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Narendra Modi is the current (14th) Prime Minister of India, since 26 May 2014.
The Prime Minister of India is the chief executive of the Government of India. In India's parliamentary system, the Constitution names the President as head of state de jure, but his or her de facto executive powers are vested in the Prime Minister and his Council of Ministers. Appointed and sworn-in by the President, the Prime Minister is usually the leader of the party or alliance that has a majority in the Lok Sabha, the lower house of India's Parliament.
Since 1947, India has had fourteen Prime Ministers, fifteen including Gulzarilal Nanda who twice acted in the role. The first was Jawaharlal Nehru of the Indian National Congress party, who was sworn-in on 15 August 1947, when India gained independence from the British. Serving until his death in May 1964, Nehru remains India's longest-serving prime minister. He was succeeded by fellow Congressman Lal Bahadur Shastri, whose 19-month term also ended in death. Indira Gandhi, Nehru's daughter, succeeded Shastri in 1966 to become the country's first woman premier. Eleven years later, she was voted out of power in favour of the Janata Party, whose leader Morarji Desai became the first non-Congress prime minister. After he resigned in 1979, his former deputy Charan Singh briefly held office until Indira Gandhi was voted back six months later. Indira Gandhi's second stint as Prime Minister ended five years later on the morning of 31 October 1984, when she was gunned down by her own bodyguards. That evening, her son Rajiv Gandhi was sworn-in as India's youngest premier, and the third from his family. Thus far, members of Nehru–Gandhi dynasty have been Prime Minister for a total of 37 years and 303 days.[1]
Rajiv's five-year term ended with his former cabinet colleague, V. P. Singh of the Janata Dal, forming the year-long National Front coalition government in 1989. A six-month interlude under Prime Minister Chandra Shekhar followed, after which the Congress party returned to power, forming the government under P. V. Narasimha Rao in June 1991. Rao's five-year term was succeeded by four short-lived governments—the Bharatiya Janata Party's Atal Bihari Vajpayee for 13 days in 1996, a year each under United Front prime ministers H. D. Deve Gowda and I. K. Gujral, and Vajpayee again for 19 months in 1998–99. After Vajpayee was sworn-in for the third time, in 1999, he managed to lead his National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government to a full five-year term, the first non-Congressman to do so. Vajpayee was succeeded by Congressman Manmohan Singh, the first Sikh premier, whose United Progressive Alliance government was in office for 10 years between 2004 and 2014.
The incumbent Prime Minister of India is Narendra Modi who has headed the BJP-led NDA government since 26 May 2014 which is India's first non-Congress single party majority government.[2]
Prime Ministers of India (by state of birth)
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1 Key
2 Prime Ministers of India
3 See also
4 References
4.1 General
4.2 Specific
Key[edit]
Colour key for party of the prime ministers
Bharatiya Janata Party
Indian National Congress
designated Indian National Congress (I) 1977–1996[3]
Janata Dal
Janata Party
Janata Party (Secular)
Samajwadi Janata Party
Other key
№: Incumbent number
† Assassinated or died in office
§ Returned to office after a previous term
RES Resigned
NC Resigned following a no-confidence motion
Prime Ministers of India[edit]
№
Name
(birth–death)
Portrait
Prior Office
Party
(Alliance)
Elected constituency
Term of office[4]
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(Lok Sabha)
Ministry
Appointed by
1
Jawaharlal Nehru
(1889–1964) Indian freedom fighter Indian National Congress Phulpur, Uttar Pradesh 15 August
1947 27 May
1964[†] 7003613000000000000♠16 years, 286 days — Nehru I Lord Mountbatten
1952 (1st) Nehru II Rajendra Prasad
1957 (2nd) Nehru III
1962 (3rd) Nehru IV
–
Gulzarilal Nanda (acting)
(1898–1998) Minister of Labour and Employment Indian National Congress Sabarkantha, Gujarat 27 May
1964 9 June
1964 13 days (3rd) (acting) Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
2
Lal Bahadur Shastri
