"solo album ""Just a Boy"" and released as a single, which became one of Sayer's biggest hits, peaking at number 6 in the UK, and placing in the top 10 in South Africa. One Man Band (Roger Daltrey song) One Man Band is a song by The Who's lead singer, Roger Daltrey from his début solo album ""Daltrey"". The song was written by David Courtney and Leo Sayer, and features Daltrey's acoustic guitar strumming. According to Daltrey, it ""reminiscences of Shepherd's Bush"" [A place in west London where Daltrey had grown up and The Who were formed] and became one"
"Band"", and the UK Music Hall of Fame in 2005. Seven of the group's albums appeared on ""Rolling Stone""s 500 Greatest Albums of All Time in 2003, more than any act except the Beatles, Bob Dylan, the Rolling Stones and Bruce Springsteen. The Who The Who are an English rock band formed in 1964. Their classic line-up consisted of lead singer Roger Daltrey, guitarist and singer Pete Townshend, bass guitarist John Entwistle, and drummer Keith Moon. They are considered one of the most influential rock bands of the 20th century, selling over 100 million records worldwide and holding a reputation"
"and Pete Townshend with the backing vocals. Their debut single, ""What More Do You Want"" generated little interest but the second release, ""Funny How Love Can Be"" made the UK chart's Top 10. Further hits followed, including ""That's Why I'm Crying"" and UK chart No.3 ""Tossing and Turning"" (not to be confused with similarly named hit of Bobby Lewis. The original trio released just one album, 1965's ""This is the Ivy League"" – panned in the music press as disappointing, with its excessively wide spread of musical styles and material – before both Carter and Lewis left the group. Carter"
"The Lancastrians The Lancastrians, were a British pop rock band, formed in Altrincham, Cheshire, England. They are best remembered for their only hit record, ""We'll Sing in the Sunshine"", released in December 1964. Other single releases were ""The World Keeps Going Round"" written by Ray Davies, ""Let's Lock the Door (And Throw Away the Key)"", and ""Was She Tall"". The group was formed by Barry Langtree and Kevin Heywood in the mid-1950s, then known as The Heartbeats. They included vocalist, Tommy Hart, drummer Pete Yeoman, bassist Roger Goodier and became Tommy Hart & The Heartbeats. They were spotted by BBC"
"The Gaylords and subsequently invited to join the group. Shortly thereafter, McAleese adopted his stage name (a moniker he coined by combining the names Dean Martin and Tennessee Ernie Ford) and The Gaylords were re-christened Dean Ford and the Gaylords. With hopes of achieving more commercial success, Ford and the band relocated to London in 1965. Three years later, Marmalade, with Ford as lead singer, became the first Scottish band to score a #1 hit song on the U.K. pop singles chart.[1], also racking up many prior and additional consecutive quality hits worldwide. In addition to his lead vocals, Ford"
"Motörhead Motörhead () were an English rock band formed in June 1975 by bassist, singer, and songwriter Ian ""Lemmy"" Kilmister, who was the sole constant member, guitarist Larry Wallis and drummer Lucas Fox. The band are often considered a precursor to the new wave of British heavy metal, which re-energised heavy metal in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Though several guitarists and drummers have played in Motörhead, most of their best-selling albums and singles feature the work of ""Fast"" Eddie Clarke on guitar and Phil ""Philthy Animal"" Taylor on drums. Motörhead released 22 studio albums, 10 live recordings, 12"
"his band with the exception of Entwistle, Townshend and the drummer, Doug Sandom, a semi-pro player who was several years older than the others. Roger Daltrey relinquished the role of guitarist to Pete Townshend in 1963, instead becoming frontman and lead singer. The band considered several changes of name, finally settling on the name The Who while Entwistle was still working as a tax clerk (temporarily performing as the High Numbers for four months in 1964). When the band decided that the blond Roger Daltrey needed to stand out more from the others, Entwistle dyed his naturally light brown hair"
"The Rolling Stones The Rolling Stones are an English rock band formed in London in 1962. The first stable line-up consisted of Brian Jones (guitar, harmonica), Mick Jagger (lead vocals), Keith Richards (guitar, backing vocals), Bill Wyman (bass), Charlie Watts (drums), and Ian Stewart (piano). Stewart was removed from the official line-up in 1963 but continued as a touring member until his death in 1985. Brian Jones was the original leader of the group. The band's primary songwriters, Jagger and Richards, assumed leadership after Andrew Loog Oldham became the group's manager. Their musical focus shifted from covering blues songs to"
