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Big Jim Sullivan (born James George Thompkins, 14 February 1941, in Uxbridge

Uxbridge

Uxbridge is a university town in the London Borough of Hillingdon in West London, England. It is a suburban development situated west north-west of Charing Cross and near to the boundary with Buckinghamshire which is locally the River Colne, Hertfordshire....
, Middlesex

Middlesex

Middlesex , from the Old English Middelseaxe , is one of the 39 Historic counties of England of England and the List of counties of England by area in 1831....
, England

England

England

Musician

A musician is a person who plays or writes music. Musicians can be classified by their roles in creating or performing music:* An instrumentalist plays a musical instrument....
, whose career started in 1959. Best known as a session guitarist

Session musician

Session musicians are instrumental performers or vocalists who are available for hire for live performances or recording sessions, as opposed to musicians who are either permanent members of a musical ensemble or who have acquired fame in their own right as bandleaders....
, Sullivan was one of the most "in-demand" studio musicians in the UK

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
during the 1960s and 1970s and has performed on more than one thousand charting singles over his career.

ivan was born at Uxbridge Hospital, and he later went to Woodfield Secondary School, in Cranford, London

Cranford, London

Cranford is a place in the London Borough of Hounslow. It is a suburban development located 12.4 miles west of Charing Cross and on the eastern perimeter of London Heathrow Airport....
.

By 1959, at the The 2i's Coffee Bar Sullivan met Marty Wilde

Marty Wilde

Marty Wilde is an English people singing and songwriter. He was among the first generation of United Kingdom popular music celebrity to emulate United States Rock and roll and is the father of pop singer Kim Wilde....
, and was invited to become a member of his backing group, the Wildcats.

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Jack Good (producer)

Jack Good , is a icon Painting and former television producer and record producer....
introduced Sullivan to session work when he met him on the set of the television series Oh, Boy!
Oh, Boy! (TV series)

Oh Boy! was the first teenage all-music show on United Kingdom TV airing in 1958-1959. It was produced by Jack Good for ITV.Good had previously produced 6.5 Special for the BBC, but wanted to drop the sport and public-service content from this show, and concentrate on the music....

Sullivan went on to become one of the most sought after guitarist

Guitarist

A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. Guitarists may perform solo pieces or play with ensembles and bands of a wide variety of genres....
s throughout the 1960s and the 1970s due to his flexibility in playing different styles of music

Music

Music is an art form whose media is sound organized in time. Common elements of music are pitch , rhythm , dynamics , and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture ....
.

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Big Jim Sullivan (born James George Thompkins, 14 February 1941, in Uxbridge

Uxbridge

Middlesex

Middlesex , from the Old English Middelseaxe , is one of the 39 Historic counties of England of England and the List of counties of England by area in 1831....
, England

England

England

Musician

Session musician

United Kingdom

Early life

Sullivan was born at Uxbridge Hospital, and he later went to Woodfield Secondary School, in Cranford, London

Cranford, London

Marty Wilde

Session guitarist

Jack Good

Jack Good (producer)

Guitarist

Music

Music is an art form whose media is sound organized in time. Common elements of music are pitch , rhythm , dynamics , and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture ....
. This meant he averaged three recording sessions a day, which allowed him to appear on many hit records

Gramophone record

A gramophone record is an analog signal sound storage medium consisting of a flat disc with an inscribed modulated spiral groove usually starting near the periphery and ending near the centre of the disc....
. He played on at least one thousand UK chart

Record chart

Record chart are a method of ranking music according to popularity during a given period of time. Examples of music charts are the Hit parade, Hot 100 or Top 40....
entries.

Sullivan and Tom Jones

In 1969 Sullivan joined Tom Jones

Tom Jones (singer)

Sir Thomas John Woodward Officer of the British Empire , known by his stage name Tom Jones, is a Welsh singer-songwriter, particularly noted for his powerful voice and wide vocal range....
, with whom he spent the next five years touring, and it was during his time in Las Vegas

Las Vegas, Nevada

Las Vegas is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada, the seat of Clark County, Nevada, and an internationally renowned major resort city for gambling, shopping, and entertainment....
that Sullivan met and formed a friendship with Elvis Presley

Elvis Presley

Elvis Aaron Presley was an United Statesn singer, actor, and musician. A cultural icon, he is commonly known simply as "Elvis", and is also sometimes referred to as "List of honorific titles in popular music" or "The King"....
.

1974 to 1978

Sullivan left Tom Jones

Tom Jones (singer)

Derek Lawrence

Derek Lawrence is a record producer, famous for his work for Joe Meek's The Outlaws , Deep Purple, Machiavel and Wishbone Ash.Lawrence came in contact with Meek circa at the end of 1963, when he managed a group, Laurie Black and the Men of Mystery, that won a recording session at Joe Meek's studio....
, a record producer

Record producer

In the music industry, a record producer has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, Audio mixing and audio mastering processes....
whose credits include Deep Purple

Deep Purple

Deep Purple are an English Rock music band formed in Hertford, Hertfordshire in 1968. Along with Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath, they are considered to be among the pioneers of Heavy metal music and modern hard rock, although some band members have tried not to categorize themselves as any one genre....
and Wishbone Ash

Wishbone Ash

Wishbone Ash are a United Kingdom Rock music band who achieved success in the early and mid-1970s with their distinctive mellow sound, and popular records including Wishbone Ash , Argus , There's the Rub and New England ....
, to form a record label

Record label

In the music industry, a record label can be a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of recorded sound and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the Record producer, manufacturing, distribution , marketing and promotion, and enforcement of copyright protec...
named Retreat Records. They produced various artists over a period of about two years. Among these artists were Labi Siffre

Labi Siffre

Labi Siffre is an England poet, songwriter, musician and singer most widely known as the writer and singer of So Strong, It Must Be Love and I Got The, the sampled rhythm track of which is the basis of Eminem?s breakthrough hit single My Name Is....
, Chas & Dave and McGuinness Flint

McGuinness Flint

McGuinness Flint was a rock band formed in 1970 by Tom McGuinness, former guitarist with Manfred Mann, and Hughie Flint, former drummer with John Mayall; plus singer and keyboard instrument player Dennis Coulson, and multi-instrumentalists and songwriters Benny Gallagher and Graham Lyle....
. Sullivan himself fronted a band called Tiger, who put out three albums. Also, Lawrence and Sullivan went to the United States

United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
to produce a glam metal

Glam metal

Glam metal is a term used to describe the visual style of certain heavy metal music bands that arose in the late 1970s and early 1980s in the United States....
band named Angel

Angel (band)

Angel are a glam rock and Heavy metal music band from Washington, DC, formed in the mid-70s by Punky Meadows and Mickie Jones. They were signed to Casablanca Records, and had the image of dressing in white....
.

