Alan Klein | |
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Birth name | Alan Charles Klein |
Born | Clerkenwell, London, England | 29 June 1940
Genres | Pop music |
Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter, musician |
Instrument(s) | Guitar, vocals |
Years active | 1960s–present |
Labels | Decca, Parlophone, Oriole |
Alan Charles Klein (born 29 June 1940) [1] is an English singer-songwriter and musician. He wrote the soundtrack for the stage play and film, What a Crazy World (1963). [1] [2] In 1964, he released his only solo album, Well at Least It's British, that was re-released in 2008 by RPM Records. [3]
Klein was born in Clerkenwell, London. Some of his recordings were made with the record producer, Joe Meek. [1]
In 1966, he went on tour as lead vocalist of The New Vaudeville Band, billed as 'Tristam, Seventh Earl of Cricklewood'. [1] A year earlier, Klein wrote and performed a parody of "Eve of Destruction", with an attack on folk-singers such as Donovan and Bob Dylan, entitled "Age of Corruption". It used the same melody as P. F. Sloan's song, and was released as a track on Klein's album Well at Least It's British, and as a single. [4]
"Honey Pie" / "You Turned a Nightmare into a Dream" was also released in the U.S., under the pseudonym "Earl of Cricklewood" (Page One 21,021; March 1969). [6]