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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Beverley Bevan |
| Born | 24 November 1944 |
| Origin | Sparkhill, Birmingham, England |
| Genre(s) | Rock music |
| Occupation(s) | Musician |
| Instrument(s) | Drums, Percussion |
| Label(s) | Jet Records Harvest Records Epic, EMI |
| Associated acts | The Move Electric Light Orchestra Black Sabbath ELO Part II Bev Bevan's Move |
| Website | Musical career |
Bev Bevan (born Beverley Bevan on 24 November 1944 in Sparkhill, Birmingham, England) is an English rock musician who was the drummer and one of the original members of The Move and the Electric Light Orchestra. Events 380 - Theodosius I makes his adventus, or formal Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Sparkhill is an area of Birmingham, England, situated between Springfield, Hall Green and Sparkbrook. Birmingham ( ˈbɜːmɪŋəm Ber -ming-um England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Rock music is a genre of Popular music often though not necessarily employing Electric guitar, Bass guitar, and Drums. A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified for the purpose of making Music. A drum kit (also drum set or trap set) is a collection of Drums Cymbals and sometimes other Percussion instruments such as cowbells In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Jet Records was a small Record label set up by Don Arden with artists like Electric Light Orchestra, Roy Wood, Ozzy Osbourne, Harvest Records was a Record label created by EMI in 1969 to promote Progressive rock music and to compete with Philips' Vertigo and Epic Records is an American Record label. It is owned and operated by Sony Music Entertainment. The EMI Group is a British music company comprising the major record company EMI Music – which operates several labels and is based in Kensington in The Move were one of the leading British rock bands of the 1960s from Birmingham, England, and were among the most popular British bands to not find any success Black Sabbath are an ELO Part II were an offshoot band formed by former Electric Light Orchestra drummer Bev Bevan. The Move were one of the leading British rock bands of the 1960s from Birmingham, England, and were among the most popular British bands to not find any success Events 380 - Theodosius I makes his adventus, or formal Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Sparkhill is an area of Birmingham, England, situated between Springfield, Hall Green and Sparkbrook. Birmingham ( ˈbɜːmɪŋəm Ber -ming-um England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland British rock and roll, or Brit rock, was born out of the influence of Rock and roll and Rhythm and blues from the United States, but added A musician is a person who plays or writes Music. Musicians can be classified by their roles in creating or performing music An instrumentalist plays a A drummer is a Musician who plays a Drum or drums particularly a Drum kit ("drum set" or "trap set" Marching percussion The Move were one of the leading British rock bands of the 1960s from Birmingham, England, and were among the most popular British bands to not find any success After the collapse of ELO in 1986, he founded Electric Light Orchestra Part II without the original ELO singer/songwriter, Jeff Lynne. ELO Part II were an offshoot band formed by former Electric Light Orchestra drummer Bev Bevan. Singer-songwriter is a term that refers to Performers who write, compose and sing their own material including Lyrics Jeffrey Lynne (born 30 December 1947 in Shard End, Birmingham) is a Grammy Award -winning English rock Songwriter
Bevan also served as the touring drummer for Black Sabbath from 1983-1984 and played percussion on The Eternal Idol album in 1987. Black Sabbath are an The Eternal Idol is the thirteenth studio album by Black Sabbath, released in 1987.
History
After education at Moseley School, his professional music career started with a stint with Denny Laine in his group Denny Laine and the Diplomats, then with Carl Wayne and The Vikings, followed by The Move in 1966. Moseley School (incorporating Spring Hill College) is a large Comprehensive school in the Moseley area of Birmingham, England. Denny Laine (born Brian Frederick Arthur Hines, October 29, 1944, in Tyseley, Birmingham) is an English Songwriter Carl Wayne ( 18 August 1943 - 31 August 2004) real name Colin David Tooley singer and Actor, is best remembered as the lead The Electric Light Orchestra released their first album in 1971, by which time The Move existed only as a recording outfit. They released their final single, "California Man" in 1972, and the subsequent successes of the Electric Light Orchestra and the Roy Wood-led Wizzard led to their being laid to rest. Roy Wood (born Roy Adrian Wood 8 November 1946, Kitts Green, Birmingham, West Midlands, England) is a Songwriter Wizzard were a Birmingham -based band formed by Roy Wood, former member of The Move and co-founder of Electric Light Orchestra
Bevan had a very deeply pitched singing voice. While with The Move he lent lead vocals to two tracks: a remake Of "Zing Went The Strings Of My Heart" and the Country and Western send-up "Ben Crawley Steel Co". Country music is a blend of popular musical forms originally found in the Southern United States and the Appalachian Mountains.
In 1980 Bevan published a biography of the Electric Light Orchestra. He also made a solo single in 1976, a cover version of the Sandy Nelson instrumental, "Let There Be Drums". Sandy Nelson (born Sander L Nelson 1 December 1938, in Santa Monica, California) is a Drummer. Let There Be Drums is a BBC World Service radio series about drummers written and presented by Richard James Burgess.
After the death of Carl Wayne in 2004 (with a sense of timing which did not go down well with some fans), he formed a new band, "Bev Bevan's Move", with Phil Tree and former ELO Part II colleagues Phil Bates and Neil Lockwood, to play a set comprising mostly The Move classics on tour. Carl Wayne ( 18 August 1943 - 31 August 2004) real name Colin David Tooley singer and Actor, is best remembered as the lead This article is about Phil Bates the English guitarist For the English jazz bassist Phil Bates see Phil Bates. Bates left in July 2007 to re-join ELO Part 2, by then renamed to The Orchestra. ELO Part II were an offshoot band formed by former Electric Light Orchestra drummer Bev Bevan.
Bevan currently presents a radio show on Smooth Radio West Midlands on Sunday afternoons. The show, called 70's Sunday, is on every Sunday from 2-5pm, and features songs from the decade. Bevan also reviews records for the Midland's Sunday Mercury. Sunday Mercury is a Sunday newspaper published in Birmingham, UK
Bev lives in rural Warwickshire with his wife of 37 years, Valerie, and his son Adrian (27).
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