1978 to 1987

In 1978 he became part of the James Last Orchestra

James Last Orchestra

The James Last Orchestra is a German big-band orchestra with strings. The orchestra was established in 1964 as a studio orchestra, led by jazz musician James Last....
for nine years; with a brief amount of time away for him to do a major tour with Olivia Newton-John

Olivia Newton-John

Olivia Newton-John Order of Australia, Order of the British Empire is an England, Australian singer and actor. She is an avid activist for both environmentalism issues and breast cancer awareness....
after her success with Grease
Grease (film)

Grease is a musical film directed by Randal Kleiser and based on Jim Jacobs' and Warren Casey's Grease . The film stars John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John, Stockard Channing, Jeff Conaway, and Eve Arden....
.

1987 onwards

Starting in 1987, Sullivan composed

Composer

A composer is a person who creates music, usually in the medium of musical notation, for interpretation and performance. The level of distinction between composers and other musicians varies, which affects issues such as copyright and the deference given to individual interpretations of a particular piece of music....
music for film

Film

Film encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the film industry. Films are produced by recording images from the world with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or special effects....
s and advertising jingles.

He put his guitar music on hold for a few years until a friend suggested he sat in with a musician playing at a nearby pub. The musician he sat in with was Willie Austen.

Recently Sullivan and guitarist Doug Pruden have been touring as the BJS Duo and he also plays in the Big Jim Sullivan Band with Duncan McKenzie, Malcolm Mortimore

Malcolm Mortimore

Malcolm Mortimore is a drummer who has played with Gentle Giant, Spike Heatley, Tom Jones , Troy Tate, Ian Dury, G.T. Moore, Mick Jagger and Chris Jagger , Frankie Miller, Oliver Jones , and Barney Kessel....
and Pete Shaw.

In 2006 Sullivan was featured in the Guitar Maestros DVD series.

Interesting facts

With Other Legendary Guitarists

Ritchie Blackmore
Ritchie Blackmore

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and Steve Howe
Steve Howe (guitarist)

Stephen James "Steve" Howe is an England guitarist best known for his work with the progressive rock group Yes after replacing Peter Banks in 1970....
were given guitar lessons by Sullivan.
Sullivan, together with Ritchie Blackmore
Ritchie Blackmore

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and Pete Townshend
Pete Townshend

Peter Dennis Blandford Townshend , is an English rock and roll guitarist, singer, songwriter, composer, and writer, known principally as the guitarist and songwriter for The Who, as well as for his own solo career....
, persuaded Jim Marshall
Jim Marshall (businessman)

James Charles "Jim" Marshall, OBE , known as The Father Of Loud, is a pioneer of guitar amplification. His company, Marshall Amplification continues to produce amplifiers with an iconic status....
to make amplifiers.
Sullivan was known as Big Jim, whilst Jimmy Page
Jimmy Page

James Patrick Page Order of the British Empire is an English guitarist, composer and record producer. He began his career as a studio session guitarist in London and was subsequently a member of The Yardbirds from 1966 to 1968, after which he co-founded the English rock band Led Zeppelin....
was known as Little Jim.
Jimmy Page
Jimmy Page

James Patrick Page Order of the British Empire is an English guitarist, composer and record producer. He began his career as a studio session guitarist in London and was subsequently a member of The Yardbirds from 1966 to 1968, after which he co-founded the English rock band Led Zeppelin....
borrowed Sullivan's Gibson J-200 acoustic for the recording of Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin (album)

Led Zeppelin is the debut album of English Rock music band Led Zeppelin. It was recorded in October 1968 at Olympic Studios in London and released on Atlantic Records on 12 January 1969....
.
Sullivan was one of the contributors to the 1971 Green Bullfrog
Green Bullfrog

Green Bullfrog was an album resulting from a one-off studio project and recorded between February and May 1970. The album was the idea of producer Derek Lawrence who assembled a group of musicians with whom he had worked in the 1960s....
album, which also featured guitarists Ritchie Blackmore
Ritchie Blackmore

| Name= Ritchie Blackmore| Img = Ritchie Blackmore signing.jpg| Img_capt = Ritchie Blackmore, right, giving autographs...
and Albert Lee
Albert Lee

For the city in Minnesota, see Albert Lea, MinnesotaAlbert Lee is a Grammy-winning English people guitarist known for his Fingerpicking and hybrid picking technique....
.

Innovation

Sullivan was taught how to replace steel strings with banjo ones from Eddie Cochran
Eddie Cochran

Raymond Edward "Eddie" Cochran was an United States of America rock and roll musician and an important influence on popular music during the 1950s, 1960s, and beyond....
so allowing easier bending of the strings.
Sullivan introduced the 12 string guitar to the UK in 1959.
Sullivan played on the first record in the UK to use a Fuzzbox
Fuzzbox

A fuzzbox is a type of effects pedal comprising an amplifier and a clipping circuit, which generates a distortion version of the input signal....
- P.J. Proby's "Hold Me".
Sullivan played on the first records in the UK to use a Wah Wah Pedal - Dave Berry
Dave Berry (musician)

Dave Berry is a United Kingdom pop singer and teen idol of the 1960s. He had an unusual ambition for a pop performer trying to make a name for himself - to appear on Television completely hidden by a prop....
's "The Crying Game" and Michael Cox
Michael Cox

Michael Cox may refer to:* Michael Cox , Professor of International Relations at the London School of Economics* Michael Cox , author of The Meaning of Night...
's "Sweet Little Sixteen".
Sullivan was an innovator of the talk box
Talk box

A talk box is an effects device that allows a musician to modify the sound of a musical instrument. The musician controls the modification by lip syncing, or by changing the shape of his mouth....
.
Sullivan played on the first record that used sampling John Kongos
John Kongos

John Kongos is a singer-songwriter....
's He's Gonna Step On You Again
He's Gonna Step On You Again

"He's Gonna Step On You Again" was a chart-topper single , songwriter and performed by John Kongos in 1971.It is cited in the Guinness World Records as being the first ever song to have used a sampling , however according to the sleeve note of the CD reissue of the Kongos album, it is actually a tape loop of African drumming; and the...
.
Sullivan produced and arranged Labi Siffre
Labi Siffre

Labi Siffre is an England poet, songwriter, musician and singer most widely known as the writer and singer of So Strong, It Must Be Love and I Got The, the sampled rhythm track of which is the basis of Eminem?s breakthrough hit single My Name Is....
's "I Got The . . ." which was sampled by Eminem
Eminem

Marshall Bruce Mathers III , known by his primary stage name Eminem, or by his alter-ego Slim Shady, is an American rapper, record producer and actor....
.

