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Georgie Fame (b. June 26, 1943) is a British rhythm and blues and jazz singer and keyboard player whose real name is Clive Powell.
Fame was born in Leigh in Lancashire. At sixteen years of age he entered into a management agreement with Larry Parnes, who gave artists new names such as Marty Wilde and Billy Fury. Fame was already playing piano for Billy Fury in a backing band called The Blue Flames, which later became billed as “Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames”. The band had great success with rhythm and blues. Their greatest success was “The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde” in 1968, which was a number-one hit in the United Kingdom and in the United States; they also had UK number-one hits with “Yeh, Yeh” (1965) and “Get Away” (1966). Although he enjoyed regular chart success with singles in the late 60s, it was a peculiar quirk of chart statistics that his only three Top 10 hits all made number one.
Fame continued playing into the 1970s, enjoying a hit with Alan Price (ex-keyboard player of The Animals), “Rosetta”, in 1971. He has also toured as one of the Rhythm Kings, with his friend Bill Wyman playing bass.
From the late 1980s, until the 1997 album The Healing Game he was a core member of Van Morrison’s band, as well as his musical producer, playing keyboards and singing harmony vocals on tracks like “In the Days before Rock ‘n’ Roll”, whilst still recording and touring as an artist in his own right. He frequently plays residences at jazz clubs such as Ronnie Scott’s. He has also played organ on Starclub’s album…
Fame was born in Leigh in Lancashire. At sixteen years of age he entered into a management agreement with Larry Parnes, who gave artists new names such as Marty Wilde and Billy Fury. Fame was already playing piano for Billy Fury in a backing band called The Blue Flames, which later became billed as “Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames”. The band had great success with rhythm and blues. Their greatest success was “The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde” in 1968, which was a number-one hit in the United Kingdom and in the United States; they also had UK number-one hits with “Yeh, Yeh” (1965) and “Get Away” (1966). Although he enjoyed regular chart success with singles in the late 60s, it was a peculiar quirk of chart statistics that his only three Top 10 hits all made number one.
Fame continued playing into the 1970s, enjoying a hit with Alan Price (ex-keyboard player of The Animals), “Rosetta”, in 1971. He has also toured as one of the Rhythm Kings, with his friend Bill Wyman playing bass.
From the late 1980s, until the 1997 album The Healing Game he was a core member of Van Morrison’s band, as well as his musical producer, playing keyboards and singing harmony vocals on tracks like “In the Days before Rock ‘n’ Roll”, whilst still recording and touring as an artist in his own right. He frequently plays residences at jazz clubs such as Ronnie Scott’s. He has also played organ on Starclub’s album…
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harukmina wrote:
He's amazing!
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playapiana wrote:
my favorite.
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bluemars wrote:
I like "Eso Beso"
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chocollateradio wrote:
Viva el senior Fame!!
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gingerweir wrote:
What ? Just listen , Prannet !
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CreamCat wrote:
Great music, what a shame he supports fox hunting.
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ashleyrobb wrote:
oooh
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mishamaruseev wrote:
Mod Mod Mod ! ! !
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tea5girl wrote:
Gotta go is Get Away!!! Sonny.....,haunting song,good attempt by Georgie x
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ch9zn wrote:
I think he also recorded in Jamaica with Ernest Ranglin and Jackie Mittoo if I remember right. top notch sound.
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murphyjrocks wrote:
Somebody upload Gotta Go, might be the B side of Yeh Yeh
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ElectricSoul921 wrote:
Yeh Yeh, thats what I say, Yeh Yeh
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leishman88 wrote:
electronic who tagged him that!? i know he used the electric organ but can't imagine him doing electronic music.
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