| 词条 | Bluesology |
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|name = Bluesology |image = |caption = |image_size = |background = group_or_band |origin = Pinner, Middlesex, England |genre = British blues, Blue-eyed soul, R&B |years_active = 1962–1968 |label = Fontana, Polydor |associated_acts = Elton John, Long John Baldry, Major Lance, Cochise, Little Richard |alias = |website = |current_members = |past_members = Reginald Dwight Stewart "Stu" Brown Rex Bishop Mick Inkpen Pat Higgs Dave Murphy Paul Gale Fred Gandy [AKA Freddie Creasey] Pete Gavin Neil Hubbard Elton Dean Marc Charig Alan Walker Long John Baldry Marsha Hunt Caleb Quaye Bernie Holland Jimmy Horowitz[1] Big Jim Sullivan{{cn|date=June 2016}} }} Bluesology was a 1960s English R&B popular music group, best remembered as being the first professional band of which Reginald Dwight – later known as Elton John – was a member. HistoryFrom about 1960, organist Reginald Dwight – then aged 13 – and his neighbour, singer and guitarist Stewart "Stu" Brown, performed with a local group, the Corvettes, in Pinner, Middlesex, a suburb of London. After that group separated, the pair formed a new group, Bluesology, with Rex Bishop (bass), and Mick Inkpen (drums).[1][2] According to Dwight, the band's name was in homage to the Django Reinhardt album Djangology.[3] There had also been a 1956 piece named Bluesology by John Lewis of the Modern Jazz Quartet.[4] By 1962 they had begun playing local pubs, and in 1963, they won a regular weekly slot at the Establishment Club in London, playing tunes by Muddy Waters, Jimmy Witherspoon and Memphis Slim, among others.[5] In 1965, they turned professional, and signed a contract with an agency which began hiring them out as a backing band for visiting American performers, including The Isley Brothers, Doris Troy, Billy Stewart and Patti LaBelle.[5] After recording a demo they were signed by Fontana Records, and recorded their first single, Dwight's song "Come Back Baby", in July 1965.[2] In November 1965, they released a second single, "Mr. Frantic", again written and sung by Dwight, and again unsuccessful. After a tour of Germany, the band returned to England to work as the backing band for Major Lance with an expanded line-up of Dwight, Brown, Pat Higgs (trumpet), Dave Murphy (saxophone), Fred Gandy (bass) and Paul Gale (drums).[5] In September 1966, the band was invited by vocalist Long John Baldry to become his regular band.[2] Only Dwight and Brown agreed, thus forming with Baldry a new version of Bluesology, along with Fred Gandy (bass), Pete Gavin (drums), Neil Hubbard (guitar), Elton Dean (saxophone), Marc Charig (cornet), and Alan Walker (vocals), and, for a brief spell, singer Marsha Hunt.[5] As Stu Brown and Bluesology, they recorded the single "Since I Found You Baby" for Polydor Records, produced by Kenny Lynch.[2][3] On 11 December 1966, there was a recording session at Abbey Road Studios with Little Richard; four songs were recorded, two were released.{{cn|date=June 2016}} As Baldry's music drifted more towards the cabaret market, Dwight became disenchanted with the band, and so simultaneously began to develop songwriting skills in collaboration with Bernie Taupin whilst working as a session musician. Dwight, Brown and Dean all quit Bluesology in late 1967, Brown's replacement being Caleb Quaye, only for the band to call it a day the following year.[2] Later activitiesDwight used the names of fellow band members Elton Dean and John Baldry to create his new solo stage name of Elton John.[6] Brown went on to form country rock band Cochise, playing and singing on their first two albums, Cochise and Swallow Tales, in 1970–71, before moving to the Mediterranean.[7] Dean, Hubbard and Charig all had lengthy careers as jazz and session musicians. Gavin became a member of Heads Hands & Feet and later Vinegar Joe,[8] and Gandy joined Caleb Quaye's band Hookfoot.[9] Two Bluesology songs were featured on the compilation album, Rare Tracks, which was issued by Polydor in 1975.[10] See also
References1. ^Paul Maclauchlan, Cornflakes & Classics: A musical history of Elton John: 1965 {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100323110207/http://www.whizzo.ca/elton/ej1965.html |date=23 March 2010 }}. Accessed 8 January 2010 2. ^1 2 3 4 [{{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p15955|pure_url=yes}} Bluesology at Allmusic.com – article by Bruce Eder]. Accessed 8 January 2010 3. ^1 [https://books.google.com/books?id=1wkEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA42 Billboard, 4 October 1997, Interview with Elton John]. Accessed 8 January 2010 4. ^MJQ's 1956 track "Bluesology" 1956 5. ^1 2 3 [https://books.google.com/books?id=eJGcZSyBflwC&pg=PA11&lpg=PA11&dq=Bluesology+dwight&source=bl&ots=kapOht3W8Z&sig=nhmYOVzswNlt6-5d50R8ZvdYYRQ&hl=en&ei=eVlHS4ynComM0gSs-OjiAQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8&ved=0CBkQ6AEwBzgK#v=onepage&q=Bluesology%20dwight&f=false Claude Bernardin and Tom Stanton, Elton John From A-Z, 1996], pp. 10–11. Accessed 8 January 2010 6. ^[https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/7dae06a6-6d49-47f8-ac55-317d670e6139 BBC page on Elton Dean]. Accessed 8 January 2010 7. ^Cochise at ProculHarum.com. Accessed 8 January 2010 8. ^[{{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p79269|pure_url=yes}} Pete Gavin at Allmusic.com] 9. ^{{cite book| first= John| last= Tobler| year= 1992| title= NME Rock 'N' Roll Years| edition= 1st| publisher= Reed International Books Ltd | location= London| pages= 240| id= CN 5585}} 10. ^1 {{cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r31028|pure_url=yes}}|title=Allmusic ((( Bluesology > Rare Tracks > Overview )))}}. Accessed 8 January 2010 External links
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