Andy Ellison

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Andy Ellison
Born	July 5, 1945 (1945-07-05) (age 62) Finchley, North London
Years active	1960s - present
Label(s)	Track Records etc.
Associated acts	John's Children, Jet, Radio Stars
Website	angelfire.com

Andy Ellison (born 5 July 1945, Finchley, North London) is a musician and vocalist best known as the frontman in John's Children, Jet and Radio Stars.

During the height of John's Children's almost non-existent popularity, he carried a pillowcase stuffed with feathers, throwing them around the stage. On the group's (in)famous 1967 tour with The Who, Ellison threw feathers around the stage so much that Roger Daltrey could not sing.^{[citation needed]}

A song sung by Ellison, "It's Been A Long Time," appears on the soundtrack - better known for its contributions from The Spencer Davis Group and Traffic - to the film, Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush.

Radio Stars^[1], a punk rock band, had only one UK Top 40 hit, "Nervous Wreck" in early 1978. It peaked at #39. The b-side to the single was a cover of Marc Bolan's "Horrible Breath", a John's Children staple.

Today, Ellison front's a reformed version of John's Children.

[edit] Discography

• Cornflake Zoo - solo singles, demos, and rarities - CD - Voiceprint VP364CD Release date: 11 September 2006 ^[2]

1. "You Can't Do That" (Lennon/McCartney)
2. "Cornflake Zoo"
3. "Hippy Gumbo" (Marc Bolan)
4. "It's Been A Long Time"
5. "Casbah Candy"
6. "Help!" (Lennon/McCartney)
7. "Fool From Upper Eden"
8. "Lucky Lie"
9. "Train In My Head"
10. "To The Beat of A Different Drummer"
11. "Life's Too Short"
12. "Hurt Myself"
13. "She's So Dissatisfied"
14. "Something She Said"
15. "Heather Lane"
16. "Anyway Goodbye"

• Fourplay - self published, 2008. EP featuring four new solo recordings written, recorded and produced by Ellison in 2007.

1. "Anyway Goodbye"
2. "She's Trying To Kill Me"
3. "Cold Light"
4. "Cluster Bombs"

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Andy Ellison at myspace
• Official site
• Radio Stars official site
• Martin Gordon official site
• http://stores.ebay.co.uk/Andy-Ellison-Radio-Stars
• http://www.myspace.com/legendaryjohnschildren