Classic Recordings

Sullivan is credited with "vocal chorus" on the 1962 Alexis Korner
Alexis Korner

Alexis Korner , born Alexis Andrew Nicholas Koerner, was a pioneering blues musician and broadcaster who has sometimes been referred to as "the Founding Father of British Blues"....
's and Blues Incorporated
Blues Incorporated

Blues Incorporated were a United Kingdom R&B band in the early 1960s, led by Alexis Korner, featuring at various times such musicians as Jack Bruce, Charlie Watts, Terry Cox, Ginger Baker, Long John Baldry, Danny Thompson, Graham Bond, Cyril Davies, Malcolm Cecil and Dick Heckstall-Smith....
's seminal album R&B from the Marquee
R&B from the Marquee

R&B from the Marquee was an album by Blues Incorporated released in November 1962 on Decca Records. Blues Incorporated was a United Kingdom R&B band in the early 1960s, which was led by Alexis Korner and featured various musicians....
.
Sullivan played on the 1964 Georgie Fame
Georgie Fame

Georgie Fame is a United Kingdom rhythm and blues and jazz singer and Keyboard instrument player. He was born in Leigh, Greater Manchester....
's first album Rhythm & Blues at the Flamingo.
Sullivan did arrangements for the orchestral version of The Who
The Who

The Who are an England Rock music band formed in 1964. The primary lineup was guitarist Pete Townshend, vocalist Roger Daltrey, bassist John Entwistle and drummer Keith Moon....
's Tommy
Tommy

Tommy is a given name that is the English diminutive of Thomas and could refer to:...
.
Sullivan directed and played on Amazing Blondel
Amazing Blondel

Amazing Blondel is an England acoustic progressive folk band, consisting of Eddie Baird, John Gladwin, and Terry Wincott. They released a number of LPs for Island Records in the early 1970s....
's first album.
Sullivan played on the legendary 1969 album Sound of Sunforest
Sound of Sunforest

Sound of Sunforest is the first and only studio album by psychedelic folk group Sunforest .Two tracks from the album, "The Overture to the Sun" and "Lighthouse Keeper" were re-recorded by the band to be used in Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange ....
- the overture was used in the film A Clockwork Orange
A Clockwork Orange

A Clockwork Orange is a dystopian novel novel by Anthony Burgess.The title is taken from an old Cockney expression, "as queer as a clockwork orange", and alludes to the prevention of the main character's exercise of his free will through the use of a classical conditioning technique....
.
In 1971 Sullivan played in the Jean-Claude Vannier Orchestra for the Serge Gainsbourg
Serge Gainsbourg

Serge Gainsbourg was a France singer-songwriter, actor and Film director. Gainsbourg's varied musical style and individuality made him difficult to categorize....
's masterpiece Histoire de Melody Nelson
Histoire de Melody Nelson

Histoire de Melody Nelson is a 1971 concept album by controversial France songwriter Serge Gainsbourg. The Lolita-esque pseudo-autobiographical plot involves the middle-aged Gainsbourg unintentionally colliding his Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost into teenage nymphet Melody Nelson's bicycle, and the subsequent seduction and romance that ens...
.
In 1968 Sullivan played on George Harrison
George Harrison

George Harrison Order of the British Empire was an English Rock music guitarist, singer-songwriter and film producer. He achieved international fame as lead guitarist in The Beatles, and is listed number 21 in Rolling Stone Magazine's list of "The 100 Best Guitarists of All Time"....
's Wonderwall
Wonderwall Music

Wonderwall Music is George Harrison's first solo album and the soundtrack to the film Wonderwall . The songs are virtually all instrumental, except for some non-English vocals and a slowed-down spoken word track....
.
In 1971 Sullivan played on Frank Zappa
Frank Zappa

Frank Vincent Zappa was an American composer, electric guitarist, record producer, and film director. In a career spanning more than 30 years, Zappa wrote rock music, jazz, electronic music, orchestral, and musique concr?te works....
's 200 Motels
200 Motels

200 Motels is a 1971 in film musical film film featuring Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention, produced at Pinewood Studios, England. Directed and written by Frank Zappa and Tony Palmer, with special material written by Howard Kaylan, Mark Volman, and Jeff Simmons ....
.

TV and Radio Shows

Sullivan and the Krew Kats were the warm up act on Oh, Boy!.
He was the resident guitarist at Top of the Pops
Top of the Pops

Top of the Pops, also known as TOTP, is a long-running United Kingdom UK Singles Chart television programme, made by the BBC and originally broadcast weekly from 1 January 1964 to 30 July 2006....
and Ready Steady Go!
Ready Steady Go!

Ready Steady Go! or simply RSG! was one of the United Kingdom first rock/pop music TV programmes. RSG! was conceived by Elkan Allan, head of Rediffusion London TV, who wanted to try a music radio show....
. He also helped out at Saturday Club.
A feature of the Bay City Rollers
Bay City Rollers

The Bay City Rollers were a Scotland pop/rock band of the 1970s. Their youthful, clean-cut image, distinct styling featuring tartan-trimmed outfits, and cheery, sing-along pop hits helped the group become among the most popular musical acts of their time....
' UK TV Show Shang A Lang was Sullivan giving them guitar lessons.
Sullivan played on the guitar dominated themes to Space 1999, Captain Scarlet
Captain Scarlet

Captain Scarlet may refer to:* Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons, a 1960s marionette-based science-fiction TV series* Gerry Anderson's New Captain Scarlet, a 2000s CGI remake of the 1960s series...
, Joe 90
Joe 90

Joe 90 is a 1968 television series concerning the adventures of a nine-year-old boy, Joe McClaine, set in the years 2012-2013. Devised by Gerry Anderson and Sylvia Anderson, a single season of thirty 25-minute episodes was completed, and it was the last show to be made exclusively using a form of puppetry called "Supermarionation"....
, Thunderbirds
Thunderbirds (TV series)

Thunderbirds is a British mid-1960s television show devised by Gerry Anderson and Sylvia Anderson and made by AP Films using a form of marionette puppetry dubbed "Supermarionation"....
and Rupert
Rupert

Rupert is derived from the Latin Rupertus, which is a loan from the Old German Hroberahtus; thus it is a variation of modern English Robert, and can refer to:...
(Everyone Sing His Name).

