Roy Young

Roy Frederick Young (20 October 1934 – 27 April 2018) was a British rock‑and‑roll singer, pianist and keyboard player. He first recorded in the late 1950s before performing in Hamburg with the Beatles. After a period with Cliff Bennett and the Rebel Rousers, he released several albums with his own band and recorded with artists such as Chuck Berry and David Bowie. Young was born in Poplar, East London, and moved with his family to Oxford at age seven. He learned boogie‑woogie piano at home and in snooker clubs, left school at 14, and joined the Merchant Navy. While in Australia, he saw the film Blackboard Jungle, and after returning to England he began a career as a professional singer and musician. In 1958, he successfully auditioned for Jack Good’s TV show Oh Boy!, performing in a style reminiscent of Little Richard. He also appeared regularly on other British pop‑music programmes, including Drumbeat — where he was backed by the John Barry Seven — and Boy Meets Girls. Billed as Roy “Rock ’em” Young, he recorded his first single, “Just Keep It Up” / “Big Fat Mama”, in 1959 for Fontana Records. Several more singles followed on the Fontana and Ember labels, though none became commercial hits. Young performed at the 2i’s Coffee Bar in Soho and toured the UK and Ireland with Cliff Richard and the Shadows, among others. In 1961, he began working at the Top Ten Club in Hamburg, performing with Tony Sheridan and the Beat Brothers, a lineup that briefly included Ringo Starr, and he recorded with Sheridan. He later secured a contract at the rival Star‑Club, where he met the Beatles and began performing with them in spring 1962. According to Young, Brian Epstein offered him a place in the group once they returned to England and signed a record deal, but Young declined due to his existing Star‑Club contract.
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