DON'T SHOOT ME...Georgie Fame


     In 1954, a school friend showed him the basics of boogie-woogie piano and Clive Powell (aka Georgie Fame) quickly became known in his secondary school for his ‘jazzy’ musical skills.
     Clive named his first group The Dominoes and led them to success by winning a talent contest at Butlin's in Pwllheli in South Wales.One of the judges was drummer Rory Blackwell, and before the holiday week was out, Clive had joined Blackwell’s London-based rock & roll combo as their pianist and featured singer.
     In London, Clive was recommended to Britain’s foremost pop impresario Larry Parnes  by composer Lionel Bart. Parnes was impressed by Powell and renamed him Georgie Fame, setting him up with a new band – The Blue Flames.
     By 1962 Georgie had ditched the piano for the warmer sounds of a Hammond organ, which had set him back £825 – a fortune in those days – and was playing US air bases across Britain.
     After two independent singles, Rik Gunnell delivered Georgie to Columbia records in summer 1963, but instead of an expected debut single, recording manager Ian Samwell made the surprising suggestion that an atmospheric live album from The Flamingo would make more sense.Unfortunately, commercial success evaded Georgie – with the usual excuse that he was “too good for the charts”.Fame finally achieved his first #1 single in Britain in December 1964 with Yeh Yeh.His second #1 did not come until July 1966 when Getaway – a song which started life as an advertising jingle for a petrol company – knocked the Kinks from the top of the charts.
     Shortly after, he parted company with his Blue Flames.
     After some lean chart years and a middle-of-the-road alliance with Alan Price, Georgie recruited top session men for a Blue Flames rebirth in 1974.
     After recording an album and promoting it with a few exhilarating but shambling gigs (including a Reading Festival with Traffic), the project fizzled out.
     No matter how much he smothered you with pap there was always the knowledge that – without warning – he could still hit a groove with Let the Sun Shine In or a steaming Green Onions. All would then be forgiven and Georgie Fame would once again be the coolest cat of them all.

Going Home

CBS,1971

     
     

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