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Colin Blunstone

Background information
Birth name Colin Edward Michael Blunstone
Also known as Neil MacArthur
Born 24 June 1945 (1945-06-24) (age 62)
Origin Hatfield, Hertfordshire
Genre(s) Pop music
Occupation(s) singer, songwriter, guitarist
Years active 1960s - present
Label(s) Epic Records, Decca Records, CBS Records, Deram Records
Associated acts The Zombies, Argent
Website colinblunstone.co.uk

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Background

Blunstone's plaintive, wistful voice was one of the factors making The Zombies' single, "She's Not There" (written by fellow band member Rod Argent), such a big hit worldwide. For the Undead creature of Vodou lore see Zombie. For other meanings see Zombie (disambiguation. " She's Not There " was the debut single by the British pop band, The Zombies. Rod Argent (born Rodney Terence Argent, 14 June 1945, St Albans, Hertfordshire, England) was a founding member of In Popular music, a chart-topper is an extremely popular recording, identified by its inclusion in a ranked list&mdasha Chart &mdashof top "The world " is a proper noun for the planet Earth envisioned from an Anthropocentric or Human Worldview, as a place After the amicable split of the band, shortly after completing the baroque-pop classic LP, Odessey and Oracle, Blunstone briefly worked in the insurance business before resuming his musical career. Baroque art redirects here Please disambiguate such links to Baroque painting, Baroque sculpture, etc A gramophone Odessey and Oracle is a Psychedelic rock, Baroque Pop album by The Zombies released in 1968 In 1969, he signed with Deram Records and cut three singles under the pseudonym of Neil MacArthur, including a re-make of The Zombies' hit, "She's Not There" which charted in the UK. Deram Records was a Record label set up by Decca Records. It was active from 1966 until 1979 A pseudonym is a fictitious alternative to a person's legal name (see Alias)

He had some success as a solo artist, singing in a much gentler, softer style, notably with "Say You Don't Mind" in 1972 (written by Denny Laine) and "I Don't Believe in Miracles". In Music, a solo (from the Italian solo, meaning alone) is a piece or a section of a piece played or sung by a single performer 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 Denny Laine (born Brian Frederick Arthur Hines, October 29, 1944, in Tyseley, Birmingham) is an English Songwriter

One Year (released in 1971 and produced by Chris White) was his first solo album, and includes the song "Caroline Goodbye" about Blunstone's break-up with the model and actress Caroline Munro. Chris White (born Christopher Taylor White, 7 March 1943) was the Bass guitarist and Songwriter with the 1960s English band An album or record album is a collection of related audio or Music tracks distributed to the public A model is a person who is posed or displayed for the purpose of Art, Fashion, or other products and Advertising. An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works Caroline Munro (born January 16, 1950) is a British actress and model known for her many appearances in science fiction This was followed by Ennismore, which is now considered a classic of that period, and Journey, of which the highlight was a track released as a single, "Wonderful", written by Chris White and featuring the keyboard work of Rod Argent.

He signed with Elton John's Rocket Records and released three albums, Planes (1976), Never Even Thought (1978) and Late Nights In Soho (1979), which was only released in Europe.

He went on to appear on several albums by The Alan Parsons Project including Eye in the Sky and Ammonia Avenue. The Alan Parsons Project was a British Progressive rock band active between 1975 and 1990 founded by Eric Woolfson and Alan Parsons. Eye in the Sky is a 1982 album by The Alan Parsons Project. Songs on this album are in a number of different styles from cool and funky to lyrical and heavily Ammonia Avenue is one of the most commercially successful albums of The Alan Parsons Project. In 1984, he joined with other Parsons musicians to form Keats. Keats was a short-lived British band which produced one eponymous album in 1984.

He has appeared quite a few times on the principal radio and TV shows in the UK. He and his band performed several sessions for the John Peel Show and Johnnie Walker Show and on the Old Grey Whistle Test in 1971 where he performed live with a string quartet. John Robert Parker Ravenscroft, OBE (30 August 1939 – 25 October 2004 known professionally as John Peel, was an English Disc jockey, radio Johnnie Walker MBE (born Peter Waters Dingley 30 March 1945 in Olton, Birmingham, England) is a popular British The Old Grey Whistle Test (usually abbreviated to Whistle Test or OGWT) was an influential BBC2 television music show that ran from 1971

He has had only a limited acting career. He was in "The Savages" (2001) TV Series and Keep the Aspidistra Flying (1997) both as a singer. Keep the Aspidistra Flying, first published 1936 is a grimly comic Novel by George Orwell. Other TV appearances include "The Dan and Dusty Show" (2004) as The Zombies, "Shindig! Presents British Invasion Vol. 2 " (1992) also as The Zombies, and "Pop Quiz" (1982). His sole movie part was in Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965) a movie directed by Otto Preminger (as The Zombies) and starring Laurence Olivier. Bunny Lake Is Missing is a Psychological thriller directed and produced by Otto Preminger. Otto Ludwig Preminger ( December 5[[ 906]]&ndash April 23[[ 986]] was an Austrian born Film director who moved from the theatre to Hollywood Laurence Kerr Olivier Baron

Blunstone also contributed his unique, breathy vocals to Dave Stewart's hit cover version of the Tamla classic, "What Becomes of the Broken Hearted" (1980). David Lloyd Stewart (born Waterloo, London, 30 December 1950) is a Musician currently recording with Singer Barbara In Popular music, a cover version, or simply cover, is a new rendition ( Performance or Recording) of a previously recorded commercially released "Motown" redirects here For the city see Detroit Michigan.

Blunstone still tours to this day, sometimes on his own, occasionally in tours with 1960s bands such as Manfred Mann - and most often with his old Zombies colleague Rod Argent. The 1960s decade refers to the years from the beginning of 1960 to the end of 1969 This article is about Manfred Mann the band For Manfred Mann the man see Manfred Mann (musician. Some of his recent albums are As Far As I Can See, the mid 1990s Echo Bridge and Out of the Shadows (with Rod Argent). The 1990s collectively refers to the years between and including 1990 and 1999

His most recent album, also in conjunction with Rod Argent, was released in 2006.

Discography

Singles

As Neil MacArthur

Albums

Guest Appearances

External links


" She's Not There " was the debut single by the British pop band, The Zombies. Deram Records was a Record label set up by Decca Records. It was active from 1966 until 1979 The Alan Parsons Project was a British Progressive rock band active between 1975 and 1990 founded by Eric Woolfson and Alan Parsons. Pyramid is a Progressive rock album by The Alan Parsons Project. Michael Philip Batt (born 6 February 1949 in Southampton, England) is a British based Songwriter, Musician, producer Eye in the Sky is a 1982 album by The Alan Parsons Project. Songs on this album are in a number of different styles from cool and funky to lyrical and heavily Keats was a short-lived British band which produced one eponymous album in 1984. Vulture Culture is an album by The Alan Parsons Project. The first side of the LP (CD tracks 1-4 consists entirely of four-minute pop songs and the Don Airey (born 21 June 1948 in Sunderland, England) has been the Keyboardist in the Rock band Deep Purple Duncan Browne ( 25 March 1947 — 28 May 1993) was an English Singer-songwriter.
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