Paul Burgess (born in Manchester, England, UK in 1950) is a UK-based rock drummer, notable for his association with a wide range of British rock and folk-rock bands, most of which have sizable cult followings. This article is about the city in England. ... 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Burgess first came to public attention in 1976-77 as the replacement drummer in the Beatle-esque pop band 10cc, filling in for one album (1976's Deceptive Bends) after drummer Kevin Godley left the band along with Lol Creme. The album featured the hits "The Things We Do For Love", "Good Morning Judge" and "People In Love". When 10cc began touring in 1977, Burgess was replaced on drums by Stuart Tosh. The Beatles appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1964 as part of their first tour of the United States, promoting their first hit single there, I Want To Hold Your Hand. ... 10cc is a British rock music group who achieved their greatest commercial success during the 1970s. ... Kevin Godley (born October 7, 1945) is a British musician and music video director. ... Godley & Creme is a duo of musicians and music video directors. ... Stuart Tosh was born in Aberdeen, Scotland September 26, 1951. ...

Burgess subsequently became a member of The Invisible Girls, a band that backed punk-influenced performance poet John Cooper Clarke on several of his late 70s/early 80s recordings. Performance poetry is poetry that is specifically composed for or during performance before an audience. ... John Cooper Clarke (born January 25, 1949) is a performance poet from Salford, Greater Manchester , England, affectionately known as the Bard of Salford. ...

Burgess then popped up as a new member of folk-rock outfit Magna Carta for one album, 1981's Midnight Blue. However, after the release of this album, the band temporarily broke up for several years. Magna Cartas 1969 self-titled album. ...

The following year, Burgess was briefly a member of the progressive folk-rock combo Jethro Tull, replacing Gerry Conway, and touring throughout Europe and North America with the band. Burgess was in turn replaced by Doane Perry, and did not record with the band. Jethro Tull can refer to: Jethro Tull (agriculturist), inventor of the seed drill Jethro Tull (band), progressive rock band This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Gerard F. Gerry Conway (September 10, 1952 - ) is an American writer of comic books and television shows. ... Doane Ethredge Perry (born June 16, 1954 in Mt. ...

Burgess rejoined 10cc for their 1983 tour.

In 1984, Burgess became a member of progessive rock unit Camel, ironically replacing Stuart Tosh, who had once replaced him in 10cc. He stayed for one studio album (Stationary Traveller), and one live album (Pressure Points) before the band effectively (though temporarily) dissolved in 1985. Camel are an English progressive rock band formed in 1971. ...

Around the same time, Burgess was the session drummer (though not an official band member) for pop band The Colourfield, playing drums on virtually all the tracks on their 1985 debut LP, Virgins & Philistines. // History 1984 - The Beginning The Colourfield is a British band that was formed in 1984 in Manchester (see 1984 in music) when Fun Boy Three front man Terry Hall joined up with ex-Swinging Cats members Toby Lyons and Karl Shale. ...

In 1986, he toured with Joan Armatrading and was back as a member of the reformed Magna Carta, an association which lasted for the next few years. During the late 1980s, Burgess also did extensive live work with a diverse range of artists, including rockabilly revivialist Alvin Stardust and disco singer Gloria Gaynor. Joan Anita Barbara Armatrading (born in Basseterre, Saint Kitts on December 9, 1950) and brought up in Birmingham, England is a singer, songwriter, and guitarist. ... 1950s Rockabilly book by Harlan Ellison Rockabilly is the earliest form of rock and roll as a distinct style of music. ... Alvin Stardust (born 27 September 1942) is a musican, born Bernard William Jewry in Muswell Hill, London, UK. He made his stage debut in pantomine at the age of 4. ... Disco is a genre of music that originated in discothèques. ... Gloria Gaynor Gloria Gaynor (real name Gloria Fowles, born September 7, 1949 in Newark, New Jersey) is a singer best-known for the disco hits I Will Survive (Hot 100 #1, 1979) and Never Can Say Goodbye (Hot 100 #9, 1974). ...

In 1990, Burgess took over the drum stool from Zak Starkey in a late-running version of the new-wave rock band The Icicle Works. He recorded one album with The Icicle Works (1990's Permanent Damage} before the group broke up. Zak Starkey (born September 13, 1965 in London, England) is the drummer in the current lineup of the celebrated Britpop band Oasis. ... Named after a novel, The Icicle Works joined Liverpools early 1980s neo-psychedelia wave, which also propelled Echo & the Bunnymen and The Teardrop Explodes to stardom. ...

In 1992, Camel reformed, and Burgess was once again the drummer. He stayed with Camel through 1993, recording one studio album (Dust and Dreams) and one live album (Never Let Go) with the band.

He then joined Chris Farlowe's R&B styled backing band in 1995, and worked with Farlowe steadily for the next decade. Also, beginning in 2000, Burgess once again re-joined 10cc for a series of live shows. Chris Farlowe is an English singer and one-time amateur boxer. ... This article is about the year 2000. ...

As of 2003, in addition to semi-regular gigs with Farlow and 10cc, Paul Burgess was drumming with The Soul Company (a band headed by Dave Sharp, formerly of The Alarm), as well as Then Came The Wheel, a band consisting of several veterans of the UK folk-rock scene. Dave Sharp, (born Salford, Manchester, 28th January 1959) is a British guitarist, most noted for co-founding along with Mike Peters, The Alarm. ... The Alarm are a Welsh alternative rock band, who were most popular in the 1980s. ...