Bluesology

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Bluesology was a 1960s British blues group, best remembered as being the first professional band of Elton John (then known by his birth name Reginald Dwight). History From about 1960, organist Reginald Dwight – then aged 13 – and his neighbour, singer and guitarist Stewart "Stu" Brown, performed with a local group, the Corvettes, in Pinner, Middlesex, a suburb of London. After that group separated, the pair formed a new group, Bluesology, with Rex Bishop (bass), and Mick Inkpen (drums). According to Dwight, the band's name was in homage to the Django Reinhardt album Djangology. There had also been a 1956 piece named Bluesology by John Lewis of the Modern Jazz Quartet. By 1962 they had begun playing local pubs, and in 1963, they won a regular weekly slot at the Establishment Club in London, playing tunes by Muddy Waters, Jimmy Witherspoon and Memphis Slim, among others. In 1965, they turned professional, and signed a contract with an agency which began hiring them out as a backing band for visiting American performers, including The Isley Brothers, Doris Troy, Billy Stewart and Patti LaBelle. After recording a demo they were signed by Fontana Records. On their audition, the label preferred the singing voice of Dwight instead of the original singer of the band, Brown, and Dwight therefore sang on their first single.The single, written by Dwight, was "Come Back Baby", which was released in July 1965. In November 1965, they released a second single, "Mr. Frantic", again wr

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Come Back Baby / Time’s Getting Tougher Than Tough

To Be Continued...

Mr. Frantic / Everyday I Have The Blues

Jewel Box

Box of Pin-Ups: The British Sounds of 1965

Never Too Late: The Deeper Cuts

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Never Too Late: Soundtrack To The Disney+ Documentary

British Mod Sounds Of The 1960s

Come Back Baby

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bluesology

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Come Back Baby / Time’s Getting Tougher Than Tough - Single

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New Directions: Blue-Eyed British Soul 64-69

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