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Brian Francis Connolly (5 October 1945 – 9 February 1997) was a Scottish singer-songwriter, musician and actor, best known as the lead singer of glam rock band the Sweet between 1968 and 1979 and known for his charismatic stage presence and distinctive voice.
Brian Connolly was a Scottish singer and multi-instrumentalist who was best known as the lead vocalist of the rock band The Sweet. He was born on the 5th of October 1945 and adopted by the McManus family after his teen mother abandoned him in the hospital.
Dec 31 2023. Embark on a poignant journey through the life of Brian Connolly, the legendary frontman of The Sweet. From mysterious beginnings to the highs of rock stardom and the lows...
Sweet (known as The Sweet until the early 1970s [1]) are a British glam rock band who rose to prominence in the 1970s. Their best-known line-up consisted of lead vocalist Brian Connolly, bassist Steve Priest, guitarist Andy Scott and drummer Mick Tucker.
BRIAN Connolly, the blond-coiffed, Hamilton-born vocalist with seventies teeny-bop glam-rockers the Sweet, died yesterday, aged 52. Connolly died of renal failure in hospital in...
Brian Connolly, singer and songwriter: born Hamilton, Lanarkshire 5 October 1945; married (two daughters; marriage dissolved; one son by Jean Dibble); died Slough 10 February 1997.
Brian Connolly was born in Hamilton, Scotland on the 5th October 1945. He was adopted at the age of two and went by the name Brian McManus until he was 18, when he discovered that he was adopted and changed his surname to his mother´s, Connolly.
Brian Francis Connolly (5 October 1945 – 10 February 1997) was a Scottish singer-songwriter, musician and actor. He is best known as a member of the British glam rock band The Sweet from 1968 to 1979.
Formed in the U.K. in 1968, the original lineup featured vocalist Brian Connolly, bassist/vocalist Steve Priest, drummer Mick Tucker and guitarist Frank Torpey (later replaced by Mick Stewart and, subsequently, by Andy Scott).
Brian Connolly was born on 5 October 1945 in Govanhill, Glasgow, Scotland, UK. He was an actor and composer, known for Dazed and Confused (1993), Lords of Dogtown (2005) and Detroit Rock City (1999). He was married to Denise and Marilyn Walsh.