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Herbie Flowers

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Brian Keith "Herbie" Flowers (born 19 May 1938) is an English musician specialising in electric bass, double bass and tuba. [1]

65 relations: Al Kooper, Allan Clarke (singer), Ardingly College, Bass guitar, Bassline, BBC Radio 2, Blue Mink, Brainwashed (George Harrison album), Bryan Ferry, Bullinamingvase, Candles in the Rain, Cat Stevens, Clive Dunn, Colin Blunstone, Collective Consciousness Society, David Bowie, David Bowie (1969 album), David Essex, Diamond Dogs, Double bass, Elton John, Fender Jazz Bass, Foreigner (Cat Stevens album), George Harrison, Give My Regards to Broad Street, Gone Troppo, Grandad (song), Gus Dudgeon, Harry Nilsson, Isleworth, Jammin' (radio programme), Jazz, Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds, John Betjeman, Lou Reed, Madman Across the Water, Melanie (singer), Mickie Most, Middlesex, New Masters, New York City (You're a Woman), Nilsson Schmilsson, Paul McCartney, Richard Perry, Ringo Starr, RMS Queen Elizabeth, Rock On (David Essex album), Roy Harper (singer), Royal Air Force, Shel Talmy, ..., Sky (band), Somewhere in England, Son of Dracula (1974 film), Steve Rowland (record producer), Stop and Smell the Roses, T. Rex (band), The Bride Stripped Bare (album), Tony Visconti, Transformer (album), Tuba, Tumbleweed Connection, UK national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest, UK Singles Chart, Walk on the Wild Side (Lou Reed song), Wimbledon, London. Expand index (15 more) »

Al Kooper

Al Kooper (born Alan Peter Kuperschmidt, February 5, 1944) is an American songwriter, record producer and musician, known for organizing Blood, Sweat & Tears (although he did not stay with the group long enough to share its popularity), providing studio support for Bob Dylan when he went electric in 1965, and bringing together guitarists Mike Bloomfield and Stephen Stills to record the Super Session album.

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Allan Clarke (singer)

Harold Allan Clarke (5 April 1942, Salford, Lancashire, England) is a retired English pop rock singer, who was one of the founding members and the original lead singer of The Hollies.

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Ardingly College

Ardingly College is a selective co-educational boarding and day independent school near Ardingly, West Sussex, England.

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Bass guitar

The bass guitar (also known as electric bass, or bass) is a stringed instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric guitar, except with a longer neck and scale length, and four to six strings or courses.

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Bassline

A bassline (also known as a bass line or bass part) is the term used in many styles of music, such as jazz, blues, funk, dub and electronic, traditional music, or classical music for the low-pitched instrumental part or line played (in jazz and some forms of popular music) by a rhythm section instrument such as the electric bass, double bass, cello, tuba or keyboard (piano, Hammond organ, electric organ, or synthesizer).

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BBC Radio 2

BBC Radio 2 is one of the BBC's national radio stations and the most popular station in the United Kingdom with over 15 million weekly listeners. Much of its daytime playlist-based programming is adult contemporary or AOR, although the station also broadcasts other specialist musical genres. Radio 2 broadcasts throughout the UK on FM between 88.1 and 90.2MHz from studios in Wogan House, adjacent to Broadcasting House in central London. Programmes are relayed on digital radio via DAB, Sky, Cable TV, IPTV, Freeview, Freesat and the Internet.

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Blue Mink

Blue Mink were a British six-piece pop group that existed from 1969 to 1974.

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Brainwashed (George Harrison album)

Brainwashed is the twelfth and final studio album by English rock musician George Harrison.

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Bryan Ferry

Bryan Ferry CBE (born 26 September 1945) is an English singer and songwriter.

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Bullinamingvase

Bullinamingvase (a wordplay on "Bull in a Ming vase") is the ninth studio album by English folk / rock singer-songwriter and guitarist Roy Harper.

