Georgie Fame: Difference between revisions

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Georgie Fame

| caption = Fame at Concert at the Kings, 2013

| background = solo_singer

| genre = {{hlist|[[Soul jazz]]<ref>{{cite book|title=Every Sound There Is: The Beatles' Revolver and the Transformation of Rock and Roll|first=Russell|last=Reising|date=2017|publisher=Routledge}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Anarchy|page=132|date=1965}}</ref>|[[R&B]]<ref name=allmusic>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/georgie-fame-mn0000543055/discography|website=Allmusic|title=Georgie Fame biography|first=Steve|last=Huey}}</ref>|[[pop music|pop]]<ref name=allmusic />|[[soul music|soul]]<ref>{{cite book|title=Prem Rawat and Counterculture: Glastonbury and New Spiritualities|first=Ron|last=Geaves|date=2019|page=84|quote=…soul bands such as Georgie Fame…}}</ref>|[[jazz]]<ref name=allmusic />}}

| occupation = {{hlist|Musician|singer}}

| years_active = 1959–present

| label = [[Columbia Graphophone Company|Columbia]], [[Polydor Records|Polydor]], [[CBS Records International|CBS]], [[Pye Records|Pye]]

}}

 

 

==Biography==

Fame enjoyed continual chart success, with three number one hits in the [[UK Singles Chart]].<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums"/> His version of "[[Yeh, Yeh]]", released on 14 January 1965, spent two weeks at No. 1 on the UK singles chart.<ref name="Larkin"/> "In the Meantime" charted in both UK and US. Fame made his US television debut that same year on ''[[Hullabaloo (TV series)|Hullabaloo]]''. His single "[[Getaway (Georgie Fame song)|Get Away]]", released on 21 July 1966, spent one week at No. 1 on the UK chart and 11 weeks on the chart. The song was written as a jingle for a petrol commercial.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ukmix.org/articles/charts/1966.html|title=UKMIX – Articles – Chart Of All Time – 1966 |publisher=ukmix.org |access-date=10 January 2015}}</ref> His version of the [[Bobby Hebb]] song "[[Sunny (Bobby Hebb song)|Sunny]]" made No. 13 in the UK charts in September 1966.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.45-rpm.org.uk/dirg/georgief.htm |title=Georgie Fame |publisher=45-rpm.org.uk |date=26 June 1943 |access-date=29 June 2014}}</ref> His greatest chart success was in 1967 when "[[The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde]]" became a number one hit in the UK and number 7 in the US.<ref name="Larkin"/> "Yeh, Yeh" and "The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde" sold over one million copies and were awarded [[music recording sales certification|gold discs]].<ref name="The Book of Golden Discs">{{cite book |first=Joseph |last=Murrells |year=1978 |title=The Book of Golden Discs |edition=2nd |publisher=Barrie and Jenkins |location=London |pages=[https://archive.org/details/bookofgoldendisc00murr/page/174 174, 220] |isbn=0-214-20512-6 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/bookofgoldendisc00murr/page/174 }}</ref>

 

 

===Solo===

[[File:Georgie Fame's Hammond A100.jpg|thumb|Georgie Fame's Hammond A100]]

 

 

On 18 April 2010, Fame and his sons Tristan Powell (guitar) and James Powell (drums) performed at the Live Room at [[Twickenham Stadium]]<ref name="twick">{{cite news|title=Yeh Yeh Georgie Fame at the Live Room |url=https://www.richmondandtwickenhamtimes.co.uk/yoursay/news/8107213.Yeh_Yeh_Georgie_Fame_at_the_Live_Room/ |newspaper=[[Richmond and Twickenham Times]] |access-date=25 February 2019 |date=19 April 2010}}</ref> for the tenth birthday celebrations of [[Eel Pie Island|The Eel Pie Club]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.eelpieclub.com |title=Eel Pie Club |website=Eel Pie Club |access-date=29 June 2014}}</ref> Part of the proceeds from the concert benefitted the [[Otakar Kraus Music Trust]], which provides music and voice therapy for children and young people with physical and mental difficulties. The trio performed later that year at the [[Towersey]] Festival.<ref>[http://www.towerseyfestival.com/WhatsOn/Artists/The_Georgie_Fame_Band.html] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100824060217/http://www.towerseyfestival.com/WhatsOn/Artists/The_Georgie_Fame_Band.html|date=24 August 2010}}</ref>

 

 

==Personal life==

Nicolette Powell died on 13 August 1993, after jumping off the [[Clifton Suspension Bridge]].<ref name="whatever">{{cite news|title=High Society: Whatever happened to the last of the debs? |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/high-society-whatever-happened-to-the-last-of-the-debs-417273.html |newspaper=[[The Independent]] |access-date=7 January 2019 |date=24 September 2006}}</ref> In an interview before her death, Fame said that they had stayed happily married because of her "charm, beauty, forbearance and understanding".<ref name="fall">{{cite news |title=Pop star's wife died in fall from bridge |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/pop-stars-wife-died-in-fall-from-bridge-1463007.html |newspaper=[[The Independent]]|access-date=7 January 2019 |date=24 August 1993 }}</ref>

 

 

==Discography==

*[http://georgiefame.absoluteelsewhere.net Georgie Fame] at absoluteelsewhere.net

*{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=georgie-fame-p4229}}

*{{YouTube|F0to4Kpa86A|''The Entertainers: Georgie Fame''}} – [[Grampian Television]] broadcast 28 May 1979

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