Harry Chapin was born on 7 December 1942 in Long Island, New York, and sang with the Brooklyn Boys’ Choir before forming a folk group…
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Harry Nilsson was born Harry E Nilsson III in Brooklyn on 15 June 1941 and spent his early childhood in the tough neighbourhood of Bushwick.…
Launched by EMI in mid-1969, Harvest Records was a microcosm of the huge musical range of the exploding “underground music” scene at the turn of…
Formed in 1973 from members of Canterbury prog rockers Caravan, Delivery and Egg, Hatfield And The North (their full name was taken from the A1 motorway…
Originally perceived as a “people’s band”, regularly playing free concerts and festivals, Hawkwind were the first outfit to commit themselves completely and permanently to science-fiction…
Former model Kate Garner and former disc jockey Jeremy Healy put together a mad brew of skipping-rope chants, backwoods fiddle, sadistic percussion, demented piano pounding…
Coventry girl Hazel O’Connor launched herself as a singer/songwriter with a starring part in the music industry movie Breaking Glass (1980) – scoring a Top Five hit single…
Formed in Edinburgh from the ashes of a pop group called Badger, The Headboys secured a lucrative deal with Robert Stigwood’s RSO label on the…
Headpins was formed in Vancouver, Canada, in 1980 by Chilliwack guitarist Brian MacLeod and bassist Ab Bryant. Fronted by former fashion model Darby Mills -…
Australian band Healing Force formed in October 1970. Comprising Australians Lindsay Wells (guitar) and Laurie Pryor (drums) and New Zealanders Charlie Tumahai (vocals and bass)…
First known as The Army (as far back as 1963 when bassist Steve Fossen joined up with guitarist Roger Fisher to form a Seattle bar…
This British-based multiracial disco band were a breeding ground for future top writing and producing talent. Keyboard player Rod Temperton (who wrote their 1977 hit Boogie…
Glenn Gregory, the only son of a steelworker, was born in Sheffield and grew up on the Flower Council Estate in Shire Green, one of…
Former child actor Gary Holton formed The Heavy Metal Kids in 1974 with Mickey Waller (guitar), Argentinean-born Danny Peyronel (keyboards), Ronnie Thomas (bass and vocals)…
“Are they the ultimate in Bovver Rock?” wondered Music Week in September 1973. Portsmouth four-piece Hector painted freckles on their faces, wore striped Dennis The Menace…
Formed in November 1963 and originally known as The Trendsetters, this short-lived quintet consisted of ex-members of the Royal Air Force. Mike Tinsley, Ray Honeyball,…
Heinz Burt was born Heinz Henry George Schwartze in July 1942 in Detmold, Germany, but was brought up in Hampshire in England after the war.…
When Linda Ronstadt turned down a suggestion from Capitol Records that she record I Don’t Know How To Love Him from Jesus Christ Superstar, label vice-president Artie Mogull…
Helen Shapiro was the first British act to release two Top 10 singles while still at school. She was only 14 when she cut the…
The front room of a house in Edmonton (suburban North London) is hardly the best setting for any group, but Hello’s performance in their drummer…