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Brigton boy
Frankie Miller
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Frankie was born on 2nd November 1949 in Bridgeton, Glasgow.
Born and brought up at 38 Colvend Street with his parents Kathy & Frank
and his two older sisters Letty and Anne.
He attended Sacred
Heart Primary then Sacred
Heart Secondary school known locally as Pirn Street School. He was an alter boy in Sacred
Heart Chapel yes this Brigton rocker!!!! He also played fitba for the school team and Harmony
Row Boys Club.
See Frankie's school fitba photo taken
c1959.
He first became
aware of the power of Rock and R&B through his mother’s record
collection. She had a fondness for Ray Charles while his older sisters
introduced him to Little Richard and Elvis Presley. He identified
instinctively with Little Richard’s flamboyant aggression. “ The music
was alive, exciting, I loved it. I realised later that I could get my own
aggression out through music. R&B and Soul Music, I just knew was what I
really loved”. He started writing songs at the age of nine after being given a guitar by
his parents.
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.CD albums
| Jan 1973 Once
in a blue moon |
Jan 1975 Highlife |
Sept.1975 The Rock |
Jun.1977 Full House |
| Apr.1978 Double Trouble |
Jan.1979 Falling in love |
Jul.1980 Easy money |
Jun.1982 Standing on
the edge |
| Apr.1986 Dancing in
the rain |
Mar.1994 Very best of |
Apr.1994 BBC live in
concert |
Mar.2006 Long way home |
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Frankie suffered a massive brain hemorrhage in New York on
August 25th 1994. It should have killed him but he has shown remarkable
courage to claw his way slowly back to health, after spending 15 months in
hospital. With massive support from his partner Annette and here is the
good news after all these years he is releasing a new CD, of previously
unreleased material recorded in the 1990‘s
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Get yer CDs - buy
online
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3 Jan.2006 I
received an email from Frankie's record company .... extract......
Hi Will.........we
run a small independent record company and are about to release a
new album from legendary Bridgeton boy, Frankie Miller (album ad
attached). If you're familiar with Frankie's previous work, you'll
know that several of his songs pay homage to Bridgeton and his music
company is named Bridgeton Music. Frankie has fallen in love with an
image of Bridgeton on your website and would love to use this as
part of the cover artwork.
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The image they were looking for and did indeed use was a painting by John
Boyd called "reflections" |
Here at long last, is an album of previously unreleased material recorded
in the 1990‘s. The album showcases Frankie’s legendary vocal talents
as well as focusing on Frankie the songwriter.
One number, You’re The Star has already been a 1995 hit single for Rod
Stewart. The album features appearances from, amongst others, The
Eagles’ Joe Walsh, Nicky Hopkins of The
Jeff Beck Group and Ian Wallace (King Crimson
/ Bob Dylan), who alongside Chrissie Stewart
made up the band Fire And Brimstone.
The numbers included here from this line up include the much sought after
Guilty Of The Crime. Co-writers on the album include Will
Jennings (Eric Clapton / Celine Dion) and Jerry
Lynn Williams (Eric Clapton).
Frankie the interpreter is highlighted on the album’s two cover
versions, The Rose the song made famous by
Bette Midler in the film of the same name and He’ll
Have To Go previously immortalised by country legend Jim
Reeves.
The album cuts a path from acoustic ballads to out and out rockers via
country and soul tinged tracks, encapsulating Frankie‘s wide variety of
musical styles.
From Bridgeton, Glasgow, Scotland via international success across America
and Europe it’s been a Long Way Home.
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