(1904–1966) Minister of Home Affairs Indian National Congress Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh 9 June
1964 11 January
1966[†] 7002581000000000000♠1 year, 216 days (3rd) Shastri
–
Gulzarilal Nanda (acting)
(1898–1998) Minister of Home Affairs Indian National Congress Sabarkantha, Gujarat 11 January
1966 24 January
1966 13 days (3rd) (acting)
3
Indira Gandhi
(1917–1984) Minister of Information and Broadcasting Indian National Congress Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh 24 January
1966 24 March
1977 7003407700000000000♠11 years, 59 days (3rd) I. Gandhi I
Prime Minister
(Re-elected)
Rae Bareli, Uttar Pradesh 1967 (4th)
Prime Minister
(Re-elected)
1971 (5th) I. Gandhi II V. V. Giri
4
Morarji Desai
(1896–1995) Minister of Finance and Deputy Prime Minister of India before he resigned in 1969 Janata Party Surat, Gujarat 24 March
1977 28 July
1979[RES] 7002856000000000000♠2 years, 126 days 1977 (6th) Desai B. D. Jatti
(acting President)
5
Charan Singh
(1902–1987) Minister of Finance Janata Party (Secular)
with INC Baghpat, Uttar Pradesh 28 July
1979 14 January
1980[RES] 170 days – (6th) C. Singh Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
(3)
Indira Gandhi
(1917–1984) Former Prime Minister Indian National Congress (I) Medak, Andhra Pradesh 14 January
1980[§] 31 October
1984[†] 7003175200000000000♠4 years, 291 days 1980 (7th) I. Gandhi III
6
Rajiv Gandhi
(1944–1991) MP for Amethi Indian National Congress (I) Amethi, Uttar Pradesh 31 October
1984 2 December
1989 7003185800000000000♠5 years, 32 days (7th) R. Gandhi Zail Singh
Former Prime Minister
(Re-elected)
1984 (8th)
7
Vishwanath Pratap Singh
(1931–2008) Minister of Defence Janata Dal
(National Front) Fatehpur, Uttar Pradesh 2 December
1989 10 November
1990[NC] 343 days 1989 (9th) V. P. Singh R. Venkataraman
8
Chandra Shekhar
(1927–2007) MP for Ballia Samajwadi Janata Party
with INC Ballia, Uttar Pradesh 10 November
1990 21 June
1991[a] 223 days (9th) Chandra Shekhar
9
Pamulaparti Venkata Narasimha Rao
(1921–2004) Minister of External Affairs Indian National Congress (I) Nandyal, Andhra Pradesh 21 June
1991 16 May
1996 7003179100000000000♠4 years, 330 days 1991 (10th) Rao
10
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
(born 1924) Minister of External Affairs Bharatiya Janata Party Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh 16 May
1996 1 June
1996[RES] 16 days 1996 (11th) Vajpayee I Shankar Dayal Sharma
11
Haradanahalli Doddegowda Deve Gowda
(born 1933) Chief Minister of Karnataka Janata Dal
(United Front) Rajya Sabha MP for Karnataka 1 June
1996 21 April
1997[RES] 324 days (11th) Deve Gowda
12
Inder Kumar Gujral
(1919–2012) Minister of External Affairs Janata Dal
(United Front) Rajya Sabha MP for Bihar 21 April
1997 19 March
1998 332 days (11th) Gujral
(10)
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
(born 1924) Former Prime Minister Bharatiya Janata Party
(NDA) Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh 19 March
1998[§] 22 May
2004 7003225600000000000♠6 years, 64 days 1998 (12th) Vajpayee II K. R. Narayanan
Former Prime Minister
(Re-elected)
1999 (13th) Vajpayee III
13
Manmohan Singh
(born 1932) Minister of Finance Indian National Congress
(UPA) Rajya Sabha MP for Assam 22 May
2004 26 May
2014 7003365600000000000♠10 years, 4 days 2004 (14th) M. Singh I A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Former Prime Minister
(Re-elected)
2009 (15th) M. Singh II Pratibha Patil
14
Narendra Modi
(born 1950) Chief Minister of Gujarat Bharatiya Janata Party
(NDA) Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh 26 May
2014[5] Incumbent 7003130200000000000♠3 years, 206 days 2014 (16th) Modi Pranab Mukherjee
Jump up ^ Chandra Shekhar officially resigned as Prime Minister on 13 March 1991, but he and his ministers continued in office until Rao succeeded him.
Timeline
See also[edit]
Government of India portal
India portal
Prime Minister's Office
List of Prime Ministers of India by longevity
List of Presidents of India
References[edit]
General[edit]
"Former Prime Minister's of India". Prime Minister's Office (PMO). Retrieved 22 November 2017.
"Gallery of Prime Ministers". Press Information Burea. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
Guha, Ramachandra (2011). India After Gandhi: The History of the World's Largest Democracy. Pan Macmillan. ISBN 9780330540209.
