Roy Young (musician)
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Born | RCA Victor, MCA | 20 October 1934
Website | royyoung |
Roy Frederick Young (20 October 1934 – 27 April 2018)[1] was a British rock and roll singer, pianist and keyboard player. He first recorded in the late 1950s before performing in Hamburg with the Beatles. After a stint with Cliff Bennett and the Rebel Rousers, he released several albums with his own band as well as recording with Chuck Berry and David Bowie, among others.
Biography
Young was born in
In 1958 he auditioned successfully for
In 1961, he began working at the
Young returned to England in 1964 and joined
In 1976, Young recorded with David Bowie for the album Low, which was released the following year.[2][4] He continued to perform with the Roy Young Band in Canada and the US,[3] and also worked with, and managed, Long John Baldry in the 1970s.[5] He toured the US in the 1980s with Ian Hunter and Mick Ronson,[6] and also performed at Star-Club reunion concerts with Tony Sheridan, Howie Casey, Johnny Gustafson and Jimi Magnole[3]
He released an album, Still Young, in 2006, featuring songs written by Dennis Morgan.[2]
Young died at the age of 83 in Oxford on 27 April 2018.[8]
Discography
- 1962: My Bonnie, LP by Tony Sheridan with The Beat Brothers. Young plays prominently throughout this album but does not play on the two Beatle tracks.
- 1963: Twist at the Star Club Hamburg, a live album of "The Star Combo", Young sings and plays on three songs ("Rip It Up", "Keep A-Knocking", and "Margie" and plays on the instrumental "C-Jam Twist"). He also plays on Tony Sheridan's two tracks, "Skinny Minny" and "What'd I Say" (Sheridan is listed under the pseudonym "Dan Sherry"). The Star Combo consisted of Tony Sheridan, Roy Young, Colin "Melander" Crawley, Ricky Barnes and Johnny Watson. There are songs by four other groups on this LP.
- 1964: Ain't She Sweet, LP (side 1) "Sweet Georgia Brown" recorded with the Beatles in 1962. This song appears also, that same year, on the German album The Beatles' First and reissued worldwide in the following years.
- 1966: Meet the Beat (two versions, on 10" and 12" & CD, but with different tracks, sharing only two songs. The 12" features 1966 recordings (with "The Big Six") of "Jailhouse Rock", "Fever", and "Shake, Rattle and Roll")
- 1971: The Roy Young Band, includes Howie Casey.
- 1972: Mr. Funky
- 1996: Tony Sheridan & The Beat Brothers Live and Dangerous (also released as Rock Masters: Feel It). Recordings of "Good Golly Miss Molly" and others. On some of these 1995 live recordings the lead vocal was by Roy Young
- 1996 & 2001: Sheridan in Control (also released as Fab Four Collection) "with The Beat Brothers- Roy Young, Howie Casey" – 1995 recordings of "Johnny B. Goode", "Money", "My Bonnie", "Skinny Minnie"
- 2006: Still Young
- 2012: Roy Rock'Em Young
References
- ^ "Roy Young". Wogew.blogspot.it. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
- ^ a b c d e Rishton, Jo (2 April 2006). "Interview with Roy Young". The Beat Goes On and On. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
- ^ a b c d e f de Heer, Dik (July 2009). "Roy Young". Black Cat Rockabilly. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
- ^ a b Whelan, John (16 February 2002). "A Roy Young interview, December 22, 2001". The Ottawa Beatle Site. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
- ^ a b c d e f "Roy Young Biography". Royyoung.com. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
- ^ a b Little, Reg (12 April 2012). "John, Paul, George and Roy". Oxford Times.
- ^ Soundtrack Credits IMDb.com, accessed 17 May 2017
- ^ Leigh, Spencer (7 May 2018). "Roy Young: 'Britain's Little Richard' who played with Bowie and the Beatles – but turned down the offer to join the band". The Independent. Archived from the original on 8 May 2018. Retrieved 8 May 2018.