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Michael John Cloete Crawford Rutherford was born on 2 October 1950 in Chertsey, Surrey. [1] His father, William Francis Henry Crawford Rutherford (1906-1986) [6] was a Royal Navy Captain (awarded the DSO and CBE) [7] who became a manager in industry (including for aircraft manufacturer Hawker Siddeley) upon his retirement from the service and married his mother Anne. [1]
"Many Too Many" was released as a single from the album ...And Then There Were Three... in 1978 and written by the band's keyboardist, Tony Banks, who described it as "a simple love lyric". [2]
Foxtrot was the first Genesis album to chart in the UK, reaching No. 12, and received largely positive reviews. It reached No. 15 in Italy, where the band had been popular for some time. The album has continued to attract critical praise and was reissued with a new stereo and 5.1 surround sound mix as part of their 2008 Genesis 1970–1975 box set.
In October 1973 a pair of dates in the tour were filmed by Charisma for a possible cinema release, but the plan was rejected by the band who felt the film was not up to standard. [5] Instead, the band performed a five-song set in front of an invited audience at Shepperton Studios that was filmed and broadcast as Tony Stratton Smith Presents ...
Released by Charisma in the UK in February 1974, "I Know What I Like" was the band's only pop hit of their early years. At a time when progressive rock bands largely avoided the singles market, Genesis were openly fond of the pop song format, and even wrote two songs ("Happy the Man" and the unreleased "Wooden Mask") specifically with the intent of their being non-album singles.
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The show opened with fellow Charisma Records artists John Martyn, The Blues Band, and Talk Talk, the latter were faced with a hostile reaction from the crowd and cans and bottles were thrown towards the stage during their set. [1] Genesis were introduced by Jonathan King, who named the band in 1967 and supervised the recording of their first ...