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Singer, songwriter. Years active. 1961–1985. David Garrick (29 January 1947 – 28 February 1985), better known by his stage name David Byron, [3] was a British singer, who was best known in the early 1970s as the original lead vocalist of the rock band Uriah Heep. [4] Byron possessed a powerful operatic voice and a flamboyant stage presence.
Singles. 33 UK: 27. Over the years, the British hard rock [1] band Uriah Heep has released 25 studio albums (of original material), 20 live albums, 41 compilation albums, 27 UK singles (33 worldwide) and 17 videos. The band's best selling album is Sweet Freedom, which was released in 1973 and its worldwide sales are more than 6 million copies.
Widely praised as the band's breakthrough LP, it heralded a hugely successful run of albums (1972's The Magician's Birthday, 1973's Sweet Freedom, 1974's Wonderworld, and 1975's Return to Fantasy) that saw Uriah Heep perfect their gothic-infused metal and maintain a mostly stable lineup; future Asia frontman and King Crimson alum John Wetton ...
Feb 13, 2024 · A song triggered by a conversation in a taxi, Easy Livin' broke Uriah Heep in the US, helped convert some of their harshest critics and propelled them into rock’s big league. Uriah Heep in 1972: L-R Gary Thain, Mick Box, Ken Hensley, Lee Kerslake and David Byron(Image credit: Fin Costello via Getty Images) Sometimes the course of one’s life ...
Impressive American numbers, but that leaves 36 million records to be sold in the rest of the world, underscoring the fact that Uriah Heep have become, through their relentless dedication to touring, a truly global band, with particular success in Germany, Scandinavia, Japan, Eastern Europe and Russia, where they were the first Western rock ...
Indeed their touring schedule reads like something from Around The World In Eighty Days, with Heep subsequently following up the Soviet dates with three sell-out concerts in Czechoslovakia (the first Western rock band to play there), four sell-out shows in East Berlin, and then becoming the first Western rock band to tour Bulgaria, spreading ...
Feb 10, 2007 · URIAH HEEP - Different World (2006 Remastered) Tracklistings: 1. Blood On Stone 2. Which Way Will The Wind Blow 3. All God's Children 4. All For One 5. Different World 6. Step By Step 7. Seven Days 8. First Touch 9. One On One 10. Cross That Line Bonus Tracks: 11. Stand Back CD only album track: 12. Powers Of Addiction (previously unreleased ...
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