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Chanteur
Rock 'n' Roll Britannique né Thomas Charles Bruce, le 16
Juillet 1937 à Londres.
Tommy Bruce est décédé d'un cancer à la prostate le 10 Juillet 2006.
Tommy
Bruce was an odd part of the pre-Beatles British rock scene and still totally
unknown in America, although he did have one big British hit when his debut
single "Ain't Misbehavin'" got to number three in 1960. Bruce had an extremely
low, hoarse voice that wasn't too dissimilar from growlers like Howlin' Wolf and
Dr. John. Before getting too excited by the comparisons, it should be noted that
Bruce wasn't nearly as powerful or nuanced a singer as either of them. He had a
froggier timbre and far more given to hamming it up. Perhaps there was a little
of Fats Waller in him as well; unfortunately, there was also a good amount of
British music hall in most of his records, which veered toward pop novelty more
than rock & roll.
Ex-boxer Bruce wasn't even a professional singer when he made the acquaintance
of Barry Mason, who would later write hit songs like Tom Jones' "Delilah" and
the Fortunes' "Here It Comes Again." He was, indeed, still working as a porter
in the fruit and vegetable market of Covent Garden in London when Mason moved
into the building in which he was living. Mason asked Bruce to a recording
session, cut him doing Fats Waller's "Ain't Misbehavin'," and used an acetate to
get Bruce a deal with Columbia UK. Bruce was actually still working in the
market when "Ain't Misbehavin'" (with phrasing quite reminiscent of
the Big Bopper's "Chantilly Lace") became
a hit, though he soon turned professional.
Over the first half of the 1960s Bruce put out quite a few other singles for
Columbia, though only a couple of those became low-charting U.K. hits, "Broken
Doll" (1960) and "Babette" (1962). He crossed paths with some interesting people
in those years, like arranger Charles Blackwell and Peter Stirling, who was in
his backup band the Bruisers (and who wrote the Merseybeats' hits "I Think of
You" and "Don't Turn Around"). He also passed on the chance to record the Mitch
Murray song "How Do You Do It" in 1962, before it was demoed (and rejected) by
the Beatles or became a hit (in 1963) for Gerry & the Pacemakers. Nonetheless,
his early-'60s singles were pretty forgettable novelties or frivolous pop songs
with only hints of rock & roll, only occasionally going into straight rock, as
on his cover of Johnny Kidd's "Shakin' All
Over."
After the onset of the Beatles and the beat boom, Bruce did update his sound a
little into light pop/rock and some soul-R&B, although his voice wasn't too well-suited
for the British Invasion. There were even covers of songs by John Lee Hooker,
Rufus Thomas, and Pete Dello (later of Honeybus) on his mid-'60s singles, and he
was still recording in the late '60s for CBS, though he never reached the charts
again. Much of his material is featured on the 2002 collection That's Rock
'N' Roll.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Bruce
Talents : Vocals
Style musical : Rock 'n' Roll
AIN'T
MISBEHAVIN' (1960)
I'M ON FIRE
(1960)
SHAKIN' ALL OVER (1961)
THE
LONDON BOYS (1962)
Blue Girl
(1963)
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Years in activity :
| 1910 | 20 | 30 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 70 | 80 | 90 | 2000 | 10 | 20 |
DISCOGRAPHY
Singles & EP
| 05/1960 | SP COLUMBIA DB 4453 (UK) | . |
TOMMY BRUCE & The BRUISERS - Ain't Misbehavin'
/ Got The Water Boilin' |
| 09/1960 | SP COLUMBIA DB 4498 (UK) | . |
TOMMY BRUCE & The BRUISERS - Broken Doll /
I'm On Fire
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| 11/1960 | SP COLUMBIA DB 4532 (UK) | . | TOMMY BRUCE & The BRUISERS - On The Sunny Side Of The Street / My Little Girl |
| 02/1961 | SP COLUMBIA DB 4581 (UK) | . | TOMMY BRUCE & The BRUISERS - You Make Love So Well / I'm Crazy 'Bout My Baby |
| 02/1961 | EP COLUMBIA SEG 8077 (UK) |
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TOMMY BRUCE & The BRUISERS -
KNOCKOUT -
Shakin' All Over
/ Give Me Some More / Gladrag Doll / Heavens
Above |
| 1961 | SP COLUMBIA DB 4682 (UK) | . | TOMMY BRUCE & The BRUISERS - Love Honour And Oh! Baby / I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write |
| 1962 | SP COLUMBIA DB 4776 (UK) | . | Babette / Honey Girl You're Lonely |
| 1962 | SP COLUMBIA DB 4850 (UK) | . | Horror Movies / It's You |
