My surprise appearance in the recent Queens of British Pop on BBC 1 brought some memories and a few phone calls from obscure friends who wondered about the reference to Queens of Pop!! It featured the video below of me and the other Springfields. That’s me on the left with Dusty and her brother.
I discovered Cat Stevens in 1965. He was christened Steven Giorgiou, changed it to Steve Adams, then to Cat Stevens. Now ? He’s Yusuf Islam. We had a few hits together, and we are still good friends! Oh, and the bass player on the original recording was John Paul Jones of Led Zeppelin.
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This is Shakin’ Stevens first hit, and one of my productions. The vid clip is from the Oh Boy! show in the early 80s.
His backing band was Fumble, who supported David Bowie on his first US tour. The band included old mates Des Henley on guitar and Mario Ferrari on bass. Oh, and they came from Weston Super Mare!
Here I am (on the right) singing Cotton Fields with with Mary Hopkin and Mike De Albuquerque ex of ELO.