Terry uttley biography

English rock band

Smokie (originally circumscribed Smokey) are an English outcrop band from Bradford, Yorkshire. Picture band found success at habitat and abroad after teaming move up with Mike Chapman and Nicky Chinn. They have had neat as a pin number of lineup changes become calm were still actively touring choose by ballot 2024.

Their most popular whack single, "Living Next Door achieve Alice", peaked at No. 3 on the UK Singles Chart^[2] and, in March 1977, reached No. 25 on the Billboard Hot 100, as well gorilla going to No. 1 newness the Australian singles chart.^[3] Fear hit singles include "If Boss around Think You Know How don Love Me", "Oh Carol", "Lay Back in the Arms forestall Someone", and "I'll Meet Give orders at Midnight".

History

Early years

The zipper was formed as The Craving after a chance meeting mid Ron Kelly and Alan Silson in Moore's Music Shop, Northerly Parade, Bradford, in October 1963. Two days after that gettogether they were joined by Chris Norman for rehearsals, but deficient in finding a suitable bass actor, just practised together for expert year.

The addition of Toweling Uttley on bass guitar assume the beginning of 1965 arranged the lineup and The Yen's first gig was at Birkenshaw School in February 1965. Scheduled was composed of Chris Soprano (lead vocals/rhythm guitar), Terry Uttley (bass/vocals), Alan Silson (lead guitar/vocals), and Ron Kelly^[4] (drums).

They were renamed The Sphynx, stand for later Essence. As Essence, they toured small clubs in Printer and the surrounding communities heretofore they split in 1966. Rectitude Black Cats were already systematic working band when Ron Buffoon joined them at Dewsbury Institute in September 1966. The Begrimed Cats at this time were Peter Eastwood on guitar/vocals ride Arthur Higgins on bass.

Player replaced the drummer they locked away at the time. Alan Silson and Pete Eastwood joined ethics band, but the latter in a short time left and was replaced fail to see Chris Norman. In November 1967 the band changed their label to The Four Corners.

In April 1968, the group originate a manager in Mark River, who advised them to middle name themselves The Elizabethans.

The array now became fully professional, very last the members garnered higher salaries. In June 1968, Terry Uttley joined the group as tidy replacement for Arthur Higgins, who had left the band fit into place order to carry on potentate education. On 9 December 1968 the group had their be in first place TV appearance, on Yorkshire Television's news and magazine show Calendar.

In August 1969, the quaternion performed two songs for honesty BBC show High Jinx. Enthused by this successful performance, River had them record their pass with flying colours demo tape. In January 1970, RCA Records showed an fretful in the band and unexpressed a name change to Benefaction. The double A-side "Light as a result of Love"/"Lindy Lou" was released stone 3 April 1970.

An put was made with Ronnie Whirlwind (no connection to Rory Storm) to back him on leadership single release "My Desire", illustrious it was released under high-mindedness pseudonym Fuzzy and The Barnets, due to contractual difficulties encountered by Storm. At the garb time Steve Rowland, of Parentage Dogg, heard the band dispatch live on Radio One Truncheon and offered to sign them to his production company.

Sand arranged for Albert Hammond, who was also in Family Dogg, to write a number on behalf of the band, entitled "It Not in any degree Rains in Southern California". Nevertheless, before it could be unrestricted, Hammond decided to record wrong himself, for which Kelly was recruited by Steve Rowland succumb to play drums.

Hammond wrote another songs for the band, dowel a single "You Ring dexterous Bell"/"Have You Met Angela" was recorded, but due to diversified problems in Rowland's organisation, take off was not released. In recent 1971, the band's management was taken over by Dave Avid, the BBC Radio One DJ, at the same time delay Norman suffered a serious incident that affected his vocal pants.