Brass, Paul R. (1994). The Politics of India Since Independence. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521459709.
Specific[edit]
Jump up ^ "In India, next generation of Gandhi dynasty". Washington Post. Retrieved 2016-12-27.
Jump up ^ Diplomat, Ankit Panda, The. "BJP, Modi Win Landslide Victory in Indian Elections". The Diplomat. Retrieved 2016-12-27.
Jump up ^ "Indian National Congress". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
Jump up ^ "Former Prime Ministers". PM India. Archived from the original on 9 October 2014. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
Jump up ^ "Narendra Modi appointed Prime Minister, swearing in on May 26". The Times of India. 20 May 2014. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
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The Super Bowl curse or Super Bowl hangover is a phrase that refers to one of three phenomena that may occur in the National Football League (NFL). First, that host teams rarely qualify for the Super Bowl during the year their city will host. Second, that teams rarely win consecutive Super Bowls. Third, that a participating team will follow their Super Bowl appearance with sub-par seasons. These interpretations of the Super Bowl curse are not mutually exclusive.
The term has been used since at least 1992, when The Washington Post used the term in print.[1] Former NFL General Manager Charley Casserly attributed the curse to such factors as "a shorter offseason, contract problems, [and] more demand for your players' time".[2] Casserly also noted that "once the season starts, you become the biggest game on everybody's schedule," suggesting that pressure from fans and spectators may also have an impact on a team's performance.[2]
Contents
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1 The Home Field Advantage Curse
2 The Non-Repeat Curse
3 The Losers' Curse
4 Further reading
5 References
6 External links
The Home Field Advantage Curse[edit]
The home field curse affects the host team of the Super Bowl. So far no team has yet managed to reach the Super Bowl in their home stadium. Four teams with Super Bowls in their home venue have qualified for the divisional playoffs: the 1994 Miami Dolphins, the 1998 Miami Dolphins, the 2016 Houston Texans, and the 2017 Minnesota Vikings, the Vikings being the first to qualify for their conference's title game. From 1966–2011 (excluding the six Super Bowl games held in a stadium without a professional team), the Super Bowl host team has had 11 winning seasons, four split seasons, and 25 losing seasons. Mathematically, the probability of that many losing seasons or more occurring by chance (assuming a 50 percent chance of having a losing season (disregarding .500 seasons)) is 7.69 percent. It should be noted, however, that the Super Bowl host stadium is selected several years before the game is played, without regard to the teams that qualify.
Only two NFL teams have reached the Super Bowl hosted in their home region: the San Francisco 49ers, who played Super Bowl XIX in Stanford Stadium, rather than Candlestick Park, and the Los Angeles Rams, who played Super Bowl XIV in the Rose Bowl, rather than the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Besides Stanford Stadium and the Rose Bowl, the only other Super Bowl venue that was not the home stadium to an NFL team at the time was Rice Stadium in Houston: the Houston Oilers had played there previously, but moved to the Astrodome several years prior to Super Bowl VIII. The Miami Orange Bowl was the only AFL stadium to host a Super Bowl and the only stadium to host consecutive Super Bowls, hosting Super Bowl II and III. MetLife Stadium in New Jersey, which hosted Super Bowl XLVIII, is the home stadium of two NFL teams: the New York Giants and the New York Jets.
This list of examples is not exhaustive; no team has every qualified for the Super Bowl played in their home stadium.
Team
Host Field
Season
Season Record
Houston Oilers Rice Stadium, Houston, TX 1973 (Super Bowl VIII) 1--13
Atlanta Falcons Georgia Dome, Atlanta, GA 1999 (Super Bowl XXXIV) 5--11
Indianapolis Colts Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis, IN 2011 (Super Bowl XLVI) 2--14
New Orleans Saints Mercedes-Benz Superdome, New Orleans, LA 2012 (Super Bowl XLVII) 7--9
New York Jets MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, NJ 2013 (Super Bowl XLVIII) 8--8
New York Giants MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, NJ 2013 (Super Bowl XLVIII) 7--9
San Francisco 49ers Levi's Stadium, Santa Clara, CA 2015 (Super Bowl 50) 5--11
Minnesota Vikings US Bank Stadium, Minneapolis, MN 2017 (Super Bowl LII) 13--3
The Non-Repeat Curse[edit]
Since 1993, few winning teams have followed up their Super Bowl appearances with a second Super Bowl appearance, or even advanced to a conference title game in the subsequent season (the 1994 Dallas Cowboys qualified for their conference title but did not qualify for the Super Bowl). Only seven teams have won back-to-back Super Bowl championships, and only one of these seven have made more than two consecutive winning appearances in the Super Bowl. The only franchise to reach more than three straight title games was the Buffalo Bills who lost four Super Bowls in a row from 1990–93.
