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Tommy Steele Stage Show
1957 live album by Tommy Steele and the Steelmen
Tommy Steele Stage Show is a live album by English entertainer Tommy Steele, released as a 10-inch LP by Decca in March 1957. A concert recording of Steele backed by the Steelmen at London's Conway Hall, it was his first album release and features a version of the hit single "Rock with the Caveman" alongside several covers of American songs including three previously recorded by Hank Williams. The album's release followed Steele's swift rise to fame as a teen idol widely considered Britain's first rock and roll star, and the success of his UK Singles Chart number one "Singing the Blues". It received a muted critical reception but was commercially successful, peaking at number five on the UK Albums Chart.
Background
Born in Bermondsey in 1936, Thomas Hicks joined the merchant navy at 15 and fell in love with American music, particularly country music, during his service.[1][2] He learned to play guitar and began performing on ships, inspired most by Hank Williams. Tommy Steele OBE (born December 17, 1936 in London, England) is an English entertainer. Steele is widely regarded as Britain's first pop idol. Born Thomas Willam Hicks in Mason Street Bermondsey, London, his cheeky Cockney image and boy-next-door looks won him success as a musician, singer and actor. Singer Steele shot quickly to fame in the UK as the frontman for a skiffle band, The Steelmen. Steele and oth British entertainer (born 1936) For the footballer, see Tommy Steel. Sir Tommy Steele OBE Steele performing in Stockholm in 1957 Ann Donoghue Musical artist Sir Thomas Hicks (born 17 December 1936), known professionally as Tommy Steele, is an English entertainer, regarded as Britain's first teen idol and rock and roll star. After being discovered at the 2i's Coffee Bar in Soho, London, Steele recorded a string of hit singles including "Rock with the Caveman" (1956) and the chart-topper "Singing the Blues" (1957). Steele's rise to fame was dramatised in The Tommy Steele Story (1957), the soundtrack of which was the first British album to reach number one on the UK Albums Chart. With collaborators Lionel Bart and Mik
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Before landing a singing career, Steele tried his hand at a number of odd jobs and had a brief spell as a merchant seaman. Like many singers of his era he never did National Service, having failed the medical examination because, at 18 years old, he was diagnosed as suffering with Cardiomyopathy. While on leave or during Dock strikes, he played guitar and banjo and sang in The 2i's Coffee Bar in Soho, both as a solo performer and with Wally Whyton's Vipers Skiffle Group. He was discovered by manager Larry Parnes, who believed Steele could be Britain's answer to Elvis Presley. Parnes is widely credited with creating the stage name 'Tommy Steele.'•
Tommy Steele
Birth name Thomas Hicks Born (1936-12-17) 17 December 1936 (age 88)
London, EnglandGenres Rock and roll, skiffle Occupation(s) Singer, actor Instrument(s) Vocals, guitar, banjo Years active 1956–present Labels Decca, Columbia, RCA Victor Spouse
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