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Rock music groups from Birmingham, West Midlands (1 C, 52 P) Pages in category "Musical groups from Birmingham, West Midlands" The following 93 pages are in this category, out of 93 total.
It has been recorded by many artists and is included in the Songs of Expanding America recordings in Burl Ives' six-album set Historical America in Song. The verses mentioning "Birmingham Jail" refer to the Birmingham, Alabama, City Jail which was well-known in the mid-1920s, although the reference was often omitted in later versions.
Alternative rock groups from Birmingham, West Midlands (4 P) Pages in category "Rock music groups from Birmingham, West Midlands" The following 52 pages are in this category, out of 52 total.
Musical groups from Birmingham, West Midlands (2 C, 93 P) R. Rappers from Birmingham, West Midlands (16 P) S. Singers from Birmingham, West Midlands (45 P)
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Birmingham's culture of popular music first developed in the mid-1950s. [1] By the early 1960s the city's music scene had emerged as one of the largest and most vibrant in the country; a "seething cauldron of musical activity", [2] with over 500 bands constantly exchanging members and performing regularly across a well-developed network of venues and promoters. [3]
The group was founded by Louis Robinson in 2006 in the area of Speedwell Road, Birmingham, [2] and features a line-up that typically includes c. 13-15 members, comprising brass, string, wind, percussion and gong sections. [3] A number of the band members had studied at the Birmingham Conservatoire. [4]
The Vikings started as a skiffle group in the Nechells district of Birmingham in the spring of 1957, formed by Terry Wallace and his friends George Jenkins, John "Bango" Badrick, Allan Compton, John Jolley, and Terry Smith, with their first gig being at the local Cromwell Street Working Men's Club.