Rick Parfitt
Born	12 October 1948 Woking, Surrey, England
Genre(s)	Hard Rock
Affiliation(s)	Status Quo
Years active
Official site	www.statusquo.co.uk

Rick Parfitt (born 12 October 1948 in Woking, Surrey, England) is best known for being a singer and the rhythm guitarist in the English rock band Status Quo. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (600x800, 258 KB) Rick Parfitt on stage with Quo at the Colston Hall, Bristol in November 2005 I, the creator of this work, hereby grant the permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU... October 12 is the 285th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (286th in leap years). ... 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_England_(bordered). ... Woking is a large town and local government district with borough status in the west of Surrey in South East England. ... Not to be confused with Surry. ... 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 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi  Population    - 2006 est. ... This article does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Status Quo are an English rock band whose music is characterised by a strong boogie line. ... October 12 is the 285th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (286th in leap years). ... 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ... Woking is a large town and local government district with borough status in the west of Surrey in South East England. ... Not to be confused with Surry. ... 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 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi  Population    - 2006 est. ... Rhythm guitar is the role of the guitar in playing accompaniment in various musical styles. ... 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 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi  Population    - 2006 est. ... Status Quo are an English rock band whose music is characterised by a strong boogie line. ...

Rick first met band member Francis Rossi in 1965 in Butlin's Minehead whilst he was playing as Ricky Harrison in a musical trio called 'The Highlights'. Francis was playing with the Spectres (forerunner of Status Quo) at the time and Rick was sufficiently impressed to approach him with a view to working together. Nothing came of the meeting until 1967 when Rick joined Francis, Alan Lancaster, John Coghlan and Roy Lynes to form the classic Quo lineup. Francis Rossi Francis Rossi (Francis Dominic Michael Nicholas Rossi) was born 29 May 1949 in Forest Hill, London and is co-founder of the British rock band Status Quo, where he sings lead vocals and plays lead guitar. ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... Butlins Holiday Camps were founded by (later Sir) Billy Butlin to provide economical holidays in Britain. ... Minehead is a coastal town in West Somerset, England with a population of around 10,000. ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... Alan Lancaster ... John Coghlan in the Seventies ... Roy Lynes found fame as the keyboardist and occasional singer of Status Quo (originally Traffic Jam then The Spectres). ...

Rick has been a continuous member of the group, while others have come and gone, and has penned some of their greatest hits, sometimes in collaboration with the group's keyboard player Andy Bown, among them "Whatever You Want", "Again and Again", and "Rain". He recorded a solo album in 1985 while Status Quo had temporarily broken up, but it was never released. Among musicians on the record were bassist John Edwards and drummer Jeff Rich, formerly with the Climax Blues Band and Judie Tzuke, both of whom joined Status Quo when Rossi decided to reform the band in 1986. Andy Bown was born Andrew Steven Bown on 27 March 1946, in London. ... Whatever You Want is a rock song by the British rock band Status Quo. ... Johnny Reid John Edwards (born June 10, 1953) was the Democratic nominee for Vice President in 2004, and a one-term U.S. Senator from North Carolina. ... Climax Blues Band is a British blues band founded in 1968 by Colin Cooper. ... Singer/songwriter Judie Tzuke was born Judie Myers in London, England on 3 April 1956. ... Bob Rossi (Holy Cross Man of the Year - 1998) is an Italian surname, in fact, the most frequent in Italy. ...

Personal life

Rick has had an on-off relationship with childhood sweetheart Patty since meeting her when he was 20 and she was 18 in 1968. After the pair split up, Rick married Marietta Boeker and the pair had a son Richard (born 1978). Rick and Marietta then divorced, and he married Patty - the pair had a son Harry (born 1989). However, the pair divorced and Rick went on a period of various RockN'Roll relationships with young blondes, before reuniting with Patty in 2000. The couple lived in a £1million mansion in Teddington, South-West London, but after paying out more than £3million in divorce settlements, Rick vowed in 2005 that he would never marry again. However, in August 2006, after meeting 46 year old fitness instructor Lyndsay Whitburn, the pair married in a £40 ceremony in Gibraltar [1] [2] 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday. ... 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Teddington is a suburb of south west London, England and part of the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ...

Parfitt had a quadruple heart bypass in 1997. In December 2005 it was announced that he is to undergo tests for suspected throat cancer, but just before Christmas the tests found the growths to be benign. Early in a coronary artery bypass surgery during vein harvesting from the legs (left of image) and the establishment of bypass (placement of the aortic cannula) (bottom of image). ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...