Chris Farlowe is an English pop
singer and one-time amateur boxer.
He was born John Henry Deighton on October
13, 1940, in
Islington,
North
London, England.
His musical career began with a skiffle group, The John Henry Skiffle Group
in 1957,
then The Johnny Burns Rhythm and Blues Quartet in 1958. He met lead
guitarist Bob Talor (born Robert Taylor, 6 June 1942 in London) in 1959 and he joined the band Taylor
was in the Thunderbirds, recording five
singles for the Columbia label, without too much
success. He then moved to the Immediate label and recorded
another eleven singles, five of them cover versions of Rolling
Stones records. His most successful was "Out of Time" which was number
1 in the UK singles chart in 1966. His next four
singles were also well received. The most famous was "Handbags
and Gladrags" (which was written by Mike
d'Abo), later covered by Rod
Stewart (and most recently by Stereophonics).
As an English R & B star of the early 1960s, he released
one single, Stormy Monday Blues, under the pseudonym, "Little Joe
Cook", which helped perpetrate the myth that he was black.
His association with jazz rock group Colosseum
began in the 1970s,
recording a live album and two studio albums Daughter
of Time and Tomorrow's Blues, (2006). He continues to
tour extensively throughout the UK and Europe with Colosseum and also
with his own band. Farlowe also deals in antiques and has a showroom in
Islington. In 1972 he joined Atomic Rooster and is
featured on the albums Made in England and Nice And Greasy. He sang on three
tracks of Jimmy Page's "Outrider" album
in 1988.
Discography
- "Chris Farlowe & the Thunderbirds" (February 1966)
- "14 Things to Think About" (June 1966)
- "The Art of Chris Farlowe"
(December 1966)
- "Tonite Let's All Make Love In London" (with others)
- "The Last Goodbye" (August 1969)
- "From Here to Mama Rosa" (September 1970)
- "Chris Farlowe Band Live" (November 1975)
- "Out of the Blue" (July 1985)
- "The Live EP: Live in Hamburg" (March 1986)
- "Born Again" (June 1986)
- "Farlowe: Waiting in the Wings" (May 1992)
- "Chris Farlowe & Roy Herrington Live in Berlin"
(March 1993)
- "Lonesome Road" (September 1995)
- "BBC in Concert" (January 1996)
- "As Time Go By" (October 1996)
- "The Voice" (April 1998)
- "Glory Bound" (March 2001)
- "Farlowe That!" (May 2003)
- "Hungary For The Blues"
(November 2005)
- "At Rockpalast" (October 2006)
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