Georgie Fame | |
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 Fame at Concert at the Kings, 2013 | |
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| Birth name | Clive Powell |
| Also known as | Georgie Fortune |
| Born | 26 June 1943 Leigh, Lancashire, England |
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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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- ^ Larkin, Colin, ed. (1997). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music (concise ed.). Virgin Books. p. 452. ISBN 1-85227-745-9.
- ^ "How We Met: 46. Georgie Fame and Alan Price". The Independent. 22 October 2011. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
- ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records. p. 194. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.