Max Boyce | |
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Birth name | Maxwell Boyce |
Born | Glynneath, Glamorgan, Wales | 27 September 1943
Genres | Folk |
Occupation(s) | Comedian, folk musician |
Instrument(s) | Vocals, acoustic guitar |
Years active | 1971–present |
Labels | EMI |
Website | www.maxboyce.co.uk |
Maxwell Boyce, MBE (born 27 September 1943) is a Welsh comedian, singer and entertainer from Glynneath, Wales. He rose to fame in the mid-1970s with an act that combined musical comedy with his passion for rugby union and his origins in a South Wales mining community. Boyce's We All Had Doctors' Papers (1975) remains the only comedy album to have topped the UK Albums Chart and he has sold more than two million albums in a career spanning four decades.