NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Ace Kefford

Chris "Ace" Kefford (12 October 1946 in Moseley, West Midlands, England) co-founder of The Move in October 1965 with Trevor Burton after meeting David Bowie at Birmingham's Cedar Club after a performance by Bowies band Davy Jones and the Lower Third. The duo invited Roy Wood, then Carl Wayne and Bev Bevan to join and complete the classic Move line-up. October 12 is the 285th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (286th in leap years). ... 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... Moseley village green Moseley is a suburb of Birmingham, England, located 2 miles to the south of the city centre. ... // The West Midlands is an area of central England. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London (de facto) Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification - by Athelstan AD 927 Area - Total 130,395 kmÂ² (1st in UK) 50,346 sq mi Population - 2006 est. ... The Move were one of the leading British rock bands of the 1960s from Birmingham, England. ... David Bowie (David Robert Jones 8 January 1947) is an English Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer, arranger and audio engineer. ... Roy Adrian Wood (sometimes erroneously thought to be born as Ulysses Adrian Wood, from a offhand interview comment in the 1960s) (born 8 November 1946 in Birmingham), is a songwriter, guitarist and multi-instrumentalist. ... Carl Wayne (August 18, 1943 - August 31, 2004), real name Colin David Tooley, singer and actor, was best remembered as the lead vocalist of Birmingham rock group The Move during the 1960s. ... Bev Bevan was the drummer, as well as one of the original members of the Electric Light Orchestra and served as the drummer for Black Sabbath from 1983-1984. ...

After leaving The Move in mid 1968, Ace embarked on a solo album with producer Tony Visconti at Olympic and Trident Studios. Eight songs were recorded, including ‘Save The Life Of My Child,’ featuring Jimmy Page on guitar. Tony Visconti in the 1970s Tony Visconti (born April 24, 1944) is a record producer, and sometimes a musician or singer, who has had a long and illustrious career working with some of the best known popular music artists from the late 1960s onwards, including the Moody Blues, as well... Trident Studios is a British recording facility, located at 17 St Annes Court in Londons Soho district. ... James Patrick Jimmy Page, OBE (born 9 January 1944) is an English guitarist and producer. ...

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Categories: 1946 births | People from Moseley | The Move members | Living people The Move were one of the leading British rock bands of the 1960s from Birmingham, England. ... Roy Adrian Wood (sometimes erroneously thought to be born as Ulysses Adrian Wood, from a offhand interview comment in the 1960s) (born 8 November 1946 in Birmingham), is a songwriter, guitarist and multi-instrumentalist. ... Carl Wayne (August 18, 1943 - August 31, 2004), real name Colin David Tooley, singer and actor, was best remembered as the lead vocalist of Birmingham rock group The Move during the 1960s. ... Bev Bevan was the drummer, as well as one of the original members of the Electric Light Orchestra and served as the drummer for Black Sabbath from 1983-1984. ... Jeff Lynne (born 30 December 1947) is an English rock songwriter, singer, guitarist and record producer. ... The Move is the eponymous debut album by The Move, released on the Regal Zonophone label. ... Looking On is the third album by The Move, their first to feature Jeff Lynne, their first containing entirely original compositions, and the first album on the Fly label, its catalogue nuimber being FLY 1. ... Message from The Country is the fourth and last album by The Move, as well as its only album for EMIs Harvest Records. ... Something Else From The Move is a live EP by The Move Recorded at Londons Marquee Club in 1968. ... Second album by progressive rock pioneers The Move, released in 1970. ... Night of Fear is the title of The Moves debut single. ... I Can Hear the Grass Grow is the second single by The Move. ... Flowers in the Rain is a song by the sixties Rock band The Move. ... Wild Tiger Woman is a song recorded by The Move. ... Blackberry Way is a popular single by The Move Written by Roy Wood and produced by Jimmy Miller, Blackberry Way was a bleak counterpoint to the sunny psychedelia of earlier recordings. ... Curly was a song recorded in 1969 by English rock group The Move. ... Brontosaurus is a song by rock group The Move. ... When Alice Comes Back to the Farm is a song recorded by The Move. ... Tonight is a song recorded by The Move. ... Chinatown is a song performed by The Move Released in 1971, this was The Moves penultimate release reaching number 23 on the UK singles chart. ... California Man is a song by The Move Released in 1972 as a maxi single with Do Ya and Ella James, this was The Moves swan song exit, as the Electric Light Orchestra had already been launched with the first ELO single 10538 Overture released only a month after... ...

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