Kenny Lynch
| Kenny Lynch | |
|---|---|
Kenny Lynch (with Susie Silvey) in 2014
|
|
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Kenny Lynch |
| Born |
18 March 1938 Stepney, London, England |
| Genres | Rock and roll, pop |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, songwriter, entertainer, actor |
| Instruments | Vocals |
| Years active | 1960–present |
| Labels | HMV, Satril Records |
| Website | kennylynch |
Kenny Lynch, OBE (born 18 March 1938) is an English singer, songwriter, entertainer and actor from London. Lynch appeared in many variety shows in the 1960s. At the time, Lynch was among the few black singers in British pop music.
Lynch grew up in Stepney, East London as one of 13 children and his sister, Gladys (stage name Maxine Daniels), was a jazz singer of some note. After leaving school at 15 and various jobs, he did national service in the Royal Army Service Corps and was the regimental featherweight boxing champion. He was also a professional singer. He is the father of two daughters. His father was born in Barbados and his mother was mixed-raced British and Jamaican.
He had several UK hit singles in the early 1960s, including the two Top Ten hits, "Up on the Roof" in December 1962, and "You Can Never Stop Me Loving You" in June 1963. Lynch is also known for a single, also issued in 1963, which flopped. That was "Misery", the first cover version of a Beatles song to be released. In early 1963, Lynch had been on the same bill as the Beatles on the group's first British tour; John Lennon and Paul McCartney wrote "Misery" in January 1963, in the hopes that the artist on top of the bill, Helen Shapiro, would record it. Shapiro's record producer turned it down, but Lynch took the composition and gave it a much more pop oriented arrangement than the Beatles would use when they recorded "Misery" themselves on their debut album, Please Please Me. Whilst on a coach with the Beatles (on tour with Helen Shapiro), Lynch reportedly offered to help them write a song, but quickly became frustrated and criticised their ability to compose music – at the time Lennon and McCartney were writing "From Me to You". Years later he appeared on the album cover of Wings' 1973 album, Band on the Run, along with other celebrities.
...
Wikipedia