"The Dave Clark Five The Dave Clark Five were an English rock and roll band formed in Tottenham in 1957. In January 1964 they had their first UK top ten single, ""Glad All Over"", which knocked the Beatles' ""I Want to Hold Your Hand"" off the top of the UK Singles Chart. It peaked at number 6 in the United States in April 1964. Although this was their only UK #1, they topped the US chart in December 1965, with their cover of Bobby Day's ""Over And Over"". Their version of Chet Powers' ""Get Together"" reached number 8 on the"
"of the beach, to keep the sound in sync with the music from the stage; for every of beach, the sound had to be delayed an additional second. Current members Former members Early members Current touring members Former touring musicians Selected studio albums The Rolling Stones The Rolling Stones are an English rock band formed in London in 1962. The first stable line-up consisted of Brian Jones (guitar, harmonica), Mick Jagger (lead vocals), Keith Richards (guitar, backing vocals), Bill Wyman (bass), Charlie Watts (drums), and Ian Stewart (piano). Stewart was removed from the official line-up in 1963 but continued as"
"band soon abandoned most of the rock opera in favor of their other hit songs. Only a few of the album's songs would be performed regularly on the group's subsequent tours in 1975-6, 1979–80, 1981, 1982, and 1989. In 1994 Roger Daltrey, lead singer of The Who, celebrated his 50th birthday by performing a two-night spectacular of Who music at Carnegie Hall, followed by a major tour. This tour attracted attention to songs from The Who's ""Quadrophenia"" and gathered support for the staging of a major tour of the rock opera in 1996-1997. In 1996 Pete Townshend was approached to"
"Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich were a British pop/rock group of the 1960s. Two of their single releases sold in excess of one million copies each, and they reached number one in the UK Singles Chart with the second of them, ""The Legend of Xanadu"". Five friends from Wiltshire, David John Harman (Dave Dee), Trevor Leonard Ward-Davies (Dozy), John Dymond (Beaky), Michael Wilson (Mick) and Ian Frederick Stephen Amey (Tich), formed a group in 1961, originally called Dave Dee and the Bostons. They soon gave up their jobs (e.g. Dave Dee"
"supported Big Country on a 2011 tour of the UK. Andy ""Thunderclap"" Newman died on 29 March 2016, at the age of 73. Thunderclap Newman Thunderclap Newman was a British rock band that Pete Townshend of the Who and Kit Lambert formed in 1969 in a bid to showcase the talents of John ""Speedy"" Keen, Jimmy McCulloch, and Andy ""Thunderclap"" Newman. Their single, ""Something in the Air"", a 1969 UK number one hit, remains in demand for television commercials, film soundtracks and compilations. The band released a critically acclaimed rock album, ""Hollywood Dream"", and three other singles (which appeared on"
"the Hot 100 during each of the seven consecutive years starting with 1964, continued until they broke up in 1970. One week after the Beatles entered the Hot 100 for the first time, Dusty Springfield, having launched a solo career after her participation in the Springfields, became the next British act to reach the Hot 100, peaking at number 12 with ""I Only Want to Be with You"". During the next three years, many more British acts with a chart-topping US single would appear. As 1965 approached, another wave of British Invasion artists emerged which usually consisted of groups playing"
"up in the mid-1960s, though several members later joined the group Jigsaw, which had several chart hits in the mid-1970s. In June 2011, their former band member, Mike Linnell, appeared as a contestant on the Channel 4 game show, ""Countdown"". The Mighty Avengers (band) The Mighty Avengers were an English pop group, who were formed in 1962 in Coventry, England. The group were managed by Andrew Loog Oldham, who at the same time, also managed The Rolling Stones. Mick Jagger and Keith Richards wrote the group's only hit, ""So Much In Love"", which spent two weeks in the UK Singles"
"The Joystrings The Joystrings (originally credited as The Joy Strings) were a 1960s UK Christian music group led by classically trained keyboard player and singer Joy Webb, an officer (now retired) in the Salvation Army. After appearing on Cliff Michelmore's BBC ""Tonight"" television show, they were given a recording contract by EMI Records. In 1964 they became the first Salvation Army pop group to achieve chart success with ""It's An Open Secret"" and ""On A Starry Night"". The main members through the years were Joy Webb (who wrote the group's first hit), Peter and Sylvia Dalziel, Bill Davidson and Wycliffe"
"Pete Townshend Peter Dennis Blandford Townshend (born 19 May 1945) is an English musician, singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist, best known as the lead guitarist, backing vocalist, and principal songwriter for the rock band the Who. His career with the Who spans over 50 years, during which time the band grew to be considered one of the most important and influential rock bands of the 20th century. Pete Townshend is the main songwriter for the Who, having written well over 100 songs for the band's 11 studio albums, including concept albums and the rock operas ""Tommy"" and ""Quadrophenia"", plus popular rock"
