AZ.
Badfinger 1969 Composition: Paul McCartney Badfinger 1970 Lead: Joey Molland Composition: Joey Molland Production: Mal Evans LP: 'No Dice' Badfinger 1971 Lead: Pete Ham Composition: Pete Ham Badfinger 1972 Lead: Pete Ham Composition: Pete Ham Album Badfinger 1973 Lead: Pete Ham Composition: Pete Ham Lead: Pete Ham Composition: Pete Ham Badfinger 1974 Composition: Pete Ham LP: 'Wish You Were Here' In the Meantime Some Other Time Composition: Mike Gibbins/Joey Molland LP: 'Wish You Were Here' Badfinger 1979 Composition: Joey Molland LP: 'Ass'
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Badfinger Source: 流浪の民 (Nomadic Tribe) |
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Climax Blues Band Source: Jazzy Soul |
More a rock band than a blues
group, the Climax Chicago Blues Band was
formed in 1968 in England by Colin Cooper. Its name gradually became the
Climax Blues Band
[1,
2,
3] by 1973.
Original members were Pete Haycock, Derek Holt, George Newsome, Arthur Wood
and Richard Jones. The band recorded its initial LP, 'The Climax Chicago
Blues Band' ('69), sometime in 1968. The group issued 'Like Uncle
Charlie'/'Loving Machine' in 1969 as the Climax Chicago Blues Band. But Discogs has their second album, 'Plays On', issued that year as the Climax
Blues Band. 'Reap What I've Sowed'/'Spoonful' was issued in 1970 as the
Climax Chicago Blues Band as well as their third album, 'A Lot of Bottle'
('70). Tightly Knit' ('71) and 'Rich Man' ('72)were issued as Climax
Chicago. The group had finally decided on Climax Blues Band by the time it
issued 'FM/LIVE' in 1973. That album gained them a lot of attention, but it
was the disco tune, 'Couldn't Get It Right', in 1976 that made them famous,
charting at #3 in the States and #10 in the UK. The Climax Blues Band had experienced a fair number of
personnel changes over the years,
though Cooper led the group over the decades until his death from cancer in
2008, leaving no more founding members to the
current band. The last of
nearly twenty albums with Cooper leading had been issued in 2003, a tribute
to
Willie Dixon called 'Big Blues'. In
2013 'Security Alert' was issued by longtime members, George Glover, Lester
Hunt, Roy Adams and Neil Simpson. Graham Dee supplied vocals with Chris
Aldridge on sax. Discos w various credits
at australiancharts,
45cat and
discogs.
Of the current Climax Blues Band at
Facebook and
Twitter,
Glover (keyboards) has been with the band the longest, joining in 1980 early
enough to promote, though not appear on, 'Flying the Flag'. Lester Hunt
(guitar), Roy Adams (drums) and Neil Simpson (bass) have been with the group
since the mid eighties/early nineties. More Climax
Blues Band. Climax Blues Band 1969 Composition: Climax Blues Band Climax Blues Band 1970 Composition: Climax Blues Band Climax Blues Band 1976 Composition: Peter Haycok/Derek Holt Colin Cooper/John Cuffly/Richard Jones Composition: Peter Haycok/Derek Holt Colin Cooper/John Cuffly/Richard Jones Climax Blues Band 1980 Composition: Derek Holt/Climax Blues Band Climax Blues Band 2004 Filmed live in Hamburg Composition: Peter Haycok/Derek Holt Colin Cooper/John Cuffly/Richard Jones
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Humble Pie Source: Boyz Make Noyze |
Steve Marriott had left the
Small Faces in
1968, the same year
Peter Frampton left the
Herd. In 1969 they got together
with bass player, Greg Ridley [1,
2],
and drummer, Jerry Shirley [1,
2], to form
Humble Pie, a
non-stop tornado of rock and roll. Humble Pie owns the distinction of being
the band that Mike Saunders was reviewing when he coined the term "heavy
metal" in a 12 November 1970 issue of 'Rolling Stone'
[1,
2,
3]. Their debut single, 'Natural Born Bugie'
(also known as 'Natural Born Boogie') had appeared in July of 1969, followed by two albums the same year:
'As Safe As Yesterday Is'
and ''Town and Country'. The album, 'Humble Pie', saw release in 1970
prior to 'Rock On' in '71.
Frampton then left the band, replaced by Clem Clempson for the release of 'Smokin'' in 1972. The double-sleeve 'Eat It'
appeared in '73, 'Thunderbox' in '74 and 'Street Rats' in '75, after which
the first formation of Humble Pie disbanded.
Marriott and Shirley resurrected the
group in 1980 [see members] issuing 'On to Victory' that year. 'Go for the Throat'
arrived in '75. By late 1983 Humble Pie was no more. Later formations would
arise, such as Shirley's w guitarist and vocalist, Charlie Huhn
[1,
2] in 1988.
Guitarist, Alan Green [*],
was employed by HP for most of the nineties, departing prior to Shirley's
1999 auto accident which put an end to HP once again. Shirley was able to
reform the group in 2001 w original member, Greg Ridley, until the band's
final diminishment in 2002. Ridley died of pneumonia shortly later on 19 November, 2003, only 56 years old.
References for Humble Pie: 1,
2,
3.
Discographies w various credits: 1,
2.
Humble Pie in visual media.
