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Fame was born in Leigh in Lancashire . At sixteen years of age he entered into a management agreement with Larry Parnes , who gave artists new names such as Marty Wilde and Billy Fury . Fame was already playing piano for Billy Fury in a backing band called the Blue Flames, which later became billed as Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames. The band had some success with R&B, but they became also became known in the United States when their Single " The Ballad Of Bonnie And Clyde " was released. Fame continued playing into the 1970s, having hits with Alan Price (ex-keyboard player of The Animals ). He has also toured as one of the Rhythm Kings, with his friend Bill Wyman playing bass. Since the 1980s, he has been a core member of Van Morrison 's band, playing keyboards and singing harmony vocals on tracks like "In the Days before Rock'n'Roll", whilst still recording and touring as an artist in his own right. He frequently plays residences at jazz clubs such as Ronnie Scott 's. He has also played organ on Starclub 's album. RADIO CAROLINE Fame attained a place in broadcasting history when Ronan O'Rahilly began to relate various stories of how he had managed Fame and ended up with his first record which he could not get played by the BBC . As the fable goes, O'Rahilly took the Georgie Fame record to Radio Luxembourg who also turned him down, following which (O'Rahilly claims) he reacted by stating he would start his own radio station in order to promote the record. The station supposedly became the offshore Pirate Radio station Radio Caroline . EXTERNAL LINKS |
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