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The Blockheads. The Blockheads are an English rock band formed in London in 1977. Originally fronted by lead singer Ian Dury as Ian Dury and the Blockheads or Ian and the Blockheads, the band has continued to perform since Dury's death in 2000. As of March 2023 members included Chaz Jankel (guitar and keyboards), Nathan King (bass), Mick ...
Ian Dury. Ian Robins Dury (12 May 1942 – 27 March 2000) was an English singer, songwriter and actor who rose to fame in the late 1970s, during the punk and new wave era of rock music. He was the lead singer and lyricist of Ian Dury and the Blockheads and previously Kilburn and the High Roads .
"Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick" (with the Blockheads) 1 2 14 22 3 9 7 3 9 79 Non-album single "Inbetweenies" (with the Blockheads; Continental Europe-only release) 1979 — — — — — — — — — — Do It Yourself "Reasons to Be Cheerful, Part 3" (with the Blockheads) 3 65 — — 20 27 — — 24 — Non-album singles "I Want to Be ...
The Blockheads discography. Formed in 1977 to promote Ian Durys' album New Boots and Panties!! on the first Stiff Records tour of the UK, Chaz Jankel, Norman Watt-Roy, Charlie Charles, John Turnbull and Mick Gallagher became known as 'The Blockheads' (a reference to a song on Dury's album). As 'Ian Dury & The Blockheads' they went back out on ...
David Stanley Payne (born 11 August 1944) is an English saxophonist best known as a member of Ian Dury's backing band The Blockheads, and for his twin saxophone solo on their 1978 UK No. 1 single "Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick".
The Village Voice. B [4] Do It Yourself is a 1979 album by Ian Dury & the Blockheads. [5] [6] It was the first album to be credited to Ian Dury & the Blockheads rather than Ian Dury alone, although Dury had used the full band name for the "What a Waste" 7" single of 1978. The album was released in the wake of the chart-topping hit single "Hit ...
Members of the British rock band The Blockheads, formerly known as Ian Dury and the Blockheads. Pages in category "The Blockheads members" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total.
Chaz Jankel. Charles Jeremy " Chaz " Jankel (born 16 April 1952) [3] [4] [5] is an English musician and songwriter. In a music career spanning more than 40 years, he came to prominence in the late 1970s as the guitarist and keyboardist of the rock band Ian Dury and the Blockheads. With Dury, Jankel co-wrote some of the band's best-known songs ...