Further reading: 1,
2,
3. Tracks below are chronological by year only, alphabetical thereafter. Humble Pie 1969 Composition: Frampton/Marriott Album: 'As Safe As Yesterday Is' Composition: Jerry Shirley Album: 'Town and Country' Composition: John Kay Album: 'As Safe As Yesterday Is' Composition: Steve Marriott Album: 'Town and Country' Composition: Marriott/Frampton/Ridley Album: 'Town and Country' Filmed live in Belgium Long version Low quality Composition: Dr. John Filmed live in Belgium Short version High quality Composition: Dr. John Debut single Composition: Steve Marriott Filmed live at the Beat Club Composition: Steve Marriott Composition: Steve Marriott Album: 'Town and Country' Composition: Steve Marriott Album: 'As Safe As Yesterday Is' Humble Pie 1971 Composition: Ridley/Marriott/Shirley/Frampton Album: 'Rock On' Filmed live Composition: Jo Armstead/Nick Ashford/Valerie Simpson Composition: Willie Dixon Album: 'Performance: Rockin' the Fillmore' Live 'Barry Richards Show' Composition: Muddy Waters Humble Pie 1972 Composition: Steve Marriott Album: 'Smokin'' Humble Pie 1973 Filmed live in Los Angeles Composition: Keith Richards/Mick Jagger Composition: Ray Charles Live Album: 'Eat It' Humble Pie 1975 Composition: Greg Ridley/Steve Marriott/Tim Hinkley Unissued 'The Scrubbers Sessions' Humble Pie 1980 Composition: Marriott/Shirley
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| There are some who give a
polite cough when the
Beatles or
Rolling Stones are mentioned as the leading
Invasion bands. But such are unreasonable people, a contrary lot who believe
theirs the right to view Led Zeppelin as
the greatest Invasion band despite all facts otherwise. It was 1968 in London when
Jimmy Page, of the
Yardbirds, formed the New Yardbirds with bassist and keyboardist,
John Paul Jones, drummer, John Bonham
[1,
2,
3,
4,
5] and vocalist,
Robert Plant. The four
first recorded together in 1968 on a song titled, 'Jim's Blues', released by PJ Proby on the album, 'Three Week Hero', in 1969 (below). The four then went on a
Scandinavian tour, first performing together in Gladsaxe, Denmark, as of
September 1968. They
recorded their first album as the New Yardbirds but changed their name
before its release in 1969 to Led Zeppelin (that is, "lead balloon"), also
the title of the album. The band had also toured the United States in 1968
as Led Zeppelin. Their first two non-album releases in 1969 were 'Good Times
Bad Times' b/w 'Communication Breakdown', followed by 'Whole Lotta Love' b/w
'Living Loving Maid', all on their debut album. That was followed the same year by their
second album, 'Led
Zeppelin II', 'Led Zeppelin III' in 1970, 'Led Zeppelin IV' in 1971, 'Houses of
the Holy' in 1973, 'Physical Graffiti' in 1975 and 'Presence' in 1976. Compositions by the band
were mostly shared by
Jimmy Page who wrote the music and
Robert Plant who
wrote the lyrics. Led Zeppelin last toured the United States from April to
July of 1977. Their drummer, John Bonham, among the most highly regarded
in the industry, died in 1980 upon drinking approximately forty shots of
vodka, upon which Led Zeppelin ceased to exist. The remaining trio of
Jones,
Page and
Plant reunited in 1985 at the Live Aid
concert at JFK Stadium in Philadelphia, again in '88 at the 'Atlantic
Records 40th Anniversary' concert with the addition of Bonham's son, Jason,
on drums. In 1995 Led Zeppelin was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of
Fame. The three reunited a third time in 2007 for a concert at the
O2 Arena in London, Jason Bonham again at drums. 'Led
Zeppelin by Led Zeppelin' is scheduled for release in October of 2018, an
illustrative volume put together by
Page,
Plant and
Jones. Having issued 8 studio
and 4 live albums, discos for Zeppelin w
various credits at 1,
2,
3.
All 87 of their songs ranked w brief commentary by Andrew Unterberger at
Spin. Led Zeppelin in
visual media. References for Zeppelin
encyclopedic: 1,
2,
3.
Musical: 1,
2,
3,
4.
Synopsist.
Concert timeline.
Led Zeppelin forum. Led Zeppelin 1969 Filmed live in London Composition: Willie Dixon Composition: Jake Holmes Album: 'Led Zeppelin I' Part 2 of 3 'Medley' With PJ Proby Album: 'Three Week Hero' First recording together in 1968 Not yet either the New Yardbirds or Led Zeppelin Composition: Traditional Arrangement: Steve Rowland Composition: Led Zeppelin Album: 'Led Zeppelin II' Concert Composition: Led Zeppelin Album: 'Led Zeppelin II' Composition: Jimmy Page/John Paul Jones Album: 'Led Zeppelin I' Led Zeppelin 1970 Live at Royal Albert Hall Part 1 Filmed live Live at Royal Albert Hall Part 2 Filmed live Led Zeppelin 1971 Composition: Jimmy Page/Robert Plant Led Zeppelin 1973 Composition: Led Zeppelin Album: 'Houses of the Holy' Composition: Jimmy Page/Robert Plant Album: 'Houses of the Holy' Film not released until 1976 Composition: Jimmy Page/Robert Plant Led Zeppelin 1975 Live Composition: John Paul Jones/Jimmy Page/Robert Plant Live Composition: Jimmy Page/Robert Plant Composition: Jimmy Page/Robert Plant Album: 'Physical Graffiti' Led Zeppelin 1976 Composition: Jimmy Page/Robert Plant Album: 'Presence' Composition: Jimmy Page/Robert Plant Album: 'Presence' Album: 'Presence' Composition: Jimmy Page/Robert Plant Led Zeppelin 1977 Live
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Led Zeppelin Source: Bill & Sue Hillman |
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Man (also
Manband) [1,
2,
3,
4] emerged from the Welsh band, the
Bystanders, when that band's lead vocalist left, to be replaced
by Deke Leonard [1,
2,
3,
4,
5]. Other founding members of Man were
its other frontman, Micky Jones
[guitar/ 1,
2,
3],
Clive John (keyboards), Ray Williams (bass) and Jeff Jones (drums).
Personnel soon began shifting continuously but Jones and Leonard would prove to be
Man's core members, the only original members to
remain into the new millennium. One
reason the
Bystanders changed their name to Man was a change in direction
toward psychedelia. Man released its first album, 'Revelation', in 1969,
that housing 'Sudden Life' and 'Love', the group's debut tunes issued in Jan
on Pye 7N 17684. It also contained 'Erotica', banned from the airwaves in the UK. 'Revelation'
was followed the same year by the album, '2 Ozs of Plastic with a Hole in
the Middle'. 'Man' was issued in 1971, followed by the group's fourth studio
LP the same year, 'Do You Like It Here Now, Are You Settling In?' They issued 'Greasy Trucker's Party',
'Live at the Padget Rooms, Penarth', and 'Be Good to Yourself at Least Once
a Day' in 1972. The next year saw 'Back into the Future'. 'Rhinos, Winos and
Lunatics' was released in May 1974, preceding the band's first tour of the
States. 'Slow Motion' followed later that October. 'All's Well That Ends
Well' was Man's last studio recording as of December 1976, released in
latter 1977. Members at that time each pursued individual music careers
Leonard and Jones reformed Man in
1983 w Flying Aces bassist, Martin Ace [1,
2,
3] and
Gentle Giant drummer, John Weathers. That configuration released 'Friday 13th' in 1984.
