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Happy 70th birthday, Jim Lea, of Slade.
Last edited Fri Jun 14, 2019, 05:15 PM - Edit history (3)
Hat tip, This Day in Rock:
1949 – BORN ON THIS DAY, BORN ON THIS DAY, JIM LEA, BASS, PIANO, VIOLIN, SLADE, (1971
Posted on 12:09 AM by STU SWEATMAN
1949 – Born on this day, Born on this day, Jim Lea, bass, piano, violin, Slade, (1971 UK No.1 single ‘Coz I Luv You’, plus five other UK No.1 hits and 18 UK Top 40 hit singles).
Posted on 12:09 AM by STU SWEATMAN
1949 – Born on this day, Born on this day, Jim Lea, bass, piano, violin, Slade, (1971 UK No.1 single ‘Coz I Luv You’, plus five other UK No.1 hits and 18 UK Top 40 hit singles).
Jim Lea (musician)
Lea appearing with Slade on AVRO's TopPop in 1973
Born 14 June 1949 (age 70); Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England
Website: www.jimleamusic.com
James Whild Lea (born 14 June 1949) is an English musician, most notable for playing bass guitar, keyboards, piano, violin, and guitar, and singing backing vocals in Slade from their inception until 1992, and for co-writing most of their songs.
Lea appearing with Slade on AVRO's TopPop in 1973
Born 14 June 1949 (age 70); Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England
Website: www.jimleamusic.com
James Whild Lea (born 14 June 1949) is an English musician, most notable for playing bass guitar, keyboards, piano, violin, and guitar, and singing backing vocals in Slade from their inception until 1992, and for co-writing most of their songs.
Previously at DU:
I went to the thrift store last night, and what should I hear on the background music but
Slade's biggest-selling single ever.
I am certain not a single other person in the store recognized the song.
Slade
Slade in 1973. Left to right: Jim Lea, Don Powell, Noddy Holder, Dave Hill
Website: slade.uk.com
Slade are an English rock band from Wolverhampton. They rose to prominence during the glam rock era in the early 1970s, achieving 17 consecutive top 20 hits and six number ones on the UK Singles Chart. The British Hit Singles & Albums names them as the most successful British group of the 1970s based on sales of singles. They were the first act to have three singles enter the charts at number one; all six of the band's chart-toppers were penned by Noddy Holder and Jim Lea. As of 2006, total UK sales stand at 6,520,171, and their best-selling single, "Merry Xmas Everybody", has sold in excess of one million copies. According to the 1999 BBC documentary It's Slade, the band have sold over 50 million records worldwide.
Slade in 1973. Left to right: Jim Lea, Don Powell, Noddy Holder, Dave Hill
Website: slade.uk.com
Slade are an English rock band from Wolverhampton. They rose to prominence during the glam rock era in the early 1970s, achieving 17 consecutive top 20 hits and six number ones on the UK Singles Chart. The British Hit Singles & Albums names them as the most successful British group of the 1970s based on sales of singles. They were the first act to have three singles enter the charts at number one; all six of the band's chart-toppers were penned by Noddy Holder and Jim Lea. As of 2006, total UK sales stand at 6,520,171, and their best-selling single, "Merry Xmas Everybody", has sold in excess of one million copies. According to the 1999 BBC documentary It's Slade, the band have sold over 50 million records worldwide.
"Merry Xmas Everybody"
B-side "Don't Blame Me"
Released 7 December 1973
"Merry Xmas Everybody" is a song by the British rock band Slade, released as a non-album single in 1973. The song was written by lead vocalist Noddy Holder and bassist Jim Lea, and produced by Chas Chandler. It was the band's sixth and final number-one single in the UK. Earning the UK Christmas number one slot in December 1973, the song beat another Christmas-themed song, Wizzard's "I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday", which reached fourth place. It remained in the charts for nine weeks until February 1974.
B-side "Don't Blame Me"
Released 7 December 1973
"Merry Xmas Everybody" is a song by the British rock band Slade, released as a non-album single in 1973. The song was written by lead vocalist Noddy Holder and bassist Jim Lea, and produced by Chas Chandler. It was the band's sixth and final number-one single in the UK. Earning the UK Christmas number one slot in December 1973, the song beat another Christmas-themed song, Wizzard's "I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday", which reached fourth place. It remained in the charts for nine weeks until February 1974.
and
Happy 72nd birthday, Dave Hill, of Slade
You know my opinion: there is no such thing as too much glam.
