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Brian Connolly

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Brian Francis Connolly (5 October 1945 – 10 February 1997) was a Scottish musician and actor, best known as the lead singer of the British glam rock band The Sweet. [1]

76 relations: Adelaide, Alcoholism, Alice Cooper, Andy Scott (guitarist), Argent (band), Australia, Blantyre, South Lanarkshire, Bloating, Brian Willoughby, Bristol Hippodrome, Brooks (band), Bubblegum pop, Butlins, Carrere Records, Channel 4, Charlton Athletic F.C., Chas Cronk, Chipping Norton Recording Studios, Country rock, Daily Record (Scotland), Dave Lambert (English musician), Deep Purple, Denham, Buckinghamshire, Denmark, Diuretic, Fandango (US band), Glam rock, Glasgow, Govanhill, Greater London, Hammersmith Apollo, Hard rock, Harefield, Hemiparesis, Hyatt, Ian Gillan, Inland Revenue, Joe Lynn Turner, John Verity, Kidney failure, KOKO (music venue), Liver failure, Los Angeles, Marquee Club, Meningitis, Mick Tucker, Middlesex, Mike Chapman, Mud (band), Myocardial infarction, ..., New Straits Times, Olympiahalle, Ontario, Paper Dolls (band), Pat Benatar, Pip Williams, Polydor Records, RCA Records, Roger Greenaway, Ruislip, Single (music), Slough, Smokie (band), Staines-upon-Thames, Steve Priest, Sweet Fanny Adams (album), The Ballroom Blitz, The Everly Brothers, The Sweet, The Who, The X Factor, The Zombies, Tony Fernandez (musician), Top of the Pops, Tower Records, West Germany. Expand index (26 more) »

Adelaide

Adelaide is the capital city of the state of South Australia, and the fifth-most populous city of Australia.

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Alcoholism

Alcoholism, also known as alcohol use disorder (AUD), is a broad term for any drinking of alcohol that results in mental or physical health problems.

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Alice Cooper

Alice Cooper (born Vincent Damon Furnier; February 4, 1948) is an American singer, songwriter, and actor whose career spans over fifty years.

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Andy Scott (guitarist)

Andrew David "Andy" Scott (born 30 June 1949) is a Welsh musician and songwriter.

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Argent (band)

Argent was an English rock band founded in 1969 by keyboardist Rod Argent, formerly of The Zombies.

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Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands.

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Blantyre, South Lanarkshire

Blantyre (or; Baile an t-Saoir) is a civil parish in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, with a population of 17,505.

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Bloating

Abdominal bloating is a symptom that can appear at any age, generally associated with functional gastrointestinal disorders or organic diseases, but can also appear alone.

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Brian Willoughby

Brian Willoughby (born 20 September 1949) is a British guitarist.

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Bristol Hippodrome

The Bristol Hippodrome is a theatre located in The Centre, Bristol, England, with seating on three levels giving a capacity of 1,951.

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Brooks (band)

Brooks was a London-based vocal pop group active in the late 1970s.

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Bubblegum pop

Bubblegum pop (also known as bubblegum music or simply bubblegum) is a genre of pop music with an upbeat sound contrived and marketed to appeal to pre-teens and teenagers, which may be produced in an assembly-line process, driven by producers and often using unknown singers.

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Butlins

Butlins (also Butlin's) is a chain of large holiday camps in the United Kingdom.

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Carrere Records

Carrere was a French record label which specialized in Euro disco and rock music.

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Channel 4

Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster that began transmission on 2 November 1982.

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Charlton Athletic F.C.

Charlton Athletic Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Charlton, south-east London.

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Chas Cronk

Charles Cronk is an English rock singer-songwriter and musician, best known as the bassist for the Strawbs from 1973 to 1980, then again from 2004 to the present, as well as touring as part of Steve Hackett's band in the 1980s.

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Chipping Norton Recording Studios

Chipping Norton Recording Studios was a residential recording studio in Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, England, which operated from 1971 until its closure in October 1999.

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Country rock

Country rock is a subgenre of popular music, formed from the fusion of rock and country.

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Daily Record (Scotland)

The Daily Record is a Scottish tabloid newspaper based in Glasgow.

