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Mar 18, 2016 · The Glaswegian was 40 by the time he scored his first hit in 1975, when The Sensational Alex Harvey Band covered the old Tom Jones favourite Delilah. The previous couple of decades had seen him front his Big Soul Band, release a succession of failed solo records and serve in the house band in the West End production of Hair .
This is an autobiographical song; in 1957, Alex Harvey won a competition by the Daily Record newspaper to find Scotland's answer to Tommy Steele. At that time, Steele was riding high in the charts, though he would later move into acting. Harvey is said to have come up with this phrase himself, though it is difficult to tell how seriously he ...
Jan 11, 2016 · The Last Of The Teenage Idols is presented as a 10 x 10-inch box set with a heavy-duty slipcase. Fourteen CDs are complemented by a 60-page hardcover book featuring a new essay on Alex Harvey by Scottish scribe Tim Barr, many previously unseen personal photos, documents (such as Harvey’s appeal to be exempted from National Service on the ...
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Tracks 1-5 to 1-18 taken from the album Alex Harvey And His Soul Band released as Polydor 831 887-1 in 1964. Tracks 1-19 to 1-21 recorded in Hamburg, 9th May 1963. Tracks 2-1 to 2-15 recorded in Hamburg, 2nd September 1963, and Lansdowne Studios, London, 14th August 1964, for the abandoned 2nd Soul Band album.
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A limited edition book entitled Alex Harvey: Last of the Teenage Idols, photographed by Janet Macoska and edited by Martin Kielty was released for the 30th anniversary of his death. Two novels by Christopher Brookmyre, The Sacred Art of Stealing and A Snowball in Hell, reference SAHB's work. On 18 March 2016, Universal Music released a 14-disc ...
Feb 19, 2016 · These showcased Harvey’s frontman expertise and the virtuoso chops of guitarist Zal Cleminson and the McKenna brothers rhythm section. Judging by the noise, it was apparent that AC/DC’s Bon Scott realised he might turn Malcolm and Angus Young into a metal outfit offering dirty deeds done cheap. They owed Harvey for that.
