TOMMY STEELE EARLY BRITISH ROCKER 1956 - 1959
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Tommy Steele was born in 1936 in Bermondsey, London. He first formed a skiffle Gup
called 'The Cavemen'. He was discovered and introduced to Larry Parnes who managed other hopefuls. His first single 'Rock With The Caveman' entered the British Top 20 and was the beginning of a frenetic time for the Londoner.
Steele was a proto-rocker, not the finished article, but he paved the way for Marty Wilde and Cliff Richard who were later considered more authentic rock 'n' roll artists.
But that is a simplistic analysis, for without Tommy Steele the face of British pop music
would have remained in the same old bind for generations. He is one of the Greats in British and European Pop Music.
called 'The Cavemen'. He was discovered and introduced to Larry Parnes who managed other hopefuls. His first single 'Rock With The Caveman' entered the British Top 20 and was the beginning of a frenetic time for the Londoner.
Steele was a proto-rocker, not the finished article, but he paved the way for Marty Wilde and Cliff Richard who were later considered more authentic rock 'n' roll artists.
But that is a simplistic analysis, for without Tommy Steele the face of British pop music
would have remained in the same old bind for generations. He is one of the Greats in British and European Pop Music.