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10 hours ago, Ulitzer95 said:

Is Betty their mother? 

Tbh, not completely useless information. David says on his own site that he was born in 1955 and "brought up in" East Yorkshire. Assuming David is his actual first name, there's only five people by that name born in 1955 in England and Wales. Locations are Chatham in Kent, Bromley in Kent, Southampton, Tavistock in Devon/Cornwall, and Sunderland, County D.

Problem is you do a search for the brother we need, John Crocker (I tried births from 1949 to 1959) and literally none of the above places reappeared! *grumbles* Family must've moved a lot!

Sometimes you just got to wait for the obit. 
 

 

I remember seeing Dave play a local pub several times during early 1990s as part of a duo. If only I could remember his accent!

[Ulitzer95 12,654]

2 hours ago, maryportfuncity said:

The Handley Family
Discogs UK vocal group from Bermondsey, London, composed of five siblings, won the TV talent show Opportunity Knocks
Billy Handley 1960 – Living
Molly Handley 1954 – Living
Sally Handley 1950 – Living
Tommy Handley 1956 – Living
Wendy Handley 1957 – Living
07/04/1973 Wam Bam #30

 

Improbably touted as British rivals to The Osmonds - last time I heard them was on Darryl Bullock's awesome Worlds Worst Records radio show. He has a habit of saying in his opening announcement; "do we have some crap lined up for you?"

 

You're sure they still breathe, right - because it's not like they've been a prominent or popular feature on 70s revival gigs or owt!

 

Yes, I gave the song a listen when I was researching them. Utter rubbish!

No, not sure at all. I've used the same rule that Wiki employs, if their birth details make them younger than 90+, they're auto listed as living on here.

I couldn't find any trace of them post-1970s at all actually! Their mother's maiden name was Drury and they were all born in the Southwark/Bermondsey area. That should help locate them in the records once they start popping off.

[maryportfuncity 10,654]

37 minutes ago, Ulitzer95 said:

Yes, I gave the song a listen when I was researching them. Utter rubbish!

No, not sure at all. I've used the same rule that Wiki employs, if their birth details make them younger than 90+, they're auto listed as living on here.

I couldn't find any trace of them post-1970s at all actually! Their mother's maiden name was Drury and they were all born in the Southwark/Bermondsey area. That should help locate them in the records once they start popping off.

 

 

Fair enough - though if you're really desperate to find someone it's useful to take what details you have and file a fraudulent benefits claim in their name. The sniffers they put on running that scum to ground can find anyone!

[TomTomTelekom 3,728]

English Rock and pop singer, best known for the 1965 hit "Game of love" dead at 74 years:

http://blitzmag.blogspot.com/

 

 

[Ulitzer95 12,654]

28 minutes ago, TomTomTelekom said:

English Rock and pop singer, best known for the 1965 hit "Game of love" dead at 74 years:

http://blitzmag.blogspot.com/

 

 

Genuinely surprised about that but see he had cancer. My dad met him once.

 

If anyone wants a laugh look at his run ins with the law on his Wiki page.

[maryportfuncity 10,654]

7 minutes ago, Ulitzer95 said:

Genuinely surprised about that but see he had cancer. My dad met him once.

 

If anyone wants a laugh look at his run ins with the law on his Wiki page.

 

 

Or read the rip below: 

 

In 2005, he fought off bankruptcy but was arrested after police were called by bailiffs who went to his home in Glossop, Derbyshire. He poured petrol on the bonnet of a bailiff's car and set it alight with the bailiff still inside.^[3][4] Fontana was remanded in custody on 25 May 2007. He later appeared at Derby Crown Court dressed as Lady Justice, complete with a sword, scales, crown, cape and dark glasses, and claiming "justice is blind".^[5] He dismissed his lawyers.^[6] On 10 November 2007 he was sentenced to 11 months for setting fire to the car but was released because he had already served the equivalent of the term, having been held under the Mental Health Act 1983.^[7]

In March 2011 Fontana was arrested at the Palace Theatre, Manchester, after failing to appear in court in Wakefield, over an unpaid speeding fine.^[8]

 

 

 

[Ulitzer95 12,654]