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Candles in the Rain

Candles in the Rain is singer Melanie's third album.

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Cat Stevens

Yusuf Islam (born Steven Demetre Georgiou), commonly known by his former stage name Cat Stevens, is a British singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist.

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Clive Dunn

Clive Robert Benjamin Dunn (9 January 19206 November 2012) was an English actor, comedian, artist, author, and singer.

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Colin Blunstone

Colin Edward Michael Blunstone (born 24 June 1945) is an English singer, songwriter and musician.

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Collective Consciousness Society

Collective Consciousness Society, more commonly known as CCS, were a British musical group, led by blues guitarist Alexis Korner.

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David Bowie

David Robert Jones (8 January 1947 – 10 January 2016), known professionally as David Bowie, was an English singer-songwriter and actor.

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David Bowie (1969 album)

David Bowie is the second studio album by the English musician David Bowie, released under that title by Philips in the UK, and as Man of Words/Man of Music by Mercury in the US, on 14 November 1969.

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David Essex

David Essex, OBE (born David Albert Cook; 23 July 1947) is an English musician, singer-songwriter, and actor.

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Diamond Dogs

Diamond Dogs is the eighth studio album by the English musician David Bowie, released on 24 May 1974 by RCA Records.

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Double bass

The double bass, or simply the bass (and numerous other names), is the largest and lowest-pitched bowed string instrument in the modern symphony orchestra.

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Elton John

Sir Elton Hercules John (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight; 25 March 1947) is an English singer, pianist, and composer.

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Fender Jazz Bass

The Jazz Bass (or J Bass) is the second model of electric bass created by Leo Fender.

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Foreigner (Cat Stevens album)

Foreigner is the seventh studio album released by English singer-songwriter, Cat Stevens in July 1973.

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George Harrison

George Harrison (25 February 1943 – 29 November 2001) was an English guitarist, singer-songwriter, and producer who achieved international fame as the lead guitarist of the Beatles.

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Give My Regards to Broad Street

Give My Regards to Broad Street is the fifth studio album by Paul McCartney, as well as the soundtrack album to his 1984 film of the same name.

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Gone Troppo

Gone Troppo is the 10th studio album by George Harrison, recorded and released in 1982.

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Grandad (song)

"Grandad" is a popular song by Herbie Flowers and Kenny Pickett, and recorded by Clive Dunn.

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Gus Dudgeon

Angus Boyd "Gus" Dudgeon (30 September 1942 – 21 July 2002) was an English record producer, most notable for production of many of Elton John's most acclaimed recordings.

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Harry Nilsson

Harry Edward Nilsson III (June 15, 1941 – January 15, 1994), usually credited as Nilsson, was an American singer-songwriter who achieved the peak of his commercial success in the early 1970s.

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Isleworth

Isleworth is a small town of Saxon origin sited within the London Borough of Hounslow in west London, England.

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Jammin' (radio programme)

Jammin was a musical comedy show on BBC Radio 2 in the United Kingdom.

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Jazz

Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, United States, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and developed from roots in blues and ragtime.

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Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds

Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds is the debut studio album by Jeff Wayne, retelling the story of The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells, released in the UK 9 June 1978.

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John Betjeman

Sir John Betjeman (28 August 190619 May 1984) was an English poet, writer, and broadcaster who described himself in Who's Who as a "poet and hack".

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Lou Reed

Lewis Allan Reed (March 2, 1942 – October 27, 2013) was an American musician, singer, and songwriter.

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Madman Across the Water

Madman Across the Water is the fourth studio album by Elton John, released in 1971 through DJM and Uni Records.

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Melanie (singer)

Melanie Anne Safka-Schekeryk (born February 3, 1947) is an American singer-songwriter.

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Mickie Most

Mickie Most (born Michael Peter Hayes; 20 June 1938 – 30 May 2003) was an English record producer, with a string of hit singles with acts such as the Animals, Herman's Hermits, the Nashville Teens, Donovan, Lulu, Suzi Quatro, Hot Chocolate, Arrows, Racey, and the Jeff Beck Group, often issued on his own RAK Records label.

