- Clive Shakespeare
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Clive Shakespeare Birth name Clive Richard Shakespeare Born 3 June 1949 Origin Southampton, England Genres pop/rock Occupations guitarist, producer Years active 1968–present Associated acts Sherbet Clive Richard Shakespeare (born 3 June 1949, Southampton, England) is an English-born Australian guitarist and producer and he is a co-founder of Sherbet which had commercial success in the 1970s including their number one singles, "Summer Love" in 1975 (co-written by Shakespeare with Garth Porter) and "Howzat" in 1976.[1][2][3]
Biography
Main article: Sherbet (band)Clive Shakespeare was born in England in 1949 and his family migrated to Australia. As lead guitarist, he joined various bands including The Road Agents in 1968 in Sydney with Terry Hyland on vocals, then he formed Down Town Roll as a covers band. Other members were Adrian Cuff on organ, Frank Ma on vocals, Doug Rea on bass guitar, Pam Slater on vocals and Danny Taylor on drums. Rea, Shakespeare and Taylor went on to found pop/rock band, Sherbet later that year with Dennis Laughlin on vocals (ex-Sebastian Hardie Blues Band, Clapham Junction) and Sammy See on organ, guitar, and vocals (Clapham Junction).[1]
Shakespeare worked in record production, including Paul Kelly's debut solo album Post.
References
- General
- McFarlane, Ian (1999). "Whammo Homepage". Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop. St Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1865080721. http://web.archive.org/web/20040405231007/www.whammo.com.au/index.asp. Retrieved 4 January 2010. Note: Archived [on-line] copy has limited functionality.
- Spencer, Chris; Zbig Nowara, Paul McHenry with notes by Ed Nimmervoll (2002) [1987]. The Who's Who of Australian Rock. Noble Park, Vic.: Five Mile Press. ISBN 1-86503-891-1.[4] Note: [on-line] version established at White Room Electronic Publishing Pty Ltd in 2007 and was expanded from the 2002 edition.
- Specific
- ^ a b McFarlane (1999). Encyclopedia entry for 'Sherbet'. Retrieved 30 January 2010.
- ^ Spencer et al, (2007) Shakespeare, Clive entry. Retrieved 30 January 2010.
- ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book Ltd. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1974 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988. In 1992, Kent back calculated chart positions for 1970–1974.
- ^ "Who's who of Australian rock / compiled by Chris Spencer, Zbig Nowara & Paul McHenry". catalogue. National Library of Australia. http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2090055. Retrieved 4 January 2010.
Categories:- 1949 births
- Living people
- Australian guitarists
- Australian people of English descent
- English guitarists
- Naturalised citizens of Australia
- People from Southampton
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