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Work on the new band by founder members Ricky Lee Brawn and Peter Davenport began in August 1980 and following a series of auditions Anders Janes, John Wallace and Danny Brittain were added to the line-up. After a succession of concerts and gigs during 1981, Muff Winwood secured The Stargazers a recording contract on the CBS Epic Records (now ...
In 1954, The Stargazers recorded "The Happy Wanderer" by F.W. Möller with Syd Dean and His Band, which reached number 12 in April of that year. [1] [4] Other UK chart hits included "Close the Door" (by Fred Ebb and Paul Klein), which reached number 6 in September 1955, and "Twenty Tiny Fingers", which reached number 4 in November 1955. [3]
The Stargazers were the first British group to have a No. 1 hit on the UK chart, [4] and had their own weekly radio show on the BBC. [5] Later, as a member of the Polkadots, Fred sang with Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, the Beatles, Jo Stafford, Peggy Lee and Petula Clark (after whom Clark is named). [6]
Both Datchler and Nocito were born into musical families. Datchler's father, Fred, was a member of two chart-topping bands from the 1950s. The Stargazers had the distinction of being the first British band to reach No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart. [7] As part of the Polkadots, Fred Datchler sang backing vocals for Frank Sinatra and Petula Clark ...
Gillen was born on May 12, 1959, in New York, but was raised in Cliffside Park, New Jersey. [1] He was an only child and started singing while in high school. He played the New Jersey club circuit with various bands, including club bands Quest (1978–80), the punk rock influenced F-66 (1980–81), Savage, and, most notably, Vendetta and Harlette.
Keith "Lew" Lewis (1955 – 16 April 2021) [1] [2] was an English harmonica player and vocalist, [3] who was a member of Eddie and the Hot Rods before forming his own bands. Influenced in style by Little Walter , he also guested on albums by The Stranglers , The Clash and others.
Carmen was married three times: to Marcy Hill from 1978 to 1979; to Susan Brown, with whom he had two children, from 1993 to 2009; and to former newscaster Amy Murphy from 2016 until his death in 2024. [26] [27] [28] Carmen moved from Los Angeles back to Gates Mills in northeast Ohio in the 1990s. [29] Carmen was a supporter of President Donald ...
Death in 1989. Death was an American death metal band from Altamonte Springs, Florida. Formed in 1983 under the name Mantas, the group originally consisted of guitarist Chuck Schuldiner, second guitarist Frederick "Rick Rozz" DeLillo, and drummer and vocalist Barney "Kam" Lee. The band went through many personnel changes during its tenure ...