| 11/1962 | SP COLUMBIA DB 4927 (UK) | . |
TOMMY BRUCE & The BARBER BOYS - Buttons And Bows /
The London Boys
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| 1963 | SP COLUMBIA DB 7025 (UK) | . | Let's Do It Let's Fall In Love / Two Feet Left |
| 1963 | SP COLUMBIA DB 7132 (UK) | . | Lavender Blue / Sixteen Years Ago Tonight |
| 1963 | SP COLUMBIA DB 4992 (UK) | . | BRUISERS - My Heart Commands Me / Welcome Stranger |
| 07/1963 | SP PARLOPHONE R5042 (UK) | . |
BRUISERS -
Blue Girl
/ Don't Cry |
| 09/1963 | SP PARLOPHONE R5063 (UK) | . | LEE STIRLING & THE BRUISERS - I Could If I Wanted To / Right From The Start |
| 12/1963 | SP PARLOPHONE R5092 (UK) | . | BRUISERS - Your Turn To Cry / I Don't Understand |
| 03/1964 | SP COLUMBIA DB 7241 (UK) | . | BRUISERS - Let It Be Me / No More |
| 1964 | SP PARLOPHONE R5112 (UK) | . | BRUISERS - Now That I've Found You / Believe |
| 1964 | SP PARLOPHONE R5158 (UK) | . | BRUISERS - Sad Lonely And Blue / I'm Looking For Someone To Love |
| 1964 | SP PARLOPHONE R5198 (UK) | . | BRUISERS - Everything Will Be Alright / You'll Be Mine |
| 1964 | SP COLUMBIA DB 7387 (UK) | . | Over Suzanne / It's Drivin' Me Wild |
| 01/1965 | SP POLYDOR BM 56006 (UK) | . | Boom Boom / Can Your Monkey Do The Dog |
| 1966 | SP RCA VICTOR 1535 (UK) | . | Monster Gonzales / I Hate Getting Up In The Morning |
| 1968 | SP CBS 3405 (UK) | . | I've Been Around Too Long / Where The Colour Of The Soil Is Different |
| 1968 | SP CBS 3937 (UK) | . | Heartbreak Melody / The Reason Why |
| 06/1978 | EP EMI 2808 (UK) |
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TOMMY BRUCE & The BRUISERS - Ain't Misbehavin'
/ Got The
Water Boilin' /
Shakin' All Over
/ Glad Rag Doll |
| 1985 | EP DYNAMIC SOUND ? (UK) |
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GREATEST HITS - Bony Maronie / Chantilly Lace / Ain’t Misbehavin’ |
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Albums
| 2002 | CD RPM 241 (UK) |
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THAT'S ROCK 'N' ROLL - Ain't Misbehavin' / Got The Water Boilin' / Broken Doll / I'm On Fire / My Little Girl / You Make Love So Well / I'm Crazy 'Bout My Baby / Love, Honour And Oh! Baby / Shakin' All Over / Babette / Honey Girl, You're Lonely / It's You / Buttons And Bows / The London Boys / Let's Do It (Let's Fall in Love) / Two Left Feet / Lavender Blue / Let It Be Me / No More / Over Suzanne / It's Drivin' Me Wild / Boom Boom / Can Your Monkey Do The Dog / Monster Gonzales / Where The Colour Of The Soil Is Different | ||
| 06/2006 | CD CHARLY ? (UK) |
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TOMMY BRUCE'S AIN'T MISBEHAVIN' - Sunny Side Of The Street / Chantilly Lace / Buttons And Bows / Bony Maroni / Blueberry Hill / Ain't Misbehavin' (Re-recording by Original Artist) / Let's Do It / Lavender Blue / Give Me Your Word |
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| 01/2007 | CD ONE MEDIA ? (UK) |
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LAVENDER BLUE - Ain't Misbehavin' / Lavender Blue / Buttons And Bows / Sunny Side On The Street / Blueberry Hill / Chantilly Lace / Give Me Your Word / Let's Do It / Bony Marone / Boom Boom | ||
| 06/2009 | CD JUKEBOX ? (UK) |
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SUNNY SIDE OF THE STREET - Ain't Misbehavin' / Lavender Blue / Buttons & Bows / Sunny Side Of The Street / Blueberry Hill / Chantilly Lace / Give Me Your Hand / Let's Do It | ||
| 07/2009 | CD VANILLA OMP ? (UK) |
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THE BEST OF TOMMY BRUCE - Blueberry Hill / Ain't Misbehavin' / Lavender Blue / Let's Do It / Chantilly Lace / Sunny Side On The Street / Bony Moronie / Buttons And Bows / Give Me Your Word / Boom Boom | ||
| 2009 | CD NGROOVES ? (UK) |
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LET'S DO IT - Lavender Blue / On The Sunny Side Of The Street / Blueberry Hill / Chantilly Lace / Give Me Your Word / Buttons And Bows / Let's Do It | ||
| 20?? | 2 CD ? (UK) |
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THE DEFINITIVE TOMMY BRUCE
COLLECTION :
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| 02/2011 | CD ONE MEDIA ? (UK) |
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CHANTILLY LACE - Blueberry Hill / Buttons And Bows / Chantilly Lace / Give Me Your Word / Lavender Blue / Let's Do It / Sunny Side Of The Street |
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