Alex Harvey (musician)

For the American singer-songwriter, see Alex Harvey (country musician).

Alex Harvey
Background information
Birth nameAlexander James Harvey
Born(1935-02-05)5 February 1935
Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Died4 February 1982(1982-02-04) (aged 46)
Zeebrugge, Belgium
Genres
Occupations
  • Musician
  • songwriter
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • guitar
Years active1954–1982
Labels
Formerly of

Alexander James Harvey (5 February 1935 – 4 February 1982) was a Scottish rock and blues musician. Although his career spanned almost three decades, he is best remembered as the frontman of the Sensational Alex Harvey Band, with whom he built a reputation as an exciting live performer during the era of glam rock in the 1970s.

Biography

Harvey was born and raised in the working-class Kinning Park district of Glasgow (also reported as the Gorbals in the 2009 STV show The Greatest Scot).[1] By his own account, he worked in a number of jobs, from carpentry to being a waiter at a restaurant to carving gravestones,[2] before finding success in music. He first began performing in skiffle groups in 1954.[1] On Friday, 20 May 1960, at the Town Hall in Alloa, Alex Harvey and his Big Beat Band opened for Johnny Gentle and His Group, "His Group" being the Beatles (John, Paul, George, Stuart Sutcliffe and Tommy Moore), on this the opening night – and biggest audience – of the Beatles' seven-date tour of Scotland with Gentle.[3]

His musical roots were in Dixieland jazz and skiffle music, which enjoyed considerable popularity in Britain during the late 1950s. From 1958 until 1965, he was the leader of Alex Harvey's Big Soul Band, playing blues and rock and roll songs and spending considerable time touring in the United Kingdom and Germany.[2] He also won a competition that sought "Scotland's answer to Tommy Steele". Harvey became strongly identified with British rhythm and blues music, although he was equally able to play rock songs.

After leaving the Big Soul Band, he briefly tried for a solo career but with little success.[2] By 1967, he found a positive direction for his career when he became a member of the pit band in the London stage production of the musical Hair.[4] This band recorded the live album Hair Rave Up, which contained Harvey originals and other songs not from the stage show. In 1970, Harvey formed Rock Workshop with Ray Russell; their first, self-titled album contained an early version of "Hole in Her Stocking",[5] later to appear on Framed. Harvey remained with Hair for five years.

Harvey was instrumental in the formation of the band Stone the Crows by introducing his younger brother Leslie "Les" Harvey to singer Maggie Bell. Also in Stone the Crows was bassist James Dewar, later of Robin Trower fame.[6] Les Harvey was fatally electrocuted in a freak accident while performing with the band in 1972.

The Sensational Alex Harvey Band

In 1972, Harvey formed the Sensational Alex Harvey Band (often shortened to SAHB) with guitarist Zal Cleminson, bassist Chris Glen, and cousins Hugh (keyboards) and Ted McKenna (drums), all previous members of progressive rock act Tear Gas. [citation needed]

SAHB produced a succession of highly regarded albums and tours throughout the 1970s. The Sensational Alex Harvey Band had top 40 hits in Britain with the single "Delilah", a cover version of the Tom Jones hit, which reached number seven in 1975, and also with "The Boston Tea Party" in June 1976. The band never achieved acclaim in the United States the way it did in Great Britain, but it had a cult following in certain US cities, especially Cleveland, where the group first played at the Agora Ballroom in December 1974. Thanks to airplay from WMMS, songs like "Next" and "The Faith Healer" became very popular. Cleveland remained a city where the Sensational Alex Harvey Band had a devoted following.[7] However, they were unable to replicate that popularity in most other US cities.[8]

After Harvey left the group in 1976, the other members continued as SAHB (Without Alex) producing the album Fourplay. Harvey re-joined the group for 1978's Rock Drill. SAHB with Alex toured the UK in Autumn 1981 with the last gig at Workington's Carnegie Theatre on 1 November.[citation needed]

Single, solo albums and death

After he left the band for good, he released two more solo albums and went on tour with his solo band from 1979. On 4 February 1982, returning from performances in Belgium, Harvey died from a heart attack, a day before his 47th birthday.[9]

Personal life

Married twice, first to Mary Martin, with whom he had a son; second to Trudy, with whom he had a son.[10]

Harvey was a Master Mason in Lodge Union, No. 332, in the City of Glasgow, in Scotland. He was initiated on 22 June 1955 and was passed to the Second Degree in Freemasonry on 24 August 1955. He received his Third Degree on 16 November 1955.[11]

Legacy

In 2002, a biography of Harvey by John Neil Munro was published: The Sensational Alex Harvey. The Sensational Alex Harvey Band were voted the fifth greatest Scottish band of all time in a 2005 survey.[12] On 4 February 2012, a rowan tree was planted in memory of Harvey on the grounds of the People's Palace museum in Glasgow. The tree was planted by Alex Harvey Junior and the remaining members of the band.[13] A limited edition book entitled Alex Harvey: Last of the Teenage Idols, photographed by Janet Macoska and edited by Martin Kielty was released for the 30th anniversary of his death.[14]

Two novels by Christopher Brookmyre, The Sacred Art of Stealing and A Snowball in Hell, reference SAHB's work.

