Tommy steele biography 1963



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Tommy steele biography 1963

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  • Tommy Steele

    British singer and actor
    Date of Birth: 17.12.1936
    Country: Great Britain

    Content:
    1. Biography of Tommy Steele
    2. Early Life and Career
    3. Rise to Fame
    4. 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