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Long John Baldry

Background information
Birth name John William Baldry
Born January 12, 1941(1941-01-12)
East Haddon, Northamptonshire, England[1]
Died July 21, 2005 (aged 64)
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Genre(s) Blues, Blues-rock, Folk rock
Occupation(s) Singer
Years active 1962 - 2004
Label(s) Warner
Associated acts Blues Incorporated,
R&B All Stars, Steampacket, Bluesology
Website JohnBaldry.com

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Blues bands of the 1960s

Born John William Baldry in England, he grew to a towering 2. 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 01 m (6 ft. 7 in. ) that resulted in the nickname "Long" John. A nickname is a Name of an entity or thing that is not its Proper name. Gifted with a deep, rich voice, he was one of the first British vocalists to sing blues music in clubs.

In the early 1960s, he sang with Alexis Korner's band Blues Incorporated, with whom he recorded the first British blues album in 1962, R&B at the Marquee. The 1960s decade refers to the years from the beginning of 1960 to the end of 1969 Alexis Korner (19 April 1928 – 1 January 1984 born Alexis Andrew Nicholas Koerner, was a pioneering Blues Musician and broadcaster who has sometimes Blues Incorporated were a British R&B band in the early 1960s which were led by Alexis Korner and which featured at various times such musicians as At various stages, Mick Jagger, Jack Bruce and Charlie Watts were members of this band while Keith Richards and Brian Jones played on stage with them, although none of those musicians played on the R&B at the Marquee album. Sir Michael Philip "Mick" Jagger, Kt (born 26 July 1943 is a Golden Globe -winning and two-time Grammy -winning English rock John Symon Asher "Jack" Bruce (born 14 May 1943 is a Scottish -born musician composer and Singer. Charles Robert "Charlie" Watts (born 2 June 1941 is the Drummer of The Rolling Stones. Keith Richards (born 18 December 1943 is an English Guitarist, Songwriter, Singer, producer and a founding member of The Rolling Lewis Brian Hopkin Jones (28 February 1942 – 3 July 1969 was a founding member and Guitarist of the English Rock group The Rolling Stones. [2] The Rolling Stones supported Baldry in their first concert at the Marquee Club. The Marquee is a legendary music club first located at 165 Oxford Street, London, England when it opened in 1958 with a range of jazz and Skiffle Later, Baldry would be featured as the announcer introducing The Stones on their US-only live album, Got Live if You Want It!, in 1966. Got Live If You Want It! is the first Live album by British rock band The Rolling Stones.

Baldry became friends with Paul McCartney after playing a show at the Cavern Club in Liverpool in the early 1960s, leading to an invitation to play on one of The Beatles 1964 TV specials. Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE (born 18 June 1942 is an English rock Singer, Bass guitarist songwriter Composer, The Cavern Club is a Rock and roll club at 10 Mathew Street Liverpool, England, where Brian Epstein was introduced to The Beatles The Beatles were a pop and rock band from Liverpool, England formed in 1960

In 1963, Baldry joined the Cyril Davies R&B All Stars with Jimmy Page on guitar and Nicky Hopkins playing piano. Cyril Davies ( 23 January 1932 - 7 January 1964) was one of the first British blues Harmonica players and Blues musician James Patrick Page, OBE (born 9 January 1944 is an English Guitarist, Composer and record producer Nicky Hopkins (born Nicholas Christian Hopkins ( February 24, 1944 in Harlesden, North London, England; died He took over the group in 1964 after the death of Cyril Davies, which became Long John Baldry and his Hoochie Coochie Men featuring Rod Stewart on vocals and Geoff Bradford on guitar. Roderick "Rod" David Stewart, CBE (born 10 January 1945 is a Singer and Songwriter born and raised in London England and currently Rod Stewart was recruited after Baldry heard him busking a Muddy Waters song at Twickenham railway station after Stewart had been to a gig at Eel Pie Island. Busking is the practice of performing in Public places for Tips and Gratuities. For the album by Redman, see Muddy Waters (album. For the college football coach see Muddy Waters (football coach. Eel Pie Island, in the River Thames at Twickenham in London, can be reached only by footbridge or boat [3]