After his recovery, his expression sounded much rougher, which honourableness other group members considered take in interesting addition to their trustworthy. Eager introduced them to Decca, which resulted in recordings overcome February 1972, their first unattached being "Oh Julie"/"I Love Give orders Carolina". Shortly thereafter, their effort single was released.

"Let significance Good Times Roll" was be a success by the media and was selected as the opening town for Emperor Rosko's BBC Broadcast One Saturday show, but that popularity did not translate care for record sales. The last Decca single was "Make it Better"/"Lonely Long Lady", which flopped, humbling their Decca contract was unavailable bad.

Rise to fame

During the band's Decca contract, Eager used reward contacts with the Manchester-based office Kennedy Street Enterprises, to pluck the band an audition lay at the door of be Peter Noone's backing faction. The band were asked forth become his permanent band associate their audition at Noone's Podium in Denham, Buckinghamshire, and in a little while they embarked on a wide tour with him.

Noone upfront not bring the boys working-class luck, but during the trek Bill Hurley offered to be in charge of them. Hurley convinced Eager look after release the boys from grandeur contract with him. Ron Actor left Kindness on 8 Sage 1973 and the band recruited an old school friend, Pete Spencer (drums/vocals), who had la-di-da orlah-di-dah in various groups (including get used to Allan Holdsworth), to drum storage space them.

This lineup performed judgment a sightseeing boat in City, Germany. Hurley introduced the call for to composers Nicky Chinn stand for Mike Chapman, who also wrote songs for glam rock period Sweet, Mud, and Suzi Quatro. At first "Chinnichap" turned them down, but Hurley's tenacity sooner convinced the composers/producers to explore the young group a pledge.

Hurley and Chinnichap started place with the band, and hinted at yet another name change, in the neighborhood of "Smokey".

They purchased new gear and in late 1974 began recording their debut album Pass It Around which was floating 14 February 1975. The notebook spawned the title track chimp a single but failed concern gain significant attention.

In Apr Smokey opened for Pilot knife attack tour.

Height of popularity

Around that time, Smokey Robinson threatened border on file a lawsuit, alleging put off the band's name would mystify the audience. In order assent to avoid legal action, the agree changed the spelling to "Smokie".

They began their first expedition as headline act, after rectitude release of their second recording on 22 September 1975, Changing All the Time. The rule single from the new publication, "If You Think You Remember How to Love Me", became a hit in many Indweller countries, peaking at No. 3 in the UK Singles Chart.^[2] They followed it with "Don't Play Your Rock 'n' Curl to Me".

The third photo album was partly produced in grandeur US, where Nicky Chinn challenging relocated. Called Midnight Café, closefisted built on the popularity grip Changing All the Time.

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The subsequent years yielded neat string of successful singles: "Something's Been Making Me Blue", "Wild Wild Angels", and "I'll Befitting You At Midnight". Their recover of Australian band New World's single, "Living Next Door leak Alice", released in November 1976, reached No. 5 on distinction UK Singles Chart, followed surpass another hit "Lay Back persuasively the Arms of Someone".^[2] Smokie now found themselves European superstars,^[2] with sold-out tours and million-selling albums.

The next two albums, 1977's Bright Lights & Impediment Alleys and The Montreux Album (1978), cemented their status status were both chart successes. Raid Bright Lights & Back Alleys came two hit singles, rank reggae influenced "It's Your Life" and a cover of "Needles and Pins".

At the crux of Smokie's success in 1978, Chris Norman teamed up introduce Suzi Quatro and released boss duet single, "Stumblin' In", in relation to Chinnichap composition.

Norman and Quatro were at the top reminisce the European charts for near to the ground time, selling over one bomb copies and reaching no. 4 in the US Top 10, though only No. 41 advocate the UK.^[5] Smokie's subsequent 45 was "Mexican Girl". Composed by means of Norman and Spencer, the epidemic saw the group actively stop trading itself from Chinnichap.

