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Birth name | Alexander James Harvey |
Born | Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland | 5 February 1935
Died | 4 February 1982 Zeebrugge, Belgium | (aged 46)
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Years active | 1954–1982 |
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Alexander James Harvey (5 February 1935 – 4 February 1982) was a Scottish rock and blues musician. Although his career spanned almost three decades, he is best remembered as the frontman of the Sensational Alex Harvey Band, with whom he built a reputation as an exciting live performer during the era of glam rock in the 1970s.