Other Interesting Facts

One of the few singles that Sullivan released was "You Don't Know What You've Got" with Jack Good
Jack Good (producer)

Jack Good , is a icon Painting and former television producer and record producer....
as singer. The B-side
A-side and B-side

A-side and B-side originally referred to the two sides of 7 inch vinyl records on which single s were released beginning in the 1950s. The terms have come to refer to the types of song conventionally placed on each side of the record, with the A-side being the featured song , while the B-side, or flipside, is a secondary song that ofte...
had actor
Actor

An actor or actress is a person who acting in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio programming in that capacity....
Trevor Peacock
Trevor Peacock

Trevor Peacock is an England character actor who has had roles such as Jim Trott in The Vicar of Dibley, Rouault in Madame Bovary and Old Bailey in Neverwhere....
of Vicar of Dibley fame singing "Hot Hiss of Steam". Another single was "She Walks Through the Fair".
Under the guidance of Vilayat Khan
Vilayat Khan

Ustad Vilayat Khan was one of India's well known sitar maestros, born in Gauripur in Mymensingh District, Bengal . He recorded his first 78-RPM disc at the age of 8, and gave his last concert in 2004 at the age of 75....
, Sullivan learned to play the sitar
Sitar

The sitar is a plucked stringed instrument. It uses sympathetic strings along with a long hollow neck and a gourd resonance chamber to produce a very rich sound with complex harmonic resonance....
and released two albums of sitar music. He also plays sitar on a musical interpretation of the Kama Sutra
Kama Sutra

The Kama Sutra , , is an ancient Indian text widely considered to be the standard work on human sexual behavior in Sanskrit literature written by the India scholar Vatsyayana....
. Sullivan practised the sitar
Sitar

The sitar is a plucked stringed instrument. It uses sympathetic strings along with a long hollow neck and a gourd resonance chamber to produce a very rich sound with complex harmonic resonance....
with George Harrison
George Harrison

George Harrison Order of the British Empire was an English Rock music guitarist, singer-songwriter and film producer. He achieved international fame as lead guitarist in The Beatles, and is listed number 21 in Rolling Stone Magazine's list of "The 100 Best Guitarists of All Time"....
at George's Esher mansion.
Sullivan toured with Gene Vincent
Gene Vincent

Gene Vincent, real name Vincent Eugene Craddock, was an American musician who pioneered the styles of rock and roll and, especially, rockabilly....
and Eddie Cochran
Eddie Cochran

Raymond Edward "Eddie" Cochran was an United States of America rock and roll musician and an important influence on popular music during the 1950s, 1960s, and beyond....
on the fateful tour that ended Cochran's life.

Famous recordings

Sullivan's guitar work appears on the following song

Song

A song is a musical musical composition which contains vocal parts that are performed, 'sung,' and feature words , commonly accompanied by musical instruments ....
s:-

1959 Marty Wilde

Marty Wilde

Michael Cox

Michael Cox may refer to:* Michael Cox , Professor of International Relations at the London School of Economics* Michael Cox , author of The Meaning of Night...
and "Sweet Little Sixteen

Sweet Little Sixteen

"Sweet Little Sixteen" is a Rock and Roll song written and originally performed by Chuck Berry, who released it as a single in January 1958. Rolling Stone Magazine ranked the song #272 on their list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time in 2004....
"

1962 John Barry

John Barry (composer)

John Barry, Order of the British Empire is a renowned Golden Globe Award and five-time Academy Award-winning English film score composer. He is best known for composing 11 James Bond movies and was hugely influential on the 007 series' distinctive style....
and "James Bond Theme

James Bond Theme

The "'James Bond Theme'" is the main signature theme music of the James Bond films and is featured in every EON Productions#James Bond series 007 film since Dr....
" (Vic Flick

Vic Flick

Victor Harold Flick is a guitarist, most famous for playing the guitar riff in the "James Bond Theme". Before that, he also played the guitar riff in the theme tune of the popular early 1960s TV show Juke Box Jury....
played lead guitar

Lead guitar

Lead guitar refers to the use of a guitar to perform melody lines, fill , and guitar solos within a song structure.In rock music, heavy metal music, blues, jazz and fusion bands and some pop music contexts as well as others, the lead guitar lines are usually supported by a second guitarist who plays rhythm guitar, which consists of accompan...
, Sullivan played rhythm

Rhythm guitar

Rhythm guitar is the use of a guitar to provide rhythmic chord al accompaniment for a singer or other instruments in a musical ensemble. In ensembles or "bands" playing within the country music, blues music, rock music or Heavy metal music genres , a guitarist playing the rhythm part of a composition supports the melodic lines and solos play...
)

1963 Brian Poole and the Tremeloes

The Tremeloes

The Tremeloes are an English people rock and roll musical ensemble, founded in 1958 in Dagenham, Essex. The Tremeloes are one of the longest surviving, still playing regularly more than 50 years after the group's founding....
and "Twist and Shout

Twist and Shout

"Twist and Shout" is a song written by Phil Medley and Bert Russell. It was originally recorded by the Top Notes and then covered by The Isley Brothers....
"

1963 Bern Elliott and the Fenman and "Money

Money

Money is anything that is generally accepted as payment for goods and services and repayment of debts. The main uses of money are as a medium of exchange, a unit of account, and a store of value....
"

1963 Mickie Most

Mickie Most

Mickie Most, born Michael Peter Hayes , was a successful English record producer, with a string of Number One singles with his own RAK Records, and with acts such as The Animals, Herman's Hermits, Donovan, and Suzi Quatro and the Jeff Beck Group....
and "The Feminine Look"

1964 P.J. Proby and "Hold Me" and "Together"

1964 Dave Berry

Dave Berry (musician)

Dave Berry is a United Kingdom pop singer and teen idol of the 1960s. He had an unusual ambition for a pop performer trying to make a name for himself - to appear on Television completely hidden by a prop....
and "The Crying Game

The Crying Game (song)

"The Crying Game" is a song songwriter by Geoff Stephens, and first released by Dave Berry in July 1964. It reached #5 in the UK Singles Chart....
"

1964 Freddie and the Dreamers

Freddie and the Dreamers

Freddie and the Dreamers were a United Kingdom musical band who had a number of hit records between May 1963 and November 1965. Their act was based around the comic antics of the 5-foot-3-inch-tall Freddie Garrity, who was famous for bouncing around the stage with arms and legs flying....
and "I Love You Baby"

1964 Simon Scott

Simon Scott

Simon Scott is an England drummer. He is mostly known for being the drummer/percussionist in the shoegazing band Slowdive and the sole member of Televise....
and "Move It Baby"

1964 Brian Poole and the Tremeloes and "Candy Man"

1965 Gerry & The Pacemakers

Gerry & the Pacemakers

Gerry & the Pacemakers were a United Kingdom rock and roll musical ensemble during the 1960s. In common with The Beatles, they came from Liverpool and were management by Brian Epstein....
and "Ferry Cross the Mersey

Ferry Cross the Mersey

Ferry Cross the Mersey is the name of a 1964 song, film, and soundtrack album, all related to Liverpool and the Mersey Sound, as well as the Mersey Ferry, which still runs to Liverpool from Birkenhead and Seacombe on the Wirral Peninsula....
"

1965 Donovan

Donovan

Donovan , is a Scotland singer-songwriter and guitarist. Emerging from the British folk music scene, he developed an eclectic and distinctive style that blended folk, jazz, Popular music, psychedelic rock, and world music....
and "Catch the Wind" and "Colours"

1966 Joe Loss

Joe Loss

Joshua Alexander Loss or Joe Loss OBE was an England musician and founder of The Joe Loss Orchestra, a light orchestra....
and "A Shot in the Dark

A Shot in the Dark

A Shot in the Dark is a comedy film directed by Blake Edwards and is the second installment in the Pink Panther series. Peter Sellers is featured again as Inspector Clouseau of the French S?ret?....
"

1967 The Small Faces

The Small Faces

Small Faces were an England Rock music group from East London, England, heavily influenced by United States rhythm and blues. The group was founded in 1965 by members Steve Marriott, Ronnie Lane, Kenney Jones, and Jimmy Winston ....
and "Itchycoo Park

Itchycoo Park

"Itchycoo Park" is a psychedelic pop song written by Steve Marriott and Ronnie Lane of the group Small Faces. The song reached number three in the UK Singles Chart, 1967....
"

1967 Clinton Ford

Clinton Ford

Clinton Ford may refer to:*Clinton Ford , American artist*Clinton Ford , British singer who scored four UK hit singles between 1959 and 1967...
and "El Paso"

El Paso (song)

"El Paso" is a Country music ballad written and originally recorded by Marty Robbins, and first released on Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs in September 1959....

