Rick Parfitt

Rick Parfitt

Richard John Parfitt, OBE (12 October 1948 – 24 December 2016) was an English musician, best known as a rhythm guitarist, singer and songwriter with rock band Status Quo. Parfitt began his career in the early 1960s, playing in pubs and holiday camps. He joined Status Quo in 1967 when they were looking for an additional singer. He wrote songs for the band and remained with them for 49 years. He occasionally guested with other bands, and recorded an unreleased solo album in 1985. In 2016, Parfitt temporarily retired from touring with the band due to ill health, and died in December of that year. His only solo album, Over and Out, was released posthumously in 2018. Richard John Parfitt was born in Woking, Surrey, on 12 October 1948. His father Richard was an insurance salesman "who was a drinker and a gambler", and his mother Lillian worked in cake shops. He described his upbringing as "wonderful", and described his childhood-self as a "typical naughty boy". He first started to learn to play the guitar at the age of 11. In 1963 Parfitt was playing guitar and singing in The Prince of Wales Feathers, a pub on Warren Street in Camden, London, when his father was approached by an agent from Sunshine Holiday Camp on Hayling Island, who gave Parfitt a performing job. At the camp Parfitt joined Jean and Gloria Harrison – performing as the double act The Harrison Twins – to form a cabaret trio called The Highlights. Following the season, the Harrison Twins' manager Joe Cohen – who had been one of the Keystone Cops – arranged for The Highlights to perform at Butlins in Minehead. Here, Parfitt met future Status Quo partner Francis Rossi, who was playing with Alan Lancaster and John Coghlan in a band called The Spectres (soon to be renamed Traffic Jam) – a forerunner to Status Quo. "I remember wandering over there one afternoon for the first time and watching them rehearse," Parfitt recalled. "I may still have been in my silver lamé suit, which I used to wear all the time. They were playing [Chuck Berry's] 'Bye Bye Johnny' and it sounded absolutely fantastic." After Parfitt befriended the band, their manager Pat Barlow invited him to join, as they needed another singer. In 1967, Traffic Jam changed their name to The Status Quo (they soon dropped the definite article and later still would often be known simply as 'Quo'), beginning Parfitt's almost 50-year career in the band. Early successes came with the Rossi-penned hit "Pictures of Matchstick Men". The single became the group's only Top 40 hit in the United States, peaking at number twelve on the Billboard Hot 100. Though the follow-up was the unsuccessful single, "Black Veils of Melancholy", they had a hit again the same year with a Marty Wilde and Ronnie Scott song, "Ice in the Sun", which climbed to number eight. The band's 1972 album Piledriver, which reached number 5, spent a total of 37 weeks on the UK Albums Chart. ... Source: Article "Rick Parfitt" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

  • Popularitate : 0.743
  • Cunoscut pentru : Acting
  • Zi de nastere : 1948-10-12
  • Locul nasterii : Woking, Surrey, England, UK
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Rick Parfitt Filme

  • 1985
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    An Audience with Billy Connolly

    An Audience with Billy Connolly

    8.4 1985 HD

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  • 2005
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    Live Aid Against All Odds

    Live Aid Against All Odds

    1 2005 HD

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  • 2013
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    Status Quo - The Frantic Four Reunion

    Status Quo - The Frantic Four Reunion

    6.8 2013 HD

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  • 2013
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    Bula Quo!

    Bula Quo!

    3.4 2013 HD

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  • 2015
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    Status Quo - Aquostic - Live at the Roundhouse

    Status Quo - Aquostic - Live at the Roundhouse

    8.5 2015 HD

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  • 2014
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    Status Quo: The Frantic Four’s Final Fling - Live At The Dublin 02 Arena

    Status Quo: The Frantic Four’s Final Fling - Live At The Dublin 02 Arena

    9 2014 HD

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  • 2012
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    Hello Quo

    Hello Quo

    5.6 2012 HD

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  • 2015
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    Status Quo - Live and Acoustic

    Status Quo - Live and Acoustic

    8 2015 HD

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  • 1989
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    Status Quo - Perfect Remedy Tour 1989

    Status Quo - Perfect Remedy Tour 1989

    7 1989 HD

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  • 1985
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    Live Aid

    Live Aid

    7.9 1985 HD

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  • 1970
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    Status Quo - The Party Ain't Over Yet

    Status Quo - The Party Ain't Over Yet

    7.5 1970 HD

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  • 2006
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    Status Quo - Just Doin' It!

    Status Quo - Just Doin' It!

    9 2006 HD

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  • 2004
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    Status Quo - Live Legends

    Status Quo - Live Legends

    1 2004 HD

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  • 1984
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    Status Quo - End Of The Road '84

    Status Quo - End Of The Road '84

    1 1984 HD

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  • 2009
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    Status Quo - Pictures Live at Montreux 2009

    Status Quo - Pictures Live at Montreux 2009

    8.3 2009 HD

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  • 1970
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    Status Quo Reunion Tour 2013

    Status Quo Reunion Tour 2013

    1 1970 HD

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  • 2004
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    Status Quo: XS All Areas - The Greatest Hits

    Status Quo: XS All Areas - The Greatest Hits

    1 2004 HD

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  • 2010
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    Status Quo - Live at the BBC

    Status Quo - Live at the BBC

    8 2010 HD

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  • 2005
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    Status Quo - Avo Session 2005

    Status Quo - Avo Session 2005

    8 2005 HD

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  • 2003
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    Status Quo - Anniversary Waltz

    Status Quo - Anniversary Waltz

    1 2003 HD

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  • 2005
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    John Peel's Record Box

    John Peel's Record Box

    8 2005 HD

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  • 1985
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    The Best of Cannon & Ball

    The Best of Cannon & Ball

    1 1985 HD

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  • 1991
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    Status Quo - Rock 'Til You Drop

    Status Quo - Rock 'Til You Drop

    1 1991 HD

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  • 2002
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    When Rock Ruled the World

    When Rock Ruled the World

    1 2002 HD

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  • 2024
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    Status Quo, Rockin' All Over The World

    Status Quo, Rockin' All Over The World

    8 2024 HD

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  • 1990
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    Les Nuls, l'émission

    Les Nuls, l'émission

    8.4 1990 HD

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  • 1978
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    An Audience with...

    An Audience with...

    5.3 1978 HD

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  • 2008
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    All Star Mr & Mrs

    All Star Mr & Mrs

    1 2008 HD

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  • 1964
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    Top of the Pops

    Top of the Pops

    6.632 1964 HD

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  • 1984
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    Surprise, Surprise

    Surprise, Surprise

    5.8 1984 HD

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  • 2002
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    Top Gear

    Top Gear

    7.457 2002 HD

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  • 1987
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    Going Live!

    Going Live!

    6 1987 HD

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  • 1989
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    Geld oder Liebe

    Geld oder Liebe

    1 1989 HD

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  • 1982
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    Champs-Elysées

    Champs-Elysées

    6.2 1982 HD

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