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 became Limahl. Given an unseemly…
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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 favoured by fans like Jimmy Page (who…
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 new lead singer, Peter Daltrey.…
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. They began working on their…
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 June 1966 and were spotted…
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 by David Gilmour…
Hailing from Ilford, Essex, Kathy Kirby sang her way into the charts with discs like Dance On and Secret Love, then went on to lucrative cabaret and stage appearances and her own TV…
Formed in Cambridge (UK) in 1981 – although there was actually a prototype of the Waves back in 1975 – Katrina and the Waves were headed up by Kansas-born Katrina Leskanich.…
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 record distribution company in the…
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) replaced Ringo Starr in Rory Storm and The…
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 what a great record Keith’s…
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), his first album, Stimulus, was…
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) and Ashley Thomson(drums). Con and…
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 of all time), Love is Like…
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 spiky Sunderland four-piece whose colourful,…
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 Pops, it’s creators were in…
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 a jazz singer working under…
Founder member of Soft Machine and sometime member of Gong, Kevin Ayers’ career is a snapshot of the English underground across four decades. Patchy, erratic and often unclassifiably brilliant, his solo work remains…
Kevin Borich was born in 1948 in Huapai (near Auckland) in New Zealand. In 1961, at the age of 12, Borich recorded a private single on Astor Records, and formed…
Greg Hearnden Vocals, guitar James Robinson Bass, vocals Scott Egginton Drums Graham Hill Bass
