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Before landing a singing career, Steele tried his hand at a number of odd jobs and had a brief spell as a merchant seaman. Like many singers of his era he never did National Service, having failed the medical examination because, at 18 years old, he was diagnosed as suffering with Cardiomyopathy. While on leave or during Dock strikes, he played guitar and banjo and sang in The 2i’s Coffee Bar in Soho, both as a solo performer and with Wally Whyton’s Vipers Skiffle Group. He was discovered by manager Larry Parnes, who believed Steele could be Britain’s answer to Elvis Presley. Parnes is widely credited with creating the stage name ‘Tommy Steele.’
Steele shot quickly to fame in the UK as the frontman for a skiffle band, The Steelmen. Steele and other British singers would pick known hits from the United States, record their cover versions of these songs and release them in the UK before the American versions could enter the charts. Most of Steele’s 1950s recordings were covers of American hits, such as “Singin’ the Blues” and “Knee Deep in the Blues”. Although Steele never proved a serious threat to Elvis’s popularity in the UK, he did admirably well on the 1950s British pop charts and “Singing the Blues” got to Number 1. Guy Mitchell was no. 1 with “Singing the Blues” on 7/12/56 and Tommy Steele on 14/12/56.
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A Handful Of Songs
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The World Of Tommy Steele
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Singing The Blues
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borntogeek
corr! blimey! it's tommy steele at http://theozhiztoryblog.blogspot.com/2011/12/larry-parnes-invents-british-pop-music.html
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The Songs That Inspired The Big Boppa's CD - Rock 'n' Roll Legends, Rockabilly Hits NEW ROCKABILLY CD COMPILATION RELEASE, 4th April 2011, CD and Digital Download. This volume of ' The Songs That Inspired' series looks at the music associated with the dance form of Boppin', the fast train driving rhythms and slapping double bass, the sharp guitar licks and haunting echo of a rebel without a cause. This album will have you boppin' from start to finish and provides an education into early roots of rock and roll. Featuring Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly, Gene Vincent, Chuck Berry, Johnny Burnette, Carl Perkins, Tommy Steele, Howlin' Wolf, Arthur Crudup and many other Rockabilly pioneers and legends. Get it NOW from: Amazon http://www.amazon.co.uk/Songs-That-Inspired-Big-BoppaS/dp/B004DJ1VX4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1301761043&sr=8-1 Tesco: http://www.tescoentertainment.com/store/mp3/various-artists-the-songs-that-inspired-the-big-boppas/2%3A49288249/ and all good record stores.
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davidgeorgea
You just have to like him !!! (*_*) !!! wellI do !!!
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surrendertoalex
@the_flava Based on what exactly? Your own experience?
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Brems1
Jerry Williams - The Swedish King Of Rock’n’Roll
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the_flava
looks like a cheeky chappy that molested children
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Mearick
Great actor, great singer, great man. I watched movies of his since I was really little, and I always appreciate him.
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PONTY30
Cor blimey!!
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