Jazz and R&B singer and pianist. Born as Clive Powell in Leigh, Lancashire. He had many hit songs in the 1960s and 70s, including 'Yeh Yeh', 'Getaway' and 'The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde'.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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Georgie Fame
This is the former site of the..... 1960s - Flamingo Club where Georgie Fame ...
Also known as Clancy Collins and Charles Constantine Collins. Sound system owner and producer. He ran a sounds system and record stall in Petticoat Lane market in London selling ska and blue beat ...
Born Harlem in New York City into a show-biz family. Hit the big-time in 1951. Lost his left eye in a car crash in 1954. Member of Sinatra's Rat Pack. In 1967 on TV he greeted Frank's daughter,...
Person, Cinema, Dance, Music / songs, Seriously Famous, Theatre, USA
Former nightclub. The name derives from the initials of its predecessor, the Whiskey-A-Go-Go Club. It attracted a multi-racial clientele and regularly had a large number of potential customers queu...
Composer With W. S. Gilbert wrote the Savoy Operas, including The Mikado and The Pirates of Penzance. Sullivan also wrote Onward Christian Soldiers and The Lost Chord, which was the first phonogr...
