ALEX HARVEY
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Alexander James "Alex" Harvey was a Scottish blues/rock musician. Although Harvey's career spanned almost three decades he is best remembered as the frontman of The Sensational Alex Harvey Band, with whom he built a reputation as an exciting live performer during the era of glam rock in the 1970s. He first began performing in skiffle groups in 1954. On Friday, 20 May 1960, at the Town Hall, Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland, Alex Harvey and his Big Beat Band opened for Johnny Gentle and His Group, "His Group" being the Beatles (John, Paul, George, Stuart Sutcliffe and Tommy Moore), on this the opening night and biggest audience of the Beatles' seven-date tour of Scotland with Gentle. His musical roots were in Dixieland jazz and skiffle music, which enjoyed considerable popularity in Britain during the late 1950s. From 1958 until 1965, he was the leader of Alex Harvey's Big Soul Band, playing blues and rock and roll songs and spending considerable time touring in the United Kingdom and Germany. After leaving the Big Soul Band, he briefly tried for a solo career but with little success. By 1967, he found a positive direction for his career, when he became a member of the pit band in the London stage production of the musical Hair. Harvey remained with Hair for five years. In 1972, Harvey formed The Sensational Alex Harvey Band, they produced a succession of highly regarded albums and tours throughout the 1970s. The band never achieved acclaim in the United States the way it did in Great Britain, but it had a cult following in certain US cities, especially Cleveland, where the group first played at the Agora Ballroom in December 1974. The Sensational Alex Harvey Band had Top 40 hits in Britain with the single "Delilah", a cover version of the Tom Jones hit, which reached number seven in 1975. After Harvey left the group later that year, the other members continued as "SAHB without Alex". Harvey re-joined the group for 1978's Rock Drill, but they disbanded shortly afterwards. On 4 February 1982, a day short of his 47th birthday, Harvey suffered a massive heart attack while waiting to take a ferry from Zeebrugge, Belgium back to England after performing a Belgian gig with his new band, the Electric Cowboys. He suffered a fatal second attack in an ambulance on the way to hospital. He left his second wife, Trudy, and two sons. The Sensational Alex Harvey Band were voted the fifth greatest Scottish band of all time in a 2005 survey
MEMBERS (& His Soul Band):
Alex Harvey Vocals
Ricky Barnes Saxophone and Vocals
Isobel Bond Vocals
Gibson Kemp Drums
Ian Hinds Organ
Bill Patrick replaced by Les Harvey Guitar
Bobby Thompson Bass
MEMBERS (The Sensational Alex Harvey Band ):
Alex Harvey Vocals
Zal Cleminson Guitar
Chris Glen Bass
Hugh McKenna replaced by Tommy Eyre Keyboards
Ted McKenna Drums
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USA
Vertigo VEPL-2
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Amos Moses
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Germany
Vertigo 6078 244
Value: 5
Amos Moses
$25 For A Massage
Holland
Vertigo 6078 244
Value: 5
Amos Moses
$25 For A Massage
Spain
Vertigo 6078 244
Value: 5
Anthem
River Of Love
Germany
Vertigo 6059 115
Value: 5
Anthem Pt1
Anthem Pt2
France
Vertigo 6059 112
Value: 10
Anthem Pt1
Anthem Pt2
Holland
Vertigo 6059 112
Value: 25
Anthem Pt1
Anthem Pt2
Italy
Vertigo 6059 112
Value: 20
Anthem Pt1
Anthem Pt2
Portugal
Vertigo 6059 112
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Boston Tea Party
Sultan's Choice
Germany
Vertigo 6078 241
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Cheek To Cheek
Jungle Jenny
Holland
Vertigo 6079 018
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Delilah
Soul In Chains
France
Vertigo 6078 216
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Delilah
Soul In Chains
Germany
Vertigo 6059 125
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Delilah
Soul In Chains
Italy
Vertigo 6059 125
Value: 5
Delilah / Boston Tea Party
The Faith Healer
UK
Mountain HOT 2
Value: 10
Do The Dog
Something You Got
Italy
GTA records PD 40018
Value: 60
Gamblin' Bar Room Blues
Shake That Thing
France
Vertigo 6078 223
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Gamblin' Bar Room Blues
Shake That Thing
Germany
Vertigo 6078 223
Value: 5
Gamblin' Bar Room Blues
Shake That Thing
Italy
Vertigo 6078 223
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Gamblin' Bar Room Blues
Cheek To Cheek
Spain
Vertigo 6078 247
Value: 15
Giddy-Up-A-Ding Dong
Buff's Bar Blues
Germany
Vertigo 6059 091
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Giddy-Up-A-Ding Dong
Buff's Bar Blues
Italy
Vertigo 6059 091
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Giddy-Up-A-Ding Dong
Buff's Bar Blues
Spain
Vertigo 6059 091
Value: 10
Going Home / New Orleans
I've Got My Mojo Working / Bo Diddley Is A Gunslinger
Spain
Polydor EPH 50 929
Value: 150
AND HIS FAMOUS SOUL BAND
I Ain't Worring Baby / Framed
Let The good Times Roll / Backwater Blues
Spain
Polydor EPH 50 928
Value: 80
AND HIS FAMOUS SOUL BAND
I Just Wanna Make Love To You
Let The good Times Roll
Germany
Polydor 52 264
Value: 35
I Just Wanna Make Love To You / When I Grow Too Old To Rock
The Blind Man / Evil Hearted Man
Spain
Polydor EPH 50 930
Value: 80
AND HIS FAMOUS SOUL BAND
Jungle Jenny
Cheek To Cheek
UK
Vertigo 6059 173
Value: 25
Midnight Moses
Roman Wall Blues
Holland
Fontana 267 973 TF
Value: 200
Midnight Moses
Roman Wall Blues
Norway
Fontana 267 973 TF
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Midnight Moses
Roman Wall Blues
Sweden
Fontana 267 973 TF
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Mrs. Blackhouse
Engine Room Boogie
Norway
Vertigo 6079 023
Value: 40
Mrs. Blackhouse
Engine Room Boogie
UK
Mountain TOP 32
Value: 10
My Girl Slooping
Mashed Potatoes
Italy
GTA records PD 40019
Value: 85
Next
Swampshake
France
Vertigo 6059 103
Value: 30
Runaway
Snake Bite
Holland
Vertigo 6078 236
Value: 20
Runaway
Gamblin' Bar Room Blues
Japan
Vertigo SFL-2079
Value: 25
Sergeant Fury
Gang Bang
Germany
Vertigo 6059 106
Value: 10
Sergeant Fury
Gang Bang
Japan
Vertigo SFL-2005
Value: 25
Sergeant Fury
Gang Bang
Norway
Vertigo 6059 106
Value: 25
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