Alan Price

Alan Price (born 19 April 1942) is an English musician, best known as the original keyboardist for the British band the Animals and for his subsequent solo work. Price was born in Fatfield, Washington, County Durham, and was educated at Jarrow Grammar School, South Tyneside. He is a self-taught musician and was a founding member of Tyneside group the Alan Price Rhythm and Blues Combo, which was later renamed the Animals. His organ-playing on songs by the Animals, such as "House of the Rising Sun", "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" and "Bring It On Home To Me" was a key element in the group's success.

After leaving the Animals, Price went on to have success on his own with his own band the Alan Price Set and later with Georgie Fame. He introduced the songs of Randy Newman to a wider audience. Later, he appeared on his own television show as well as achieving success with film scores, including winning critical acclaim for his musical contribution to the 1973 film O Lucky Man! as well as writing the score to the stage musical Andy Capp. In addition, he has appeared as an actor in films and television productions. (Read more at Wikipedia)

Links to Peel
Alan Price never seemed to be a special favourite of John Peel's; he never recorded a session for a Peel show, and tracks by him in Peel playlists are scarce. Yet Peel wrote an appreciative piece on him for the Kmentertainer of December 17, 1966, which showed that the DJ, then living in the USA, was well aware of Price's records. Most of them were chart successes in the UK but sold less well in America.

In 1968, the Alan Price Set broke up, the leader electing to follow a solo career. One of the band members, trumpeter John Walters, left in 1967, and applied for a job as a production assistant at the BBC, hoping to find work on the new pop station, Radio One. He was successful and in 1969 took over as producer of Peel's Top Gear, becoming a key figure in the DJ's subsequent career. Some of the clips from their hit period, including one of their version of Randy Newman's "Simon Smith And The Amazing Dancing Bear", feature a trumpeter who may be the young Walters.

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