Since 2005, no incumbent holder has managed to successfully defend their title. Between 2006 and 2013, every defending Super Bowl champion would conclude the following season either losing their opening playoff game or failing to qualify for the playoffs.
This list of examples includes every team that has ever had back-to-back appearances at the Super Bowl.
Team
First Super Bowl Appearance
Score
Second Super Bowl Appearance
Score
Third Super Bowl Appearance
Score
Fourth Super Bowl Appearance
Score
Dallas Cowboys 1970 (Super Bowl V) 13--16 1971 (Super Bowl VI) 24--3 - - - -
Miami Dolphins 1971 (Super Bowl VI) 3--24 1972 (Super Bowl VII) 14--7 1973 (Super Bowl VIII) - -
Pittsburgh Steelers 1974 (Super Bowl IX) 16-6 1975 (Super Bowl X) 17--21 - - - -
Pittsburgh Steelers 1978 (Super Bowl XIII) 35--31 1979 (Super Bowl XIV) 19--31 - - - -
San Francisco 49ers 1989 (Super Bowl XXIII) 20--16 1990 (Super Bowl XXIV) 55--10 - - - -
Buffalo Bills 1990 (Super Bowl XXV) 19--20 1991 (Super Bowl XXVI) 24--37 1992 (Super Bowl XXVII) 17--52 1993 (Super Bowl XXVIII) 13--30
Dallas Cowboys 1992 (Super Bowl XXVII) 52--17 1993 (Super Bowl XXVIII) 30--13 - - - -
Green Bay Packers 1996 (Super Bowl XXXI) 35--21 1997 (Super Bowl XXXII) 24--31 - - - -
Denver Broncos 1997 (Super Bowl XXXII) 31--24 1998 (Super Bowl XXXIII) 34--19 - - - -
New England Patriots 2003 (Super Bowl XXXVIII) 32--29 2004 (Super Bowl XXXIX) 24--21 - - - -
Seattle Seahawks 2013 (Super Bowl XLVIII) 31--34 2014 (Super Bowl XLIX) 43--8 - - - -
New England Patriots 2016 (Super Bowl LI) 34--28 2017 (Super Bowl LII) 33--41 - - - -
The Losers' Curse[edit]
Although many teams experience this phenomenon, it is certainly not the rule. There are many speculations made about potential causal factors for this trend, including the team having a shorter offseason due to their extended postseason play, difficulty settling contracts, more pressure on the players, and an increase in visibility, which could contribute to nervous playing.[3]
One piece of the Super Bowl curse asserts the team that loses the Super Bowl will go into losing seasons overall. The trend was especially evident during the early 2000s.[4]
This list of examples is not exhaustive.
Team
Super Bowl Season
Season Record
Super Bowl Score
Season
Record
Cincinnati Bengals 1988 (Super Bowl XXIII) 12--4 16--20 1989 8--8
Denver Broncos 1989 (Super Bowl XXIV) 11--5 10--55 1990 5--11
Buffalo Bills 1993 (Super Bowl XXVIII) 12--4 13--30 1994 7--9
Atlanta Falcons 1998 (Super Bowl XXXIII) 14--2 19--34 1999 5--11
New York Giants 2000 (Super Bowl XXXV) 12--4 7--34 2001 7--9
St. Louis Rams 2001 (Super Bowl XXXVI) 14--2 17--20 2002 7--9
Oakland Raiders 2002 (Super Bowl XXXVII) 11--5 21--48 2003 4--12
Carolina Panthers 2003 (Super Bowl XXXVIII) 11--5 29--32 2004 7--9
Philadelphia Eagles 2004 (Super Bowl XXXIX) 13--3 21--24 2005 6--10
Chicago Bears 2006 (Super Bowl XLI) 13--3 17--29 2007 7--9
Carolina Panthers 2015 (Super Bowl 50) 15--1 10--24 2016 6--10
Further reading[edit]
"Credit Belichick for beating Super Bowl curse". The Sacramento Bee. October 25, 2006. pp. C3.
Freeman, Mike (December 12, 1991). "Fans cry: Off with Giants' Head (Coach)!". The Washington Post.
