Jimmy Stevens

Jimmy Stevens (born 5 August 1942) was an English singer-songwriter and musician. He was the lead vocalist of the Beathovens. He worked with Maurice Gibb between 1971 and 1973, Stevens was born in 5 August 1942 on Liverpool, England to Tom and Mary Stevens. He had a brother called Tommy and a sister, Mary. The family lived in Garston and Speke.< His father bought him an old pub piano, but like many of his generation he veered away from his classical training.

Stevens was the lead vocalist of the Beathovens, a Merseybeat group that appeared regularly at The Cavern Club in Liverpool(city. According to one source, the Daily Mirror once described Stevens as "a fat John Lennon [who] writes like a broken-down poet and sings like he chews gravel for breakfast." In 1966, he released a solo single, I Love You, backed by Wharf 130, both songs written by Stevens. Around 1971, he was heard in Cam Studios in Moorfield by two Robert Stigwood representatives. A deal and the tour with Emerson, Lake and Palmer followed, which Stevens recalls with mixed emotions. 'You'd go on and find people were chanting 'ELP' when you were trying to sing.' In October 1971, he recorded his two compositions Tears (Behind My Eyes and The Band, produced by Maurice Gibb and Billy Lawrie. In 1972, he released his album Don't Freak Me Out on Atlantic Records, produced by Maurice Gibb. In 1973 a US version of the album, called Paid My Dueswas released. (Read more at Wikipedia)

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Peel doesn't seem to have played Jimmy Stevens' earliest efforts, but he was impressed enough by the singer's early 1970s work to have him record two sessions for Top Gear. The DJ also played tracks from the "Don't Freak Me Out" album on the show, and recommeded it in an article reprinted in The Olivetti Chronicles: "the excellent writer/singer Jimmy Stevens, whose Don't Freak Me Out LP on Atlantic you have almost certainly ignored—to your cost".

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