English singer
Marty Wilde
Marty Wilde born on 15th April, 1939 is an English singer/songwriter Orginially born Reginald Leonard Smith he was one among the first generation of British pop stars to imitate American Rock ‘n’ Roll. He is the father of pop singer, Kim Wilde.
He was first noticed by impresario Larry Parnes while performing at The Condor Club in 1957. Parnes gave him the name Wilde and Marty came from the 1955 film of the same name. Wilde was popular in 1958-59 and performed with the likes of Cliff Richard and Tommy Steele. He made frequent appearances on '6.5 special' and 'Oh Boy!'. He had success with records including 'Endless Sleep', 'Donna', 'A Teenager In Love' and 'Sea of Love'.
After marrying Joyce Baker of The Vernon Girls his teen idol image declined. In 1970 he re-invented himself as Glam Rocker, Zappo, but had little success. As a record producer and songwriter he directed a chain of hits in the 1980s for his daughter, Kim Wilde.
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Kevin Rowland
Kevin Rowland was born in 1953 in Wolverhampton and is best known as front man of Dexys Midnight Runners. The first group of Rowland's was Lucy & The Lovers but that failed to survive for more than a short period. His next project the punk rock act The Killjoys were able to attain some recognition with the release of the single "Johnny Won’t Go To Heaven" in 1977. He separated from the band because of disillusionment with the punk scene and formed a new soul influenced band named Dexys Midnight Runners in 1978 with the guitarist, Al Archer.
Dexys disbanded in 1987. In the same year Rowland recorded a solo album named "The Wanderer" but the album was a commercial failure along with its three singles. His next album appeared in 1999, interpretations of classic songs named "My Beauty".
Dexys Midnight Runners was reformed by Rowland in 2003 with only one original member in the line-up of the band other than him, this was bassist Pete Williams.
The reformed band had a successful tour supporting their greatest hits album along with two newly recorded songs "Manhood" and "My Life in England". Even though these songs were boasted as new singles, they only appeared as airplay on national radio and were never released commercially.
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Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel
Steve Harley, born Stephen Malcolm Ronald Nice, and is an English singer and song writer. He was born on 27th February 1951 at Deptford, London. He gained international fame while working with the rock band Cockney Rebel and he still works with that band. During his childhood, he suffered from polio and in the hospital he heard Bob Dylan who inspired him.
He started working in clubs and bars and joined the band Odin. He met Jean-Paul Crocker when he was working in Odin and later founded Cockney Rebel in '72. They released their debut album ‘The Human Menagerie’ in 1973. In the following year they released their second album ‘The Psychomodo’, but parted in the same year. After that separation, Steve continued the band with the drummer Stuart Elliot and renamed the band as Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel.
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Steves most successful single 'Come Up and See Me Make Me Smile' whilst being a massive Worldwide hit has proved to be a bit of a burden too...as he says "everyone thinks I only wrote one F....ing song!"
Albums included in the 70's were 'Here Comes The Sun' and 'Mr Raffles'. In the 1980 he relocated himself to the United States.
During the early days of 1990, he brought out a number of solo albums. His songs 'Make Me Smile', 'Tumbling Down', and 'Sebastian' featured in the Todd Haynes’ rock musical Velvet Goldmine in 1998. Other albums include ‘Hobo with a Grin’, ‘The Candidate’, ‘Yes You Can’, ‘Poetic Justice’ and The Quality Of Mercy.
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