Mal Ryder
Time the stage name of British singer Paul Bradley Couling is ( born February 27, 1944 in Llanfrechfa, Wales, more pseudonyms: Paul Bradley, Michael Florence and Mal Ryder ), who lives since the mid-1960s in Italy, where one of the most successful artists of the end - 1960s and early 1970s was.
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Biography
Getting Started in the UK
Paul Coulings family moved to Wolvercote to at Oxford, when he was three years old. At 15 he left school and became an electrician 's apprentice. His career began as lead singer of the rock and roll cover band The Meteors. Soon he joined the famous band from Oxford, the Spirits, with which he published as Mal Ryder & The Spirits couple of singles, among others, for Decca Records on. 1964 Beat boom they went on tour in Germany. After returning to the UK, the meteor broke up, but a little later closed time, the band The Primitives, which published in 1965, the single " Every Minute of Every Day " on Pye Records.
The Primitives 1966 went on tour in Norway, then to France and finally to Italy. At this time had joined as the new drummer David Withers to the band who was known by his nickname pick as the drummer of the Dire Straits.
The Primitives in Italy
The band received a contract in the Roman Piper Club, the leading for the beat timing venue in Italy, where also occurred later stars like Patty Pravo, or as time coming from United Kingdom The Rokes. The album " Blow Up " the primitive appears on the record label of the club, with cover versions and their own titles. The single from the " Yeeeeeeh! " will be a greater success. The record company decided that the singer would be highlighted on the female record buyers due to its effect; from The Primitives were once an Primitives - launched the solo career.
The solo career
Time now published in the late 1960s hit after hit. The best known of his songs were " Bambolina " (1967), " Occhi neri neri occhi " (1968), " Tu sei bella come sei " (with whom he participated in the 1969 San Remo Festival) and in 1969 as " Pensiero d' amore, " a cover version of the Bee Gees hit" I Gotta Get a Message to You ". On the basis of this song a musical film was shot, with the time (under the name Michael Florence ) also launched an acting career; other films of the same type with titles like " Tears d' amore " ( "Tears of Love" ) and then in vogue followed next photo romances and made time to finally star in Italy.
In 1970 and 1971 he again took part in the San Remo Festival, but also released a cover of John Kongos ' rock song " He's Gonna Step on You Again ". 1972 dares once again briefly on a trip to Germany, here small successes provides him with singles such as "Who loves is never alone", " Mighty Mighty Roly Poly" ( reached beginning of 1972 number 49 on the German charts ) or " All people need love ". Furthermore, he gives 1972 a series of concerts in Las Vegas with the band cyan, which was as cyan Three former Advisory Group Patty Pravos and in the meanwhile played the former Primitive guitarist Dave Sumner. After a few unsuccessful singles returns time in 1975 with a version of " Parlami d' amore Mariù " and 1977 with " Furia ( Cavallo del West) ," the title tune of a popular youth television series in the charts back.
After these two hits he tried his hand as a disco singer with songs in English under the pseudonym Paul Bradley, which is actually a part of his real name. However, neither these nor other songs canzoni is granted a commercial success. After another appearance at the San Remo Festival in 1982 also did not bring the desired success, he temporarily assumed no further records, but gave regular concerts with his hits from the 1960s.
The new millennium
1997 and 1998 was time to celebrate new success; not as a hit parade singer but as an actor in the Italian performance of the musical Grease. Some TV appearances followed, which led him in 2005 to the decision to combine the primitives again and return to his roots in rock and beat music.
Time living in Pordenone in February 2008. For March 2008 a new album, " Attimi " announced.
Discography
Albums
With the primitives:
As Mal dei Primitives:
As time:
As Paul Bradley:
Singles
With Mal Ryder & The Spirits:
With the primitives:
As time & i Primitives:
As Mal dei Primitives:
As time:
As Paul Bradley: