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Artist Biography For Tommy Steele
Tommy Steele OBE Born December 17 1936 In London England Is An English Entertainer. Steele Is Widely Regarded As Britain's First Pop Idol. Born Thomas Willam Hicks In Mason Street Bermondsey London His Cheeky Cockney Image And Boy-Next-Door Looks Won Him Success As A Musician Singer And Actor. Singer
Before Landing A Singing Career Steele Tried His Hand At A Number Of Odd Jobs And Had A Brief Spell As A Merchant Seaman. Like Many Singers Of His Era He Never Did National Service Having Failed The Medical Examination Because At 18 Years Old He Was Diagnosed As Suffering With Cardiomyopathy. While On Leave Or During Dock Strikes He Played Guitar And Banjo And Sang In The 2i's Coffee Bar In Soho Both As A Solo Performer And With Wally Whyton's Vipers Skiffle Group. He Was Discovered By Manager Larry Parnes Who Believed Steele Could Be Britain's Answer To Elvis Presley. Parnes Is Widely Credited With Creating The Stage Name 'Tommy Steele.' Steele Shot Quickly To Fame In The UK As The Frontman For A Skiffle Band The Steelmen. Steele And Other British Singers Would Pick Known Hits From The United States Record Their Cover Versions Of These Songs And Release Them In The UK Before The American Versions Could Enter The Charts. Most Of Steele's 1950s Recordings Were Covers Of American Hits Such As "Singin' The Blues" And "Knee Deep In The Blues". Although Steele Never Proved A Serious Threat To Elvis's Popularity In The UK He Did Admirably Well On The 1950s British Pop Charts And "Singing The Blues" Got To Number 1. Guy Mitchell Was No. 1 With "Singing The Blues" On 7/12/56 And Tommy Steele On 14/12/56. Discography
Partial Discography. Singles
With The Steelemen Rock With The Caveman/ Rock Around The Town - UK Charts No.13 Decca 1956 Doomsday Rock/ Elevator Rock Decca 1956 Singing The Blues/ Rebel Rock - UK Charts No. 1 Decca 1956 Knee Deep In The Blues/ Teenage Party. - UK Charts No.15 Decca 1957 Butterfingers/ Cannibal Pot - UK Charts No. 8 Decca 1957 Shiralee/ Grandad’s Rock - UK Charts No.11 Decca 1957 Water Water/ A Handful Of Songs. - UK Charts No. 5 Decca 1957 Hey You!/ Plant A Kiss - UK Charts No.28 Decca 1957 Happy Guitar/ Princess - UK Charts No.20 Decca 1958 Nairobi/ Neon Sign - UK Charts No. 3 Decca 1958 Only Man On The Island/ I Puts The Lightie On. - UK Charts No.16 Decca 1958 Solo It’s All Happening/ What Do You Do? Decca 1958 Come On Let’s Go/ Put A Ring On Her Finger. - UK Charts No.10 Decca 1958 A Lovely Night/ Marriage Type Love Decca 1958 Hiawatha/ The Trial Decca 1959 Tallahassee Lassie/ Give Give Give - UK. Charts No.16 Decca 1959 You Were Mine/ Young Ideas Decca 1959 Little White Bull/ Singing Time. - UK Charts No. 6 Decca 1959 What A Mouth/ Kookaburra - UK Charts No. 5 Decca 1960 Happy Go Lucky Blues/ Girl With The Long Black Hair Decca 1960 Must Be Santa/ Boys And Girls. - UK Charts No.40 Decca 1960 My Big Best Shoes/ The Dit Dit Song Decca 1961 Writing On The Wall/ Drunken Guitar - UK Charts No.30 . Decca 1961 Hit Record/ What A Little Darling Decca 1962 Where Have All The Flowers Gone?/ Butter Wouldn’t Melt In Your Mouth Decca 1963 He’s Got Love/ Green Eye Decca 1963 Flash Bang Wallop/ She’s Too Far Above Me Decca 1963 Egg And Chips/ The Dream Maker Columbia 1963 Half A Sixpence/ If The Rain’s Got To Fall RCA 1965 Fortuosity/ I’m A Brass Band Vista 1967 King’s New Clothes/ Wonderful Copenhagen Pye 1974 Half A Sixpence/ If The Rain’s Got To Fall Safari 1984 Singing The Blues/ Come On Let’s Go Old Gold 1985 Actor With Petula Clark In Finian's RainbowThe Increase In Home-Grown Musical Talent During The 1960s Allowed Steele To Progress To A Career In Stage And Film Musicals Leaving Behind His Pop Idol Identity. In The West End He Appeared In The Title Role Of Hans Christian Andersen. On Film He Recreated His London And Broadway Stage Role In Half A Sixpence And Played Character Roles In The Happiest Millionaire And Finian's Rainbow Although Many Critics Found His Personality To Be Somewhat Overwhelming On Screen. In This Latter Film Probably His Best Known Appearance In The Movies He Co-Starred With Petula Clark And Fred Astaire. In 1983 Steele Directed And Starred In The West End Stage Production Of Singin' In The Rain At The Famed London Palladium. In 1991 He Toured With Some Like It Hot The Stage Version Of The Jack Lemmon And Marilyn Monroe Film. In 2003 After A Decade-Long Hiatus Save His One Man Shows An Evening With Tommy Steele And What A Show! He Toured As Ebenezer Scrooge In A Production Of Scrooge The Musical An Adaptation Of A Christmas Carol. Following This Triumphant Return He Reprised His Role At The Palace Theatre Manchester Over Christmas 2004 And Brought The Production To The London Palladium For Christmas 2005. Filmography
The Tommy Steele Story 1957 The Duke Wore Jeans 1957 Tommy The Toreador 1959 Light Up The Sky! 1960 Known As Skywatch In The US It's All Happening 1963 Known As The Dream Maker In The US Half A Sixpence 1967 The Happiest Millionaire 1967 Finian's Rainbow 1968 Twelfth Night 1969 Made For TV Where's Jack? 1969 The Yeomen Of The Guard 1978 Quincy's Quest 1979 Author And Other Talents
In The Early 1980s Steele Wrote And Published A Book Titled The Final Run A Novel About World War II And The Evacuation Of Dunkirk. He Also Wrote A Children's Novel Entitled Quincy About A Reject Toy Trying To Save Himself And His Fellow Rejects In The Basement Of A Toy Store From The Furnace The Day After Christmas. This Was Turned Into A Film In 1979 Which Tommy Played Quincy And Mel Martin Playing Quincy's Girlfriend Doll Rebecca. He Has Developed A Talent As A Sculptor And Two Of His Major Works Are On Public Display Bermondsey Boy At The Rotherhithe Civic Centre And Eleanor Rigby Which He Sculpted And Gave To The City Of Liverpool As A Tribute To The Beatles. A UK Daily Mail Article 26 Aug. 2006 Previewing Tommy's New Autobiography See Below States That Tommy Has Another Sculpture Featuring Two Rugby Players On Display At England's Rugby Stadium At Twickenham. Also That Tommy Is An Artist Of Some Note And Has Exhibited At The Royal Academy. His Autobiography Came Out In September 2006 And Is Entitled 'Bermondsey Boy Memories Of A Forgotten World.' London Joseph Credit Wikipedia
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Tommy Steele OBE Born December 17 1936 In London England Is An English Entertainer. Steele Is Widely Regarded As Britain's First Pop Idol. Born Thomas Willam Hicks In Mason Street Bermondsey London His Cheeky Cockney Image And Boy-Next-Door Looks Won Him Success As A Musician Singer And Actor. Singer
Before Landing A Singing Career Steele Tried His Hand At A Number Of Odd Jobs And Had A Brief Spell As A Merchant Seaman. Like Many Singers Of His Era He Never Did National Service Having Failed The Medical Examination Because At 18 Years Old He Was Diagnosed As Suffering With Cardiomyopathy. While On Leave Or During Dock Strikes He Played Guitar And Banjo And Sang In The 2i's Coffee Bar In Soho Both As A Solo Performer And With Wally Whyton's Vipers Skiffle Group. He Was Discovered By Manager Larry Parnes Who Believed Steele Could Be Britain's Answer To Elvis Presley. Parnes Is Widely Credited With Creating The Stage Name 'Tommy Steele.' Steele Shot Quickly To Fame In The UK As The Frontman For A Skiffle Band The Steelmen. Steele And Other British Singers Would Pick Known Hits From The United States Record Their Cover Versions Of These Songs And Release Them In The UK Before The American Versions Could Enter The Charts. Most Of Steele's 1950s Recordings Were Covers Of American Hits Such As "Singin' The Blues" And "Knee Deep In The Blues". Although Steele Never Proved A Serious Threat To Elvis's Popularity In The UK He Did Admirably Well On The 1950s British Pop Charts And "Singing The Blues" Got To Number 1. Guy Mitchell Was No. 1 With "Singing The Blues" On 7/12/56 And Tommy Steele On 14/12/56. Discography
Partial Discography. Singles
With The Steelemen Rock With The Caveman/ Rock Around The Town - UK Charts No.13 Decca 1956 Doomsday Rock/ Elevator Rock Decca 1956 Singing The Blues/ Rebel Rock - UK Charts No. 1 Decca 1956 Knee Deep In The Blues/ Teenage Party. - UK Charts No.15 Decca 1957 Butterfingers/ Cannibal Pot - UK Charts No. 8 Decca 1957 Shiralee/ Grandad’s Rock - UK Charts No.11 Decca 1957 Water Water/ A Handful Of Songs. - UK Charts No. 5 Decca 1957 Hey You!/ Plant A Kiss - UK Charts No.28 Decca 1957 Happy Guitar/ Princess - UK Charts No.20 Decca 1958 Nairobi/ Neon Sign - UK Charts No. 3 Decca 1958 Only Man On The Island/ I Puts The Lightie On. - UK Charts No.16 Decca 1958 Solo It’s All Happening/ What Do You Do? Decca 1958 Come On Let’s Go/ Put A Ring On Her Finger. - UK Charts No.10 Decca 1958 A Lovely Night/ Marriage Type Love Decca 1958 Hiawatha/ The Trial Decca 1959 Tallahassee Lassie/ Give Give Give - UK. Charts No.16 Decca 1959 You Were Mine/ Young Ideas Decca 1959 Little White Bull/ Singing Time. - UK Charts No. 6 Decca 1959 What A Mouth/ Kookaburra - UK Charts No. 5 Decca 1960 Happy Go Lucky Blues/ Girl With The Long Black Hair Decca 1960 Must Be Santa/ Boys And Girls. - UK Charts No.40 Decca 1960 My Big Best Shoes/ The Dit Dit Song Decca 1961 Writing On The Wall/ Drunken Guitar - UK Charts No.30 . Decca 1961 Hit Record/ What A Little Darling Decca 1962 Where Have All The Flowers Gone?/ Butter Wouldn’t Melt In Your Mouth Decca 1963 He’s Got Love/ Green Eye Decca 1963 Flash Bang Wallop/ She’s Too Far Above Me Decca 1963 Egg And Chips/ The Dream Maker Columbia 1963 Half A Sixpence/ If The Rain’s Got To Fall RCA 1965 Fortuosity/ I’m A Brass Band Vista 1967 King’s New Clothes/ Wonderful Copenhagen Pye 1974 Half A Sixpence/ If The Rain’s Got To Fall Safari 1984 Singing The Blues/ Come On Let’s Go Old Gold 1985 Actor With Petula Clark In Finian's RainbowThe Increase In Home-Grown Musical Talent During The 1960s Allowed Steele To Progress To A Career In Stage And Film Musicals Leaving Behind His Pop Idol Identity. In The West End He Appeared In The Title Role Of Hans Christian Andersen. On Film He Recreated His London And Broadway Stage Role In Half A Sixpence And Played Character Roles In The Happiest Millionaire And Finian's Rainbow Although Many Critics Found His Personality To Be Somewhat Overwhelming On Screen. In This Latter Film Probably His Best Known Appearance In The Movies He Co-Starred With Petula Clark And Fred Astaire. In 1983 Steele Directed And Starred In The West End Stage Production Of Singin' In The Rain At The Famed London Palladium. In 1991 He Toured With Some Like It Hot The Stage Version Of The Jack Lemmon And Marilyn Monroe Film. In 2003 After A Decade-Long Hiatus Save His One Man Shows An Evening With Tommy Steele And What A Show! He Toured As Ebenezer Scrooge In A Production Of Scrooge The Musical An Adaptation Of A Christmas Carol. Following This Triumphant Return He Reprised His Role At The Palace Theatre Manchester Over Christmas 2004 And Brought The Production To The London Palladium For Christmas 2005. Filmography
The Tommy Steele Story 1957 The Duke Wore Jeans 1957 Tommy The Toreador 1959 Light Up The Sky! 1960 Known As Skywatch In The US It's All Happening 1963 Known As The Dream Maker In The US Half A Sixpence 1967 The Happiest Millionaire 1967 Finian's Rainbow 1968 Twelfth Night 1969 Made For TV Where's Jack? 1969 The Yeomen Of The Guard 1978 Quincy's Quest 1979 Author And Other Talents
In The Early 1980s Steele Wrote And Published A Book Titled The Final Run A Novel About World War II And The Evacuation Of Dunkirk. He Also Wrote A Children's Novel Entitled Quincy About A Reject Toy Trying To Save Himself And His Fellow Rejects In The Basement Of A Toy Store From The Furnace The Day After Christmas. This Was Turned Into A Film In 1979 Which Tommy Played Quincy And Mel Martin Playing Quincy's Girlfriend Doll Rebecca. He Has Developed A Talent As A Sculptor And Two Of His Major Works Are On Public Display Bermondsey Boy At The Rotherhithe Civic Centre And Eleanor Rigby Which He Sculpted And Gave To The City Of Liverpool As A Tribute To The Beatles. A UK Daily Mail Article 26 Aug. 2006 Previewing Tommy's New Autobiography See Below States That Tommy Has Another Sculpture Featuring Two Rugby Players On Display At England's Rugby Stadium At Twickenham. Also That Tommy Is An Artist Of Some Note And Has Exhibited At The Royal Academy. His Autobiography Came Out In September 2006 And Is Entitled 'Bermondsey Boy Memories Of A Forgotten World.' London Joseph Credit Wikipedia read less
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Before Landing A Singing Career Steele Tried His Hand At A Number Of Odd Jobs And Had A Brief Spell As A Merchant Seaman. Like Many Singers Of His Era He Never Did National Service Having Failed The Medical Examination Because At 18 Years Old He Was Diagnosed As Suffering With Cardiomyopathy. While On Leave Or During Dock Strikes He Played Guitar And Banjo And Sang In The 2i's Coffee Bar In Soho Both As A Solo Performer And With Wally Whyton's Vipers Skiffle Group. He Was Discovered By Manager Larry Parnes Who Believed Steele Could Be Britain's Answer To Elvis Presley. Parnes Is Widely Credited With Creating The Stage Name 'Tommy Steele.' Steele Shot Quickly To Fame In The UK As The Frontman For A Skiffle Band The Steelmen. Steele And Other British Singers Would Pick Known Hits From The United States Record Their Cover Versions Of These Songs And Release Them In The UK Before The American Versions Could Enter The Charts. Most Of Steele's 1950s Recordings Were Covers Of American Hits Such As "Singin' The Blues" And "Knee Deep In The Blues". Although Steele Never Proved A Serious Threat To Elvis's Popularity In The UK He Did Admirably Well On The 1950s British Pop Charts And "Singing The Blues" Got To Number 1. Guy Mitchell Was No. 1 With "Singing The Blues" On 7/12/56 And Tommy Steele On 14/12/56. Discography
Partial Discography. Singles
With The Steelemen Rock With The Caveman/ Rock Around The Town - UK Charts No.13 Decca 1956 Doomsday Rock/ Elevator Rock Decca 1956 Singing The Blues/ Rebel Rock - UK Charts No. 1 Decca 1956 Knee Deep In The Blues/ Teenage Party. - UK Charts No.15 Decca 1957 Butterfingers/ Cannibal Pot - UK Charts No. 8 Decca 1957 Shiralee/ Grandad’s Rock - UK Charts No.11 Decca 1957 Water Water/ A Handful Of Songs. - UK Charts No. 5 Decca 1957 Hey You!/ Plant A Kiss - UK Charts No.28 Decca 1957 Happy Guitar/ Princess - UK Charts No.20 Decca 1958 Nairobi/ Neon Sign - UK Charts No. 3 Decca 1958 Only Man On The Island/ I Puts The Lightie On. - UK Charts No.16 Decca 1958 Solo It’s All Happening/ What Do You Do? Decca 1958 Come On Let’s Go/ Put A Ring On Her Finger. - UK Charts No.10 Decca 1958 A Lovely Night/ Marriage Type Love Decca 1958 Hiawatha/ The Trial Decca 1959 Tallahassee Lassie/ Give Give Give - UK. Charts No.16 Decca 1959 You Were Mine/ Young Ideas Decca 1959 Little White Bull/ Singing Time. - UK Charts No. 6 Decca 1959 What A Mouth/ Kookaburra - UK Charts No. 5 Decca 1960 Happy Go Lucky Blues/ Girl With The Long Black Hair Decca 1960 Must Be Santa/ Boys And Girls. - UK Charts No.40 Decca 1960 My Big Best Shoes/ The Dit Dit Song Decca 1961 Writing On The Wall/ Drunken Guitar - UK Charts No.30 . Decca 1961 Hit Record/ What A Little Darling Decca 1962 Where Have All The Flowers Gone?/ Butter Wouldn’t Melt In Your Mouth Decca 1963 He’s Got Love/ Green Eye Decca 1963 Flash Bang Wallop/ She’s Too Far Above Me Decca 1963 Egg And Chips/ The Dream Maker Columbia 1963 Half A Sixpence/ If The Rain’s Got To Fall RCA 1965 Fortuosity/ I’m A Brass Band Vista 1967 King’s New Clothes/ Wonderful Copenhagen Pye 1974 Half A Sixpence/ If The Rain’s Got To Fall Safari 1984 Singing The Blues/ Come On Let’s Go Old Gold 1985 Actor With Petula Clark In Finian's RainbowThe Increase In Home-Grown Musical Talent During The 1960s Allowed Steele To Progress To A Career In Stage And Film Musicals Leaving Behind His Pop Idol Identity. In The West End He Appeared In The Title Role Of Hans Christian Andersen. On Film He Recreated His London And Broadway Stage Role In Half A Sixpence And Played Character Roles In The Happiest Millionaire And Finian's Rainbow Although Many Critics Found His Personality To Be Somewhat Overwhelming On Screen. In This Latter Film Probably His Best Known Appearance In The Movies He Co-Starred With Petula Clark And Fred Astaire. In 1983 Steele Directed And Starred In The West End Stage Production Of Singin' In The Rain At The Famed London Palladium. In 1991 He Toured With Some Like It Hot The Stage Version Of The Jack Lemmon And Marilyn Monroe Film. In 2003 After A Decade-Long Hiatus Save His One Man Shows An Evening With Tommy Steele And What A Show! He Toured As Ebenezer Scrooge In A Production Of Scrooge The Musical An Adaptation Of A Christmas Carol. Following This Triumphant Return He Reprised His Role At The Palace Theatre Manchester Over Christmas 2004 And Brought The Production To The London Palladium For Christmas 2005. Filmography
The Tommy Steele Story 1957 The Duke Wore Jeans 1957 Tommy The Toreador 1959 Light Up The Sky! 1960 Known As Skywatch In The US It's All Happening 1963 Known As The Dream Maker In The US Half A Sixpence 1967 The Happiest Millionaire 1967 Finian's Rainbow 1968 Twelfth Night 1969 Made For TV Where's Jack? 1969 The Yeomen Of The Guard 1978 Quincy's Quest 1979 Author And Other Talents
In The Early 1980s Steele Wrote And Published A Book Titled The Final Run A Novel About World War II And The Evacuation Of Dunkirk. He Also Wrote A Children's Novel Entitled Quincy About A Reject Toy Trying To Save Himself And His Fellow Rejects In The Basement Of A Toy Store From The Furnace The Day After Christmas. This Was Turned Into A Film In 1979 Which Tommy Played Quincy And Mel Martin Playing Quincy's Girlfriend Doll Rebecca. He Has Developed A Talent As A Sculptor And Two Of His Major Works Are On Public Display Bermondsey Boy At The Rotherhithe Civic Centre And Eleanor Rigby Which He Sculpted And Gave To The City Of Liverpool As A Tribute To The Beatles. A UK Daily Mail Article 26 Aug. 2006 Previewing Tommy's New Autobiography See Below States That Tommy Has Another Sculpture Featuring Two Rugby Players On Display At England's Rugby Stadium At Twickenham. Also That Tommy Is An Artist Of Some Note And Has Exhibited At The Royal Academy. His Autobiography Came Out In September 2006 And Is Entitled 'Bermondsey Boy Memories Of A Forgotten World.' London Joseph Credit Wikipedia read less
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