1968 "The Koan" (from the album Sitar Beat - John McLaughlin

John McLaughlin (musician)

John McLaughlin , also known as Mahavishnu John McLaughlin, is an England jazz fusion guitarist and composer. He played with Tony Williams's group The Tony Williams Lifetime and then with Miles Davis on his landmark electric jazz-fusion albums In A Silent Way and Bitches Brew. His 1970s electric band, Mahavishnu Orchestra, perfo...
on guitar)

1971 John Kongos

John Kongos

John Kongos is a singer-songwriter....
and "He's Gonna Step On You Again

He's Gonna Step On You Again

"He's Gonna Step On You Again" was a chart-topper single , songwriter and performed by John Kongos in 1971.It is cited in the Guinness World Records as being the first ever song to have used a sampling , however according to the sleeve note of the CD reissue of the Kongos album, it is actually a tape loop of African drumming; and the...
"

1971 Cliff Richard

Cliff Richard

Sir Cliff Richard Order of the British Empire is an England singer-songwriter, actor and entrepreneur.With his backing group The Shadows, Richard dominated the British popular music scene in the late 1950s and early 1960s, before and during The Beatles' first year in the charts....
and "Silvery Rain"

1972 Gilbert O'Sullivan

Gilbert O'Sullivan

Gilbert O'Sullivan is an Irish people singer-songwriter, best known for his early 1970s hit record "Alone Again ", "Clair " and "Get Down". His unusual image - Shorts, flat cap and Bowl cut Hairstyle - helped to launch the successful international career of the performer....
and "Alone Again (Naturally)

Alone Again (Naturally)

"Alone Again " is a song by the Irish people singer-songwriter Gilbert O'Sullivan. It was released in 1972, and in total spent six weeks, non-consecutively, at No.1 on the United States Billboard Hot 100 single record chart....
"

1972 Tom Jones

Tom Jones (singer)

Sir Thomas John Woodward Officer of the British Empire , known by his stage name Tom Jones, is a Welsh singer-songwriter, particularly noted for his powerful voice and wide vocal range....
and "The Young New Mexican Puppeter"

1974 Alvin Stardust

Alvin Stardust

Alvin Stardust is an England pop singer and stage actor....
and "Jealous Mind

Jealous Mind

"Jealous Mind" was a pop music song by Alvin Stardust.songwriter and record producer by Peter Shelley, "Jealous Mind" was Stardust's only chart-topper single in the UK Singles Chart, spending a single week at the top of the record chart in March 1974....
" and "Guitar Star"

1974 "Cascade" (from the album Big Jim's Back)

1976 Geoff Love

Geoff Love

Geoff Love was a United Kingdom easy-listening orchestra leader.His father was a mixed race United States born guitarist and dancer, and his mother an actress....
(Manuel and his Music of the Mountains) and "Rodrigo's Guitar Concerto"

1977 The Walker Brothers

The Walker Brothers

The Walker Brothers were an United States 1960s and 1970s pop music musical ensemble, comprising Scott Engel, John Maus, and Gary Walker . They had a number of top ten albums and singles in the mid-1960s, including #1 chart hits "Make It Easy on Yourself" and "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine "...
and "Shutout" (from their album Nite Flights
Nite Flights

"Nite Flights" is a song written by Scott Walker and is the title track from The Walker Brothers' 1978 album....
)

1977 "Peace And Quiet" (from the album Test of Time)

1977 "Strange" (from the album Test of Time)

1984 Matt Bianco

Matt Bianco

Matt Bianco is a United Kingdom band that was formed in 1983 in music. They are mainly known for their success in the mid 1980s and their jazzy, Latin-flavoured music....
and "Get Out Of Your Lazy Bed"

2006 "Caravan" (from the DVD

DVD

DVD, also known as "Digital Versatile Disc" or "Digital Video Disc,"is a popular optical disc data storage device media format. Its main uses are video and data storage....
Guitar Maestros)

2006 "Classical Gas" (from the DVD Guitar Maestros)

Number one singles

Similarly, Sullivan's work appears on the following UK Number One hit singles:-

09.11.1960 Frankie Vaughan

Frankie Vaughan

Frankie Vaughan, Order of the British Empire Deputy Lieutenant was a singer of traditional pop music in the United Kingdom, who issued more than 80 sound recording and reproduction in his lifetime....
- "Tower Of Strength"

26.01.1961 Petula Clark

Petula Clark

Petula Clark, Order of the British Empire , is an English singer, actress, and composer whose career has spanned seven decades.Clark's professional career began as an entertainer on BBC Radio during World War II....
- "Sailor

Sailor (Song)

Sailor is a song written by Werner Scharfenberger & Fini Busch which as sung in German language by Ditta Zusa Einzinger was a hit in Germany and in the US in 1960....
"

01.06.1961 Eden Kane

Eden Kane

Eden Kane was an early 1960s United Kingdom popular music singing....
- "Well I Ask You

Well I Ask You

"Well I Ask You" is a song by Eden Kane.Sound recording and reproduction in 1961 as the follow-up to his debut single "Hot Chocolate Crazy" , "Well I Ask You" was also issued as a single in the United Kingdom, and reached chart-topper in the UK Singles Chart in August 1961....
"

02.11.1961 Danny Williams

Danny Williams (musician)

Danny Williams was a pop music singer....
- "Moon River

Moon River

"Moon River" is a song composed by Johnny Mercer and Henry Mancini in 1961, for whom it won that year's Academy Award for Best Original Song. It is most well-known for being sung in the film Breakfast at Tiffany's by Audrey Hepburn, although it has been covered by many other artists....
"

10.05.1962 Mike Sarne

Mike Sarne

Mike Sarne is a United Kingdom actor, film director and former pop music singer.Sarne was born Michael Scheuer in Paddington, London. Active in the 1960s as singer, he is best known for his 1962 United Kingdom comedy Chart-topper chart topper, "Come Outside " ....
- "Come Outside