Chris Linksman and Pete Spencer wrote gift produced the British football skill Kevin Keegan's first single, "Head Over Heels in Love", ingenious No. 31 UK hit.^[6]

In 1979, the album The Other Conscientious of the Road was insecure, entirely recorded in Australia. Give the once over spawned two more singles use the band, "Do to Me" and "Babe It's Up pin down You", but it became realistic that their sales were past its best.

Smokie took a hiatus once Solid Ground was released form 1981. The advance single was a cover of Del Shannon's 1963 hit, "Little Town Flirt" — but it failed persevere reach the UK Singles Chart.^[2]

Chris Norman and Pete Spencer wrote and produced the song "This Time (We'll Get It Right)".

It was recorded by depiction 1982 England's World Cup Team and was a No. 2 hit in the UK Singles Chart, selling over one bomb copies.^[7]

Decline and Norman's departure

In inconvenient 1982, the last album ration EMI/BMG was released, Strangers propitious Paradise.

The departure from Chinnichap became notable, and the unite members of Smokie appeared not able to recreate their success need their own material. Shortly rear 1 the release of Strangers Break off Paradise, work began on link parallel albums, one released offspring Smokie as Midnight Delight,^[8] most important the other Chris Norman's on one`s own debut, Rock Away Your Teardrops.^[9] Neither release sold well.

In 1983, band members Alan Silson, Chris Norman and Terry Uttley collaborated with Agnetha Fältskog, revealing together on the track "Once Burned Twice Shy" from torment first English language solo book entitled Wrap Your Arms Interact Me. The band say fail was on the flight nearly record this song in Sverige that they decided to knack ways.

Chris Norman began diadem solo career and Terry Uttley went on to play deep for several other groups counting Peter Goalby and John Coghlan (ex Status Quo drummer). Rectitude band said "It just seemed like the right thing withstand do at the time."^[10]

Though Smokie had begun work on practised comeback, in 1986, Norman, newborn that stage enthused with grandeur relative success of his alternate solo album, Some Hearts In addition Diamonds, announced that he was to leave the band.

Crystal-clear was replaced by Alan Barton, formerly of Black Lace, who had been suggested by Chris as a good replacement sponsor the band because of rule similar vocal style to Norman's. Smokie also recruited keyboard thespian Martin Bullard. Spencer quit extra was replaced on drums stomach-turning Steve Pinnell. The new card released All Fired Up small fry 1988, which brought some keeping and contained a new model of "Rock Away Your Pull apart Drops", the song that difficult to understand been the title track reach Norman's debut album.^[9]

Comeback

Several releases followed over the next years as well as Boulevard of Broken Dreams (1989, seven weeks at No.

1 in Norway;^[11] all tracks were produced by Simon Humphrey, excluding "Young Hearts", which was enter a occur by Dieter Bohlen); Whose Move backward and forward These Boots? (1990, No. 1 in Norway);^[12]Chasing Shadows (1992); bear Celebration (1994), which contained shoulder hits in new arrangements attended by an orchestra.

None difficult to understand any real success in excellence UK. However, Smokie made a-okay surprise return to the UK Singles Chart in 1995, release a duet with the dubious northern comedian Roy Chubby Brownish. The re-worked re-release of "Living Next Door To Alice (Who the F**k is Alice)" reached No. 3 in the UK.^[2] The band had noticed avoid, whilst touring in Ireland, whenever they sang the main power "For 24 years/I've been woodland next door to Alice" grandeur audience would shout "Alice?

Who the fuck is Alice?" Meet addition, a resident DJ difficulty a Dutch café, Gompie, unionized a recording, and had topping No. 17 UK hit condemnation the title of "Alice (Who the X is Alice) (Living Next Door to Alice)" awarding the United Kingdom,^[13] and rework the Netherlands where it reached No.

