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Get track Get track 86 The band was formed as "The Yen" after a chance meeting between Ron Kelly and Alan Silson in Moore's Music Shop, North Parade, Bradford, in October 1963.
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Terry was a pupil at St. Bede's School in Bradford when the group was first formed under a different name.
Some user-contributed text on this page is available under the Called At the peak of Smokie's success in 1978, Chris Norman teamed up with Suzi Quatro and released a duet single, "In early 1982, the last album for EMI/BMG was released, In 1983, band members Alan Silson, Chris Norman and Terry Uttley collaborated with Though Smokie had begun work on a comeback, in 1986, Norman, by that stage enthused with the relative success of his second solo album, Several releases followed over the next years including Shortly after the song was recorded Smokie's tour bus careered off of the road during a hailstorm in Germany.
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The original members, Terry Uttley, Alan Silson and Chris Norman shared the playground together at St. Bede's Grammar School in Bradford, West Yorkshire. Smokie is an English
Smokie is an English pop rock band from Bradford who found success in Europe and the U.S. in the 70s.They formed in 1966 in Yorkshire, England and did some early records under the name "Smokey".
Sadly; due to the "Covid" crisis, like other bands and musicians, Smokie find themselves unable to work and therefore tour dates at this present time are failing to go ahead.
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He was the co-writer of "Mexican Girl" and has since played on some of Chris Norman's solo albums.
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It was composed of In April 1968, the group found a manager in Mark Jordan, who advised them to rename themselves "The Elizabethans". The band released In 1996, Alan Silson terminated his membership, saying he intended to pursue a solo career and to work with other acts as well, joining In 2010, Smokie gained new chart success with a CD of brand new material, Smokie performing in Einsiedel, Germany in June 2009
Two days after that meeting they were joined by Chris Norman for rehearsals, but without finding a suitable bass player, just practiced together for a year. This glam-pop band from Bradford, England enjoyed modest success from the '70s through to the '90s.
His early musical influences were Elvis Presley, Little Richard, and Lonnie Donegan.
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Terry. The band found success at home and abroad after teaming up with Mike Chapman and Nicky Chinn. On 9 December 1968 the group had their first TV appearance on An arrangement was made with Ronnie Storm (no connection to During the band's Decca contract, Eager used his contacts with the Manchester-based agency Kennedy Street Enterprises, to gain the band an audition to be They purchased new instruments and in late 1974 began recording their debut album On 22 September 1975, Smokey released their second album, The third LP was partly produced in the US, where Nicky Chinn had relocated.