Chris Youlden
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{{short description|English singer (1943–2025)}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Chris Youlden
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| birth_name = Christopher Thomas Youlden
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1943|01|01|df=y}}
| birth_place = Dagenham, Essex, England
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2025|4|4|1943|01|01|df=yes}}
| genre = Blues rock
| occupation = Musician, singer-songwriter
| instrument = Vocals, piano, guitar
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| label = London
| associated_acts = Savoy Brown
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Christopher Thomas Youlden (1 January 1943 – 4 April 2024) was an English blues rock singer. He worked with the British blues band Savoy Brown from 1967 until 1970. He later released several solo albums.
His albums with Savoy Brown are Getting to the Point (1968), Blue Matter (1969), A Step Further (1969), and Raw Sienna (1970). Youlden was not only the vocalist and played piano, but wrote many of their songs, including six out of nine songs on Raw Sienna. He died of bronchial pneumonia on 4 April 2024, at the age of 82.[https://www.ogdoo.gr/erevna/thema/pethane-o-kris-gioylnten-ton-savoy-brown Πέθανε ο Κρις Γιούλντεν των Savoy Brown] {{in lang|el}}
Discography
- Nowhere Road (1973) – London Spectrum Generic CD 3694 01 Remaster 2003 (Canada)
- City Child (1974) – London Spectrum Generic CD 3693 03 Remaster 2003 (Canada)
- Legend (1979) – London
- Second Sight (1991) – Ruf Records, Line Records{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/second-sight-mw0000619013 |title=Second Sight - Chris Youlden | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards |publisher=AllMusic |date= |accessdate=2015-04-05}}
- Matico / Chris Youlden & The Big Picture (2006) – Midnight Records/Littlehorn CD{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/chris-youlden-mn0000115830 |title=Chris Youlden | Discography |publisher=AllMusic |date= |accessdate=2015-04-05}}{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/artist/634544-Chris-Youlden |title=Chris Youlden Discography at Discogs |publisher=Discogs.com |date= |accessdate=2015-04-05}}
- ''Closing Time / Chris Youlden &The Slammers (2018) —The Last Music Company {{cite web|author= |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/closing-time-mw0003200990|title= Closing Time - Slammers/Chris Youlden |publisher=AllMusic |date= |accessdate=2025-04-17}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.wirz.de/music/youldsc.htm Illustrated Chris Youlden discography]
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- [https://www.lastmusic.co.uk/artists/chris-youlden-the-slammers Chris Youlden] biography at Last Music Company.
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Category:English blues musicians
Category:English blues singers
Category:Singers from the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham
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