Dave Hill
David John "Dave" Hill (born 4 April 1946) is an English musician, who is the lead guitarist and backing vocalist in the English glam rock group, Slade. Hill is known for his flamboyant stage clothes and hairstyle. The music journalist Stuart Maconie commented "he usually wore a jumpsuit made of the foil that you baste your turkeys in and platforms of oil-rig-derrick height. All of this though paled in comparison with his coiffure, a sort of demented tonsure with a great scooping fringe. He even had one outfit around 1973 famously called his 'Metal Nun' suit but later styles were much toned down."
David John "Dave" Hill (born 4 April 1946) is an English musician, who is the lead guitarist and backing vocalist in the English glam rock group, Slade. Hill is known for his flamboyant stage clothes and hairstyle. The music journalist Stuart Maconie commented "he usually wore a jumpsuit made of the foil that you baste your turkeys in and platforms of oil-rig-derrick height. All of this though paled in comparison with his coiffure, a sort of demented tonsure with a great scooping fringe. He even had one outfit around 1973 famously called his 'Metal Nun' suit but later styles were much toned down."
But there was a dark side:
‘Mr Jolly’ Slade guitarist Dave Hill opens up about his years of depression
WITH his trademark hairstyle, flamboyant outfits and outrageous on-stage persona, to his millions of fans guitarist Dave Hill always seemed to be the life and soul of the party.
By CAROL DAVIS
PUBLISHED: 08:57, Tue, Nov 28, 2017 | UPDATED: 09:31, Tue, Nov 28, 2017
“I’m always smiling and people tell me I look as though I never have a bad day,” says Dave, 71, best known as one of the founding members of Seventies glam rock group Slade.
Yet despite selling millions of records – their classic Christmas anthem Merry Xmas Everybody has charted every year since 1973 – Dave has battled depression on and off for more than 10 years.
His newly released autobiography, So Here It Is, which charts more than 50 years in the music industry, also reveals his struggle to recover from the stroke he suffered four years ago and then an accident which badly damaged his arm.
Dave, who lives near Wolverhampton with wife Jan, first experienced depression 10 years ago after surgery for a double hernia. ... “I was really in a dark hole and on medication,” admits the father of three grown-up children – Jade, Bibi and Sam – and grandfather of three.
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Dave Hill in the 1970s
WITH his trademark hairstyle, flamboyant outfits and outrageous on-stage persona, to his millions of fans guitarist Dave Hill always seemed to be the life and soul of the party.
By CAROL DAVIS
PUBLISHED: 08:57, Tue, Nov 28, 2017 | UPDATED: 09:31, Tue, Nov 28, 2017
“I’m always smiling and people tell me I look as though I never have a bad day,” says Dave, 71, best known as one of the founding members of Seventies glam rock group Slade.
Yet despite selling millions of records – their classic Christmas anthem Merry Xmas Everybody has charted every year since 1973 – Dave has battled depression on and off for more than 10 years.
His newly released autobiography, So Here It Is, which charts more than 50 years in the music industry, also reveals his struggle to recover from the stroke he suffered four years ago and then an accident which badly damaged his arm.
Dave, who lives near Wolverhampton with wife Jan, first experienced depression 10 years ago after surgery for a double hernia. ... “I was really in a dark hole and on medication,” admits the father of three grown-up children – Jade, Bibi and Sam – and grandfather of three.
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Dave Hill in the 1970s
That's Dave in the gold lamé suit:
Here he is wearing CDs before there were CDs:
"Gudbuy T'Jane," from a Musikladen video. Jim Lea is wearing the purple jacket with the gold lapels. It's the '70s.
Musikladen
Der Musikladen (German: The Music Shop) was a West German music television programme that ran from 13 December 1972 to 29 November 1984. The show continued the 1960s Beat-Club under a new name, and in turn was replaced by Extratour.
Der Musikladen (German: The Music Shop) was a West German music television programme that ran from 13 December 1972 to 29 November 1984. The show continued the 1960s Beat-Club under a new name, and in turn was replaced by Extratour.
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