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Georgie Fame

(1943) Jazz Musician United Kingdom

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Georgie Fame is a jazz musician from the United Kingdom, best known for Georgie Fame.

Quick Facts About Georgie Fame

Born: June 26, 1943
Nationality: United Kingdom
Profession: Jazz Musician
Notable works: Georgie Fame
Spouse: Nicolette Vane-Tempest-Stewart, Marchioness of Londonderry

About Georgie Fame

Georgie Fame is an English R&B and jazz musician. Fame, who had a string of 1960s hits, is still performing, often working with contemporaries such as Alan Price, Van Morrison and Bill Wyman. Fame is the only British music act to have achieved three UK No. 1 hits with his only top 10 chart entries: "Yeh, Yeh" in 1964, "Get Away" in 1966 and "The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde" in 1968.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Georgie Fame

We were at Pye Studios for half an hour so we set the gear up and we did two tracks. A month…

Copies

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Suckle was the first West Indian DJ and he had this fantastic source of music.

Djs

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Some people think I'm a rock 'n' roll musician and some think I'm a jazz musician but, for me, there is no…

Differences

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In my youth I thought I was going to be a professional rugby player.

Player

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My generation had the best years. We missed the Second World War and caught the outburst of rock 'n' roll.

Caught

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The BBC were not playing the music that was happening on the street so we did an independent production because we knew…

Album

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I broke up the band in the office in Gerrard Street.

Band

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If you had a good radio - and everybody did in those days - you could find it.

Radio

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I avoid the media circus, keep my head down and try to keep growing and learning things.

Circus

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