Weathers stuck w Man off and on into the latter nineties; Ace would carry
the band to the present day. Man issued three albums in
the nineties and three more into the new millennium until Jones and Leonard
left the band in 2002, Jones due to a brain tumor, Leonard to reform his old
band, Iceberg. They last appeared on Man's 'Undrugged' in 2002. Ace
carried the group through Man's next few LPs, its last 'Reanimated
Memories' in February 2015. Man currently consists of Ace, Josh Ace
(guitar), James Beck (guitar) and Reno Robrahn (drums). Among other major
members of Man were drummers, Terry Williams in the seventies, and Bob
Richards from '97 to 2009. Major Man
keyboardists had been Phil Ryan in the seventies, nineties and new
millennium, and Gareth Thorrington replacing Ryan for a period of several
years in the early new millennium. Jones died on March 10 of 2010 due another brain tumor
(Facebook tribute page).
Leonard died on 31 January 2017 (Facebook tribute page).
Man discographies w various credits: 1,
2,
3. Man at
Facebook. Several of the edits
below, alphabetical by year, are live performances. Man 1969 Brother Arnold's Red and White Striped Tent Composition: Micky Jones/Deke Leonard Album: '2 Ozs of Plastic with a Hole in the Middle' Brother Arnold's Red and White Striped Tent Filmed live Composition: Micky Jones/Deke Leonard Composition: Man: Leonard/John/M Jones/J Jones/R Williams Debut album: 'Revelation' Man 1970 Filmed live Composition: Deke Leonard Man 1972 Many Are Called But Few Get Up Composition: Man: Ace/John/M Jones/Leonard/T Williams Man 1973 Composition: Man members: Leonard/Malcom Morley/Ken Whaley Man 1976 Composition: Ryan/M Jones Man 1983 Filmed live at the Marquee Composition: Man: Ace/John/M Jones/Leonard/T Williams Man 1997 Television performance Composition: Man: John/M Jones Ryan/T Williams/Michael Will Youatt Man 2000 Television performance Composition: John/M Jones/Ryan/T Williams Television performance Man 2003 Television performance Composition: Man: Ace/John/M Jones/Leonard/T Williams Man 2004 Many Are Called But Few Get Up Filmed live at the Patti Pavilion Swansea Composition: Man: Ace/John/M Jones/Leonard/Williams
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| Known in England as the Shakedown
Group, and later Silence, the Doc Thomas Group [1,
2] released its only record
album, 'The Doc Thomas Group', in Italy in 1967. Consisting of
Mick Ralphs [guitar/ 1,
2,
3],
Pete Watts [bass/ *], Stan Tippins (vocals),
Bob Hall (drums) and Dave Tedstone (guitar), the group that became the
glamour rock band, Mott the Hoople
[1,
2,
3,
4,
5,
6,
7], in 1969 was Mick Ralphs, Pete Watts, Ian Hunter
[vocals/ 1,
2,
3],
Dale Griffin [drums/ *] and
Verden Allen [organ/ 1,
2]. Mott the Hoople was named by its producer, Guy Stevens, who had read the novel, 'Mott
the Hoople' (authored by Willard Manus), about a lazy misfit with a powerful
prejudice against work, while in jail on a drug conviction. The band's debut
album, 'Mott the Hoople', occurred in 1969, followed by 'Mad Shadows' in
1970. The band didn't chart until August of 1972 upon the release of 'All
the Young Dudes' [1,
2,
3,
4], composed by
David Bowie, reaching #3 in the UK, #37
in the US. The was followed by Hoople's first tour of the States in latter
'72. 'All the Way From Memphis' rose to #10 in the UK, #43 in the US in
September the next year. Two months later 'Roll Away the Stone' achieved #8
in the UK, #50 in the US. Allen left the band in '73, replaced by Morgan
Fischer [1,
2]
at keyboards on the album, 'Mott', that year. The live album, 'The Hoople', was released in March 1974. In June
that year 'Diary of a Rock' n 'Roll Star' was issued, Hunter's account of
the band's first tour in the States. By the time of the band's second tour
of the States later that year the only original members left were Dale
Griffin, Ian Hunter and Peter Watts. Hunter left the group by the time the
band's name was changed to simply Mott, releasing 'Drive On' in 1975 and
'Shouting and Pointing' in '76. Lead and slide guitarist, Ray Major(s), had
made his debut w the band on 'Drive On'. Mott then transformed into the British
Lions [1,
2],
releasing 'British Lions' in '77 and 'Trouble with Women' in '82. In
1989 there was a reunion of (the) Silence (Ralphs, Allen, Tippins, Watts and
Griffin) resulting in the recording of the album, 'Shotgun Eyes' the next
year. That wasn't released until 1998 with a reissue of the Doc Thomas
Group's eponymous album of '67, the combination titled,
'The Italian Job'
[1,
2].
There have been brief reunions of Mott the Hoople with Hunter in London in 2009 and
2013. A reunion tour to destinations in Europe such as Spain was undertaken as
recently as the summer of 2018. Mott the Hoople discos w various credits:
1,
2.
Mott the Hoople in visual media. The Doc Thomas Group 1967 Composition: Bob Relf/Earl Nelson Original issue: Bob & Earl 1963 Composition: Smokey Robinson/Warren Moore/Marvin Tarplin Original issue: Marvin Gaye 1965 Composition: Raynard Miner/Carl Smith/Fontella Bass(?) Original issue: Fontella Bass 1965 Mott the Hoople 1969 Album Mott the Hoople 1970 Composition: Ian Hunter Album: 'Mad Shadows' Composition: Mick Ralphs Album: 'Mad Shadows' Mott the Hoople 1971 Composition: Ian Hunter Album; 'Wildlife' Composition: Ian Hunter/Verden Allen Album: 'Brain Capers' Composition: Dion DiMucci/Tony Fasce Album: 'Brain Capers' Composition: Mick Ralphs Album; 'Wildlife' Mott the Hoople 1972 Composition: David Bowie Album: 'All the Young Dudes' Live Composition: Ian Hunter/Mick Ralphs/Pete Watts Mott the Hoople 1973 Composition: Ian Hunter Album: 'Mott' Mott the Hoople 1974 Filmed live Composition: Ian Hunter Mott the Hoople 2009 Filmed live
Composition: Ian Hunter |
Mott the Hoople Source: Stole My Thunder |
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 Gary Moore Source: Guitar China |
Skid Row of Ireland
[1,
2,
3,
4,
5] addressed herein isn't
to be confused with the much later American band
[*] formed in 1986.
