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Geordie singers are singers who are from the Tyneside region of England or singers who speak in the Geordie dialect. Most Geordie singers have only recorded Geordie dialect songs and feature on compilation albums of Geordie songs, however, some Geordie singers have found mainstream success in pop music, one of these being Sting from the band ...
After AC/DC's lead singer Bon Scott died in February 1980, AC/DC chose Brian Johnson (whose vocal talent had previously been praised by Scott) to take over lead vocal duties. [1] Johnson traveled with the band and producer Robert John "Mutt" Lange to Compass Point Studios in The Bahamas to write and record the follow-up to their 1979 album ...
Brian Johnson of AC/DC and Geordie; Bridie Jackson and the Arbour, winner of the Glastonbury Festival Emerging Talent Competition 2013; Bryan Ferry of Roxy Music was born in Washington, County Durham but attended school in Newcastle and is a fan of Newcastle United; Bruce Welch of the Shadows; Cheryl of Girls Aloud; Chris McCormack from 3 ...
Brian Francis Johnson De Luca (born 5 October 1947) is an English singer and songwriter. In 1980, at the age of 32, after the death of Bon Scott, he became the third lead singer of the Australian rock band AC/DC. Johnson was one of the founding members of the rock band Geordie formed in Newcastle upon Tyne in 1971. After a few hit singles ...
He was encouraged by Irish Traveller singer Margaret Barry, and became a regular singer at the Bedford Arms in Camden Town and, later, local folk clubs. [4] He won awards as the best amateur folk singer in London, [ 5 ] and recorded an EP , Geordie Songs , in 1959, backed by Reg Hall ( melodeon ) and Michael Plunkett (fiddle), known as the Rakes.
A Collection of Original Local Songs (full title - “A Collection of original local songs by Thomas Marshall – Printed for the author by Wm Fordyce, Dean Street, Newcastle 1829) is a Chapbook of Geordie folk song consisting of eleven songs written by Thomas Marshall, published in 1829, by the author himself.
Lists of Geordie song-related topics; Geordie songwriter aliases; John Gibson (songwriter) Robert Gilchrist (poet) John Brodie Gilroy; Green's Balloon at Newcastle; William Greig (songwriter) George Guthrie (songwriter)
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