Come Outside

Come Outside was a BBC educational children's television series than ran from 23 September 1993 to 18 March 1997. The two main characters of the show are Auntie Mabel , and her dog Pippin....
" 05.07.1962 Frank Ifield

Frank Ifield

Frank Ifield is an Australian-English people easy listening and country music singing. An early 1960s superstar, this pop music singing/Yodeling had four chart-topper hit record in 12 months with revivals of United States Traditional pop music....
- "I Remember You

I Remember You (1941 song)

"I Remember You" is a popular music song. The music was written by Victor Schertzinger, the lyrics by Johnny Mercer. The song was published in 1941 in music....
"

25.10.1962 Frank Ifield

Frank Ifield

Lovesick Blues

"Lovesick Blues" is a show tune written by Cliff Friend and Irving Mills, which has become a popular country song and pop standard. Published through Tin Pan Alley in 1922, the song was first recorded by Jack Shea on Vocalion 14333....
"

10.01.1963 Jet Harris

Jet Harris

Jet Harris was the bassist of The Shadows until April 1962 and had subsequent success as a soloist and as a duo with drummer Tony Meehan ....
and Tony Meehan

Tony Meehan

Daniel Joseph Anthony 'Tony' Meehan was a founder member of the United Kingdom group The Shadows with Jet Harris, Hank Marvin and Bruce Welch. He played drums on early Cliff Richard and The Shadows hit record and on early Shadows instrumentals ....
- "Diamonds

Diamonds (Jerry Lordan song)

Diamonds is an instrumental written by Jerry Lordan. It was a #1 hit in the UK for Jet Harris and Tony Meehan.The guitar Jet Harris used on the record was a Fender six string bass....
"

24.01.1963 Frank Ifield

Frank Ifield

The Tremeloes

Do You Love Me

"Do You Love Me" is a 1962 hit single recorded by The Contours for Motown Records's Gordy Records label. Written and produced by Motown CEO Berry Gordy, Jr., "Do You Love Me?" was the Contours' only Top 40 single on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the United States....
"

23.01.1964 The Bachelors

The Bachelors

The Bachelors is a popular music band , originating from Dublin, Ireland....
- "Diane

Diane (song)

Diane is a song by Erno Rapee and Lew Pollack originally written as a theme song for the 1927 classic silent movie "Seventh Heaven ".The song appears on the 1961 Miles Davis Quintet album Steamin' with The Miles Davis Quintet, originally recorded in 1956....
"

06.02.1964 Cilla Black

Cilla Black

Cilla Black Order of the British Empire is an England singer-songwriter and television personality. After a successful recording career, she went on to become the highest paid female presenter in British television history....
- "Anyone Who Had a Heart"

12.03.1964 Peter & Gordon

Peter & Gordon

Peter and Gordon were a British Invasion-era performing duo, formed by Peter Asher and Gordon Waller, that rocketed to fame in 1964 with "A World Without Love" and had several subsequent hits in that era....
- "A World Without Love

A World Without Love

"A World Without Love" is a song that was recorded by the English duo Peter and Gordon and released as their first single in February 1964, reaching #1 in the UK Singles Chart in April....
" 02.04.1964 The Four Pennies

The Four Pennies

The Four Pennies were an England, 1960s pop music band , most notable for their 1964 United Kingdom chart-topper song, "Juliet ". The group's name came after a meeting above the Blackburn record shop owned by Mary Reidy, the shop being situated on 'Penny Street' where it is still located today as 'Reidy's Home of Music'....
- "Juliet

Juliet (song)

"Juliet" is a pop music song made famous by the musical ensemble The Four Pennies. The track was sound recording and reproduction in 1964....
"

07.05.1964 Cilla Black

Cilla Black

You're My World

"You're My World" is a song composed and originally recorded by the Italian singer-songwriter Umberto Bindi. Originally titled "Il Mio Mondo" in Italian, it was released as a single in 1963 and became a smash hit throughout Italy....
"

17.12.1964 Georgie Fame

Georgie Fame

Georgie Fame is a United Kingdom rhythm and blues and jazz singer and Keyboard instrument player. He was born in Leigh, Greater Manchester....
- "Yeh Yeh

Yeh Yeh

"Yeh Yeh" is a Latin American music Soul music song. It was written by Rodgers Grant and Pat Patrick and first recorded by Mongo Santamaria on his 1963 album Watermelon Man ....
"

07.01.1965 The Seekers

The Seekers

The Seekers were a group of Australian folk music-influenced pop music musicians that was formed in Melbourne in 1962. They were the first Australian popular music group to achieve significant chart and sales success in the United Kingdom and the United States....
- "I'll Never Find Another You

I'll Never Find Another You

I'll Never Find Another You is a UK #1 single by The Seekers. It was The Seekers' first UK-released single, and was the best selling single of 1965 in the UK....
"

11.02.1965 Tom Jones

Tom Jones (singer)

It's Not Unusual

"It's Not Unusual" is a song recorded by Tom Jones and written by Les Reed and Gordon Mills. It was the second Decca-single Jones released, and reached number one in the UK charts in 1965....
" (not the main guitar)

22.04.1965 Jackie Trent

Jackie Trent

Jackie Trent is an English people singer, songwriter, and actor....
- "Where Are You Now (My Love)

Where Are You Now (My Love)

"Where Are You Now " is a 1965 in music song written by Tony Hatch and Jackie Trent, and was recorded by Trent. The single gave Trent her one and only solo #1 hit when it reached the top of the UK singles chart for one week on 21 May 1965....
" 13.05.1965 Sandie Shaw

Sandie Shaw

Sandie Shaw was one of the most successful United Kingdom female singers of the 1960s. With her hair, slender frame, model cheekbones and outfits, she has been described as the ultimate working-class It girl....
- "Long Live Love

Long Live Love

Long Live Love is an album recorded by Olivia Newton-John, released in 1974 on EMI ....
" 19.08.1965 The Walker Brothers

The Walker Brothers

Make It Easy On Yourself

"Make It Easy On Yourself" is a popular music song songwriter by Burt Bacharach and Hal David.Written in 1962 and originally intended for Dionne Warwick, it was instead offered to Jerry Butler whose version was a #20 hit record on the Billboard Hot 100....
"

02.09.1965 Ken Dodd

Ken Dodd

Kenneth Arthur Dodd Order of the British Empire is a veteran England comedian and singer songwriter, famous for selling over 100 million records, his buck teeth, frizzy hair, feather duster , and his catchphrases, often playing on the 'tickled' motif, ex: "How tickled I am!"....
- "Tears

Tears (Ken Dodd song)

"Tears" is a song written by lyricist Frank Capano and composer Billy Uhr in the 1930s. It was recorded as a single by Ken Dodd, which was released in 1965....
" 28.10.1965 The Seekers

The Seekers

The Carnival Is Over

"The Carnival Is Over" is a pop-folk song written by Tom Springfield in 1965 for the Australian group The Seekers, and The Seekers close their concerts with the song....
"

