Chris Farlowe

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Chris Farlowe
Columbia, Immediate, Stateside; Sue
(pseudonymously)

Chris Farlowe (born John Henry Deighton, 13 October 1940)

UK Singles Chart in 1966,[2] and his association with bands Atomic Rooster, the Thunderbirds and Colosseum. Outside his music career, Farlowe collects war memorabilia.[3]

Career

Farlowe was born in

Stormy Monday Blues" under the pseudonym Little Joe Cook (a name also used by an American singer), which perpetuated the myth that he was a black singer.[5]

Farlowe moved to

UK Singles Chart.[2] He recorded four more singles, the best known of which are Mike d'Abo's "Handbags and Gladrags",[4] and "My Way of Giving", a cover of a Small Faces album track written by Steve Marriott and Ronnie Lane
.

He began an association with the

live album and two studio albums including Daughter of Time (1970). After Colosseum's reunion in 1994 he appeared on all their albums.[4]

In February 1972 he joined Atomic Rooster,[6] and is featured on the albums Made in England (1972) and Nice 'n' Greasy (1973).

In 1978 Farlowe collaborated on two BBC Birmingham productions for which his former Colosseum bandmate Dave Greenslade wrote the theme music. First, in the second series of Gangsters, Farlowe sang the theme song. Farlowe and Greenslade then provided the music and Farlowe played the part of Benny opposite Sonja Kristina in the rock opera Curriculee Curricula.[7] The production was first shown on BBC Two and shot in its entirety on video at the University of Birmingham campus, with Magnus Magnusson as the narrator.[8]

Farlowe sang on two tracks from Jimmy Page's Death Wish II soundtrack (1982), as well as the tracks "Hummingbird", "Prison Blues" and "Blues Anthem" on Page's album Outrider (1988).[4]

He toured for a long time with Hamburg Blues Band, mainly in Germany.[citation needed] Since 1999, Farlowe has appeared on stage a number of times alongside Van Morrison.[9][10]

Farlow (middle) performing with Chris Matthews and the Hamburg Blues Band in 2021.

In 2009, Farlowe toured as a featured artist with Maggie Bell and Bobby Tench as part of the "Maximum Rhythm and Blues" tour of 32 UK theatres.[11]

On 30 July 2016, Farlowe appeared at

1966 FIFA World Cup Final.[12]

Discography

Albums

DVDs

  • At Rockpalast (October 2006)
  • At Rockpalast 2 (November 2008)
  • At Rockpalast 3 (December 2012)

Singles

Singles (1962–65)

  • "Air Travel" / "Why Did You Break My Heart?" (Decca F.11536) (1962)
  • "Girl Trouble" / "Itty Bitty Pieces" (Columbia DB 7237) (1964)
  • "Blue Beat" (as "The Beazers") / "I Wanna Shout" (as "The Beazers") (Decca F.11827) (1964)
  • "Just a Dream" (Columbia DB 7311) (1964)
  • "Buzz with the Fuzz" / "You're the One" (Columbia DB 7614) (1965)

Singles and EPs on Immediate Records (1965–70)

  • IM016 "The Fool" / "Treat Her Good" (1965)
  • IM023 "
    UK
    #37) (1966)
  • IM035 "Out of Time" / "Baby Make It Soon" (UK #1) (1966)
  • IM038 "Ride On Baby" / "Headlines" (UK #31) (1966)
  • IM041 "My Way of Giving" / "You're So Good to Me" (UK #48) (1967)
  • IM049 "Yesterday's Papers" / "Life is But Nothing" (1967)
  • IM056 "Moanin'" / "What Have I Been Doing" (UK #46) (1967)
  • IM065 "Handbags and Gladrags" / "Everyone Makes a Mistake" (UK #33) (1967)
  • IM066 "The Last Goodbye" / "Paperman Fly in the Sky" (B-side with the Thunderbirds) (1968)
  • IM071 "Paint It Black" / "I Just Need Your Loving" (1968)
  • IM074 "Dawn" / "April was the Month" (with the Thunderbirds) (1968)
  • IM078 "Out of Time" / "Ride On Baby" (1969)
  • IMS101 "Out of Time" / "My Way of Giving" (UK #44) (1975)
  • IMEP001 "Farlowe in the Midnight Hour" (EP) (1965)
  • IMEP004 "Chris Farlowe Hits" (EP) (1966)[2][13]

Singles and EPs on Island and its Sue subsidiary

  • "Stormy Monday Blues" (Part One/Part Two) (as Little Joe Cook, Island Sue WI 385)
  • Stormy Monday (EP: "Stormy Monday" / "She's Alright" / "Voodoo") (as Chris Farlowe, Island IEP 709, ca. 1966)

References

  1. ^ Adrian and Pamela Griffiths. (13 October 1940). "Biography". Chrisfarlowe.co.uk. Archived from the original on 13 October 2017. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
  2. ^
    ISBN 1-904994-10-5
    .
  3. Independent.co.uk
    . 23 October 2011.
  4. ^ a b c d Eder, Bruce. "Chris Farlowe". AllMusic. Retrieved 1 July 2010.
  5. ^ "Chris Farlowe Biography". NME. Archived from the original on 27 February 2009. Retrieved 10 September 2009.
  6. ^ Tobler, John (1992). NME Rock 'N' Roll Years (1st ed.). London: Reed International Books Ltd. p. 235. CN 5585.
  7. ^ "Curriculee Curricula". IMDb. 22 May 1978. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
  8. ^ "Curriculee Curricula". IMDb. 22 May 1978. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
  9. ^ "Chris Farlowe joins Van on stage to sing Born to Sing, Van Morrison – Up on Cyprus Avenue – BBC One". BBC. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
  10. ^ "BBC iPlayer – Watch BBC Two live". Retrieved 23 September 2017.
  11. ^ "Maximum Rhythm and Blues Tour 2009". Flyingmusic.com. Archived from the original on 18 November 2009. Retrieved 19 November 2009.
  12. ^ "1966 World Cup: Special event marks 50 years since England's football win". BBC News. 30 July 2016. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  13. ^ "Vinylnet Record Label Discographies". Vinylnet.co.uk. Retrieved 22 July 2017.

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