Georgie Fame Musical artist

Georgie Fame (born Clive Powell, 26 June 1943) is an English rhythm and blues and jazz singer, and keyboard player. The musician, who had a string of 1960s hits, is still a popular performer, often working with contemporaries such as Van Morrison and Bill Wyman.Fame is the only British pop star to have achieved three number one hits with his only Top 10 chart entries: "Yeh, Yeh" in 1964, "Get Away" in 1966 and "The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde" in 1967.

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Georgie Fame
Birth dateJune 26, 1943
Birth place
Leigh Greater Manchester , Lancashire , United Kingdom

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Musical artist

Career started1959
associated musical artist
Van Morrison
Alan Price
Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings
BackgroundSolo singer
genre
Jazz
Rhythm and blues
instrument
Hammond organ
Piano
Keyboard instrument
Singing
record label
Columbia Graphophone Company
Polydor Records

Georgie Fame on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://georgiefame.absoluteelsewhere.net