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Birth name | Clive Powell |
Also known as | Georgie Fortune |
Born | Leigh, Lancashire, England | 26 June 1943
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Years active | 1959–present |
Labels | Columbia, Polydor, CBS, Pye |
Georgie Fame (born Clive Powell; 26 June 1943) is an English R&B and jazz musician.[5] Fame, who had a string of 1960s hits, is still performing, often working with contemporaries such as Alan Price,[6] Van Morrison and Bill Wyman.[7] Fame is the only British music act to have achieved three UK No. 1 hits with his only top 10 chart entries: "Yeh, Yeh" in 1964, "Get Away" in 1966 and "The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde" in 1968.
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