Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames

Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames
Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames
	Lead vocalist Georgie Fame in Stockholm 1968
Background information
Also known as	The Blue Flames
Origin	Britain
Genres	R&B; pop; rock; jazz;
Past members	Georgie Fame; Colin Green; Red Reece; Tex Makins; Eddie Thornton; Alan "Earl" Watson; Neeomi "Speedy" Acguaye; Joe Moretti; John McLaughlin; Rod "Boots" Slade; Mick Eve; Johnny Marshall; Peter Coe; Glen Hughes; Tommy Frost; Jimmy Nicol; Phil Seamen; Micky Waller; Bill Eyden; Cliff Barton; Mitch Mitchell;

Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames were a British rhythm and blues group during the 1960s whose repertoire spanned R&B, pop, rock and jazz.

They were originally the backing band for rock and roll singer Billy Fury.

At the end of 1961, their piano player Georgie Fame took over as lead vocalist and they went on to enjoy great success without Fury. They were influenced by Jon Hendricks, Mose Allison and blues musicians such as Willie Mabon.

The group found other influences in ska, which could be heard in Jamaican cafes in and around Ladbroke Grove, England, and frequented by the group's Jamaican born trumpeter Eddie Thornton. During the group's three-year residency at The Flamingo Club, Fame heard the latest jazz and blues from America, and it was Booker T. & the M.G.'s recording "Green Onions" which inspired him to take up playing Hammond organ with the band.