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Tommy Steele — Was he more Pop than Rock’n’Roll?

Photo of Tommy Steel courtesy of You Tube video by People Are Wholesome

All round entertainer Tommy Steele turned 86 years of age this week. He was born on 17 December 1936 in Bermondsey, London, which makes him a Cockney geezer.

66 years ago this week he had a #1 hit record in the UK with his cover of Guy Mitchell’s ‘Singing The Blues’, which had spent ten weeks at the…