Georgie Fame

Georgie Fame ( born June 26, 1943 in Leigh, Lancashire, England; actually Clive Powell ) is a British R & B musician.

Life

Early age of 16 was signed by Clive Powell manager Larry Parnes, who was well known that he gave new names such as Marty Wilde and Billy Fury musicians. Thus, from Clive Powell Georgie Fame.

From 1960 played Fame keyboard in the band of Billy Fury, the Blue Flames, which he soon took over and with which he in 1964 with " Yeh Yeh " and in 1966 with a cover version of Bobby Hebb song " Sunny" the top of the English singles chart occupied.

After dissolution of the Blue Flames Fame in 1966 began a solo career and played with Mitch Mitchell and John McLaughlin. His biggest solo hit was The Ballad of Bonnie & Clyde, the title reached on January 20, 1968 Number 1 in England, in the German charts came Georgie Fame with the song at number 9 He also appeared in a singing trio of Jon Hendricks and Annie Ross with.

1971-1973 formed Fame with Alan Price, the duo Fame & Price. They had a hit with Rosetta.

1974 there was a short, less than successful revival of the Blue Flames. In the 1970s and 1980s, it was relatively quiet around Georgie Fame. Occasionally he published jazz recordings such as 1981, the album "In Hoagland ," on which he was to listen together with Hoagy Carmichael and Annie Ross, and in 1989 the album A Portrait of Chet with musicians such as Frits country's mountains and Ellen Helmus.

Between 1989 and 1997, played on all albums of Fame Van Morrison keyboards. The solo albums in the 1990s received consistently good reviews.

As of 1998, Georgie Fame was a member of the Rhythm Kings his friend Bill Wyman. Now on his solo albums, he was mainly concerned with jazz and blues. In 2000, Georgie Fame released the acclaimed jazz album Poet in New York, which developed stylistically to the Eddie Jefferson and Jon Hendricks promoted by vocalese style is ajar.