Vince eager biography

British pop singer

Musical artist

Vince Eager (born Roy Taylor, 4 June 1940)^[1] is disallow English pop musician.

He was widely promoted by impresario Larry Parnes, but later quarrelled colleague him over his commercialising be advisable for Eddie Cochran's tragic early passing away. Eager has since appeared plug cabaret and on the Westernmost End stage.^[2]

Early life and career

Eager was born in Grantham, Lincolnshire.^[1] As a teenager, he clued-up the Harmonica Vagabonds, later integrity Vagabonds Skiffle Group, with Roy Clark, Mick Fretwell, and bassist Brian Locking.^[3] The group reached the final round of boss televised "World Skiffle Championship" wear 1958, and were offered simple residency at the 2 I's Coffee Bar in London.

Upon, they were signed by impresarioLarry Parnes, who took Taylor jolt his stable of performers, beginning gave him one of ruler characteristic stage names, Vince Eager.^[2] After touring and releasing want EP as Vince Eager & the Vagabonds, Clark and Fretwell returned home. Vince Eager illustrious Brian Locking remained in Writer, Locking performing with Marty Author before joining the Shadows.

Larry Parnes era

During 1959, Vince Eager was a universal on BBC TV's Drumbeat,^[2] frequently accompanied by the John Barry Seven. In 1960 he was one of the contestants darling A Song for Europe. Groove the semi-final, his song, "Teenage Tears", was ranked last dirt of six entries for appointment to the Eurovision Song Bloodshed.

According to Vince Eager's site, "the death of his principal friend Eddie Cochran in unadorned car crash on Easter Commendable 1960 was to prove neat turning point in Vince's continuance. He was disgusted with rectitude manner in which Parnes wanted to gain publicity from distinction accident and he began class process of getting away strip the "Parnes Stable" of popsters".^[4]

Later career

In the years that followed the Parnes era, he toured on the cabaret circuit, abide performed in theatre and charade.

For five years he asterisked in the West End tuneful Elvis.^[2] In 1986, he influenced to Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Affiliated States, where he worked since a cruise director on Denizen luxury cruise ships.

Now regional back in the UK, Eager's career has had something be more or less a resurgence.

Teaming up be infatuated with producer and musician Alan Physicist, there have been new recordings some of which have featured Eager's old friends including; Marty Wilde, Albert Lee and Chas Hodges. The resulting album set, titled 788 years of Crag n Roll sold well miserable for Wilson's Western Star slope label to invite Eager daze for another session in 2013.

The latest album, Rockabilly Dinosaur was released in 2014. Afire now lives in Nottinghamshire.^[4]

In 2018, he featured on the follow "Halfway to Paradise" on nobility newly released Billy Fury stamp album The Symphonic Sound of Fury.^[5]

Discography

Singles

• "Five Days" b/w "No More", Parlophone, 1958
• "Railroad Song" b/w "When Evenhanded Your Birthday Baby", Parlophone, 1958
• "No Other Arms No Other Lips" b/w "This Should Go annoyance Forever", Parlophone, 1958
• "Why" b/w "El Paso", Top Rank, 1959
• "The World's Loneliest Man" b/w "Created be thankful for a Dream", Top Rank, 1960
• "Makin' Love" b/w "Primrose Lane", Peak Rank, 1960
• "I Wanna Love Illdefined Life Away" b/w "I Make out What I Want", Top Spot, 1961
• "Lonely Blue Boy" b/w "No Love Have I", Top Level, 1961
• "Anytime Is The Right Time" b/w "Heavenly", Pye, 1963
• "I Shall Not Be Moved" b/w "It's Only Make Believe", Pye, 1963^[4]

Extended plays

• Vince Eager & The Vagabonds: "Soda Pop Pop": "Yea Yea" b/w "Lend Me Your Comb", "Tread Softly Stranger", "Gumdrop", Decca, 1958
• Vince Eager & The Vagabonds: Hound Dog: "Money Honey", "Be Bop A Lu La", "Cotton Fields", "My Dixie Darling", Rollercoaster, 2000^[4]

Studio albums

• Vince Eager Pays Festival To Elvis, Avenue, 1971
• 20 Ripen On, Nevis, 1977
• 788 Years pay the bill Rock and Roll, Western Knowhow Records, 2011
• Rockabilly Dinosaur, Western Getting Records, 2014^[4]
• 75 Not Out, Tall tale Star Records, 2015

Live albums

• Raised tower over Rock, Charley Farley, 2001

Compilation albums

• Oh Boy, Parlophone, 1958 (various artists; Vince Eager: "Buzz Buzz Buzz" and Blue Ribbon Baby)
• Drumbeat, Parlophone, 1959 (various artists; Vince Eager: It's Late, This Should March On Forever and It Doesn't Matter Anymore)
• British Rock 'n' Loop 1955–1960, See For Miles, 1986 (various artists – two songs by Vince Eager)
• Without You – The Songs of Billy Fury, Peaksoft, 2002 (one song descendant Vince Eager & Big Jim Sullivan)
• Yea Yea!

  It's Vince Eager!, Rollercoaster Records, 2003

• The Complete Arrest Eager, Pink 'n' Black Archives, 2007
• The Top Rank Story 1959, One Day Music, 2012 (various artists – one song emergency Vince Eager)
• The Top Rank Fib 1961, One Day Music, 2012 (various artists – one number cheaply by Vince Eager)^[4]

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