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Dave Lambert (English musician)

Dave Lambert (born 8 March 1949)Strong, Martin C. (2002) The Great Rock Discography, Canongate,, p. 1014 is an English singer-songwriter and musician, who has been a member of the Strawbs at various stages of the band's career, beginning in the 1970s.

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Deep Purple

Deep Purple are an English rock band formed in Hertford in 1968.

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Denham, Buckinghamshire

Denham is a village and civil parish in the South Bucks district of Buckinghamshire, England.

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Denmark

Denmark (Danmark), officially the Kingdom of Denmark,Kongeriget Danmark,.

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Diuretic

A diuretic is any substance that promotes diuresis, the increased production of urine.

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Fandango (US band)

Fandango was an American pop rock band which began as a four-piece, playing in the local clubs in the Tri-state area: New Jersey, New York, Connecticut (circa 1976) before adding three more members prior to their first recording contract being signed in March 1977.

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Glam rock

Glam rock is a style of rock that developed in the United Kingdom in the early 1970s performed by musicians who wore outrageous costumes, makeup, and hairstyles, particularly platform shoes and glitter.

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Glasgow

Glasgow (Glesga; Glaschu) is the largest city in Scotland, and third most populous in the United Kingdom.

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Govanhill

Govanhill (Cnoc a' Ghobhainn) is an area of Glasgow, Scotland.

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Greater London

Greater London is a region of England which forms the administrative boundaries of London, as well as a county for the purposes of the lieutenancies.

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Hammersmith Apollo

The Hammersmith Apollo (called the Eventim Apollo for sponsorship reasons and formerly – and still commonly – known as the Hammersmith Odeon) is an entertainment venue and a Grade II* listed building located in Hammersmith, London.

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Hard rock

Hard rock is a loosely defined subgenre of rock music that began in the mid-1960s, with the garage, psychedelic and blues rock movements.

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Harefield

Harefield is a village in the London Borough of Hillingdon, England, on a hill, northwest of Charing Cross near Greater London's boundary with Buckinghamshire to the west and Hertfordshire to the north.

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Hemiparesis

Hemiparesis, or unilateral paresis, is weakness of one entire side of the body (hemi- means "half").

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Hyatt

Hyatt Hotels Corporation is an American multinational hospitality company that manages and franchises of luxury hotels, resorts, and vacation properties.

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Ian Gillan

Ian Gillan (born 19 August 1945) is an English singer and songwriter.

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Inland Revenue

The Inland Revenue was, until April 2005, a department of the British Government responsible for the collection of direct taxation, including income tax, national insurance contributions, capital gains tax, inheritance tax, corporation tax, petroleum revenue tax and stamp duty.

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Joe Lynn Turner

Joe Lynn Turner (born Joseph Arthur Mark Linquito, August 2, 1951) is an American singer, guitarist, songwriter, and producer.

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John Verity

John Verity (born 3 July 1949 in Bradford, West Yorkshire) is an English guitarist formerly with the band Argent from 1974 to 1976.

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Kidney failure

Kidney failure, also known as end-stage kidney disease, is a medical condition in which the kidneys no longer work.

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KOKO (music venue)

KOKO (previously called The Music Machine and Camden Palace) is a concert venue and former theatre in Camden Town, London, England.

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Liver failure

Liver failure or hepatic insufficiency is the inability of the liver to perform its normal synthetic and metabolic function as part of normal physiology.

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Los Angeles

Los Angeles (Spanish for "The Angels";; officially: the City of Los Angeles; colloquially: by its initials L.A.) is the second-most populous city in the United States, after New York City.

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Marquee Club

The Marquee Club was a music venue first located at 165 Oxford Street, London, England when it opened in 1958 with a range of jazz and skiffle acts.

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Meningitis

Meningitis is an acute inflammation of the protective membranes covering the brain and spinal cord, known collectively as the meninges.

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Mick Tucker

Michael Thomas "Mick" Tucker (17 July 1947 – 14 February 2002) was an English musician, best known as the drummer and backing vocalist of the glam rock band Sweet.