H (part 2/5)

Rahni Harris & F.L.O. 1955 – Living
Discogs American keyboardist from Hartford, Connecticut, later known as Yasha Barjona and now as Rahni Song, his backing group F.L.O. more often went by the name Family Love
16/12/1978 Six Million Steps (West Runs South) #43

Richard Harris 01 Oct 1930 – 25 Oct 2002 (72) Guardian obit
Wiki Irish actor and singer from Limerick, nominated for two Oscars, notable roles include King Arthur in Camelot and Albus Dumbledore in the first two Harry Potter films
08/07/1972 MacArthur Park (re-release) #38

George Harrison 25 Feb 1943 – 29 Nov 2001 (58) Guardian obit
Wiki UK singer-songwriter and record and film producer from Liverpool, best known as the lead guitarist of The Beatles, referred to as "the quiet Beatle", incorporated Indian instrumentation and Hindu themes into his music, follower of the Hare Krishna movement, co-founded the supergroup the Traveling Wilburys during the 1980s, married to model Pattie Boyd (b. 1944) from 1966 to 1977 and then to author Olivia Arias (b. 1948) from 1978 until his death from throat cancer in 2001, his son Dhani Harrison (b. 1978) is also an acclaimed rock musician, awarded an MBE in 1965, inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twice – firstly as a member of The Beatles in 1988 and then posthumously for his solo career in 2004
23/01/1971 My Sweet Lord #1
14/08/1971 Bangla Desh #10
02/06/1973 Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth) #8
21/12/1974 Ding Dong, Ding Dong #38
11/10/1975 You #38
10/03/1979 Blow Away #51

Dan Hartman 08 Dec 1950 – 22 Mar 1994 (43) NY Times obit
Wiki American singer-songwriter, guitarist, keyboardist and record producer from Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, before going solo he was a member of The Edgar Winter Group, did not publicly disclose that he was HIV-positive and died in March 1994 from an AIDS-related brain tumour
21/10/1978 Instant Replay #8
13/01/1979 This is it #17

The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
Wiki UK glam rock band from Glasgow, Scotland, formed in 1972 and disbanded in 1978
Zal Cleminson 04 May 1949 – Living
Chris Glen 06 Nov 1950 – Living
Alex Harvey 05 Feb 1935 – 04 Feb 1982 (46) FindAGrave memorial
Hugh McKenna 28 Nov 1949 – 18 Dec 2019 (70) Daily Record obit
Ted McKenna 10 Mar 1950 – 19 Jan 2019 (68) The Herald obit
26/07/1975 Delilah #7 Cover of a single by Tom Jones
22/11/1975 Gamblin' Bar Room Blues #38
19/06/1976 Boston Tea Party #13

Donny Hathaway 01 Oct 1945 – 13 Jan 1979 (33) FindAGrave memorial
Wiki American soul singer-songwriter, keyboardist and arranger, born in Chicago, Illinois and raised in St. Louis, Missouri, known for his collaborations with Roberta Flack, committed suicide in January 1979 by throwing himself off of a 15th storey balcony in a New York City hotel
05/08/1972 Where is the Love #29 Released as Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway
06/05/1978 The Closer I Get to You #42 Released as Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway

Hawkwind
Wiki UK space rock band from Ladbroke Grove, London, formed in 1969, Lemmy was better known as the frontman of band Motörehead
Dave Brock 20 Aug 1941 – Living
Robert Calvert 09 Mar 1945 – 14 Aug 1988 (43) FindAGrave memorial
Dell Dettmar 20 Apr 1947 – Living
Dik Mik (aka Michael Davies) 1943 – 16 Nov 2017 (~74) Ultimate Classic Rock obit
Simon King 12 Aug 1950 – Living
Lemmy 24 Dec 1945 – 28 Dec 2015 (70) Guardian obit
Nik Turner 26 Aug 1940 – 11 Nov 2022 (82) Obit
01/07/1972 Silver Machine #3
11/08/1973 Urban Guerrilla #39
21/10/1978 Silver Machine (re-release) #34