13.01.1966 The Overlanders

The Overlanders (band)

The Overlanders were a United Kingdom musical ensemble active during the 1960s....
- "Michelle

Michelle (song)

"Michelle" is a Grammy Award?winning love ballad by the Beatles, mainly written by Paul McCartney, which is featured on their Rubber Soul album....
" 03.03.1966 The Walker Brothers

The Walker Brothers

The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore

"The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine " is the name of a song written by Bob Crewe and Bob Gaudio. It was released as a single by Frankie Valli in 1965 in music on the Smash Records label....
"

31.03.1966 Dusty Springfield

Dusty Springfield

Mary Isabel Catherine Bernadette O'Brien, Officer of the Order of the British Empire , known as Dusty Springfield, was a leading pop music singer and entertainer....
- "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me

You Don't Have to Say You Love Me

"You Don't Have to Say You Love Me" is a song recorded by United Kingdom singer Dusty Springfield. It is an English version of an Italian song called "Io che non vivo " written by Pino Donaggio and Vito Pallavicini....
"

23.06.1966 Chris Farlowe

Chris Farlowe

Chris Farlowe is a successful English people popular music, Rhythm and blues and soul music singer....
- "Out of Time" 10.11.1966 Tom Jones

Tom Jones (singer)

Green Green Grass of Home

"Green Green Grass of Home", written by Curly Putman, is a country music song originally made popular by Porter Wagoner in 1964 and Bobby Bare in 1965....
"

26.01.1967 Engelbert Humperdinck

Engelbert Humperdinck (singer)

Engelbert Humperdinck is a well-known Pop music singer who rose to international fame during the 1960s and 1970s, after adopting the name of the famous Germany opera composer Engelbert Humperdinck as his own stage name....
- "Release Me

Release Me (1946 song)

"Release Me" is a popular music song by Eddie Miller , Robert Yount, and Dub Williams, published in 1946 in music.Miller wrote the song in 1946 in music but could not get anyone to record it for years, so he recorded it himself in 1953 in music....
" 02.02.1967 Petula Clark

Petula Clark

This Is My Song (1967 song)

This Is My Song was a 1966 composition by Charles Chaplin. The song was intended for the film A Countess From Hong Kong which Chaplin wrote and directed....
" 16.03.1967 Sandie Shaw

Sandie Shaw

Puppet on a String

"Puppet on a String" is the name of the Eurovision Song Contest-winning song in 1967 by United Kingdom singer Sandie Shaw. It was her thirteenth UK single release....
" 27.04.1967 The Tremeloes

The Tremeloes

Engelbert Humperdinck (singer)

The Last Waltz (song)

"The Last Waltz" was one of Engelbert Humperdinck biggest hits, spending List of number-one singles from the 1960s #1967. Humperdinck had already had a number one in the UK earlier in the year with "Release Me " which had spent 6 weeks at the top....
" 08.11.1967 Long John Baldry

Long John Baldry

John William Baldry, popularly known as Long John Baldry, was an English people blues singer. He sang with many British musicians, Rod Stewart and Elton John appearing in bands led by Baldry in the 1960s....
- "Let The Heartaches Begin

Let the Heartaches Begin

"Let the Heartaches Begin" was a song performed by United Kingdom singer Long John Baldry. The single was a number one hit in the UK Singles Chart on 22 November 1967 where it stayed for a total of two weeks....
"

03.01.1968 Love Affair

Love Affair (band)

Love Affair were a London based Pop music, soul music, Rhythm and blues group formed in 1966. They had several UK Singles Chart Top 40 hit record, including the chart-topper success "Everlasting Love"....
- "Everlasting Love

Everlasting Love

"Everlasting Love" is a song written by Buzz Cason and Mac Gayden. The song was first a hit for soul singer Robert Knight in 1967. It was also recorded by several other artists in the years since....
" 14.02.1968 Esther and Abi Ofarim

Esther and Abi Ofarim

Esther Ofarim is an Israeli female singer.She met Abi Ofarim, a guitarist and dancer, in 1959 and subsequently married him. With her husband and without him she began to sing Hebrew and international folk songs....
- "Cinderella Rockafella"

14.02.1968 Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich - "The Legend of Xanadu

The Legend of Xanadu

"The Legend of Xanadu" is a single by Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich that reached chart-topper in the UK Singles Chart in 1968 in music, and was the group's biggest hit record....
"

08.05.1968 Des O'Connor

Des O'Connor

Desmond Bernard O'Connor, Order of the British Empire is a England television personality and singer. A former talkshow host, he was the presenter of the long running Channel 4 gameshow Countdown until late-2008....
- "I Pretend"

06.11.1968 The Scaffold

The Scaffold

The Scaffold were a comedy, poetry and music trio from Liverpool, England, consisting of Mike McGear , Roger McGough and John Gorman ....
- "Lily The Pink

Lily the Pink (song)

"Lily the Pink" is a popular single by Liverpool comedy group The Scaffold.Based on the folk song "The Ballad Of Lydia Pinkham", "Lily the Pink" was a surprise hit, becoming the Christmas #1 in the UK singles chart for four weeks, in December 1968....
" 04.12.1968 Marmalade

Marmalade (band)

Marmalade were a successful Scotland pop/rock musical group, from Glasgow in Scotland, originally known as Dean Ford and The Gaylords between 1961 and 1966....
- "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da

Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da

"Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" is a song by The Beatles originally released on the double-disc album The Beatles , and later released as a single. It is mostly written by Paul McCartney, though credited to Lennon/McCartney....
"

08.02.1969 Peter Sarstedt

Peter Sarstedt

Peter Sarstedt is an Anglo-Indian singer-songwriter....
- "Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)

Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)

"Where Do You Go To ?" is a 1969 in music song by Peter Sarstedt. It was List of number-one singles from the 1960s #1969 for six weeks in 1969 and was awarded the 1969 Ivor Novello Award, together with David Bowie's "Space Oddity"....
" 11.07.1969 Thunderclap Newman

Thunderclap Newman

Thunderclap Newman was a late 1960s One-hit wonder musical ensemble from the United Kingdom. Their single , "Something in the Air ", a 1969 UK Chart-topper hit record, remains in demand for television commercials, film soundtracks, and compilation album....
- "Something in the Air

Something In The Air (song)

"Something in the Air" is a song recorded by Thunderclap Newman. It was a UK #1 single for three weeks in July 1969. The song was later covered by The Mandrake Memorial in 1970, Fish and Promised Land in 1991, Tom Petty in 1993, Eurythmics in 1999, The Superjesus in 2001, Elbow and Wellwater Conspiracy in 2003, and Hayley Sanderson in 20...
"

30.07.1969 Jane Birkin

Jane Birkin

Jane Mallory Birkin Order of British Empire is an English actress, singer and film director who lives in France.Birkin was born in London, England, to David Birkin, a Royal Navy lieutenant-commander and World War II espionage operative, and Judy Campbell, an actress in Noel Coward musicals....
and Serge Gainsbourg