The term "skid row" originated from "log road" or "skid road" in the 17th
century in reference to the poor sector of logging camps through which skids
were built to slide felled timber down a slope. Skids were generally made by
laying logs one after another in corduroy fashion to form a rowed path.
"Skid Road" was the actual designation of that part of Seattle during the
mid 19th century where mill workers and those associated lived. As for
guitar virtuoso,
Gary Moore
[1,
2,
3], he largely put this
Skid Row on the map along with its early frontman, Phil Lynott [1,
2]. Founded in Dublin in 1967, the band
released its first records in 1969 only in Ireland: ‘Misdemeanour Dream Felicity’/‘New
Places, Old Faces’ (Song SO 0002) and ‘Saturday Morning Man’/‘Mervyn Aldridge’
(Song SO 0003). The first plate was the only on which Lynott appeared
before leaving Skid Row to form Thin Lizzy [1,
2,
3,
4,
5]
in 1969. He was replaced by Brush Shiels [1,
2]. Skid Row was the trio of Moore,
Shiels and drummer, Noel Bridgeman, on its
first album, 'Skid', and tour of the United States in 1970. '34
Hours' and a second tour of the United States followed in 1971. Moore
recorded one more Skid Row album not released, however, until 1990 as 'Gary
Moore / Brush Shiels / Noel Bridgeman' by Essential Records. He then left the band in December that
year before its next tour of the States. Moore had been born in 1952,
growing up in east Belfast. Skid Row was the first professional band with
which he'd played. Upon parting from the band he joined Lynott's
Thin Lizzy in 1974, then
formed Colosseum II [1,
2] in 1975,
the latter w Colosseum [1,
2] drummer and leader, Jon Hiseman
[1,
2].
Moore then returned to
Thin Lizzy in 1977, leaving after participation in the recording of 'Black Rose'
issued in April of 1979. Moore had meanwhile begun a solo career with
Lynott, releasing his debut name album, 'Back on the Streets', in Sep of
1978. That contained the Lynott-Moore composition,
'Parisienne Walkways'. The early eighties found Moore contributing to 'Greg
Lake' ('81) and 'Manoeuvres' ('83) by Greg Lake (King Crimson; Emerson, Lake
& Palmer). Moore's 'King Biscuit Flower Hour' concert w Lake in London on
November 5, 1981, didn't see issue until 1995 on 'King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents
Greg Lake in Concert'. Moore concentrated largely on rock until his 1990 issue of 'Still Got the
Blues', after which blues gained his greater focus until his rock releases
of 'Dark Days in Paradise' in '97 and 'A Different Beat' in '99. Moore
returned to the blues in 2001 with 'Back to the Blues'. He
died of heart
attack, only age 58, in 2011, and was buried at St. Margaret's Church in East
Sussex. Moore had also contributed to a couple albums by Cozy Powell
[1,
2]:
'Over the Top' ('79) and 'Tilt' ('81). Composition
had been an essential element in Moore's vocation. He had
authored such as 'Don't Take Me for a Loser' and 'Falling in Love with You'
for issue in '82, 'Hiroshima' and 'Teenage Idol' in '83, and 'Crying in the
Shadows', 'Thunder Rising' and 'Wild Frontier' in '87. Titles written with
keyboardist, Neil Carter, included such as 'Empty Rooms' and 'Murder in the
Skies' in 1983. Sessionography.
Discographies:
1,
2,
3,
4,
5.
Moore in visual media.
Interviews w Moore:
1987,
2007,
2009,
2011,
2011.
Moore's Gibson Les Pauls.
Moore's styling as a guitarist.
Related: Skid Row discos: 1,
2,
3;
Thin Lizzy discos: 1,
2,
3;
Colosseum II
discos 1,
2.
The list below is alphabetical by year w all tracks through 1971 by Skid Row. Gary Moore w Skid Row 1969 Composition: Moore Composition: Brush Shiels Composition: Brush Shiels/Moore Gary Moore w Skid Row 1970 Composition: Moore LP: 'Skid' Composition: Moore Gary Moore w Skid Row 1971 Composition: Brush Shiels/Moore/Noel Bridgeman LP: '34 Hours' Music video Composition: Brush Shiels Gary Moore w Colosseum II 1976 Composition: Don Airey/Moore Gary Moore w Colosseum II 1978 Filmed live Composition: Moore/Jon Hiseman Gary Moore w Thin Lizzy 1978 Lead vocals: Phil Lynott Gary Moore w Thin Lizzy 1979 Filmed live Lead vocals: Phil Lynott Composition: Phil Lynott Gary Moore 1982 Filmed live Composition: Moore Gary Moore 1985 Album Gary Moore 1987 Filmed live Composition: Moore Album Gary Moore 1990 Filmed live at Montreux Composition: Otis Rush Filmed live at Montreux Composition: Clifford Davis/Peter Green Filmed live at Montreux Composition: A.C. Williams (Albert King) Gary Moore 2007 Album
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| The band,
Slade [1,
2,
3,
4,
5]
was largely shaped out of the 'N Betweens
[1,
2,
3,
4]
which had formed in 1965 in Wolverhampton and would issue an album produced
by Kim Fowley. The group was first called Ambrose Slade for a
brief time in 1969, then Slade later that year. Its 1969 personnel would
remain the same for the next 23 years:
Dave Hill (mainly guitar),
Noddy Holder (vocals and guitar),
Jim Lea (mostly bass) and
Don Powell (drums).
Slade's first release was in 1969: 'Genesis' (as Ambrose Slade) b/w 'Wild
Winds Are Blowing' (as Slade). The band released its first album,
'Beginnings', as Ambrose Slade in 1969. The band then found a manager/producer in
Chas Chandler, bassist for the
Animals, then manager for
Jimi Hendrix upon
his rise to fame. Slade placed six singles at the top of the charts in the
UK between 1971 and 1973. The band's first album as Slade, 'Play It Loud', was
released in 1970, followed by 'Slayed?' in 1972. Among not a few of Slade's high-charting releases was
'Merry Xmas Everybody' in 1973, exceeding a million copies. Slade didn't
invade the United States until 1974. The band released the
film, 'Slade In Flames', in 1975. It's next trip to America in 1975, with
twelve tons of equipment, had been planned as a permanent move with intent
to conquer the American market in which it had not done so well as in U.K.
