Gene Pitney was born in February 1940 of Polish origin and grew up in the Connecticut town of Rockville. While at school there he formed…
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Vincent Eugene Craddock was born in Norfolk, Virginia in 1935. After dropping out of South Norfolk High School at the age of 15, he lied…
After the break-up of The Beat in 1983, vocalists Dave Wakeling and Ranking Roger decided to continue working together in a new venture. They joined…
Generation X emerged during the punk explosion of 1976. Singer Billy Idol had previously worked with bassist Tony James in the short-lived band Chelsea. With Bob “Derwood”…
In July 1970, a callow 19-year-old, who had a brief career as a child actor in TV commercials and used to help out at the…
William Francis Washington was born in 1943 and raised by his aunt in a house of ill-repute called The Big Boot in Evansville, Indiana. His…
Gentle Giant were formed from the remnants of late 60s psychedelic beat group Simon Dupree and the Big Sound, who scored a 1967 UK Top…
While much folk-rock (and rock in general) was getting noisier and more psychedelic in the late 1960s, a few Los Angeles folk-rockers were moving in…
Formed in 1963 in Memphis, Tennessee, The Gentrys forged their early reputation playing high school dances before winning the city’s Battle of the Bands contest and…
These Doncaster mod revivalists first came to prominence when they won the EMI Supergroup competition in Leeds. The first prize was a recording session at…
Often referred to as ‘Newcastle’s answer to Slade’, Geordie scored a handful of hits across Europe (especially in Germany), including All Because Of You, Can You Do…
Of all the individual solo output following the break-up of The Beatles, George Harrison provided the real surprise with the 1970 triple album set All Things Must…
George Martin was born on 3 January 1926 in Highbury, London. When he was six, his family acquired a piano that sparked his interest in…
George Thorogood never earned much respect from blues purists, and yet he became a popular favourite in the 1980s through repeated exposure on FM radio…
Formed in Atlanta, Georgia (USA) as Keith & The Satellites in 1979, Georgia Satellites rocked the bar and club scene for years but finally got…
Clive Powell was born in 1943 in the small Lancashire town of Leigh (which was ultimately to be lost in the encroaching industrial conurbation of…
Sid Vicious was self-destructive; Johnny Rotten was snotty; Rollins was furious; and Johnny and Dee Dee were cartoon-like. Darby Crash was all of these things.…
Born Gerard Marsden in Liverpool on 24 September 1942, Gerry formed his first group with his brother Freddie. A skiffle outfit, the band were originally called The…
After early musical collaboration with comedian/actor Billy Connolly in a group called The Humblebums, and a successful stint in Stealers Wheel, Gerry Rafferty enjoyed a successful…
Not all the giant superstars of the 1970s were millionaires. One notable case was Raymond O’Sullivan, an Irishman in a cloth cap (born in Waterford…