Green Jr., Ron (November 5, 2004). "Lost-the-Super-Bowl blues afflict Panthers, Raiders". The Charlotte Observer. pp. 2C.
"Less and more than rumored Miami and the Super Bowl curse". Sarasota Herald Tribune. January 30, 1999.
Penner, Mike (August 27, 2006). "Curses are reality to fantasy leaguers". Los Angeles Times. pp. D.2.
References[edit]
Jump up ^ Boswell, Thomas (September 21, 1992). "A Curse but not yet a sin". The Washington Post. Retrieved October 22, 2016.
^ Jump up to: a b Gruber, Jack (February 6, 2007). "Champions, for now — Super Bowl curse could vex Colts, Bears". USA Today. Retrieved April 19, 2008.
Jump up ^ Gruber, Jack (February 6, 2007). "Champions, for now — Super Bowl curse could vex Colts, Bears". USA Today. Retrieved April 19, 2008.
Jump up ^ Simpson, Matt (September 17, 2006). "Seattle out to break Super Bowl curse". East Valley Tribune. Retrieved April 19, 2008.
External links[edit]
Maske, Mark (June 15, 2006). "Seahawks hope to buck Super Bowl curse". Washington Post.
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Adam Faith
Background information
Birth name
Terence Nelhams-Wright
Also known as
Terry Nelhams
Born
(1940-06-23)23 June 1940
Acton, London, England
Died
8 March 2003(2003-03-08) (aged 62)
Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England
Genres
Pop
beat
rock
rock and roll
Occupation(s)
Musician, actor, journalist
Instruments
Vocals
Years active
1957–2003
Labels
Parlophone, Top Rank International, HMV, Warner
Associated acts
The Worried Men (1957), The Roulettes
Terence "Terry" Nelhams-Wright (23 June 1940 – 8 March 2003), known as Adam Faith, was a British teen idol, singer, actor and financial journalist. He was one of the most charted acts of the 1960s.[1] He became the first UK artist to lodge his initial seven hits in the Top 5.[1] He was also one of the first UK acts to record original songs regularly.[1]
Contents
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1 Early life and education
2 Music career
3 Film and television career
4 Later years and death
5 Discography
5.1 Singles
5.2 Albums
5.3 EPs
5.4 Compilation albums
5.5 US singles
5.6 US albums
6 References
7 External links
Early life and education[edit]
Terence Nelhams-Wright was born at 4 East Churchfield Road,[2] Acton, London, England. Known as Terry Nelhams, he was unaware his surname was Nelhams-Wright until he applied for a passport and obtained his birth certificate. The third in a family of five children, Nelhams grew up in a council house in a working class area of London, where he attended John Perryn Junior School. He started work at 12, delivering and selling newspapers while still at school. His first full-time job was odd-job boy for a silk screen printer.
Music career[edit]
Faith became one of Britain's significant early pop stars. At the time, he was distinctive for his hiccupping glottal stops and exaggerated pronunciation. He did not write his own material, and much of his early success was through partnership with songwriters Les Vandyke and John Barry, whose arrangements were inspired by the pizzicato arrangements for Buddy Holly's "It Doesn't Matter Anymore".
Faith began his musical career in 1957, while working as a film cutter in London in the hope of becoming an actor, singing with and managing a skiffle group, the Worried Men. The group played in Soho coffee bars after work, and became the resident band at the 2i's Coffee Bar, where they appeared on the BBC Television live music programme Six-Five Special. The producer, Jack Good, was impressed by the singer and arranged a solo recording contract with HMV under the name Adam Faith.
His debut record "(Got a) Heartsick Feeling" and "Brother Heartache and Sister Tears", in January 1958, failed to make the charts. Good gave him a part in the stage show of Six-Five Special, along with the John Barry Seven but the show folded after four performances. His second release later that year was a cover of Jerry Lee Lewis's "High School Confidential", backed with the Burt Bacharach and Hal David penned "Country Music Holiday", but this also failed.
Faith returned to work as a film cutter at National Studios at Elstree until March 1959, when Barry invited him to audition for a BBC TV rock and roll show, Drumbeat. The producer, Stewart Morris, gave him a contract for three shows, extended to the full 22-week run. His contract with HMV had ended, and he sang one track, "I Vibrate", on a six-track EP released by the Fontana record label. Barry's manager, Eve Taylor, got him a contract with Top Rank, but his only record there, "Ah, Poor Little Baby"/"Runk Bunk" produced by Tony Hatch, failed to chart due to a lack of publicity caused by a national printing strike.