Isaac Hayes 20 Aug 1942 – 10 Aug 2008 (65) Guardian obit
Wiki American singer-songwriter, actor and producer from Covington, Tennessee, a creative source behind the label Stax Records, known for his writing partnership with David Porter (b. 1941) with whom he coined such hits as Soul Man by Sam & Dave, inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2002 and the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2005, won 3 Grammy Awards, a Golden Globe and became the third African-American to win an Oscar, also known for playing Chef in the animated television show South Park between 1997 and 2006
04/12/1971 Theme From "Shaft" #4 Featured in the 1971 crime action film Shaft
03/04/1976 Disco Connection #10 Released as The Isaac Hayes Movement

Justin Hayward 14 Oct 1946 – Living
Wiki UK rock singer-songwriter and guitarist from Swindon, Wiltshire, best known as a member of The Moody Blues – a group which he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with in 2018, awarded an OBE in 2022
25/10/1975 Blue Guitar #8 Released as Justin Hayward and John Lodge
08/07/1978 Forever Autumn #5

Lee Hazlewood 09 Jul 1929 – 04 Aug 2007 (78) Guardian obit
Wiki American country and pop singer-songwriter and record producer from Mannford, Oklahoma, known for his collaborations in the 1960s with Nancy Sinatra
21/08/1971 Did You Ever #2 Released as Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazlewood

Murray Head 05 Mar 1946 – Living
Wiki UK singer and actor from London, son of actress Helen Shingler (1919–2019) and brother of actor Anthony Head (b. 1954)
29/01/1972 Superstar #47 Featured in the 1970 musical Jesus Christ Superstar

The Headboys
Wiki UK power pop band from Edinburgh, Scotland, formed in 1977 and disbanded in 1980, keyboardist Calum Malcolm later became a successful record producer, whereas Bob Heatlie became a songwriter – penning hits such as Japanese Boy for Aneka and Merry Christmas Everyone for Shakin' Stevens
George Boyter Jul 1951 – Sep 2022 (71) Mention of death
Bob Heatlie 20 Jul 1946 – 08 Apr 2023 (76) The Herald obit
Lou Lewis 08 May 1947 – 12 Jun 2024 (77) Mention of death
Calum Malcolm c. 1954 – Living
Davy Ross 20 Nov 1954 – 26 Nov 2010 (56) Mention of death
22/09/1979 The Shape of Things to Come #45

Heatwave
Wiki UK funk and disco group from London, formed in 1975 with its lineup comprising of American, English, Czechoslovak, Swiss and Jamaican members, Keith and Johnnie Wilder were brothers and Billy Jones was their cousin, Temperton later became a prolific songwriter and penned Thriller, Off the Wall and Rock with You for Michael Jackson, bassist Mario Mantese quit music after nearly dying when he was stabbed leaving a party in London in 1978, keyboardist Calvin Duke also played with The Fatback Band
Ernest "Bilbo" Berger 02 Jul 1950 – 01 Mar 2024 (73) Obit
Derek Bramble 1962 – Living
Roy Carter no info available
Calvin Duke no info available
Eric Johns no info available
Billy Jones no info available
Mario Mantese 1951 – Living
Rod Temperton 09 Oct 1949 – 25 Sep 2016 (66) BBC obit
Johnnie Wilder Jr. 03 Jul 1949 – 13 May 2006 (56) Guardian obit
Keith Wilder 20 Dec 1951 – 29 Oct 2017 (65) Rolling Stone obit
22/01/1977 Boogie Nights #2
07/05/1977 Too Hot to Handle / Slip Your Disc to This #15
14/01/1978 The Groove Line #12
03/06/1978 Mind Blowing Decisions #12
04/11/1978 Always and Forever / Mind Blowing Decisions (re-release) #9
26/05/1979 Razzle Dazzle #43

Bobby Hebb 26 Jul 1938 – 03 Aug 2010 (72) Guardian obit
Wiki American R&B and soul singer-songwriter from Nashville, Tennessee
19/08/1972 Love Love Love #32

[Imelda 621]

2 hours ago, Ulitzer95 said:

Dan Hartman 08 Dec 1950 – 22 Mar 1994 (43) NY Times obit
Wiki American singer-songwriter, guitarist, keyboardist and record producer from Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, before going solo he was a member of The Edgar Winter Group, did not publicly disclose that he was HIV-positive and died in March 1994 from an AIDS-related brain tumour
21/10/1978 Instant Replay #8
 

 

Bugger me, he looks like Mr Tumble!

