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Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames were a British rhythm and blues group during the 1960s whose repertoire spanned R&B, pop, rock and jazz. They were originally the backing band for rock and roll singer Billy Fury. At the end of 1961, their piano player Georgie Fame took over as lead vocalist and they went on to enjoy great success without Fury.
Jimmy James and the Blue Flames was an American rock group that was fronted by Jimi Hendrix, who was then going by the name "Jimmy James".The band was Hendrix's first extended foray into the 1966 Greenwich Village music scene and included future Spirit guitarist Randy California, then 15 years old.
In the early 1960s Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames were resident at a number of London clubs [2] including The Flamingo [3] and the club's manager Rik Gunnell managed the group. [4] On this recording Gunnell's younger brother Johnny can be heard announcing the songs over the noisy club clientele.
The Flamingo Club was a jazz nightclub in Soho, London, between 1952 and 1969. ... Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames, Rhythm and Blues at the Flamingo (1964).
Georgie and the Blue Flames opened on 13 April that year to a full house. Monday nights proved not to be viable and on 1 April 1965, Thursday became the second club night. Zoot Money who was already on the way to becoming a club legend, opened. The last Monday session took place on 26 July 1965; Thursdays endured until November 1969.
With the Blue Flames — Rhythm and Blues at the Flamingo: Released: December 1964; Label: Columbia; 8 1965 Fame at Last: Released: February 1965; Label: Columbia; With the Blue Flames — Fats for Fame: Released: May 1965; Label: Columbia; With the Blue Flames; 15 Move It On Over: Released: November 1965; Label: Columbia; With the Blue Flames ...
Sweet Things is the 1966 third album with the Blue Flames by Georgie Fame which reached No.6 in the album Top Ten in the UK. [2] Following this album his band The Blue Flames was replaced with The Tornados. [3] [4] [5] The album, issued on the Columbia label (SX 6043), has been described as "one of the finest British R&B albums of the mid-'60s."
Spirit, Jimmy James and the Blue Flames, Deep Purple Musical artist Randy Craig Wolfe (February 20, 1951 – January 2, 1997), known as Randy California , was an American guitarist, singer and songwriter, and one of the original members of the rock group Spirit , formed in 1967.