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Encyclopedia > Kevin Godley
Kevin Godley

Kevin Godley
Background information
Born 7 October 1945
Origin Manchester, England
Genre(s) Rock
Instrument(s) Drums, Vocals
Associated
acts
10cc
Hotlegs
Godley & Creme
Doctor Father

Kevin Godley (born Kevin Michael Godley, 7 October 1945 [1], Prestwich, near Bury, Lancashire, England) is a British musician and music video director. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... is the 280th day of the year (281st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar). ... This article is about the City of Manchester in England. ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem No official anthem specific to England — the United Kingdom anthem is God Save the Queen. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... For other uses, see Rock music (disambiguation). ... A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified with the purpose of making music. ... For other kinds of drums, see drum (disambiguation). ... In music a singer or vocalist is a type of musician who sings, i. ... 10cc was a British pop band which achieved its greatest commercial success during the 1970s. ... The Hotlegs were a short-lived British studio group best known for their one and only hit Neanderthal Man in 1970. ... Godley & Creme was a duo of English pop musicians and music video directors, Kevin Godley and Lol Creme. ... Doctor Father was the band name used by English musicians Eric Stewart, Kevin Godley and Lol Creme for the release of a single, Umbopo, in August 1970. ... is the 280th day of the year (281st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar). ... , Prestwich is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, in Greater Manchester, England. ... , Bury is a town in the north of Greater Manchester in North West England. ... Lancashire is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in the North West of England, bounded to the west by the Irish Sea. ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem No official anthem specific to England — the United Kingdom anthem is God Save the Queen. ... “Instrumentalist” redirects here. ... A music-video director is a film director that specializes in supervising the filming and editing of music videos to be used as promotional tools for popular music singles. ...


He was born in a family of Jewish descent, and while attending art college in Manchester he met Lol Creme. They became part of several bands together, most notably Hotlegs and 10cc, and eventually became known as Godley & Creme in acting together as musicians and directors. They were jointly nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Music Video, Long Form for: The Police: Synchronicity Concert in 1986. [2] The word Jew ( Hebrew: יהודי) is used in a wide number of ways, but generally refers to a follower of the Jewish faith, a child of a Jewish mother, or someone of Jewish descent with a connection to Jewish culture or ethnicity and often a combination... Art school is a colloquial term for any educational institution (whether secondary, post-secondary/undergraduate, or graduate/postgraduate) with a primary focus on the visual arts, especially graphic design, illustration, painting, photography, and sculpture. ... This article is about the City of Manchester in England. ... Lol Creme (born September 19, 1947 in Prestwich, near Bury, Lancashire, England) is an English musician and music video director. ... In music, a band is a company of musicians, or musical ensemble, usually popular or folk, playing parts of or improvising a musical arrangement on different musical instruments. ... 10cc was a British pop band which achieved its greatest commercial success during the 1970s. ... Godley & Creme was a duo of English pop musicians and music video directors, Kevin Godley and Lol Creme. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...


Godley writes, sings, and plays drums and percussion. In 1990 his charity production One World, One Voice was released on CD in the UK. A songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics to songs, the musical composition or melody to songs, or both. ... The human voice consists of sound made by a human using the vocal folds for talking, singing, laughing, crying and screaming. ... Bass drum made from wood, rope, and cowskin A drum is a musical instrument in the percussion group that can be large, technically classified as a membranophone. ... Percussion instruments are played by being struck, shaken, rubbed or scraped. ... A Compact Disc or CD is an optical disc used to store digital data, originally developed for storing digital audio. ...


He has recently reunited with another former 10cc member, Graham Gouldman to form the band, GG/06. Together they have recorded a number of new songs which are currently available via their website - [3]. Graham Keith Gouldman (born on 10 May 1946, in Broughton, Salford, Lancashire, in England) is an English songwriter and musician who was a long-time member of British band 10cc. ... “Sound recorder” redirects here. ... A song is a relatively short musical composition. ... A website (alternatively, Web site or web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos and other digital assets that is hosted on one or several Web server(s), usually accessible via the Internet, cell phone or a LAN. A Web page is a document, typically written in HTML...


  Results from FactBites:
 
10cc - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (2601 words)
Godley and Gouldman had attended the same high school and their shared passion for music meant that Godley and best friend Creme would often 'hang out' with Gouldman at their local Jewish Lads' Brigade in their teens.
Godley and Creme went on to achieve cult success as a songwriting and recording duo, scoring several hits and releasing a string of innovative LPs and singles.
Both Lol Creme and Kevin Godley agreed to guest on the albums in order to be released from their obligation to Polydor.
Kevin Godley - definition of Kevin Godley in Encyclopedia (317 words)
Godley and Creme is a duo of musicians and music video directors.
Kevin Godley (born October 7, 1945 in Manchester, England) is a singer, songwriter, drummer and percussionist.
Four years later, Godley and Creme left 10cc to work on a device they called "the Gizmo", which attached to the bridge of a guitar to create a wide variety of sonic textures.
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