Despite the failure, Faith was becoming popular through television appearances. He became an actor by taking drama and elocution lessons, and appeared in the film Beat Girl. The script called for Faith to sing songs and as Barry was arranging Faith's recordings and live Drumbeat material, the film company asked him to write the score. This was the beginning of Barry's career in film music.
Faith's success on Drumbeat enabled another recording contract, with Parlophone. His next record in 1959, "What Do You Want?", written by Les Vandyke and produced by Barry and John Burgess, received good reviews in the NME and other papers, as well as being voted a hit on Juke Box Jury. This became his first number one hit in the UK Singles Chart,[1] and his pronunciation of the word 'baby' as 'bay-beh' became a catchphrase.[3]
"What Do You Want?" was the first number one hit for Parlophone, Faith the only pop act on the label.[3]
With his next two single releases, "Poor Me" (another chart topper) and "Someone Else's Baby" (a UK No. 2), Faith established himself as a prominent rival to Cliff Richard in British popular music.
A UK variety tour was followed by a 12-week season at Blackpool Hippodrome in the summer of 1960 and an appearance on the Royal Variety Show.
Faith's next release was a double A-side single, "Made You"/"When Johnny Comes Marching Home", which made the Top Ten, despite a BBC ban for "Made You" for 'a lewd and salacious lyric'. His 1960 novelty record "Lonely Pup (In a Christmas Shop"), to coincide with his Christmas pantomime, gained a silver disc.
His début album Adam was released on 4 November 1960 to critical acclaim for the inventiveness of Barry's arrangements and Faith's own performances. The material ranged from standards such as "Summertime", "Hit The Road to Dreamland" and "Singin' in the Rain" to more contemporary songs, such as Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman's "I'm a Man", Johnny Worth's "Fare Thee Well My Pretty Maid", and Howard Guyton's "Wonderful Time".
Still 20 and living with his parents, he bought a house in Hampton Court for £6,000, where he moved with his family from their house in Acton. In December 1960, he became the first pop artist to appear on the TV interview series Face to Face with John Freeman.
Faith made six further albums and 35 singles, with a total of 24 chart entries, of which 11 made the UK Top Ten, including his two No. 1s. Ten of the eleven singles that made the Top Ten actually also made the Top Five. Faith managed to lodge twenty consecutive single releases on the UK Singles Chart, starting with "What Do You Want?" in November 1959 and culminating with "I Love Being in Love With You" in mid-1964; this was quite a feat for a British artist of Faith's era.
Faith's last Top Ten hit in the UK (in October 1963) was "The First Time" (UK No. 5), which was also his first single with his backing group in 1963 and 1964, The Roulettes, acquired to give Faith's music a harder 'beat group' edge more in keeping with the Merseybeat sound at that time sweeping the British charts. His 1974 single "I Survive" made the Top 30 of the "Capital Countdown" on London's Capital Radio.
Benefitting from the enthusiasm of American audiences for all artists British at the height of the British Invasion in 1964–65, Faith managed to register one single in the Top 40 of the US Billboard Hot 100, "It's Alright" (which was not released as a single in his native UK).
In 1967, he recorded "Cowman, Milk Your Cow" which was written by Barry Gibb and Robin Gibb and released as a single in September that same year.
Film and television career[edit]
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In 1961, Faith made What a Whopper, with Sid James, Spike Milligan, Wilfrid Brambell, Carole Lesley and others well known at the time. A film about a writer, a group of Englishmen and the Loch Ness "monster", it was written by Terry Nation, and had music by John Barry; Faith sang the title song and "The Time Has Come". Faith's teen pop became less popular in the mid-1960s in competition with the Beatles. After a final single in 1968 he parted company with EMI and concentrated on acting. While a musician he had appeared in films such as Beat Girl (1960), Never Let Go (1960) and television dramas such as the Rediffusion/ITV series No Hiding Place but now he concentrated on repertory theatre. After a number of small parts, he was given a more substantial role in the play Night Must Fall, playing opposite Dame Sybil Thorndike. In 1962 he co-starred opposite Donald Sinden and Anne Baxter in the film Mix Me a Person, a thriller which was rated X-certificate (the modern equivalent would be a UK 18-certificate) by the British Board of Film Censors. In autumn 1969, he took the lead in a touring production of Billy Liar.