[Slackhurst Broadcasting 374]

2 hours ago, Ulitzer95 said:

Donny Hathaway 01 Oct 1945 – 13 Jan 1979 (33) FindAGrave memorial
Wiki American soul singer-songwriter, keyboardist and arranger, born in Chicago, Illinois and raised in St. Louis, Missouri, known for his collaborations with Roberta Flack, committed suicide in January 1979 by throwing himself off of a 15th storey balcony in a New York City hotel
05/08/1972 Where is the Love #29 Released as Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway
06/05/1978 The Closer I Get to You #42 Released as Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway

 

Headlined in “Sounds” magazine: “Wrong Donny Commits Suicide”.

[YoungWillz 21,060]

Headboys.

 

Nothing of import - I saw a lovely interview with them which referenced another initial interview with them - unfortunately that initial interview is not available on the net. And it's the one we need!

 

Although I think they may have been formed in Edinburgh where they were at the time, the preceding group Badger originally seemed to hail from Dundee. That is apparently where Lou Lewis is today. Plenty on Calum Malcolm except a bleeding bio.

 

Heatwave.

 

All I have is Eric Johns Rasmussen. Apparently born in Jamaica, his artist page says out of Los Angeles and now seemingly based in Australia (Sydney?): https://www.sydneypartyentertainment.com.au/eric-rasmussen

 

Can't find a lot on Roy Peter Carter (English by Jamaican descent) or Bill Jones (aka William L Jones) (b. Dayton, Ohio): https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-Cash-Box-IDX/70s/1979/CB-1979-06-02-OCR-Page-0008.pdf

 

Calvin Duke serves up nada.

[Ulitzer95 12,654]

1 hour ago, YoungWillz said:

Headboys.

 

Nothing of import - I saw a lovely interview with them which referenced another initial interview with them - unfortunately that initial interview is not available on the net. And it's the one we need!

 

Although I think they may have been formed in Edinburgh where they were at the time, the preceding group Badger originally seemed to hail from Dundee. That is apparently where Lou Lewis is today. Plenty on Calum Malcolm except a bleeding bio.

 

Heatwave.

 

All I have is Eric Johns Rasmussen. Apparently born in Jamaica, his artist page says out of Los Angeles and now seemingly based in Australia (Sydney?): https://www.sydneypartyentertainment.com.au/eric-rasmussen

 

Can't find a lot on Roy Peter Carter (English by Jamaican descent) or Bill Jones (aka William L Jones) (b. Dayton, Ohio): https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-Cash-Box-IDX/70s/1979/CB-1979-06-02-OCR-Page-0008.pdf

 

Calvin Duke serves up nada.

Sadly I got nada. To my surprise there are many ppl called Eric Johns Rasmussen from LA. I can't find a record of him being born in Jamaica strangely. And Ancestry doesn't really have Aussie residency stuff on there.

Seems to be plenty out there on The Headboys but limited basic info about the members.

[maryportfuncity 10,654]

Hawkwind
Wiki UK space rock band from Ladbroke Grove, London, formed in 1969, Lemmy was better known as the frontman of band Motörehead
Dave Brock 20 Aug 1941 – Living
Robert Calvert 09 Mar 1945 – 14 Aug 1988 (43) FindAGrave memorial
Dell Dettmar 20 Apr 1947 – Living
Dik Mik (aka Michael Davies) 1943 – 16 Nov 2017 (~74) Ultimate Classic Rock obit
Simon King 12 Aug 1950 – Living
Lemmy 24 Dec 1945 – 28 Dec 2015 (70) Guardian obit
Nik Turner 26 Aug 1940 – Living
01/07/1972 Silver Machine #3
11/08/1973 Urban Guerrilla #39
21/10/1978 Silver Machine (re-release) #34

 

 

Still a vibrant and going creative concern - seriously, I'm gutted at the cancellation of UK festivals this year because Hawkwind on the same bill as Pure Reason Revolution was looking to be one of the best days out I'd had in ages. Turner (long gone from the main band) and Brock (mainstay of the outfit from the start) are 80 and 79 this month and we're talking miracles on the level of that which allows all four of CSNY to breathe. I mean, it's not like this band or their audiences are strangers to all manner of chemical potions. The legend has it that Lemmy was fired for taking the wrong drugs. Factually incorrect but metaphorically precise!

