Stevie Wright

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Stevie Wright can refer to either one of two people. 1) Steven Wright, male singer from Leeds, England popular throughout the 1980's. 2) Stephanie Wright, a 16 year old finalist on American Idol 2009; making it as far as the Top 36. Steven Wright was born on 20 December 1948 in Leeds, England. His family came to Australia as assisted migrants when Stevie was nine and lived in Melbourne for a couple of years before moving to Sydney in 1960 . They settled in Villawood, in Sydney's south-west, close to the Villawood Migrant Hostel. Stevie had been bitten by the rock'n'roll bug at an early age, and in the early Sixties he fronted two local bands, The Outlaws, followed by Chris Langdon & The Langdells. The Langdells started out as a Shadows-style surf band but changed their image to Beatles clones overnight after being introduced to The Fab Four's music music by their friends, teenage vocal group The Bee Gees. Stevie (aka "Chris") was singing with the The Langdells at Suzie Wong's Disco in Sydney one night in mid-1964 and when he met Hendrickus Vandenburg and Dingeman Vandersluys, two Dutch immigrant lads from the Hostel who were in the process of putting a new band together. Like Stevie, they too had been electrified by the new possibilities opened up by the emergence of The Beatles. Stevie was already friends with another young Villawood resident, a teenage guitarist from Glasgow called George Young. The new band tried out several local kids as potential singers, including Joh

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Hard Road

The Definitive Collection

Black Eyed Bruiser

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Evie E.P

Facing the Music

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The Easybeats

Stevie Wright sings the Easy Beats

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Rock Box

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EasyFever: A Tribute To The Easybeats And Stevie Wright

Stevie Wright Sings The Easybeats

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1001 Songs Before You Die

Easy Fever - A Tribute To The Easybeats And Stevie Wright

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