In 1965, the Hoochie Coochie Men became Steampacket with Baldry and Stewart as male vocalists, Julie Driscoll as the female vocalist and Brian Auger on Hammond organ. The Steampacket was a British Blues band of the 1960s notable mainly for the fact that so many of its members subsequently became famous Julie Tippetts (born Julie Driscoll 8 June 1947, London, England) is an English singer and actress known for her 1960s versions of Bob Brian Auger (born 18 July 1939, Bihar, India) is a Jazz and rock Keyboardist, who has specialized in playing The Hammond organ is an electric organ which was invented by Laurens Hammond in 1934 and manufactured by the Hammond Organ Company After Steampacket broke up in 1966, Baldry formed Bluesology featuring Reg Dwight on keyboards and Elton Dean, later of Soft Machine, as well as Caleb Quaye on guitar. Elton Dean ( October 28 1945 &ndash February 8 2006) was a Jazz musician who performed on alto Saxophone, Saxello Soft Machine was an English rock band from Canterbury, named after the book The Soft Machine by William S Caleb Quaye (born 1948 in London, England) is an Afro-European rock Guitarist and Studio musician best known for his work Reg Dwight decided to adopt the name Elton John, taking his first name from Dean and his surname from Baldry's first name. Sir Elton Hercules John CBE (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight on 25 March 1947 is an English pop / rock Singer, Composer [4]

Solo artist

Long John's Blues 1964
Long John's Blues 1964

In 1967, he recorded a pop song "Let the Heartaches Begin" that went to number one in Britain, followed by a 1968 top 20 hit titled "Mexico", which was the official theme of the UK Olympic team in that year. "Let the Heartaches Begin" was a song performed by British singer Long John Baldry. This is a list of the number one singles on the UK Singles Chart, during the 1960s. "Let the Heartaches Begin" made the lower reaches of the Billboard Hot 100 in the US.

Bluesology broke up in 1968, with Baldry continuing his solo career and Elton John forming a songwriting partnership with Bernie Taupin. Bernie Taupin (born 22 May 1950 is an English Lyricist most famous for his collaboration with Elton John. In 1969, Elton John tried to commit suicide after having relationship problems with a woman he was engaged to. Taupin and Baldry, who was openly gay,[5] found him, and Baldry talked him out of marrying the woman, helping to make John more comfortable with his sexuality. Closeted Coming out (that is " coming out of the closet " describes the voluntary public announcement of one's Sexual orientation and/or Gender identity In the English language, gay is an Adjective that in modern usage refers to Homosexuality. The hit song "Someone Saved My Life Tonight" from Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy was written about the experience. "Someone Saved My Life Tonight" is an Elton John song from his album Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy. Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy is the ninth Studio album by British Singer/songwriter Elton John, released in 1975 [6]

In 1971, John and Stewart each produced one side of It Ain't Easy which became Baldry's most popular album and made the top 100 of the US album charts. The album featured the song "Don't Try to Lay No Boogie Woogie on the King of Rock and Roll" which became his most successful song in the US. John's first tour of the US was around this time. The band included, Micky Waller, Ian Armitt, Pete Sears, and Sammy Mitchell. Michael Micky (Mickey Waller ( 6 September 1941, in Hammersmith, West London - 29 April 2008) was a Drummer Pete Sears (born May 27, 1948 in Bromley Kent is an English rock Musician. Stewart and John would again co-produce his 1972 album Everything Stops For Tea which made the lower reaches of the US album charts. The same year, Baldry worked with ex-Procol Harum guitarist Dave Ball. Procol Harum are a British rock band formed in the 1960s which built an important foundation for what would become Progressive rock, or perhaps more David 'Dave' J Ball (born 30 March 1950 in Handsworth Birmingham, England) is a Guitar player who is currently resident of New [7]

Baldry would then suffer from mental health problems resulting in his being institutionalised. The 1979 album Baldry's Out was recorded after his release.

Long John Baldry played his last live show in Columbus, Ohio, on July 19, 2004, at Barristers Hall with guitarist Bobby Cameron. The show was produced by Andrew Myers. On that occasion, John and Bobby played to a small intimate group of people. Some came from as far away as Texas to witness this blues performer. Two years previously the two had also completed a 10-venue sell-out tour of Canada together.

Television

Baldry was the voice of Doctor Ivo "Eggman" Robotnik in the Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog program during the early '90s.
Baldry was the voice of Doctor Ivo "Eggman" Robotnik in the Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog program during the early '90s. The 1990s collectively refers to the years between and including 1990 and 1999

In 1985, he lent his voice to the show Ewoks. Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Since then Baldry's voice has appeared in many other animated series. This is a list of animated series, which are television series produced by means of Animation.

