Sad Cafe
The band called it a day in 1990, but briefly reformed in 1998.
Vocalist Paul Young went on to further success with Mike & The Mechanics. He...
Sade
Sade (pronounced Sharday) was born in Nigeria in 1959 as Helen Folasade Adu, the daughter of a Nigerian father and a British mother. When...
Sailor
This Anglo-Norwegian band was the brainchild of Georg Kajanus, the son of a Russian prince and a Finnish sculptress who had also been a...
Saint Etienne
Horsham's Bob Stanley and Croydon's Pete Wiggs formed Saint Etienne in 1990.
They sang of sweet dreams from the suburbs, blending the sounds of disco, Motown and girl group blues...
Saints, The
Australians Ed Kuepper (guitar), Chris Bailey (vocals & bass) and Ivor Hay (keyboards) formed a high school band in Brisbane, Queensland, called Kid Galahad...
Sam & Dave
Samuel Moore and David Prater were both from the South, had both spent time as gospel singers, and joined forces as a vocal duo...
Sam Apple Pie
Sam Apple Pie hailed from Walthamstow (East London) in the late 60's and played all the day's underground clubs and 'happenings', and even appeared...
Sam Cooke
Sam Cooke was born one of eight children in Chicago on 22 January 1931, into a strong church-going family. His father was a local...
Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs
Texan quintet Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs had a regional hit in 1965 with a track called Haunted House.
It caught the ear of Stan...
Samantha Fox
Samantha Karen Fox was born on 15 April 1966 in Mile End, London, to parents Patrick and Carole. She had two childhood dreams: to...
Sammy Davis Jr
Sammy Davis Jr was born in Harlem in 1925 to Elvera Sanchez, a Puerto Rican dancer, and Sammy Davis Snr, a black vaudeville entertainer.
Elvera's...
Samson
Focusing on the talents of guitarist and occasional vocalist Paul Samson (who sadly passed away from cancer on 9 August 2002) Samson were at...
Sandie Shaw
Born Sandra Goodrich on 26 February 1947, Sandie Shaw came from Dagenham in Essex, England. Following an education at the Robert Clack Technical School,...
Sandy Denny
Alexandra Elene MacLean Denny, was born on 6 January 1947 in Worple Road, Wimbledon. She would forever be known as Sandy.
Her mother and father,...
Santana
Born in 1947, Carlos Santana grew up mostly poor in a small Mexican town, Autlán de Navarro. His father, Jose, led a mariachi band...
Sarah Vaughan
Sarah Vaughan was already one of jazz's most beloved divas when she opened a week-long run at the Chicago nightspot Mister Kelly's in the...
Savage Garden
Savage Garden emerged onto the Australian music scene in 1996 after Darren Hayes and Daniel Jones met via an advertisement in a local newspaper...
Savoy Brown
Founded by the only constant mainstay, Kim Simmonds, Savoy Brown (originally The Savoy Brown Blues Band) saw some great players pass through their ranks,...
Saxon
Saxon vocalist Peter "Biff" Byford is a Yorkshireman with strictly old-school values.
Once photographed enjoying a cup of tea while his wife washed his car...
