Neil Christian

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Neil Christian
Rock and Roll
Instrument(s)Vocals
Years active1960s
LabelsStrike
Formerly ofThe Crusaders

Neil Christian (born Christopher Tidmarsh, 14 February 1943

UK Singles Chart.[3] He remains, however, a one-hit wonder. Follow-up singles "Oops" and "Two at a Time" never reached the charts. He was born Hoxton, East London.[2]

Career

Neil Christian and the Crusaders are one of the British rock and roll bands of the 1960s. They were signed to the Strike record label.

In the early 1960s

Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation.[4]

When most of the line-up left to join Lord Sutch's

Savages in 1965, Christian took on members of Luton Band The Hustlers, including Mick Abrahams,[citation needed] although in 1966 a touring version of The Crusaders was put together to promote the hit single "That's Nice" which consisted of Tony Marsh (piano) (b. Anthony Marsh, 1946); Jimmy "Tornado" Evans (drums); Ritchie Blackmore (guitar); and Bibi Blange (bass).[4] Further singles failed to reach the charts, however, and Christian moved to Germany, where he remained popular.[4]

In fall 1970, Christian took on the management of Crushed Butler[2] who changed their name to Tiger. Christian got them into recording studios both in Wembley at the new De Lane Lea Studios where he produced five songs by the band, and Tooting, London, at a demo studio producing the first version of Tiger's glam rock song "High School Dropout" in January 1971.

Everything Christian released between 1962 and 1968 has been reissued on the CD compilation, That's Nice, which also added several unreleased recordings from the same era.[1]

Related session musicians

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