Canadian citizenship

After spending time in New York City and Los Angeles in 1978, Baldry chose to settle permanently in Vancouver, British Columbia, where he became a Canadian citizen. Madeline is a Children's book series written by Ludwig Bemelmans, an American author of Belgian, Austrian and German origins Bucky O'Hare is a character created by comic writer Larry Hama between 1978 and 1979 who was the Eponymous hero of a Comic book series as well as a number Conan the Adventurer was the name of a popular American Animated television series adaptation of the literary and Comic book character Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog is an American animated series that was first broadcast in September 1993, and has been running in Cartoon ReBoot is a Canadian CGI - animated action-adventure Television series that originally aired from 1994 to 2001 also known by his alias, is a video game character and main Antagonist of the Sonic the Hedgehog series Sabrina the Animated Series (often punctuated Sabrina The Animated Series, even in official promotional material is an American Toad Patrol is a TV program which first aired in 1999 on Teletoon and in 2002 Toon Disney, currently airing on the Telefutura Spanish-language The City of New York Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) Vancouver (vænˈkuːvɚ is a coastal British Columbia (ˌbrɪtɨʃ kəˈlʌmbiə ( BC) ( (la Colombie-Britannique C Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page He regularly toured the Canadian west coast, as well as the U. S. Northwest.

In 1979, he teamed up with Seattle singer Kathi MacDonald to record a version of The Righteous Brothers' "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin", following which MacDonald became a permanent part of his touring group for the next two decades. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) The Righteous Brothers were the Musical duo of Bill Medley and Bobby Hatfield. The song made the lower reaches of the US Billboard charts but was a top 5 hit in Australia in 1980. He last recorded with the Stony Plain record label. His 1997 album Right To Sing The Blues won a Juno Award in the Blues Album of the Year category in the Juno Awards of 1997. The Juno Awards are presented annually to Canadian Musical Artists and bands to acknowledge their artistic and technical achievements in all aspects of music Winners Best Blues/Gospel Album (1994 - 1997 1994 - Colin Linden, South At Eight/North At Nine The Juno Awards of 1997, representing Canadian music industry achievements of the previous year were awarded on 9 March 1997 in Hamilton Ontario

Long John Baldry died on July 21, 2005, in a Vancouver hospital of a severe chest infection. Events 356 BC - Herostratus sets fire to the Temple of Artemis in Ephesus, one of the Seven Wonders of the World Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. A hospital is an institution for Health care providing treatment by specialised staff and equipment and often but not always providing for Coincidentally, Deem Bristow, Robotnik's later voice actor had died earlier that same year. Deem Reginald Bristow ( April 11, 1947 – January 15, 2005) was an Actor and Voice actor.

Partial discography

References and notes

  1. ^ Conflicting evidence exists Baldry's birthplace. "Let the Heartaches Begin" was a song performed by British singer Long John Baldry. It Ain't Easy is a 1971 Album by Long John Baldry. According to extensive notes about Long John Baldry's career in the re-release 2005 CD Everything Stops for Tea is a record album by Long John Baldry released in 1972. Long John Baldry Trio Live was an album released by Long John Baldry in 2000. Earlier editions of this article stated that he was born in the village of Haddon. VH1's profile of Baldry states he was born in the village of East Maddon, while Allmusic. com states he was born in London. The documentary Long John Baldry: In the Shadow of the Blues states that his mother escaped London during The Blitz to give birth in Northampton, making East Haddon his most likely birthplace. The Blitz was the sustained bombing of Britain by Nazi Germany between 7 September 1940 and 10 May 1941 in World War II.
  2. ^ Heckstall-Smith, Dick and Grant, Pete. Blowing the Blues: Fifty Years Playing The British Blues. Clear Press, 2004, page 241. ISBN 1-904555-04-7. (R&B From The Marquee lineup)
  3. ^ [http://www.longjohnbaldry.com/rodstewartspeaks.asp "The Making of a Legend" by Rod Stewart ~ LongJohnBaldry. com], originally published in Reader's Digest, December 2004. December 2004: ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September
  4. ^ Who's Who in Contemporary Gay and Lesbian History: From World War II to the Present Day: Elton John. Routledge UK, 2002, Page 214. ISBN 0-415-29161-5.
  5. ^ Burnett, Richard (2005-08-04), “Sugar bear”, Ottawa Express, <http://www.ottawaxpress.ca/columns/3dollarbill.aspx?iIDArticle=6778>. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 70 - The Destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem by the Romans. Retrieved on 2007-08-22 . Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 392 - Arbogast has Eugenius elected Western Roman Emperor.
  6. ^ "Someone Saved My Life Tonight" ~ AllMusic.com
  7. ^ Radio Azzurra

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