Cilla Black (1943–2015), by Terry O'Neill, 1990s
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Cilla Black (1943–2015), by Terry O'Neill, 1990s
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Black, Cilla [real name Priscilla White] (1943–2015), singer and television presenter, was born on 27 May 1943 at 380 Scotland Road, Liverpool, the daughter of John Patrick White (1904–1971), dock labourer, and his wife, Priscilla, née Blythen (1911–1996...
David Bowie (1947–2016), by Michael Ochs, 1976
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Bowie, David [real name David Robert Jones] (1947–2016), singer and actor, was born on 8 January 1947 at 40, Stansfield Road, Brixton, south London, as David Robert Burns, the son of Hayward Stenton (John) Jones (1912–1969) and Margaret Mary Burns...
Brown, Georgia (1933–1992), singer and actress, was born Lilian Claire Klot on 21 October 1933 at 24 Underwood Street, Whitechapel, London, the daughter of Mark Klot, formerly Kleotz (1904–1981), fur cutter and part-time bookmaker, and his wife, Annie, née Kirschenbaum (1906–1988). At the time of her birth registration her parents lived at ...
Carr, Pearl Lavinia (1921–2020), singer and entertainer, was born at 23 Egremont Road, Withycombe Raleigh, Exmouth, Devon, on 2 November 1921, the daughter of Thomas Horace Carr, a fish merchant and poulterer who later owned a fish and chip shop, and his wife, ...
Cutler, Ivor (1923–2006), humorist and singer, was born Isadore Cutler on 15 January 1923 at 3 Ralston Drive, Govan, Glasgow, the second son and third of five children of Jack Morris Cutler, draper and jeweller, and his wife, Paulina (Polly), née Goldberg. Both his parents were Jewish, and had arrived in ...
Spencer Davis (1939–2020), by unknown photographer, 1965 [L-R Spencer Davis, Steven Winwood, Pete York, Muff Winwood]
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Davies, Spencer David Nelson [known as Spencer Davis] (1939–2020), singer, guitarist, and actor, was born on 17 July 1939 at Graig House Maternity Hospital, Swansea, Glamorgan, the son of David Hector Davies (1915–1989), a fusilier with the Royal Welch Fusiliers...
Driver, Betty Mary (1920–2011), singer and actress, was born on 20 May 1920 at the nursing home at 11 Prebend Street, Leicester, the elder daughter of Frederick Andrew Driver (1895–1970), police constable, and his wife, Nellie, née Bridgeford (1898–1954). At the time of her birth registration her parents lived at ...
Dury, Ian Robins (1942–2000), popular singer, songwriter, and actor, was born on 12 May 1942 at 43 Weald Rise, Harrow Weald, Harrow, Middlesex, the only child of William George Dury (d. 1968) and Margaret Cuthbertson (Peggy) Dury, formerly Walker (d. 1995)...
Ellis, Glyn Geoffrey [performing name Wayne Fontana] (1945–2020), singer and entertainer, was born on 29 October 1945 at 272 Mount Road, Levenshulme, Manchester, the son of John Richard Ellis (1906–1968), a dairy checker, and his wife, Mildred, née Waddacor...
Faith, Adam (1940–2003), singer and actor, was born Terence Nelhams Wright on 23 June 1940 at 4 Churchfield Road East, Acton, London, the third of five children of Alfred Richard (Alf) Wright (later Nelhams), coach driver, and Ellen May (Nell) Nelhams, cleaner. He was brought up on a council estate in ...
Flint, Keith Charles (1969–2019), dancer and singer, was born on 17 September 1969 at 75 Hazeldene Road, Goodmayes, Ilford, Essex, the youngest of three brothers of Clive Sydney Flint (b. 1937), electrical engineer, and his wife, Yvonne Marie, née Pincott (...
Jones, David Thomas [Davy] (1945–2012), singer and actor, was born on 30 December 1945 at St Mary's Hospital, Manchester, the son of Thomas Harry Jones (d. 1968), a locomotive fitter, and his wife, Doris, née Whitehead. At the time of his birth registration his parents lived at ...