Serge Gainsbourg

Serge Gainsbourg was a France singer-songwriter, actor and Film director. Gainsbourg's varied musical style and individuality made him difficult to categorize....
- "Je t'aime... moi non plus

Je t'aime... moi non plus

"Je t'aime... moi non plus" is the title of a French song written by Serge Gainsbourg, arranged by Arthur Greenslade and sung by Gainsbourg and his lover at the time, Jane Birkin....
"

22.11.1969 Rolf Harris

Rolf Harris

Rolf Harris Order of the British Empire, Order of Australia , is an Australian musician, singer, composer, Painting, and Presenter....
- "Two Little Boys

Two Little Boys

"Two Little Boys" is a song written by United States composer Theodore Morse and lyricist Edward Madden. It was written in 1902 and became a popular music hall song of the time, made popular by Harry Lauder....
"

04.04.1970 Dana

Dana Rosemary Scallon

Dana Rosemary Scallon is better known simply as Dana, an Irish people and former politician. Her career began when, as an Advanced Level student, she won the Eurovision Song Contest 1970 with "All Kinds of Everything", a subsequent worldwide million-seller....
- "All Kinds of Everything

All Kinds Of Everything

"All Kinds of Everything" was the winning song in the Eurovision Song Contest 1970, written by Derry Lindsay and Jackie Smith, and sung in English Language by Dana Rosemary Scallon representing Republic of Ireland in Amsterdam....
" 05.06.1971 Middle of the Road

Middle of the road

Middle of the Road music encompasses several styles; it is not a genre, but a commercial radio format. MOR music is broadly popular music in outlook, but not technically cutting edge; generally, it is strongly melody and often features vocal harmony technique and orchestral arrangements....
- "Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep

Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep

"Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep" is a song made popular in 1971 by Middle of the Road for whom it was a UK number one chart hit.Written by Harold Stott , it was a minor hit in Italy and Australia for the composer, as well as on the Billboard Hot 100, where it charted but failed to achieve significant success as the cover by Mac and Katie Kissoo...
" 13.11.1971 Benny Hill

Benny Hill

Alfred Hawthorne "Benny" Hill , was an England comedian, actor and singer, best known for his television programme The Benny Hill Show....
- "Ernie (The Fastest Milkman in the West)

Ernie (the Fastest Milkman in the West)

"Ernie " was an innuendo-laden comic song written and performed by Benny Hill. The song was first performed on TV in the 1970s, and released as a successful recording in 1971....
" 18.12.1971 New Seekers - "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing

I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing

"I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing " is a pop music song which originated as an advertising jingle, produced by Roquel Billy Davis and sung by the Hillside Singers, for Coca-Cola, and was featured in 1971 as a television commercial....
" 21.10.1972 Gilbert O'Sullivan

Gilbert O'Sullivan

Clair (song)

"Clair" is a popular song by Irish people singer and songwriter Gilbert O'Sullivan and is one of his biggest selling singles. Written by O'Sullivan and produced by Gordon Mills, it was the number one single in the UK for two weeks in November 1972 and peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 in the USA....
" 17.03.1973 Gilbert O'Sullivan

Gilbert O'Sullivan

Peters and Lee

Peters and Lee were a successful British folk/pop duo of the 1970s, comprising Lennie Peters and Dianne Lee ....
- "Welcome Home

Welcome Home (1973 song)

"Welcome Home" was a song made popular by Peters and Lee.Originally written by Jean Alphonse Dupre and Stanislas Beldone in French and translated into English by Bryan Blackburn the record was produced by Johnny Franz....
" 24.11.1973 New Seekers - "You Won't Find Another Fool Like Me

You Won't Find Another Fool Like Me

You Won't Find Another Fool Like Me was a popular song by The New Seekers.Written by Tony Macaulay and Geoff Stephens and produced by Tommy Oliver, You Won't Find Another Fool Like Me was the band's second and final number one single in the UK, spending a single week at the top of the chart in January 1974....
" 16.02.1974 Alvin Stardust

Alvin Stardust

Alvin Stardust is an England pop singer and stage actor....
- "Jealous Mind

Jealous Mind

Pilot (band)

Pilot was a pop rock group formed in 1973 in Edinburgh, Scotland by former Bay City Rollers members David Paton and Billy Lyall. This was prior to the Bay City Rollers 'hitting the big time'....
- "January"

Albums

1965 Big Jim Sullivan (Charles Blackwell and Jimmy Sullivan) - Folklore With A Beat (deleted)

1967 M Kansara (aka Big Jim Sullivan) De Wolfe Records DWLP3060 - Sounds of India (deleted)

1968 Big Jim Sullivan & Barry Morgan - The Perfumed Garden (deleted)

1968 Big Jim Sullivan - Sitar Beat (available on CD

Compact Disc

A Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store Data , originally developed for storing digital audio. The CD, available on the market since October 1982, remains the standard physical medium for sale of commercial Sound recording and reproduction to the present day....
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1969 Big Jim Sullivan - Lord Sitar (available on CD)

The 1970 album Jim Sullivan - UFO (label Monnie or Century City) is not Big Jim Sullivan (deleted)

The 1972 album self titled Jim Sullivan (label Playboy) is not Big Jim Sullivan (deleted)

1973 Big Jim Sullivan - Sullivan Plays O'Sullivan (deleted)

1974 Big Jim Sullivan - Big Jim's Back (available on CD)

1975 Tiger - Tiger (deleted)

1976 Tiger - Goin' Down Laughing (deleted)

1983 Tiger - Test Of Time (deleted - unreleased when recorded in 1977, but released later by manager John Glover)

1992 Jim Sullivan - Forbidden Zones - Guitar Tutoring (deleted VHS

VHS

The Video Home System, better known by its abbreviation VHS, is a recording and playing standard developed by JVC and launched in Europe and Asia in September 1976, and the United States in June 1977....
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1994 Tiger - Test Of Time (available on CD)

1998 Big Jim Sullivan - Big Jim's Back / Tiger (available on CD)

2001 Big Jim Sullivan - Mr Rock Guitar (aka Ultimate Rock Guitar) (available on CD)

2003 BJS Duo - Hayley's Eyes (available from Sullivan's website

Website

A Web site is a collection of related Web pages, images, videos or other digital assets that are hosted on one Web server, usually accessible via the Internet....
on CD)

2003 Big Jim Sullivan - Rockin' Rebels (deleted)

2004 The Big Jim Sullivan Trio - Jazz Cafe (available on three CDs)

2005 The Big Jim Sullivan Band - Live At Coolham (available from Sullivan's website on two VHS

VHS

DVD

External links

A more extensive biography of his career is listed here.
A listing of nearly every UK Hit Single and Album that he played on.