Brian Ferry was born on September 26, 1945 in Washington, England, in the family of a miner. He began his musical career as a singer under the direction of pop conceptualist Richard Hamilton, while studying at the University of Newcastle on Tyne. Brian Ferry later joined the soul band Gas Board. In 1970, along with bassist Graham Simpson, he formed the band Roxy Music. The band's success was phenomenal, allowing Ferry to release his first solo album in 1973. "These Foolish Things" combines elegant
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Brian Ferry was born on September 26, 1945 in Washington, England, in the family of a miner. He began his musical career as a singer under the direction of pop conceptualist Richard Hamilton, while studying at the University of Newcastle on Tyne. Brian Ferry later joined the soul band Gas Board. In 1970, along with bassist Graham Simpson, he formed the band Roxy Music. The band's success was phenomenal, allowing Ferry to release his first solo album in 1973. "These Foolish Things" combines elegant interpretations of the hits of the 60s ("A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall" by Bob Dylan, "Sympathy for the Devil" by the Rolling Stones, "You Won't See Me" by the Beatles). The following year, Ferry's new solo album, "AnotherTime, Another Place", was released with "You Are My Sunshine", "It Ain't Me, Babe", and "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes". 1976 saw the release of Let's Stick Together, which also included remixes and reworks of Rocky Music's hits. The original works were used in the compilation of Brian Ferry's In Your Mind (1977). After the release of "The Bride Stripped Bare" in 1978, Ferry's new album appeared only in 1985 - the disc "Boys and Girls" was the first "official" solo album of the singer after the collapse of the group "Roxy Music". Among other albums of Brian Ferry can be called "Bete Noire" (1987), "Taxi" (1993), "Mamouna" (1994).
In 1999 Ferry released the album "As Times Go By", consisting entirely of old songs of the thirties, performed with extraordinary ease and grace. Soon he and his old friends Phil Manzanera and Andy Mackay temporarily revived the band and embarked on a tour with Rocky Music. After a long break, Ferry returned to his solo career, recording "Frantic", which resembled his previous work, but differed more dense, more fatal sound in the spirit of the seventies.