"Oli, was involved in The Fog Band from 2000-2006. https://sites.google.com/view/kaleidoscope-uk/home http://www.blurb.co.uk/user/kaleidobooks https://peterdaltrey.bandcamp.com/ https://500px.com/linkbekka Peter Daltrey Peter James Daltrey (born 25 March 1946 in Bow, East London, England) is an English musician. He has been lead singer and chief songwriter for the bands Kaleidoscope and Fairfield Parlour. He is also a solo artist. After the demise of the bands,Kaleidoscope and Fairfield Parlour, Daltrey concentrated on his solo recording projects. His first album, ""Dream On"" (Voiceprint VP182), was released on the British Voiceprint label in 1995, followed by two albums released in Japan: ""English Roses"" (Evangel EV001-1995) and ""When We Were Indians"""
"more R&B and Tamla Motown material worked its way into their sets, although their first Pete Townshend-penned single, ""I Can't Explain"", would begin a movement towards more original material in 1965. Meanwhile, a twist of fate saw Townshend accidentally break the neck off his Rickenbacker guitar during a show at the Railway Hotel in London, leading him to destroy the rest of the instrument in a fit of anger. Soon the band developed a reputation for instrument destruction (which Moon would extend to his drum kit) that would characterise the next several years of their existence. As no audience recordings"
"The Mighty Avengers (band) The Mighty Avengers were an English pop group, who were formed in 1962 in Coventry, England. The group were managed by Andrew Loog Oldham, who at the same time, also managed The Rolling Stones. Mick Jagger and Keith Richards wrote the group's only hit, ""So Much In Love"", which spent two weeks in the UK Singles Chart, reaching number 46 at the end of 1964. The song fared better in Australia, reaching #22. The group released several more singles, including ""Hide Your Pride and ""Blue Turns To Grey"" which all failed to chart. The band split"
"Drains"". Their first recording was the single ""Something in the Air"", which became a number one hit in the UK and a substantial hit elsewhere in the world. This was the only number one hit in the UK that Townshend performed on. (The Who had none.) Following this success, Townshend produced their sole album, ""Hollywood Dream"". Townshend also produced ""Fire"" by the Crazy World of Arthur Brown in 1968 that was No. 1 in the UK and No. 2 in the US and was also an executive-producer on the band's debut album, also called ""The Crazy World of Arthur Brown""."
"Northside (band) Northside are an English band from Blackley and Moston, Manchester. Formed in 1989, they released their only album ""Chicken Rhythms"" on Factory Records in 1991. The band became known for their concerts as part of what was the 1990 Madchester/baggy/indie-rave scene. Northside was formed by Warren ""Dermo"" Dermody (vocals/lyrics) and Cliff Ogier (bass). They were later joined by Michael Upton (guitar) and Paul Walsh (drums). Upton was replaced by Timmy Walsh prior to the release of their first single ""Shall We Take A Trip"". ""Shall We Take A Trip"" was banned by the BBC for its many references"
"be their last studio album, followed by another tour. Family gave their final concert at the Hawthorn Building of Leicester Polytechnic on 13 October 1973. Many of its members went on to different musical projects; Roger Chapman and John ""Charlie"" Whitney formed the band Streetwalkers; John Wetton played with King Crimson and eventually became the lead singer of the band Asia. Rob Townsend was a member of Medicine Head between 1973 and 1975. He is now a member of The Blues Band since 1979 and of The Manfreds since 1991. Ric Grech died of kidney and liver failure in 1990"
"Live at Leeds Live at Leeds is the first live album by the English rock band The Who. It was recorded at the University Refectory, University of Leeds on 14 February 1970, and is the only live album that was released while the group were still actively recording and performing with their best known line-up of Roger Daltrey, Pete Townshend, John Entwistle and Keith Moon. Initially released in the United States on 16 May, by Decca and MCA and the United Kingdom on 23 May, by Track and Polydor, the album has been reissued on several occasions and in several"
"at the time. He subsequently released a single, ""Jezebel""/""Linda Lu"", in 1965 as Johnny England & The Titans (on which he was backed by popular Wellington band The Premiers). He was replaced by pianist/singer Lou Parun, who had already established himself as a solo performer and had released four singles on the Lexian Records label in 1962 and 1963. Paul Griffin also left during 1964 and he was replaced by Brian Peacock (bass, vocals), who had previously played with Christchurch band The Downbeats. When Roger Simpson left he was not replaced, leaving Rod Stone as the only member from the"
