Freddie Starr

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Freddie Starr (born January 9, 1943 in Huyton near Liverpool as Frederick Leslie Fowell ; † May 9, 2019 on the Costa del Sol , Spain ) was a British comedian who became known to the general public in the 1970s. He was also a voice impersonator and pop singer, who with the music album After the Laughter , which was awarded with a gold record in Great Britain and succeeded in the UK Top 10 in March 1974 with his single It's You .

Career

Starr began as a song and comedy act in a road show in 1954. In 1958 he played the role of a young teddy boy in Basil Dearden's film Children of the Street (Violent Playground) . In late 1958 he became a singer with Howey Casey & The Seniors (alongside Derry Wilkie ); this band was the first group from Liverpool that performed in Hamburg and was booked for a season in the Kaiserkeller . Cuts in the fee by the organizers led to the dissolution of the band. In 1962 Starr joined the Midnighters , replacing Gus Travers as lead singer and leading the group until 1964. During this time they released three records on the Decca label Who Told You ?, Baby Blue and Never Cry on Someone's Shoulder , which it didn’t make it into made the charts. With his own band he presented the album This Is Liverpool Beat in the same year .

In 1965 he switched to the Delmonts , with whom he appeared in cabaret. After pursuing a solo career for a few years, he had a hit with It's You in 1974. He then appeared on Sunday Night At The London Palladium and became a leading comedian.

Starr was well known as a television star in England; its worldwide popularity rose considerably when the tabloid The Sun, despite Starr's denials (but with the consent of his PR advisor), headlined in 1986: Freddie Starr ate my Hamster ("Freddie Starr ate my hamster ").

In 2011, he participated in the eleventh season of the British television show I'm a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! part.

In connection with the child abuse scandal to Jimmy Savile and Starr from October 2012 became the focus of investigators and was taken up in January 2014 a total of three times temporarily in custody. He denied all allegations.

Discography

Albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
UK UK
1989 After the laughter UK10
gold
gold

(9 weeks)UK
1990 The Wanderer UK33 (7 weeks)
UK

More albums

  • 1971: Starr Is Born
  • 1974: From Me To You
  • 1978: Freddie Starr
  • 1981: Spirit of Elvis
  • 1982: Freddie Starr
  • 1984: A New Twist
  • 1987: It's Me
  • 1997: The Boys 'n' Me

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
UK UK
1974 It's You
From Me To You 		UK9 (19 weeks)
UK
1975 White Christmas
 UK41 (4 weeks)
UK

More singles

  • 1964: Never Cry On Someone's Shoulder
  • 1971: Naomi
  • 1974: I Guess I'll Call You
  • 1974: The Most Beautiful Girl / Son
  • 1974: Ginny Come Lately
  • 1975: Ape Call
  • 1976: Bad Boy
  • 1977: Think It Over
  • 1978: Halfway To Paradise / Love Me Tender
  • 1979: Starry Eyed And Lovin 'You
  • 1979: From Freddie To Elvis
  • 1980: Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow / It's All Over Now
  • 1982: The Crying Game
  • 1982: The Great Pretender
  • 1989: It's Only Make Believe
  • 1990: Running Scared / You Don't Have To Say You Love Me

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Comedian Freddie Starr has died. In: t-online.de , May 10, 2019. Retrieved May 11, 2019.
  2. ↑ a b c Merseybeat Nostalgia
  3. ↑ Freddie Starr in the Internet Movie Database (English)
  4. ↑ Leveson Inquiry: the truth behind 'Freddie Starr ate my hamster' (with video, 1:44 min.). In: The Telegraph of February 12, 2012, accessed January 22, 2014.
  5. ↑ I'm a Celebrity 2011: Full line up and pictures of stars including Mark Wright, Dougie Poynter, Jessica-Jane Clement in their jungle gear , November 9, 2011, Daily Mirror
  6. ↑ Hayley Dixon: Freddie Starr arrested for third time over sex abuse claims. In: The Telegraph of January 9, 2012 (English)
  7. ↑ a b Chart sources: UK
  8. ↑ Music Sales Awards: UK
personal data
SURNAME Rigid, Freddie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Fowell, Frederick Leslie (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British disc jockey and television presenter
DATE OF BIRTH January 9, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH Liverpool
DATE OF DEATH May 9, 2019
Place of death on the Costa del Sol , Spain