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Years active. 1959–present. Labels. Columbia, Polydor, CBS, Pye. Georgie Fame (born Clive Powell; 26 June 1943) is an English R&B and jazz musician. [5] Fame, who had a string of 1960s hits, is still performing, often working with contemporaries such as Alan Price, [6] Van Morrison and Bill Wyman. [7]
Oct 9, 2024 · Across the 31 tracks you can hear why Georgie Fame has so many long standing fans. His voice is unique and as true musician he has an uncanny knack of crafting clever, catchy songs and of selecting other people’s songs across all sorts of genres to cover in his own very special way.
Oct 2, 2015 · The atmosphere was dark, funky and intimidating! 80% of the clientele were black – a mix of American GIs and London Afro-Caribeans; they all loved jazz, soul and ska and often brought records down to the club for us to listen to.
Mar 8, 2020 · Georgie Fame is one of British R&B music’s founding fathers, having scored three number one hits with his only Top 10 chart entries.
Nov 24, 2016 · To top all the excitement of the band's live show, in which sludgy Hammond had replaced tinkling piano, Fame and his Flames found fame in the pop charts with a tune called 'Yeh Yeh' in early 1965.
Sep 8, 2024 · Georgie Fame, born Clive Powell on June 26, 1943, in Leigh, Lancashire, is a renowned English R&B and jazz musician. Fame rose to prominence in the 1960s and became the only British act to achieve three UK No. 1 hits with his only top 10 chart entries: “Yeh, Yeh” (1964), “Get Away” (1966), and “The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde” (1968).
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Jun 26, 2013 · If Georgie Fame ever gets round to writing his autobiography, it'll be an eventful one. There's the story of how the teenage mill worker from Lancashire went off in search of lucrative...
