Ian Whitcomb

Ian Whitcomb Born Ian Timothy Whitcomb In Woking On 10 July 1941 Died 19 April 2020 Was An English Entertainer Singer-Songwriter Record Producer Writer Broadcaster And Actor. As Part Of The British Invasion His Hit Song "You Turn Me On" Reached Number 8 On The US Billboard Hot 100 Chart In 1965. Whitcomb Formed His R&B Group Bluesville In Dublin Ireland. He Never Had A Hit In The U.K. And Wasn't All That Wild About Rock & Roll In The First Place Preferring Traditional Forms Of Blues Ragtime And Tin Pan Alley. His Song "You Turn Me On" -- A Tongue-In-Cheek Three-Chord Knockoff At The End Of A Session With Exaggerated Falsetto Vocals And An Unforgettable Orgasmic Vocal Hook -- Hit Number Eight In America In 1965 And Whitcomb Was Briefly A Star. The Bluesy Follow-Up "N-N-Nervous " Was A Small Hit And That Was The End Of Whitcomb's Hit-Making Days. Not Much Of A Rock & Roll Singer Whitcomb Quickly Turned To Vaudevillian British Music Hall-Styled Material On His Subsequent Releases With Meager Commercial And Artistic Results. A Dedicated Archivist Whitcomb's Book After The Ball Is A Thorough History Of Pre-Rock Popular Music Forms. read less