Fabian |
Fabiona Forte Bonaparte
Born: 6 February 1943
Philadelphia
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| Bent Fabric |
Bent Fabricus Bjerre
Born: 7 December 1924
Copenhagen, Denmark
Jazz pianist turned record executive. Had a million selling hit with "Alley Cat" in 1961.
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| Adam Faith |
Terence Nelhams
Born: 23 June 1940
Acton, London
Made the UK charts 24 times in 7 years.
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Falco
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Johann Hölzel
Born: 19 February1957
Vienna, Austria
Falco got his stage name after an East German skier, Falko
Weisspflog. Falco was Austria's most popular musical export, on the
merits of two bizzare singles, 1983's "Der Kommissar," rapped in
German, and 1986's "Rock Me Amadeus," who's video showed him
strutting around as a punk Mozart. "Der Kommissar" found huge
success on US radio after being re-recorded by "After The Fire" in
1983. Falco died in a car crash in the Dominican Republic on
February 6, 1998.
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| George Fame |
Clive
Powell
Born: 26 June 1943
Leigh, Lancashire
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| Don Fardon |
Don Maughan
Born: 1943
Coventry, England
One and only US hit singe with "The Lament of The
Cherokee, Indian Reservation" in 1968.
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| Chris Farlowe |
John Henry Deighton
Born: 13 October 1940
Islington, London
1966 hit in UK charts: "Out of Time".
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| Donna Fargo |
Yvonne Vaughn
Born: 10 November 1949
North Carolina
1972 hit with "Happiest Girl in The Whole USA" and
"Funny Face".
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| Fatboy Slim |
Quentin Cook (also known as
Norman Cook)
Born: 13 July 1963
Britain
Master of dance music, best known for "Praise You"
and "The Rockafella Skank". His latest claim to fame will be when
he attempts to break the world record for bikini waxing - which
will be part of a video shoot for this remix of "Bushes". Producers
only want women aged between 18-24 to take part in the 4 hour
challenge!
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Fats Domino
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Antoine Domino
Born: 10 May 1929
New Orleans, Louisiana
Sold 65 million records, more than any other black
rock and roll star of the 1950s. He made such hits as "Ain't That a
Shame", "Blueberry Hill", "I'm Walkin'", "Blue Monday", and
"Walking to New Orleans".
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| George Fatty |
Franz Georg Pressler
Born: 29 March 1927
Vienna
Died: 24 April 1982
Famous Austrian jazz clarinetist and entertainer.
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| Freddy Fender |
Baldemar Huerta
Born: 1937
San Benito, Texas
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Flood
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Mark Ellis
Manchester, England
The enigmatic Flood is one of the best and most
popular record producers and mixers of the last two decades. Has
produced, engineered, and/or mixed records for (alphabetically):
Barry Adamson, The Associates, Boo Radleys, Book of Love, Cabaret
Voltaire, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Charlatans UK, Crime and the
City Solution, The Cure, Curve, Depeche Mode, Elastica,
Erasure, Gavin Friday, PJ Harvey, James, Jesus and Mary Chain, Tom
Jones, Massive Attack, Ministry, New Order, Nine Inch Nails, Nitzer
Ebb, Pop Will Eat Itself, Psychic TV, Smashing Pumpkins, Patti
Smith, Sneaker Pimps, Soft Cell, Wolfgang Press, U2, and others. He
reportedly acquired the name Flood as a result of his habit of
spilling tea in the studio.
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| Wayne Fontana |
Glyn Ellis
Born: 28 October 1945
Manchester, England
Changed his name in honour of Elvis drummer DJ
Fontana.
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| Connie Francis |
Concetta Rosa Maria Franconero
Born: 12 December 1938
Newark, New Jersey
Sting of hits including "Who's Sorry Now",
"Everybody's Fool", and "Vacation".
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| John Fred |
John Fred Gourrier
Born: 8 May 1941
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Hit with "Judy in Disguise (with Glasses)".
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| Ace Frehley |
Paul Daniel Frehley
Born: 27 April 1951
Bronx, New York
The first lead guitarist with KISS. KISS auditioned
over 60 lead players. Ace quit KISS after making the "I Love It
Loud" video. His face appears on the "Creatures of the Night" album
cover, but he did not play on it. Ace rejoined KISS in February of
1996.
See also: Gene
Simmons, Paul Stanley ,
Peter Criss, Eric Carr, Vinnie Vincent, Mark St John and Eric Singer.
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| Billy Fury |
Ronald Wycherley
Born: 17 April 1940
Liverpool, England
Died: 28 January 1983
English rockabilly singer with around 17 UK top 30
hits.
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