Clive Shakespeare

Clive Shakespeare
Birth name Clive Richard Shakespeare
Born 3 June 1949 (1949-06-03) (age 62)
Origin Southampton, England
Genres pop/rock
Occupations guitarist, producer
Years active 1968–present
Associated acts Sherbet

Clive Richard Shakespeare (born 3 June 1949, Southampton, England) is an English-born Australian guitarist and producer and he is a co-founder of Sherbet which had commercial success in the 1970s including their number one singles, "Summer Love" in 1975 (co-written by Shakespeare with Garth Porter) and "Howzat" in 1976.[1][2][3]

Biography

Main article: Sherbet (band)

Clive Shakespeare was born in England in 1949 and his family migrated to Australia. As lead guitarist, he joined various bands including The Road Agents in 1968 in Sydney with Terry Hyland on vocals, then he formed Down Town Roll as a covers band. Other members were Adrian Cuff on organ, Frank Ma on vocals, Doug Rea on bass guitar, Pam Slater on vocals and Danny Taylor on drums. Rea, Shakespeare and Taylor went on to found pop/rock band, Sherbet later that year with Dennis Laughlin on vocals (ex-Sebastian Hardie Blues Band, Clapham Junction) and Sammy See on organ, guitar, and vocals (Clapham Junction).[1]

Shakespeare worked in record production, including Paul Kelly's debut solo album Post.

References

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  1. ^ a b McFarlane (1999). Encyclopedia entry for 'Sherbet'. Retrieved 30 January 2010.
  2. ^ Spencer et al, (2007) Shakespeare, Clive entry. Retrieved 30 January 2010.
  3. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book Ltd. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.  NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1974 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988. In 1992, Kent back calculated chart positions for 1970–1974.
  4. ^ "Who's who of Australian rock / compiled by Chris Spencer, Zbig Nowara & Paul McHenry". catalogue. National Library of Australia. http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2090055. Retrieved 4 January 2010.