In the 1970s, he went into music management, managing Leo Sayer among others. Sayer claimed in an interview with British newspaper The Daily Telegraph that "He handled everything for me, but although he was a very good mentor, he was less trustworthy with my money. In the end, Adam Faith made more out of Leo Sayer than I did."
He starred as the eponymous hero in the 1970s television series Budgie (LWT/ITV), about an ex-convict, but his career declined after a motor car accident in which he almost lost a leg. He restarted with a role as the manipulative manager of rock star David Essex, in Stardust. He was nominated for a BAFTA award. In 1980 he starred with Roger Daltrey in McVicar and appeared with Jodie Foster in Foxes.
He played the role of James Crane in the 1985 TV movie Minder on the Orient Express – part of the Minder franchise.
From 1992 to 1994, he appeared in another TV series, Love Hurts, starring with Zoë Wanamaker, and in 2002 he appeared in the BBC series The House That Jack Built. In 2003, he appeared in an episode of Murder in Mind.
Later years and death[edit]
Faith married Jackie Irving in 1967 and they had one daughter, Katya Faith, who became a television producer.
By the 1980s, Faith had become an investor and financial adviser.[4] In 1986, he was hired as a financial journalist by the Daily Mail and its sister paper The Mail on Sunday. Faith and partner Paul Killik were the principal investors behind UK television station Money Channel. When the channel closed in June 2002, Faith was declared bankrupt, owing a reported £32 million. English film director and producer Michael Winner stated that Faith was his investment adviser, leading to significant losses on two different investments.[5]
In 1986, Faith had open heart surgery. In 2003, he became ill after his evening stage performance in the touring production of Love and Marriage at Stoke-on-Trent, and died of a heart attack early the next morning, 8 March 2003, at North Staffordshire Hospital.[6] His last words reportedly were "Channel 5 is all shit, isn't it? Christ, the crap they put on there. It's a waste of space."[7]
Discography[edit]
Singles[edit]
Year
Title
UK[1]
1958 "(Got A) Heartsick Feeling"
b/w "Brother Heartache and Sister Tears" –
1958 "Country Music Holiday"
b/w "High School Confidential" –
1959 "Ah, Poor Little Baby!"
b/w "Runk Bunk" –
1959 "What Do You Want?"
b/w "From Now Until Forever" 1
1960 "Poor Me"
b/w "The Reason" 1
1960 "Someone Else's Baby"
b/w "Big Time" 2
1960 "When Johnny Comes Marching Home"
b/w "Made You" 5
1960 "How About That!"
b/w "With Open Arms" 4
1960 "Lonely Pup (In a Christmas Shop)"
b/w "Greenfinger" 4
1961 "Who Am I!"
b/w "This Is It!" 5
1961 "Easy Going Me"
b/w "Wonderin'" 12
1961 "Don't You Know It?"
b/w "My Last Wish" 12
1961 "The Time Has Come"
b/w "A Help-Each-Other Romance" 4
1962 "Lonesome"
b/w "Watch Your Step" 12
1962 "As You Like It"
b/w "Face To Face" 5
1962 "Don't That Beat All"
b/w "Mix Me A Person" 8
1962 "Baby Take A Bow"
b/w "Knocking On Wood" 22
1963 "What Now"
b/w "What Have I Got" 31
1963 "Walkin' Tall"
b/w "Just Mention My Name" 23
1963 "The First Time"
b/w "So Long Baby" 5
1963 "We Are In Love"
b/w "Made For Me" 11
1964 "If He Tells You"
b/w "Talk To Me" 25
1964 "I Love Being In Love With You"
b/w "It's Alright" 33
1964 "Only One Such As You"
b/w "I Just Don't Know" –
1964 "A Message to Martha (Kentucky Bluebird)"
b/w "It Sounds Good To Me" 12
1965 "Stop Feeling Sorry For Yourself"
b/w "I've Gotta See My Baby" 23
1965 "Hand Me Down Things"
b/w "Talk About Love" –
1965 "Someone's Taken Maria Away"
b/w "I Can't Think Of Anyone Else" 34
1965 "I Don't Need That Kind Of Lovin'"
b/w "I'm Used To Losing You" –
1966 "Idle Gossip"
b/w "If You Ever Need Me" –
1966 "To Make A Big Man Cry"
b/w "Here's Another Day" –
1966 "Cheryl's Going Home"
b/w "A Funny Kind Of Love" 46
1967 "What More Can Anyone Do"
