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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]
The following is a list of notable performers of rock and roll music or rock music, and others directly associated with the music as producers, songwriters or in other closely related roles, who have died in the 2000s.
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Nandita Berry, Houston lawyer and 109th Secretary of State of Texas [27] Paul Bettencourt, member of the Texas State Senate from District 7 [28] Jeff Bezos, founder and CEO of Amazon.com [29] Bill Blythe, Houston realtor and former state representative [30] Paul Bremond, merchant and railroad developer [31]
Jinks started out as the lead singer of a thrash metal band from Fort Worth named Unchecked Aggression, initially named Silas, that was active from 1998 to 2003. He also played the lead guitar; the other band members were Gary Burkham on bass who left in 2000 and was replaced by Chris Lewis, [5] Anthony Walker on drums, and Ben Heffley on guitar. [6]
The band were quickly joined by Doug Sampson on drums, [8] who Harris had played with before forming Iron Maiden, [9] and began auditioned new singers, settling on Paul Di'Anno joined in November. [10] The band were also joined by second guitarist Paul Cairns in Winter 1978, [11] who played on their 1979 demo The Soundhouse Tapes.