[Paul Bearer 6,102]

Got to say this, I might have said it before but, excellent job @Ulitzer95.  One of the better threads on this forum. 

 

[YoungWillz 21,060]

Headboys Revisited.

 

Not that it's going to be much help, but found out Lou Lewis' real first name was Brian (So possibly Brian Lou[is] Lewis?) and he attended Harris Academy, Dundee, later becoming a teacher?

 

Calum Malcolm appears to have attended Edinburgh Academy, leaving there in 1971: https://web.archive.org/web/20131019072238/http://www.linnrecords.com/linn-calum-malcolm.aspx

[Ulitzer95 12,654]

27 minutes ago, YoungWillz said:

Headboys Revisited.

 

Not that it's going to be much help, but found out Lou Lewis' real first name was Brian (So possibly Brian Lou[is] Lewis?) and he attended Harris Academy, Dundee, later becoming a teacher?

 

Calum Malcolm appears to have attended Edinburgh Academy, leaving there in 1971: https://web.archive.org/web/20131019072238/http://www.linnrecords.com/linn-calum-malcolm.aspx

Cheers! Got Lewis, he was born 1947 in St. Andrews ward of Dundee.

That would put Malcolm's DOB somewhere in the range of 1952 to 1956 (I widened it up to 1950 to 1956 just incase the article has the year 1971 slightly off though)... no Calum Malcolm born in Scotland at all between that 6 year range. There IS however a Callum James R. Malcolm, born Canongate and Portobello ward in Edinburgh in 1954. Is this our man? What's the point in dropping one "L"? His real full name must be listed on copyright records somewhere online surely given that he's a producer?

[YoungWillz 21,060]

2 minutes ago, Ulitzer95 said:

Cheers! Got Lewis, he was born 1947 in St. Andrews ward of Dundee.

That would put Malcolm's DOB somewhere in the range of 1952 to 1956 (I widened it up to 1950 to 1956 just incase the article has the year 1971 slightly off though)... no Calum Malcolm born in Scotland at all between that 6 year range. There IS however a Callum James R. Malcolm, born Canongate and Portobello ward in Edinburgh in 1954. Is this our man? What's the point in dropping one "L"? His real full name must be listed on copyright records somewhere online surely given that he's a producer?

I mean it is very close isn't it? Unless there are other Edinburgh born Callum Malcolms in the same age range...

 

The area of birth would tie in with him attending the Academy

 

And it wouldn't be the first time a transcribed registry office went for the more usual spelling....

 

But we just don't know! It's like we can taste it...

[Ulitzer95 12,654]

21 minutes ago, YoungWillz said:

I mean it is very close isn't it? Unless there are other Edinburgh born Callum Malcolms in the same age range...

 

The area of birth would tie in with him attending the Academy

 

And it wouldn't be the first time a transcribed registry office went for the more usual spelling....

 

But we just don't know! It's like we can taste it...

The different spellings have spooked me but I'll put c. 1954 for now as it's half way between the range we get from his school leaving year (I sincerely doubt anyone left Edinburgh Acy prior to 16 unless they were kicked out!).

