Georgie Fame

Georgie Fame is a British R&B singer whose real name is Clive Powell. He was born on June 26, 1943 at Leigh in Lancashire, England.

At 16 years of age Clive Powell entered into a management agreement with Larry Parnes

Georgie Fame is a British R&B singer whose real name is Clive Powell. He was born on June 26, 1943 at Leigh in Lancashire, England.

At 16 years of age Clive Powell entered into a management agreement with Larry Parnes who gave artists new names such as Marty Wilde and Billy Fury. Fame/Powell was already playing piano for Billy Fury in a backing band called the Blue Flames which later became billed as Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames. The band had some success with R&B but they became also became known in the USA when their single recording of The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde was released.