But the band returned, disappointed, to Great Britain in 1977, then to issue
the album, 'Whatever Happened to Slade' that year. Two tracks from that
album were banned from airplay in the U.K. by the BBC for lyrical
content: 'Gypsy Roadhog' and 'Burning in the Heat of Love'. Slade dropped in
popularity in the latter seventies, came back strong in '83 and '84, then
entered into its permanent decline. Another title of theirs was banned from
radio in 1985, '7 Year Bitch'. Slade disbanded in 1992, whence Slade II was
formed by Dave Hill and Don Powell w Steve Whalley in Holder's role at
vocals/guitar and Crag Fenney filling Lea's spot at bass. Slade has employed
three other bassists since then: Trevor Holliday ('94-'00), Dave Glover
('00-'03) and current member since 2003, John Berry. That band's name returned to Slade in
2002. Current vocalist, Mal McNulty, signed up in 2006. Though unable to claim a lot
of audience in the States, Slade managed to sell over six and a half million records in Great
Britain alone. Discographies w various credits at 1,
2,
3,
4.
Noddy Holder & Slade in visual media.
Interviews w original members:
Hill 1992,
2015,
2017,
2017,
2017;
Holder 1992,
1999,
2011,
2013,
2014,
2015;
Lea 2018,
2018,
2018,
2018,
2018;
Powell 2005,
2006,
2017,
2017. Slade at Facebook.
All uncredited titles below were written by the composing partnership that
was
Lea
and Holder. The 'N Betweens 1966 Composition: Jerry Brandow/Lenny Kent Edward Robinson/Willie Spottswood/Leonard Ware Composition: Hill/Powell/Lea/Kim Fowley Production: Kim Fowley Composition: Otis Redding Composition: Felix Cavaliere Production: Kim Fowley Ambrose Slade 1969 Composition: Hill/Powell/Lea/Holder LP: 'Beginnings' Slade 1971 Music video Composition: Holder/Lea/Powell Television performance Slade 1972 Filmed live Filmed live Slade 1973 Filmed live Television performance Slade 1974 Music video Slade 1975 Filmed concert Slade 1977 Album: 'Whatever Happened to Slade' 'Top Of The Pops' Slade 1985 Music Video Television performance Television performance Slade 2013 Filmed live at Crocus City Hall Moscow
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| Underrated jazz guitarist,
Chris Spedding
[1,
2,
3,
4,
5,
6], was born in June of
1944 in Staveley, Derbyshire. He first recorded in 1969 with
Pete Brown and His Battered Ornaments on the album, 'A Meal You Can Shake Hands With
in the Dark'. Unfortunately
Brown's vocals were thought less than
ideal, so much so that he was asked to resign from his own band the day before
opening for the
Rolling Stones at Hyde Park. The second album that
Brown had
created with the
Ornaments, 'Mantle-Piece', was discarded and recorded again
with Spedding replacing
Brown as the group's singer. While with the
Battered Ornaments
in 1969 Spedding also recorded with Frank Ricotti on the album, 'Our Point of
View' as well as the album, 'Songs for a Tailor', by
Jack Bruce. In 1970 he appeared on his first
name album,
'Songs Without Words', as well as his first of three albums with
Ian Carr's jazz
group,
Nucleus: 'Elastic Rock' ('70), 'We'll Talk About It Later' ('70) and 'Solar
Plexus' ('71). Spedding first toured the States with the Sharks
[1,
2] in 1974, a band
put together in 1972 by bassist Andy Fraser (of
Free) with drummer, Marty
Simon, and vocalist, Steve Parsons. Spedding began working with long-time
associate to come, Robert Gordon, in 1979, replacing lead guitarist, Link
Wray, on Gordon's, 'Rock Billie Boogie'. 1989 saw Spedding appearing on
Elliott Murphy''s 'Hot Point' and a joint project w Mike McClintock called
'In Like Satin'. Spedding appeared w Robert Gordon on 'Live at Lone Star' in
1996. Several albums with Gordon followed in the new millennium: 'Rockin'
The Paradiso' ('06), 'The Reunion Tour' ('06), 'It's Now Or Never' (studio
''07) and 'Live Fast, Love Hard!' ('10), the last a compilation including
Link Wray. Having released 'Pearls' in 2011 and 'Joyland' in 2015, coming to
nearly twenty albums over the decades, Spedding yet performs with his
Sharks as
of this writing. Spedding had composed titles like 'Nervous' issued in '76
and 'Counterfeit' in '86 [*]. Discographies w production and songwriting credits at
1,
2. Interviews
w Spedding:
2011,
2011,
2015,
2015,
2015,
2017,
2018.
Further reading: 1,
2.