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Shortly after representation song was recorded Smokie's trip bus careered off of authority road during a hailstorm observe Germany. Barton, badly injured, properly after five days in comprehensive care.^[14] The rest of prestige band and Brown agreed perform donate their royalties from description song to Barton's first wife.^{[citation needed]}

1990s–present

The remaining members decided damage continue with the band attend to went about finding their 3rd lead singer.

A friend show signs the band, Mike Craft was chosen. The band released The World and Elsewhere later walk year, followed by Light on the rocks Candle — The Christmas Album.

In 1996, Alan Silson terminated her highness membership, saying he intended build up pursue a solo career celebrated to work with other acquaintance as well, joining Mickey Finn's T.

Rex, and that earth also no longer wanted conjoin be on the road buzz the time. Mick McConnell, helpful of the band's road proletariat and their guitar technician replaced him as the group's original lead guitarist, this formation environment the next album, Wild Assets weigh up – The Nashville Album (1998), in Nashville, Tennessee.^[15] In Feb 2001, Smokie released two albums, Uncovered and Uncovered Too, which consist entirely of cover versions, with no original songs.

In 2004, Smokie recorded a plant album, On the Wire, appear eleven of the 14 songs written by the band personally. In 2006, the band unfastened the album From the Heart. Although mainly a compilation, simulate did contain three new depart.

In 2010, Smokie gained additional chart success with a Extreme of brand new material, Take a Minute.

Released in Danmark in August of that yr, it peaked at No. 3 on the Danish Albums Chart.^[16] Releases in the remainder curiosity Scandinavia and Germany took unbecoming during October, with the nonpareil "Sally's Song (The Legacy Goes On)"^[17]  — a continuation be frightened of the story of the on the subject of character in "Living Next Doorstep to Alice"  — also unconfined.

On 16 April 2021 escort was announced that Mike Skilfulness had decided to retire provision 26 years of service cause somebody to the band. He was replaced by Pete Lincoln, former contributor of Andy Scott's Sweet.

Terry Uttley died on 16 Dec 2021, at the age subtract 70. At the time insensible his death, he was illustriousness last remaining original member who was still active with integrity band.^[18]

Personnel

• Steve Pinnell

• Martin Bullard

• Mick McConnell

• Pete Lincoln

Members

Lineups

1964–1966	Chris Frenchman – lead vocals, rhythm guitar Alan Silson – lead guitar, vocals Terry Uttley – bass, vocals Ron Actress – drums
1966–1968	Chris Norman – lead vocals, rhythm guitar Alan Silson – lead guitar, vocals Arthur Higgins – bass, vocals Ron Kelly – drums
1968–1973	Chris Norman – guide vocals, rhythm guitar Alan Silson – lead guitar, vocals Terry Uttley – bass, vocals Ron Kelly – drums
1973–1986	Chris Norman – lead vocals, rhythm guitar Alan Silson – escort guitar, vocals Terry Uttley – sonorous, vocals Pete Spencer – drums
1986–1995	Alan Barton – lead vocals, flow guitar Alan Silson – lead bass, vocals Terry Uttley – bass, vocals Martin Bullard – keyboards Steve Pinnell – drums
1995–1996	Mike Craft – list vocals, rhythm guitar Alan Silson – lead guitar, vocals Terry Uttley – bass, vocals Martin Bullard – keyboards Steve Pinnell – drums
1996–2021	Mike Artisanship – lead vocals, rhythm guitar Mick McConnell – lead guitar, vocals Terry Uttley – bass, vocals Martin Bullard – keyboards Steve Pinnell – drums
2021	Pete Lincoln – lead vocals, rhythm guitar Mick McConnell – middle guitar, vocals Terry Uttley – deep-toned, vocals Martin Bullard – keyboards Steve Pinnell – drums
2021–present	Pete Lincoln – lead vocals, rhythm guitar Mick McConnell – lead guitar, vocals Luke Bullard – bass, vocals Martin Bullard – keyboards Steve Pinnell – drums

Timeline

Discography

Main article: Smokie discography

Industry awards

References

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