On 18 March 2016, Universal Music released a 14-disc box set of Harvey's work, entitled The Last of the Teenage Idols. This multi-disc set was the most comprehensive compilation of Harvey's music to date, including many rare and out-of-print titles.

Discography

Solo artist

Studio albums

Singles

  • "Agent OO Soul" / "Go Away Baby" (1965) Fontana: TF 610
  • "Do the Dog" / "Something You Got" (1966) GTA Records: PO 40018
  • "My Girl Slooping" / "Mashed Potatoes" (1966) GTA Records: PO 40019
  • "Work Song" / "I Can Do Without Your Love" (1966) Fontana: TF 764
  • "Maybe Some Day" / "Curtains for My Baby (St. James Infirmary)" (1967) Decca
  • "The Sunday Song" (1967) Decca
  • "Midnight Moses" (1969) Fontana
  • "Alex Harvey Talks About Everything (An In-Depth Session with Alex Harvey of the Sensational Alex Harvey Band)" (1974) Vertigo: MK 71974
  • "Runaway" (1976) Vertigo
  • "Mitzi" (1984) Victoria: VIC-117, 10.282
  • "Runaway" (1976, remastered 2002) Vertigo
  • "Midnight Moses" (2015) Fontana: 535 854-6

Live albums

  • Hair Rave Up (1969)
  • Alex Harvey Talks About Everything (1974)
  • Live (1975) (live at Hammersmith Odeon, London on 24 May 1975)
  • Alex Harvey Presents: The Loch Ness Monster (1977)
  • BBC Radio 1 Live in Concert (1991) (recorded for the BBC at The Paris Theatre 1972 and The Hippodrome 1973)
  • Live on the Test (1995)
  • The Gospel According to Alex Harvey (1998)
  • British Tour '76 (2004)
  • Live at the BBC (2009)

Alex Harvey and His Soul Band

The Sensational Alex Harvey Band

Compilations/other records

  • Band on the Wagon (1969)
  • Hot City (recorded in 1974; released in 2009)
  • Alex Harvey and His Soul Band, 20 unreleased tracks, CD only (1999)
  • Teenage a Go Go - The Unreleased Recordings of Alex Harvey 1963-67 (Alchemy Entertainment 2003)
  • Last of the Teenage Idols (2016) - a 14-CD/217-track box set including 21 previously unreleased songs, 59 songs on cd for the 1st time and a number of rare recordings plus a hardback book of photographs

References

  1. ^ a b "Rock Star" 2
  2. ^ a b c Denselow, 8
  3. ^ Lewisohn, Mark. The Beatles: All These Years; Tune In, pp. 309-310.
  4. ^ Munro, John Neil (2011). The Sensational Alex Harvey. Birlinn. ISBN 9780857901521. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
  5. ^ "Rock Workshop album description". Angel Air Records. 13 March 2006. Archived from the original on 15 January 2010. Retrieved 31 December 2009.
  6. ^ Logan, Nick & Woffinden, Bob (eds.) The New Musical Express Book of Rock, W. H. Allen & Co. (Star), 1973, p. 450. ISBN 0-352-39715-2.
  7. ^ Jane Scott. "Alex Harvey Dies on Boat", Cleveland Plain Dealer, 12 February 1982, p. T-23.
  8. ^ Anastasia Pantsios. "Rock Beat." Cleveland Plain Dealer, 25 July 1980, p. T-34.
  9. ^ "Sensational: Thirty years after his death, Alex Harvey's music is still influential". www.scotsman.com. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
  10. ^ "Alex Harvey". Electricscotland.com. Retrieved 2 January 2012.
  11. ^ "Alex Harvey, Master Mason, Lodge Union No.332". www.pglglasgow.org.uk. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
  12. ^ "Entertainment | Belle named 'best Scottish band'". BBC News. 12 January 2005. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
  13. ^ "Alex Harvey – A Tribute – People's Palace – Glasgow". Events.glasgowlife.org.uk. Archived from the original on 10 July 2012. Retrieved 30 March 2012.
  14. ^ "Alex Harvey : Last of the Teenage Idols". Alexharveybook.com. Archived from the original on 28 January 2012. Retrieved 6 August 2014.

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