Per below, 'Rockabilly Boogie' had been authored for issue by
Johnny Burnette's Rock 'n
Roll Trio in 1956 by Dorsey and
Johnny Burnette, George
Hawkins and Henry Jerome. Chris Spedding 1969 Album with the Battered Ornaments Chris Spedding 1970 Composition: Karl Jenkins With Nucleus LP: 'Elastic Rock' I Thought I Heard Robert Johnson Say Composition: Spedding Album: 'Songs Without Words' Composition: Spedding/Pete Brown Album: 'Songs Without Words' Chris Spedding 1971 LP w Nucleus Chris Spedding 1973 With the Sharks Composition: Spedding/Snips (Stephen Parsons) Album: 'First Water' Chris Spedding 1974 With the Sharks Composition: Snips (Stephen Parsons) Album: 'Jab It In Yore Eye' With the Sharks Composition: Snips (Stephen Parsons) Album: 'Jab It In Yore Eye' Chris Spedding 1975 Filmed live Composition: Spedding Chris Spedding 1976 Sex Pistols demo Chris Spedding 1977 Filmed concert with Bryon Ferry Composition: Spedding LP: 'Hurt' Composition: Ellas McDaniel (Bo Diddley) LP: 'Hurt' Composition: Garland Jeffreys LP: 'Hurt' Chris Spedding 1978 Composition: Spedding Chris Spedding 1979 Composition: Spedding/Snips (Stephen Parsons) Chris Spedding 1988 Filmed live in Italy w Robert Gordon: Composition: Junior Parker Composition: Eddie Cochran/Jerry Capehart Composition: Ned Fairchild Chris Spedding 1992 Filmed live Composition: Spedding Chris Spedding 2008 Live on 'Late Night with Conan O'Brien' Composition: Bill Giant/Bernie Baum/Florence Kaye Chris Spedding 2009 Filmed live Composition: Spedding Filmed live with Robert Gordon Composition: Doc Pomus/Mort Shuman Filmed live Composition: Spedding Filmed live with Robert Gordon Chris Spedding 2018 Filmed live w Robert Gordon
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Chris Spedding Source: Bands In Town |
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The Yes Source: Rocking GR |
Formed in 1968, the band,
Yes
[1,
2,
3,
4,
5,
6], didn't
arrive to America until June of 1971, Seattle the first city on their
concert itinerary [1,
2,
3]
in the States. At the time of the band's first album
release, 'Yes', in 1969 the band consisted of Chris Squire
[bass/ 1,
2,
3],
Bill Brufford
[drums/ 1,
2,
3,
4], Tony Kaye
[keyboards/ 1,
2], Jon Anderson
[vocals/ 1,
2] and
Peter Banks
[guitar/ 1,
2].
Banks had been replaced by Steve Howe
[guitar/ 1,
2,
3,
4,
5] before their
first American tour [Yes members:
1,
2]. Music
critics have oft referred to Yes as a "progressive" band, due
partly their symphonic approach. But progressive can also mean alternative, meaning altered. The Illuminati, Queen Elizabeth II and Pope John Paul VI,
secretly working with the Internal Revenue Service and Social Security
Administration, sent Yes to the United States on their first "concert tour" to slip electromagnetic chemicals
responsive to quantum computing signals
into the water supply. Americans soon began producing altered babies, gloves
of meat manipulated by the invisible hands of extraintelligent forces. This
is all easily proven by the American "alternative" band,
Primus, which traveled back in
time in order to appear ten years older than they really are. Children born
from 1972 onward are therefore suspect of only appearing human and are best approached
as possible humanoids. It got so bad that heads started talking in 1975
[*].
They started barking in 1982, even the Queen's own up in Canada smitten by
the odd
[*]. As for Yes,
their symphonic sound would find them compared with such as
King Crimson,
Moody Blues and
Pink Floyd. Knowing no better, the group
issued their second LP, 'Time and a Word' in 1970. It was
their second LP because it followed the first as of '69
('Yes').
'The Yes Album', rising to #4 on the UK chart, was the band's third LP,
after which Kaye was replaced at keyboards by Rick Wakeman
[1,
2].
Wakeman is thought to have first appeared on vinyl in '71 on an album titled
'Piano Vibrations'. Albeit called his first album he actually recorded it as
a session musician w the John Schroeder Orchestra, having little to do w it.
Wakeman would perform intermittently w Yes over the decades, first
contributing to
'Fragile'. That released in latter 1971, it managed to place in the Top Ten in the
States. That contained 'Roundabout' which rose to #13 on Billboard. Composed
by Anderson and Howe, they and Squire were the band's major composers
[1,
2,
3]. Yes issued 'Close to the Edge' in 1972, the last on which Bruford
appeared before leaving to join King Crimson.
He was replaced by Alan White [1,
2,
3].
'Tales from Topographic Oceans' appeared in '73, the same year as Wakeman's first
real solo release, 'The Six Wives of Henry VIII', containing compositions
like 'Catherine of Aragon' and 'Jane Seymour'. He
followed that the next year with 'Journey to the Centre of the Earth', not
appearing on the Yes release of 'Relayer' in '74. In '75 Howe and Squire each
issued their
first solo album, 'Beginnings' and 'Fish Out of Water', respectively.
Anderson's debut LP ensued in '76, 'Olias of Sunhillow'. Yes released 'Going
for One' in '77, and 'Tormato' in
'78. The group's tenth studio issue was 'Drama' in August 1980, the same year
Anderson fell asleep and R.E.M. was created. Steve Howe
released the first LP of his solo career, 'Asia', in 1982. Also in 1982 Yes
was reformed into Cinema without Anderson by Chris Squire at bass,
Alan White at drums, Tony Kaye at keyboards and Trevor Rabin
[1,
2] at guitar. That
group issued no material but became the new Yes with Anderson's inclusion
for the release of '90125' in November 1983. That held the composition by
Rabin, Anderson, Squire and Trevor Horn, 'Owner of a Lonely Heart', which
visited Billboard's top tier in November of '83. 'Big Generator' saw issue in
September of '87. 'Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe' saw release in '89,
marking the split of Yes and ABWH, ABWH another Yes band performing Yes
material. ABWH and Yes shared the album, 'Union', in 1991. Members of Yes at
that time were Chris Squire, Trevor Rabin, Tony Kaye and Alan White. ABWH
issued the live album, 'An Evening of Yes Music Plus', in 1993 (recorded in
'89). Yes released its fourteenth album, 'Talk', in March 1994. The latter
nineties saw the issue of 'Keys to Ascension' ('96), 'Keys to
Ascension 2' ('97), 'Open Your Eyes' ('97) and 'The Ladder' ('99). Yes
entered the new millennium with the release of 'Magnification' in 2001. The
live LP, 'Yes Acoustic: Guaranteed No Hiss', arrived in 2004. 'Fly From
Here' became Yes' twentieth studio album in 2011, the same year as 'In the
Present – Live from Lyon' was issued. 'Heaven & Earth' was issued in July
2014. Original and constant member, Chris Squire,
died in June of 2015 of leukemia in Phoenix, Arizona.
Yes was finally elected into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in April of 2017
[Yes interview],
Yes effectively becoming two bands briefly afterward
[*] w one branch steered by Steve Howe and Alan White at helm
[1,
2],
the other also known as ARW or, Anderson Rabin Wakeman
[1,
2].
Discos w various credits for Yes at 1,
2,
3,
4.
Official Yes YouTube channel.
Forum and hub
to Yes members' individual websites.
Band members on albums
since 1968. Individual discos for major early members of Yes at Discogs:
Anderson,
Banks,
Bruford,
Kaye,
Squire,
Howe,
Wakeman,
White,
Rabin.