"The Dukes of Stratosphear The Dukes of Stratosphear were an English rock band formed in 1984 by Andy Partridge, Colin Moulding, Dave Gregory, and Ian Gregory. Modeled after psychedelic pop groups from the 1960s, the Dukes were initially publicised by Virgin Records as a mysterious new act, but were actually an XTC spin-off band. They recorded only two albums: ""25 O'Clock"" (1985) and ""Psonic Psunspot"" (1987). In the UK, the records outsold XTC's then-current albums ""The Big Express"" (1984) and ""Skylarking"" (1986). Partridge envisioned the Dukes as an amalgamation of ""your favourite bands from 1967,"" and was partly based on"
"Peter Daltrey Peter James Daltrey (born 25 March 1946 in Bow, East London, England) is an English musician. He has been lead singer and chief songwriter for the bands Kaleidoscope and Fairfield Parlour. He is also a solo artist. After the demise of the bands,Kaleidoscope and Fairfield Parlour, Daltrey concentrated on his solo recording projects. His first album, ""Dream On"" (Voiceprint VP182), was released on the British Voiceprint label in 1995, followed by two albums released in Japan: ""English Roses"" (Evangel EV001-1995) and ""When We Were Indians"" (Evangel EV003 - 1996). In 1997, Daltrey worked with Universal Records on the"
"The Groundhogs The Groundhogs are a British rock band founded in late 1963, that toured extensively in the 1960s, achieved prominence in the early 1970s and continued sporadically into the 21st century. Tony McPhee (guitar and vocals) is the sole constant member of the group, which has gone through many personnel changes but usually records and performs as a power trio. The band was originally formed as The Dollar Bills in New Cross, London in 1962 by brothers Pete and John Cruickshank (born in 1943 and 1945 respectively in Calcutta, West Bengal, India). Tony McPhee (born 1944), the lead guitarist"
"Solstice (UK progressive rock band) Solstice are a British neo-progressive, folk rock band formed in 1980. They are led by guitarist Andy Glass, who is the sole founding member still in the band. The band formed in 1980, and performed BBC sessions and received national music press coverage before splitting in 1985 (with one guest appearance in 1986). Their only album release in this period was 1984's ""Silent Dance"". Interest generated by a CD reissue of ""Silent Dance"" led to a reunion in the nineties with two studio releases, ""New Life"" and ""Circles"", and a live album, ""The Cropredy Set""."
"in 1966, which made them, arguably, the only American rock or pop act that could rival The Beatles. By the end of 1962 British beat groups like The Beatles were drawing on a wide range of American influences including soul music, rhythm and blues and surf music. Initially, they reinterpreted standard American tunes, playing for dancers doing the twist, for example. These groups eventually infused their original compositions with increasingly complex musical ideas and a distinctive sound. During 1963, The Beatles and other beat groups, such as The Searchers and The Hollies, achieved popularity and commercial success in Britain. British"
"annoyed at Mr. Davidson's ""insensitivity and superficiality"". The mono mix of ""Odorono"" differs significantly from the stereo mix, including a different lead guitar part. Petra Haden covered the song on her 2005 album """". Acme Rock Group covered the song on their 2001 album ""Star"". Odorono ""Odorono"" is a song written by Pete Townshend that was first released by English rock band The Who on their 1967 album ""The Who Sell Out"". Townshend sings the lead vocal rather than normal Who lead singer Roger Daltrey. The song praises the virtues of an actual American deodorant named ""Odo-Ro-No"". The concept behind"
"Odorono ""Odorono"" is a song written by Pete Townshend that was first released by English rock band The Who on their 1967 album ""The Who Sell Out"". Townshend sings the lead vocal rather than normal Who lead singer Roger Daltrey. The song praises the virtues of an actual American deodorant named ""Odo-Ro-No"". The concept behind ""The Who Sell Out"" was to make the album sound like a pirate radio station, including fake commercials between the songs. ""Odorono"" fitted with the concept by being a phony commercial for a brand of underarm deodorant, but it is also a substantial song in"
"Pet Shop Boys Pet Shop Boys are an English synth-pop duo, formed in London in 1981 and consisting of Neil Tennant (lead vocals, keyboards, occasional guitar) and Chris Lowe (keyboards, vocals). Pet Shop Boys have sold more than 50 million records worldwide, and are listed as the most successful duo in UK music history by ""The Guinness Book of Records"". Three-time Brit Award winners and six-time Grammy nominees, since 1985 they have achieved 42 Top 30 singles, 22 of them Top 10 hits in the UK Singles Chart, including four UK number ones: ""West End Girls"" (also number one on"