In early 1963, Lynch had been on the same bill as the Beatles on the group's first British tour John Lennon and Paul McCartney wrote "Misery" in January 1963, in the hopes that the artist on top of the bill, Helen Shapiro, would record it. He is also known for a single release of " Misery", the first cover version of a Beatles song to be released. Two top ten hits were " Up on the Roof", in January 1963 and " You Can Never Stop Me Loving You", in August, 1963. After leaving school at 15 and working various jobs, he did national service in the Royal Army Service Corps and was the regimental featherweight boxing champion.īefore Lynch had several UK hit singles in the early 1960s, he released "Twist Me Pretty Baby" with Bert Weedon in 1962 ( HMV-45 POP 989) the label's credit reads "Shouts by Kenny Lynch". His father was born in Barbados and his mother was mixed-raced British and Jamaican. His sister Gladys (stage name Maxine Daniels) was a jazz singer of some note. Lynch was born in Stepney, East London, in 1938, where he grew up on Cornwall Street, the youngest in a family of 14 children. He was appointed an OBE in the 1970 New Year Honours list. At the time, he was among the few black singers in British pop music. He appeared in many variety shows in the 1960s. Kenneth Lynch, OBE (18 March 1938 – 18 December 2019) was an English singer, songwriter, entertainer, and actor.
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