Neville Dickie

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George Neville Dickie (born January 1, 1937 in Durham ) is a British boogie-woogie and stride pianist.

Live and act

Dickie had piano lessons from the age of eleven and began performing at the age of 16. After completing two years of military service with the RAF , he toured the north in a quartet that he led with Alan Harrison. In 1958 Dickie left his native Durham and moved to London, where he performed in various pubs and with the Cannonball Band . Doreen Davies, who at the time ran the broadcaster BBC Radio 2 , discovered him at an audition for the BBC and promoted his career; he was involved in hundreds of BBC Radio broadcasts in the years that followed. Dickie also made numerous records, including duets with the pianist Louis Mazetier . In 1969 Dickie had a Top 40 hit with the single "Robin's Return", which reached # 33 on the UK singles chart. His album Back to Boogie (1975) sold over 100,000 copies. Since 1976 he has toured North America repeatedly. In 1985 Dickie founded the band Rhythmakers.In the field of jazz , he was involved in 83 recording sessions between 1966 and 2008, in addition to his solo productions, recordings by Brian Green's Dixie Kings , Carl Spencer's Washboard Kings , Brian White & Magna Jazz Band , John Petters, Alain Marquet / Bent Persson Melody Boys , Alan Elsdon and The Hot Five Jazzmakers .

Discography

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Singles
Robin's Return
  UK 33 10/25/1969 (10 weeks)
  • Ragtime Piano (1966)
  • The Robin's Return (1969)
  • Back to Boogie (1975)
  • Eye Opener (1982)
  • Taken in Stride (1985)
  • Neville Dickie Meets Fats, the Lion, and the Lamb (1988)
  • The Piano Has It (1993)
  • Harlem Strut (1996)
  • Neville Dickie & His Rhythm Kings Shout for Joy featuring Al Casey & Dick Morrissey (Southland 1997)
  • Oh Play That Thing (1998)
  • Charleston Mad (1998)
  • Shout for Joy (1999)
  • Neville Dickie & Norman Emberson Never Heard Such Stuff! (Stomp Off Records 2004)
  • Neville Dickie, Buddha Scheidegger , Mike Goetz , Dave Ruosch Stride Summit (2004)
  • To Be Played Any Time (2005)
  • Don't Forget to Mess Around (2005)
  • My Little Pride and Joy (2006)
  • By Request (2007)
  • Strut Miss Lizzie (2008)
  • Stridin's The Blues Away (2008)
  • Show Stoppers (2010)

Lexigraphic entries

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d biography of Craig Harris . Allmusic.com. Retrieved August 21, 2016.
  2. ^ David Roberts: British Hit Singles & Albums , 19th. Edition, Guinness World Records Limited, London 2006, ISBN 1-904994-10-5 , p. 154.
  3. ↑ with Alan Elsdon (tp), Goff Dubber (cl, ts, vcl), Neville Dickie (p), Martin Wheatley (git), Micky Ashman (kb), John Richardson (dr)
  4. ↑ Tom Lord The Jazz Discography (online, accessed August 18, 2016)
  5. ↑ Chart sources: UK
personal data
SURNAME Dickie, Neville
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dickie, George Neville
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British stride and boogie woogie musician
DATE OF BIRTH January 1, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH Durham