Kajagoogoo began life as a prog rock band called Art Nouveau – and then they met singer Chris Hamill who rearranged the letters of his surname and…
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Kaleidoscope – the American one, featuring David Lindley – purveyed a truly idiosyncratic mix of jug band stompers, psych-pop, blues, bluegrass and neo-Egyptian instrumentals. Much…
Kaleidoscope were formed in Acton in 1963 as The Sidekicks but changed their name to The Key in 1965 when they were joined by their…
Twins Herbert and Harold Kalin were born in Port Jervis, New York, in February 1934 but later moved with their family to Washington DC. Originally…
Kansas started out as a bar band playing cover versions of contemporary songs and soul oldies in the American state which gave them their name.…
Born Angus Mackenzie in Glasgow and once described as “a pint-sized Scot with a king-sized yodel and a siren voice that packs the power of…
Formed in 1964 and hailing from Hackbridge, a suburb in the London Borough of Sutton, this four-piece played the 100 Club in Oxford Street in…
EMI signed Kate Bush in 1974 when she was still a 16-year-old schoolgirl. She was given the deal on the strength of demo tapes sponsored…
Hailing from Ilford, Essex, Kathy Kirby (born Catherine Ethel O’Rourke in 1938) sang her way into the charts with discs like Dance On and Secret Love, then…
Formed in Cambridge (UK) in 1981 – although there was actually a prototype of the Waves back in 1975 – Katrina and the Waves were headed…
KC and the Sunshine Band comprised, in the main, session musicians from the TK Studios which were owned by Henry Stone (who had run a…
Formed in Battle, East Sussex, in 1995, Keane struggled to find momentum when their original guitarist, Dominic Scott, left in 2001, until they decided to…
Lancashire drummer Keef Hartley, well known for his flamboyant dress-sense (he often dressed as an American Indian – sometimes in full headdress and war paint)…
At the height of his career, Philadelphia-born singer Keith (no surname) was making $15,000 a week and getting back-slapped by a Beatle who told him…
Keith Christmas is more remembered for his name than for his work. Born Keith Peter Christmas on 13 October 1946 near Colchester in Essex (England),…
The Kelpies formed in Sydney (Australia) in March 1981 with a line-up of James Gelding (vocals), Mark Easton (guitar), Brian Conolly (guitar), Con Murphy (bass)…
Ken Dodd, OBE, Britain’s King of Comedy, was also a major recording artist in the 1960s with hits like Tears (one of the biggest selling UK singles…
Lauren Laverne is well known to radio listeners and TV viewers now, but in the mid-90s she came to prominence as the frontwoman of this…
All the pop fans wanted to see Kenny when their record made the charts. But when the group was invited to appear on Top of the…
Born on 18 March 1939 and bred in Stepney, East London, Kenny was one of thirteen children. He began singing with his sister, Gladys, who was…