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Middlesex

Middlesex (abbreviation: Middx) is an historic county in south-east England.

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New Masters

New Masters is the second studio album by singer-songwriter Cat Stevens.

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New York City (You're a Woman)

New York City (You're a Woman) is the fourth album by American singer-songwriter Al Kooper for Columbia Records, recorded and released in 1971.

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Nilsson Schmilsson

Nilsson Schmilsson is the seventh album by American singer Harry Nilsson, released by RCA Records in November 1971.

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Paul McCartney

Sir James Paul McCartney (born 18 June 1942) is an English singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and composer.

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Richard Perry

Richard Perry (born June 18, 1942) is an American record producer.

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Ringo Starr

Sir Richard Starkey (born 7 July 1940), known professionally as Ringo Starr, is an English musician, songwriter, singer, and actor who gained worldwide fame as the drummer for the Beatles.

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RMS Queen Elizabeth

The RMS Queen Elizabeth was an ocean liner operated by Cunard Line.

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Rock On (David Essex album)

Rock On is the debut album of singer/songwriter David Essex.

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Roy Harper (singer)

Roy Harper (born 12 June 1941) is an English folk rock singer, songwriter and guitarist who has been a professional musician since 1964.

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Royal Air Force

The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the United Kingdom's aerial warfare force.

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Shel Talmy

Sheldon "Shel" Talmy (born August 11, 1937) is an American record producer, songwriter and arranger, best known for his work in London, England, with the Who and the Kinks in the 1960s, with a role in many other English bands including Cat Stevens and Pentangle.

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Sky (band)

Sky were an English/Australian instrumental rock group that specialised in combining a variety of musical styles, most prominently rock, classical and jazz.

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Somewhere in England

Somewhere in England is the ninth studio album by George Harrison, released in 1981.

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Son of Dracula (1974 film)

Son of Dracula is a British musical comedy film directed by Freddie Francis and starring Harry Nilsson and Ringo Starr.

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Steve Rowland (record producer)

Steve Rowland (born Stephen Jacob Rowland, 3 September 1932, Los Angeles, California, United States) is an American singer, columnist, record producer and actor.

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Stop and Smell the Roses

Stop and Smell the Roses is the eighth studio album by Ringo Starr, released in 1981 following the twin commercial disasters of Ringo the 4th (1977) and Bad Boy (1978).

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T. Rex (band)

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The Bride Stripped Bare (album)

The Bride Stripped Bare is a 1978 solo album by Bryan Ferry and is his fifth album released independent of Roxy Music.

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Tony Visconti

Anthony Edward Visconti (born April 24, 1944) is an American record producer, musician and singer.

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Transformer (album)

Transformer is the second solo studio album by American recording artist Lou Reed.

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Tuba

The tuba is the largest and lowest-pitched musical instrument in the brass family.

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Tumbleweed Connection

Tumbleweed Connection is the third studio album by English singer-songwriter Elton John.

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UK national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest

Eurovision: You Decide is the current name of a BBC TV show broadcast annually to select the United Kingdom's entry into the Eurovision Song Contest.

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UK Singles Chart

The UK Singles Chart (currently entitled Official Singles Chart) is compiled by the Official Charts Company (OCC), on behalf of the British record industry, listing the top-selling singles in the United Kingdom, based upon physical sales, paid-for downloads and streaming.

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Walk on the Wild Side (Lou Reed song)

"Walk on the Wild Side" is a song by Lou Reed from his second solo album, Transformer (1972).

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Wimbledon, London

Wimbledon WIMBLESON is a district of southwest London, England, south-west of the centre of London at Charing Cross, in the London Borough of Merton, south of Wandsworth, northeast of New Malden, northwest of Mitcham, west of Streatham and north of Sutton.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbie_Flowers

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