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Sat 15 Jan, 2005 11:12 am
Some possibles to choose from:
Tom Jones
Manic Street Preachers
The Stereophonics
Shirley Bassey
Super Furry Animals
Shakin Stevens
John Cale
Bryn Terfel (opera)
Catatonia
Cerys Matthews
Michael Ball
Dave Edmunds
Charlotte Church
The Alarm
Bonnie Tyler
Goldie Lookin Chain
Aled Jones
Stuart Burrows (opera)
Mary Hopkin
Gorki's Zygotic Mynci
Gwyneth Jones (opera)
Lisa Scott-Lee
Steve Strange
Spencer Davis
Harry Secombe
Julian Cope
Badfinger
Phil Campbell (Motorhead)
Donna Lewis
Andy Bell
Funeral for a Friend
Andy Fairweather-Low
Geraint Evans (opera)
Terry Williams (Dire Straits)
Roger Glover (Deep Purple)
Ricky Valance
60 ft Dolls
Noel Sullivan (Hearsay)
H (Steps)
Howard Jones
Iris Williams
Amen Corner
Dafydd Iwan
Green Gartside (Scritti Politti)
Any other favourites not listed, suggestions, comments welcome.
I'm not counting Petula Clark, born in England of Welsh parentage and brought up as a "Welsh lass", nor Kylie Minogue (Welsh mother), Olivia Newton John (Welsh parentage), Jack Jones (Welsh father), Hank Williams (Welsh parentage), Nanci Griffith (Welsh parentage), David Evans ("The Edge" of U2: too Irish?), David Gray (though brought up in Wales) among others. And i'm not convinced Elvis Presley's family origins were really in the Preseli hills of Pembrokeshire!
A lot of great talent from this tiny land. I'm a skiver from way back having got my A-Levels at Atlantic Ciollege, located near LLantwit Major. I got to meet Edmunds when he played at our school with Love Sculpture I believe.
A coincidence then that it was you who replied also to my thread on Amalia from Portugal! I live near Brecon. We like driving down to the coast by Llantwit Major quite often these days, in fact were there on beautiful New Year's Eve. The cliffs were gold in the sun.
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