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Middlesex

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

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Mike Chapman

Michael Donald "Mike" Chapman (born 13 April 1947) is an Australian record producer and songwriter who was a major force in the British pop music industry in the 1970s.

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Mud (band)

Mud (now Mud II) are an English glam rock band, formed in February 1966.

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Myocardial infarction

Myocardial infarction (MI), commonly known as a heart attack, occurs when blood flow decreases or stops to a part of the heart, causing damage to the heart muscle.

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New Straits Times

The New Straits Times is an English-language newspaper published in Malaysia.

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Olympiahalle

Olympiahalle is a multi-purpose arena located in Am Riesenfeld in Munich, Germany, part of Olympiapark.

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Ontario

Ontario is one of the 13 provinces and territories of Canada and is located in east-central Canada.

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Paper Dolls (band)

The Paper Dolls were a late 1960s British female vocal trio, from Northampton, comprising lead vocalist Susie 'Tiger' Mathis, Pauline 'Spyder' Bennett and Sue 'Copper' Marshall.

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Pat Benatar

Patricia Mae Benatar (née Andrzejewski; January 10, 1953) is a U.S. singer, songwriter, actress, and four-time Grammy Award winner.

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Pip Williams

Philip Malcolm "Pip" Williams (born 7 October 1947, Hillingdon, Middlesex) is a record producer, arranger and guitarist, best known for producing albums for Status Quo and The Moody Blues and acting as well as supervising the orchestra parts and orchestra arrangements for Nightwish.

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Polydor Records

Polydor is a British record label and company, that operates as part of Universal Music Group.

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RCA Records

RCA Records (formerly legally traded as the RCA Records Label) is an American record label owned by Sony Music, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America.

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Roger Greenaway

Roger John Reginald Greenaway OBE (born 23 August 1938) is an English songwriter and record producer, best known for his collaborations with Roger Cook.

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Ruislip

Ruislip is an area in West London, England, which is part of the London Borough of Hillingdon.

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Single (music)

In music, a single, record single or music single is a type of release, typically a song recording of fewer tracks than an LP record, an album or an EP record.

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Slough

Slough is a large town in Berkshire, England, on the western fringes of the Greater London Urban Area, west of central London, north of Windsor, east of Maidenhead, south-east of High Wycombe and north-east of the county town of Reading.

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Smokie (band)

Smokie (originally spelt Smokey) are an English rock band from Bradford, Yorkshire.

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Staines-upon-Thames

Staines-upon-Thames is a town on the River Thames in Surrey, England.

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Steve Priest

Stephen Norman "Steve" Priest (born 23 February 1948, Hayes, Middlesex, England) is a British bass player known as the lead and backing vocalist of the glam rock band Sweet.

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Sweet Fanny Adams (album)

Sweet Fanny Adams is the second album by Sweet, their first of two released in 1974, and also their first album simply as Sweet.

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The Ballroom Blitz

"The Ballroom Blitz" (often called "Ballroom Blitz") is a song by the British rock band The Sweet, written and produced by Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman.

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The Everly Brothers

The Everly Brothers were an American country-influenced rock and roll duo, known for steel-string acoustic guitar playing and close harmony singing.

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The Sweet

The Sweet (also known as Sweet) is a British glam rock band that rose to worldwide fame in the 1970s.

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The Who

The Who are an English rock band formed in 1964.

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The X Factor

The X Factor is a television music competition franchise created by British producer Simon Cowell and his company SYCOtv.

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The Zombies

The Zombies are an English rock band, formed in 1961 in St Albans and led by keyboardist and vocalist Rod Argent and vocalist Colin Blunstone.

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Tony Fernandez (musician)

Tony Fernandez (born 15 May 1946) is an English drummer for the folk rock band Strawbs (originally named, Strawberry Hill Boys).

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Top of the Pops

Top of the Pops, also known as TOTP, is a British music chart television programme, made by the BBC and originally broadcast weekly between 1 January 1964 and 30 July 2006.

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Tower Records

Tower Records was a retail music chain based in Sacramento, California, USA.

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West Germany

West Germany is the common English name for the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG; Bundesrepublik Deutschland, BRD) in the period between its creation on 23 May 1949 and German reunification on 3 October 1990.

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References

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

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