Tommy steele biography 1963
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Tommy steele biography 1963
Tommy Steele
British singer and actor Date of Birth: 17.12.1936 Country: Great Britain |
Content:
- Biography of Tommy Steele
- Early Life and Career
- Rise to Fame
- Career Shift
Biography of Tommy Steele
Tommy Steele, born Thomas Wilson Hicks, is a British singer, actor, and musician.
He became famous as the first British teenage idol and the first English rock and roll star. Steele was also awarded the Order of the British Empire.
Early Life and Career
Born in London, Tommy Steele gained his popular image as a "Cockney kid next door" from his childhood years.
Before embarking on a singing career, Steele had various occupations, including working as a sailor on a merchant ship. Due to his poor health, he was exempt from military service because of a severe cardiomyopathy (although he claims to have had severe flat feet in his autobiography).
During breaks from his sailing trips or during seamen strikes, Steele played guitar and banjo and sang at a dockside ca