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…
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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…
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…
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…
Greg Hearnden Vocals, guitar James Robinson Bass, vocals Scott Egginton Drums Graham Hill Bass
August Darnell was born in New York’s Bronx on 12 August 1950. For years the background he invented for his Kid Creole alter-ego had him…
Melbourne band Kids In The Kitchen reached #10 on the Australian national charts with their debut single, Change In Mood, in November 1983. A second single, Bitter Desire (May 1984),…
Kiki Dee had been making records since the Sixties, but her career didn’t really get going until Elton John signed her to his Rocket label.…
Kilburn and The High Roads formed at Canterbury College of Art in 1970 when lecturer Ian Dury let his inner Gene Vincent fan take control,…
Named after the blues standard covered by everyone from Howlin’ Wolf to Mike Bloomfield, Killing Floor was fronted by the much under-appreciated guitarist Mick Clarke. They…