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Johnson was a songwriter, playing lead guitar and singing both lead and backing vocals on the group's first four albums. She provided both a strong visual focus for the band with her tall figure and blonde hair [ 7 ] and an excellent musical contribution with her trenchant guitar playing.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 8 February 2025. Music group (1958–2012) "BGs" redirects here. For other uses, see BG (disambiguation) and BGS (disambiguation). Bee Gees The Bee Gees in 1977 (top to bottom): Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb Background information Also known as BGs (1958–1959) Genres Pop soul disco rock soft rock ...
This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (July 2022) ELO performing live during their 1981 Time Tour. From left: Jeff Lynne, Louis Clark (obscured), Kelly Groucutt, Bev Bevan, and Richard Tandy The English rock band Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) recorded over 190 songs from 1971 to 2019. The band's music is characterised by their blending of Beatlesque pop, classical ...
The Move/Electric Light Orchestra in 1972. In 1968, Roy Wood—guitarist, vocalist and songwriter of the Move—had an idea to form a new band that would use violins, cellos, string basses, horns and woodwinds to give their music a classical sound, allowing rock music to "pick up where the Beatles left off" in a new direction. [17]
Drummer Bevan moved on to play drums for Black Sabbath [10] and bassist Groucutt, unhappy with no touring income that year, decided to sue Lynne and Jet Records in November 1983, [11] eventually resulting in a settlement for the sum of £300,000 (equivalent to £1,278,600 in 2023 [12]). While Secret Messages debuted at number four in the United ...
Little Heroes were an Australian band formed in 1980, by founding mainstay Roger Hart (aka Roger Wells or Roger Hart-Wells, ex-Secret Police) on lead vocals and guitar. . They released three studio albums, Little Heroes (August 1981), Play by Numbers (August 1982) and Watch the World (September 1
In 1959, at the age of 7, he was given a C. F. Martin guitar. On his 11th birthday Smith's mother bought him his first electric guitar, a Fender Esquire, [7] a model that dated to 1952, his birth year. As a teen he was already earning money as a musician, playing in various venues, including resorts and high school dances in the Pocono ...
Duane Eddy (April 26, 1938 – April 30, 2024) was an American rock and roll guitarist. In the late 1950s and early 1960s, he had a string of hit records produced by Lee Hazlewood which were noted for their characteristically "twangy" guitar sound, including "Rebel-'Rouser", "Peter Gunn", and "Because They're Young". [5]