[Ulitzer95 12,654]

On 29/02/2020 at 20:10, Ulitzer95 said:

Trini Lopez 15 May 1937 – 11 Aug 2020 (83) Variety obit
Wiki American singer, guitarist and actor from Dallas, Texas, he also played one of “The Dirty Dozen” in the 1967 film of the same name, died from COVID-19 complications in August 2020
12/09/1963 If I had a Hammer #4
12/12/1963 Kansas City #35
12/05/1966 I'm Comin' Home, Cindy #28
06/04/1967 Gonna Get Along Without Ya Now #41

[CoffinLodger 1,248]

If I had a Hammer I'd smash the corona virus to pieces because it's just taken a music icon Trini Lopez ! https://heavy.com/news/2020/08/trini-lopez-dead/ 

[Totally Wired 3]

2 hours ago, Ulitzer95 said:

On 29/02/2020 at 20:10, Ulitzer95 said:

Trini Lopez 15 May 1937 – 11 Aug 2020 (83) Variety obit
Wiki American singer, guitarist and actor from Dallas, Texas, he also played one of “The Dirty Dozen” in the 1967 film of the same name, died from COVID-19 complications in August 2020
12/09/1963 If I had a Hammer #4
12/12/1963 Kansas City #35
12/05/1966 I'm Comin' Home, Cindy #28
06/04/1967 Gonna Get Along Without Ya Now #41

 

Have you consider, you know, going outside and getting some fresh air? Taking a walk maybe?

 

Or stamp collecting?

 

Or photographing postboxes?

 

Or photographing paving stones?

 

Or anything slightly more interesting and less tedious than this? 

[Ulitzer95 12,654]

7 minutes ago, Totally Wired said:

 

Have you consider, you know, going outside and getting some fresh air? Taking a walk maybe?

 

Or stamp collecting?

 

Or photographing postboxes?

 

Or photographing paving stones?

 

Or anything slightly more interesting and less tedious than this? 

I was actually out for a late walk after meeting friends for dinner and I updated the section on my iPhone. 

Meanwhile, you probably have your arse firmly planted at your computer screen all day. And having been blocked as Miracle Aligner, you've created a new account to pointlessly waste your time trying to antagonise people on here. So the joke is very much on you.

[Totally Wired 3]

2 minutes ago, Ulitzer95 said:

I was actually out for a late walk after meeting friends for dinner and I updated the section on my iPhone. 

 Meanwhile, you probably have your arse firmly planted at your computer screen all day. And having been blocked as Miracle Aligner, you've created a new account to pointlessly waste your time trying to antagonise people on here. So the joke is very much on you.

 

Most be really fucking good friends if you can't maintain your attention on them for the duration of a fucking meal without checking this site.

 

And yes my arse is firmly planted my computer screen - what kind of idiot who go to a Covid petri-dish of a restaurant at the moment? Unless they were dumb enough to think a tenner off the fucking meal was worth dying for thanks to our stupid government?

[Ulitzer95 12,654]

Just now, Totally Wired said:

 

Most be really fucking good friends if you can't maintain your attention on them for the duration of a fucking meal without checking this site.

 

And yes my arse is firmly planted my computer screen - what kind of idiot who go to a Covid petri-dish of a restaurant at the moment? 

Read the sentence again.

"I was actually out for a late walk after meeting friends for dinner and I updated the section on my iPhone."

Anyway, I've no time for you and I refuse to interact with you again. Go away.

[Totally Wired 3]

Just now, Ulitzer95 said:

Read the sentence again.

"I was actually out for a late walk after meeting friends for dinner and I updated the section on my iPhone."

Anyway, I've no time for you and I refuse to interact with you again. Go away.

 

That's only half the matter though.

 

You went to a Covid petri-dish for the sake of a tenner off your dinner? Idiot. 

 

Yeah people who've lost arguments tend to stop taking part in them.

[Ulitzer95 12,654]

1 minute ago, Totally Wired said:

 

That's only half the matter though.

 

You went to a Covid petri-dish for the sake of a tenner off your dinner? Idiot. 

 

Yeah people who've lost arguments tend to stop taking part in them.

I am not endangering myself for going out for a bloody meal.

1) I had COVID-19 in March, as I mentioned on here at the time. I've since had a private anti-body test and it came back positive as expected.
2) Even if I hadn't already contracted it earlier in the year, I'm perfectly healthy, not in an at-risk category and there is no reason for me to shield. For the vast majority of younger healthy people who get the disease, it's no worse than a seasonal flu.

If you choose to live your life in an isolated bubble of paranoia and have fallen victim to the mass media scaremongering, then you're the fool. The economy has to keep running so people like myself can pay for your state handouts.