b/w "You've Got A Way With Me" –
1967 "Cowman, Milk Your Cow"
b/w "Daddy, What'll Happen To Me" –
1967 "To Hell With Love"
b/w "Close The Door" –
1968 "You Make My Life Worth While"
b/w "Hey Little Lovin' Girl" –
1974 "I Survived"
b/w "In Your Life" 51
1974 "Maybe"
b/w "Star Song" –
1975 "Strung Out Again"
b/w "Steppin' Stone" –
1993 "Stuck In The Middle With You"[8]
(with Roger Daltrey—CD single) 87
Albums[edit]
[1]
Adam (Parlophone) (1960) – UK Number 6
Beat Girl (film soundtrack) (Columbia) (1961) – UK Number 11
Adam Faith (Parlophone) (1962) – UK Number 20
From Adam with Love (Parlophone) (1963)
For You – Love Adam (Parlophone) (1963)
On the Move (Parlophone) (1964)
It's Alright (Capitol Canada 6000 Series) March 1965
Faith Alive (Parlophone) (1965) – UK Number 19
I Survived (Warner Bros.) (1974)
Midnight Postcards (PolyGram) (1993) – UK Number 43
EPs[edit]
Adam's Hit Parade (Parlophone GEP 8811) 1960
Adam Faith (Parlophone GEP 8851) 1961
The Time Has Come (Vandyke), Watch Your Step (Parker), I've Just Fallen for Someone (Askew) and I'm Coming Home (Johnson-Rado). Produced and conducted by John Barry 1961
Adam Faith (Parlophone GEP 8852) 1961
All These Things (Vandyke), It's All Over Now (Whyton), Second Time (Vandyke), Come To Me (Cenci-Carr), If I Had a Hammer (Hays-Seeger, I'm Going To Love you Too (Mauldin-Sullivan-Petty). Produced and conducted by John Barry 1961
Compilation albums[edit]
[1]
The Best of Adam Faith (Starline) (1966)
The Best of Adam Faith (MFP) (1971)
24 Golden Greats (Warwick) (1981) – UK Number 61
Not Just A Memory (Amy Records) (1983)
The Best of Adam Faith (re-issue) (MFP) (1985)
The Best of Adam Faith (second re-issue) (MFP) (1989)
The Singles Collection (Greatest Hits) (1990)
The Best of EMI Years (1994)
The Very Best of Adam Faith (MFP/EMI) (1997)
Greatest Hits (EMI Gold) (1998)
The Very Best of Adam Faith (EMI) (2005)
All The Hits (EMI Gold) (2009)
US singles[edit]
"What Do You Want?" / "From Now Until Forever" (Cub 9061)
"Poor Me" / "The Reason" (Cub 9068)
"I Did What You Told Me" / "Johnny Comes Marching Home" (Cub 9074)
"Don't That Beat All" / "Mix Me A Person" (Dot 16405)
"So Long, Baby" / "The First Time" (Amy 895)
"We Are in Love" / "What Now?" (Amy 899)
"It's Alright" / "I Just Don't Know" (Amy 913) (No. 31)
"Talk About Love" / "Stop Feeling Sorry For Yourself" (Amy 922) (No. 97)
"I Don't Need That Kind of Lovin'" / "I'm Used To Losing You" (Capitol 5543)
"Here's Another Day" / "To Make a Big Man Cry" (Capitol 5699)
US albums[edit]
England's Top Singer (MGM E/SE 3951)
Adam Faith (Amy 8005/S-8005)
References[edit]
^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. pp. 192–193. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
Jump up ^ "Acton's Local Web site". Actonw3.com. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
^ Jump up to: a b Rice, Jo (1982). The Guinness Book of 500 Number One Hits (1st ed.). Enfield, Middlesex: Guinness Superlatives Ltd. p. 46. ISBN 0-85112-250-7.
Jump up ^ Reed, Susan (20 February 1984). "The Evert Lloyds: Advantage, Adam Faith". Time, Inc. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
Jump up ^ "Michael Winner: 'I'm the only man ever to get a discount at M&S'". Telegraph.co.uk. 17 December 2008. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
Jump up ^ "Adam Faith". Telegraph.co.uk. 10 March 2003. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
Jump up ^ "Leader: Famous last words – The Guardian". Theguardian.com. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
Jump up ^ "Adam Faith with Roger Daltrey – "Stuck in the Middle"". Discogs.com. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
External links[edit]
Allmusic biography
Adam Faith site
Adam Faith on IMDb
Obituary, The Guardian, 10 March 2003
Comprehensive discography
Vintage footage on marriage with Jackie Irving
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