While Mott The Hoople effectively fell apart in 1974 they didn’t officially split until 1976, at which point drummer Dale ‘Buffin’ Griffin, bassist Pete ‘Overend’ Watts and…
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Playing electronic instruments and singing openly gay lyrics in a shrill falsetto, this London trio burst onto a complacent music scene in 1984. Scottish-born Jimmy…
Born Benjamin Franklin Peay in Lugoff, South Carolina, in 1931, Benton – the son of a Methodist preacher – began singing in his father’s church,…
Ricky and Geoff Brook hailed from Winchester, Hampshire, and started out in a skiffle group in 1956. The brothers changed their look and sound to approximate…
Platinum-haired twin brothers Matt and Luke Goss formed a group with school friend Craig Logan. The group was originally called Caviar before changing to Bros (pronounced ‘Bross’).…
Brother Beyond formed in 1985 and signed to EMI Records in 1986. Their first four singles, I Should Have Lied, How Many Times?, Chain Gang…
Brotherhood of Man’s 1970 transatlantic hit United We Stand – #10 in the UK, #13 in the US and #9 in Canada – was adopted…
Guitarists Mike Lutz and Cubby Koda formed Brownsville Station in 1969. Drummer Henry Weck came on board in 1971, and when bassist Tony Driggins departed…
Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen grew up in an average middle-class family; his mother, Adele, was a secretary, and his father, Douglas, was a bus driver.…
Born in Ontario on 5 November 1959, Canadian Bryan Adams started in club groups around Vancouver, British Columbia, at the age of 16. Within a…
Miner’s son Bryan Ferry left his native North-East in 1968, a slick young Geordie with a degree in fine arts, down to seek his fortune…
Making their debut opening for The Who in San Antonio in 1966, Texans Bubble Puppy jammed with Townshend and co prior to the show at…
Chicago group The Buckinghams named themselves after Buckingham Palace (although ‘Buckingham’ is also the name of a Chicago fountain, a famous landmark in its own right)…
Bucks Fizz was formed in January 1981 by songwriters Nichola Martin and Andy Hill specifically to perform their song Making Your Mind Up in the Eurovision Song Contest.…
Born Charles Hardin Holley on 7 September 1936, Buddy (as he was nicknamed from an early age by his family) first performed and broadcast in…
Buddy Wayne Knox was born on 20 July 1933 in the tiny farming community of Happy (motto: “The town without a frown”) in the Texan…
Hailing from Cardiff in 1967 and taking their cue from Led Zeppelin and Cream, Budgie originally performed as ‘Hills Contemporary Grass’ and ‘Six Ton Budgie’…
Sydney band Buffalo was one of Australia’s pioneering heavy rock outfits, and by virtue of the band’s appearance on the Vertigo label (they were the…
A gypsy childhood took Stephen Stills from Dallas, Texas, through many southern cities and also Central America. At the University of Florida, Steve discovered he…
Buffy Sainte-Marie (born Beverly Jean Santamaria) is a singer-songwriter, activist, and visual artist who rose to prominence during the 1960s folk music boom. From 1976…