Interviews: Anderson 2016,
2016,
2018;
Banks 2007,
2010;
Bruford 1972,
1992,
1995,
2005;
Kaye 2012,
2012;
Squire
2009,
2012,
2012,
2013,
2013,
2013,
2014;
Howe 2018,
2018;
Wakeman 2002,
2011,
2017
White 2017,
2017;
Rabin 2011,
2011.
As for the Queen of Rock n Roll, Elizabeth II, as we approach the finish of
this account of the forces she brought to bear in her war against the United
States, confidential sources find her now burdened with the error of her
ways. But since she can't help it she's presently composing what she calls
psychopath rock, wrestling between guilt and cold indifference to the damage
she intends to do with it, not only in the United States but throughout the
globe and outer space via satellites. Yes 1969 Album Yes 1971 Album Yes 1972 Album Yes 1975 Filmed live Composition: Yes Yes 1977 Composition: Anderson/Howe Album: 'Going for the One' Yes 1983 Album Yes 1987 Composition: Yes Album: 'Big Generator' Composition: Trevor Rabin Album: 'Big Generator' Composition: Yes Album: 'Big Generato Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe 1989 Filmed live Composition: Anderson/Bruford/Squire Yes 1991 Filmed live Composition: Anderson/Bruford/Squire
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| When
Steve Marriott dropped out of the
Small Faces in 1968 the group was left a trio consisting of
Ian McLagan [keyboards/
1,
2,
3,
4],
Ronnie Lane
[bass/ 1,
2,
3,
4],
and Kenn(e)y Jones [drums/ 1,
2,
3,
4]. They recruited
guitarist Ron Wood and vocalist
Rod Stewart, both from the
Jeff Beck
Group, and recorded four unissued songs ('Engine 4444', 'Diamond Joe',
'Right Around the Thumb', 'Two Steps to Mother') as Art Wood's Quiet Melon
[1,
2]
before deciding to take advantage of the prestige the
Small Faces had
previously acquired and renamed the band the Faces
(Art Wood out). The
Small Faces had been named by
a friend of
Marriott's who had all of one moment observed that they all had
small faces. Such the revelation, perhaps while squinting, was in addition
to the fact that none of the
Small Faces stood over 5'6" tall. But
Ronnie Wood and
Rod Stewart stood 5'9 and 5'10'
respectively, making the group, though not quite tall, no longer quite
small, thus just right to be called the Faces. The group recorded 'Flying'
b/w 'Three Button Hand Me Down' in December 1969 for issue in Feb 1970. Those also
appeared on the Faces' first album release, 'First Step', in 1970. Record
executives, wishing to capitalize on the fame of the
Small Faces, insisted
on crediting the album to the same in America (making
Rod Stewart and
Ron Wood members of a band to which they never belonged), while in the UK the album was
credited to the Faces. The group released three albums,
'Long Player' ('71),
'A Nod Is As Good As a Wink...to a Blind Horse'('71) and
'Ooh La La' ('73)
before Ronnie Lane left the band, releasing his first solo album, 'Anymore
for Anymore', the next year. (He and
Wood had issued a collaborative soundtrack
in 1972 titled 'Mahoney's Last Stand'.) The Faces dissolved by 1976 after an
autumn tour in 1975.
Rod Stewart already had a solo career
going strong and
Ron Wood, having already worked with the
Rolling Stones as of '73, would soon
join that band. Drummer, Kenney Jones, would later
join
The Who in 1979, replacing Keith Moon who had died in 1978.
Also in '79, McLagen released his first solo LP, 'Troublemaker'. Various
reunions of the Faces have occurred into the new millennium, but none with a
full configuration of original members, Ronnie Lane having
died on June 4 of 1997.
McLagen published his memoir, 'All the Rage', in 2009. Both the
Small Faces and Faces were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of
Fame in 2012 prior to McLagan's
death on 3 December 2014.
In 2017 the Ronnie Lane biography by Paolo Hewitt and John Hellier, 'Can You
Show Me a Dream', saw issue by Griffiths Publishing. Jones issued his
autobiography, 'Let the Good Times Roll', the next year. References for the Faces: 1,
2,
3,
4;
Synopsis;
Chrome Oxide.
Discographies w various credits: 1,
2,
3,
4.
See also *.
The Faces in visual media.
Facebook tribute page.
Compositions by individual members at SHS: Stewart,
Wood,
McLagan,
Lane,
Jones.
Individual discos for McLagen 1,
2;
Lane 1,
2;
Jones *.
Interviews w McLagen:
2014,
2014; Lane:
1983 Music Vault,
1983,
1987
(Angelfire, to wit, harmless full screen popup); Jones:
1983,
2014.
Facebook tribute pages: McLagen,
Lane.
