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Bryan Ferry (born September 26 1945 in Washington, County Durham) is a British singer, musician and songwriter who came to public prominence in the 1970s as lead vocalist with Roxy Music. He has since pursued a highly successful solo career.Born into a working-class family, Ferry studied fine art at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne before becoming a pottery teacher in London, all the while aiming for a career in music. He formed Roxy Music with a group of friends and acquaintances, initially just Graham Simpson who, like Ferry, had been part of a band called The Gas Board. The Roxy Music line-up expanded to include Andy MacKay and his acquaintance Brian Eno, Phil Manzanera . Their first hit, "Virginia Plain", just missed topping the charts, and they followed up with several hit singles and albums, with Ferry as vocalist and occasional instrumentalist (he taught himself piano in his mid-twenties) and Eno contributing synthesiser backing. Their sartorial style heralded the beginning of the glam rockGlam rock is a style of rock music popularised in the 1970s, and was mostly a British phenomenon. It was distinguished by the costumes and stage acts of the performers rather than any particular aspect of their music. The emphasis was on superficiality an phenomenon.
By 1973Events January events January 1 United Kingdom, Ireland, and Denmark enter the European Economic Community now known as the European Union January 3 Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) sells the New York Yankees for $10 million to a 12-person syndicate led (see 1973 in musicSee also 1972 in music, other events of 1973, 1974 in music, 1970s in music and the list of 'years in music' Events January-February January 9 Mick Jagger's request for a Japanese visa is rejected on account of a 1969 drug bust, putting an abrupt end to T), Ferry had launched a parallel solo career, specialising in cover versions of old standards on albums such as These Foolish Things . Eno soon left Roxy Music, leaving Ferry its undisputed leader. Ferry then began a relationship with model Jerry HallJerry Hall (born July 2, 1956) is a Texas-born model and actress best known for being Mick Jagger's wife. She married Jagger after dumping Bryan Ferry, about which Ferry wrote the song "Cry, Cry, Cry". In 1990 she joined many other guests for Roger Waters, and Roxy's success waned as his solo career took off. (His solo album The Bride Stripped BareThe Bride Stripped Bare is a title borrowed from the painting "The Bride Stripped Bare by her Bachelors, Even (The Large Glass)" by Marcel Duchamp. The title has been used for: #A novel by Nikki Gemmell, originally published anonymously. The book is writt is partly about his break-up with Hall, who left him for Mick Jagger.) After a couple of years as a solo artist, he re-formed the band and took them to new heights, the pinnacle of their success being their only UK number one hit, " Jealous GuyNovember of 1985, with "Going Down on Love" as the B-side. Jealous Guy is a song written and performed by John Lennon. It is one of the most commonly covered Lennon songs, with at least ninety-two recorded cover versions, by bands from the Black Crowes to", released in tribute to John LennonJohn Winston Ono Lennon ( October 9, 1940 December 8, 1980), is best known as a singer, songwriter, and guitarist for The Beatles. His creative career also included the roles of solo musician, political activist, artist and author. As half of the legendar - ironically, the only one of their singles not written by Ferry.
Ferry eventually settled down to married life with Lucy Helmore , and they had four sons. He continued to record, and released albums that reached the UK top 10, such as Boys and Girls in 1985 (a number one album in Britain), Taxi (1993) and As Time Goes By (1999), a collection of 1930s standards. He even teamed up again with Brian Eno for Mamouna (1994) and its long-awaited follow-up Frantic (2002), which mixed Ferry originals with covers - something that Ferry hadn't attempted on a solo album since The Bride Stripped Bare 14 years before.
After lengthy ("debilitating") tours like the gruelling schedule used to promote the Avalon album in 1983, Ferry was rather reluctant to return to life on the road; however, a change of management persuaded him to try touring again in 1988 to belatedly promote the previous year's Bęte Noire release; he spoke enthusiastically about the experience and repeated it for Mamouna in 1994/95. After another lengthy spell away, in 1999 he began to perform a mix of 1930s songs (from As Time Goes By) and songs of his own, including several from the Roxy collection. Surprisingly for anyone familiar with his 80s persona, so focussed on intricate and ambitious studio work, Ferry has rarely been away from the stage since: there have been several tours, significant changes of personnel within his tour band and the largely successful reformation of Roxy Music as - so far - a live act, playing its repetoire to great acclaim. Ferry has admitted in interviews that all this might be a way of keeping his mind from other things, such as his divorce from his wife Lucy, granted in 2003.
In 1999 Bryan Ferry appeared with Alan PartridgeAlan Partridge is a fictional character portrayed by British comedian Steve Coogan. Two radio and three television series have presented a spoof television and radio presenter through his career as well as several TV and radio specials, plus appearances o (played by Steve Coogan) on BBC's Comic Relief. In 2004, he starred in the short film The Porter.
Ferry, Bryan
Ferry, Bryan
Ferry, Bryan
Ferry, Bryan