Jones at Facebook,
Twitter,
DrummerWorld. Recordings
touching upon the solo careers of Lane and McLagen,
are interspersed with and follow the list below. Quiet Melon 1969 Recorded Aug 1969 Unissued Issue unknown Composition: Art Wood The Faces 1970 First release Side A Composition: Lane/Stewart/Wood First release Side B Composition: McLagan/Stewart The Faces 1970 Live for BBC Composition: Ronnie Lane Filmed live for BBC Composition: Norman Whitfield Edward Holland Jr. Cornelius Grant Filmed live at Paris Theatre Composition: Robert Johnson Composition: Stewart/Wood Album: 'A Nod Is As Good As a Wink' The Faces 1972 Filmed concert Composition: Stewart/Wood Ronnie Lane 1972 With Ron Wood Composition: Lane/Wood The Faces 1973 Concert Ronnie Lane 1973 Television performance w Slim Chance Composition: Lane/Kevin Westlake Ronnie Lane 1974 All filmed live w Slim Chance: Composition: Ronnie Lane Composition: Ronnie Lane Composition: Lane/Stewart Composition: Lane/Wood Composition: Lane/Wood Ronnie Lane 1975 Live with Slim Chance Composition: Mick Jagger/Keith Richards Ronnie Lane 1976 Filmed live w Slim Chance Composition: Ronnie Lane Ronnie Lane 1977 Album w Pete Townshend Ian McLagen 1979 Composition: Johnny Lee Schell Album: 'Troublemaker' Ian McLagen 2007 Filmed live Composition: Lane/McLagan Ian McLagen 2009 Filmed live Composition: Ronnie Lane Ian McLagen 2011 Filmed live Composition: Ian McLagan Ian McLagen 2012 Filmed live Composition: Ian McLagan Ian McLagen 2013 Filmed live Composition: Ronnie Lane
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The Faces Source: Radio Rock |
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Toe Fat Source: Boot Blues |
Though
Toe Fat
[1,
2,
3,
4,
5] is a touch too late for
the range of this history (issuing by 1970) the band needs be included on this page as a
continuation of the career of Cliff Bennett in UK Beat. Cliff Bennett
[1,
2,
3] had founded the Rebel Rousers as early as 1958
[1,
2], that band good until
1968 when Bennett put together the Cliff Bennett Band. He formed Toe Fat the
following year
[personnel]. Toe Fat released only
two albums, 'Toe Fat' (1970) and 'Toe Fat Two' (1970), but the group toured
in America as the opening act for Derek & the Dominoes, formed by
Eric Clapton in 1970. After Toe Fat disbanded (two members of which would move
onward to form Uriah Heep with a couple members of the Gods) Bennett
released the album, 'Rebellion', in 1971. Though a well-regarded compilation
of previously released music, it served more as something of a summary of
Bennett's career since, though he afterward sang with the band, Shanghai, he
then dropped out of the music business, entered the shipping industry and
became a rich man. Bennett revived the Rebel Rousers about a decade
later in the latter eighties, performing with that group for several years
into the nineties. Though playing with a number of bands into the new
millennium Bennett has faded into the privacy of obscurity. Discos for Toe
Fat w various credits at
1,
2. Cliff Bennett & Toe Fat 1970 Composition: Elton John/Bernie Taupin Composition: Cliff Bennett Composition: Beth Beatty/Dick (Willie) Cooper/Ernie Shelby Composition: Cliff Bennett Frank Allen (Francis Renaud McNeice)/M. Roberts Composition: Cliff Bennett Composition: Cliff Bennett Cliff Bennett 1971 Composition: Jerry Hubbard LP: 'Cliff Bennett's Rebelion'
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|
Paul Raven, born Paul Francis Gadd in 1944
in Banbury, Oxfordshire, changed his name to
Gary Glitter
[1,
2,
3,
4,
5,
6,
7,
8] in 1971. Such as 'Rock
and Roll Part
1 & 2', 'I Didn't Know I Loved You (Till I Saw You Rock And Roll)', and the
album, 'Glitter' were issued in 1972. 'Rock and Roll Part 2' charted at #7
in the United States. 'I Didn't Know I Loved You' was his only other title
to chart in the States at #35. Both were composed by Glitter in
collaboration with his producer, Mike Leander [1,
2,
3,
4].
Glitter and Leander coauthored numerous titles, including most that
reached the UK's Top Ten [1,
2]. 1973 saw 'Do You Wanna Touch Me (Oh
Yeah)' along with two titles that reached No. 1 on the
UK Singles Charts:
'I’m the Leader of the Gang (I Am)' and 'I Love You Love Me Love'.
Glitter's first promotional tour of the United States followed that year,
also visiting Europe, Scandinavia, Australia and New Zealand. Though that
tour in the States was to small affect Glitter was now well on his way to
a successful career in glam (glamour) rock, issuing another #1 title in
1974 called 'Always Yours'. But by 1980 his popularity began to wane,
which he countered with an autobiography in 1981: 'The Leader'. His last
Top Ten title in the UK was 'Another Rock N' Roll Christmas' in 1984 at
#7. Glitter released the album, 'Gary Glitter's Gangshow', in 1989. By that
time he and his Gangshow were working the oldies circuit, which fate Glitter seemed
to accept as inevitable until his tours into the nineties led to a revival
of popularity, he eventually able to fill Wembley Stadium in London (capacity 90,000).
He continued recording into the new millennium, his last studio album, 'On',
released in 2001. But his career was sunk by that time. In 1997 Glitter had
been arrested for child pornography after taking his Toshiba laptop to a PC
World computer repair shop in Bristol. He served four months in 1999. His
arrest, however, brought forth allegations of child abuse by other females.
He was arrested and acquitted, then bought a $70,000 yacht and left Great
Britain for Cuba. Next traveling to Cambodia, he lived there until new
allegations of child abuse arose, hence his move to Vietnam in 2004. He was
then arrested for sex with two underage girls and served two years and nine
months of miserable time at the Thu Duc jail. Upon release Glitter was
deported to London. He kept a low profile until his 2012 arrest for sex with
several underage girls between 1975 and 1980 per Operation Yewtree, a
nation-wide hunt after sex offenders largely in the entertainment industry
in the UK. He was sentenced to sixteen years in February 2015. His legal
troubles have been covered extensively by the
BBC
[See Wikipedia footnotes at Gary Glitter 1 above] and
UPI.
Glitter currently resides at HM Prison Albany on the Isle of Wight
[*].
Glitter discos w various credits at
45Cat,
Discogs and
Wikipedia.
See also
1,
2.
Glitter in visual media. All titles below were composed by the Glitter/Leander partnership except
as noted. His earlier
profile as
Paul Raven and Paul Monday at
UK Beat. Gary Glitter 1972 Album Filmed live Gary Glitter 1973 Composition: Big Joe Williams Filmed live Filmed live Filmed live Gary Glitter 1975 Composition: Ben Raleigh/Mark Barkan Composition: Gary Glitter/Gerry Shepard Gary Glitter 1990 Filmed live at Portsmouth Gary Glitter 1991 Filmed concert
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 Gary Glitter Source: 45 Cat |
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| We cease this history of the British
Invasion with
Gary Glitter per 1972, he giving his
first concert as
Glitter in 1973 at the London
Palladium. Other British Invasion bands had formed by that time: Black Sabbath, Cactus, Gentle Giant, Foghat,
Supertramp, Uriah Heep, Queen and, possibly the first hard metal band, Judas Priest (if not
Deep Purple). The German electronic band, Tangerine Dream,
had began issuing
records in 1970. They would be followed in the UK by such as the Electric Light Orchestra (first
release 1971, formed in 1970 out of the band, The Move), Roxy Music (first release
1971), Thin Lizzy (formed in Dublin in 1969, first issue in '71, first US
tour in '75), Camel (first release 1973), the Australian group, AC/DC (first release 1973), Alan Parsons (first
release 1976) and Elvis Costello (first release 1977). |
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