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Name:
Stevie Riks
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Joined:
Aug 3, 2009
Latest Activity:
3 days ago
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Website:
THE OFFICIAL STEVIE RIKS PROFILE....
"It'll Be Just Like Starting Over"
www.myspace.com/stevieriks1
"It'll Be Just Like Starting Over"
www.myspace.com/stevieriks1
About Me:
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STEVIE RIKS DVDs AVAILABLE FROM THIS LINK..
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CAREER DETAILS.
During his career, Steve has had the pleasure of working at some the Country's most prestigious venues such as Wembley Arena, London's Famous Grosvenor House Hotel, The Café Royal & The Savoy. He has made appearances at several Theatres around the country, one of the most memorable being when he performed on the TV Show New Faces in 1988. He went on to win his heat with the highest score ever recorded on the show...
More TV appearances followed and in 1995, whilst recording Who Do You Do for Sky TV, he was approached by the country's Top Show Band THE ROCKIN BERRIES, who were keen to enlist him as their Frontman. Steve joined the band and went on to tour the world for five years, working venues in Europe, Hong Kong and the Middle East...
In January 2000 he launched his New Solo Production, The Stevie Riks Show. Written and performed by Steve, it is an Explosive Cocktail of Music and Comedy Impressions. Such is the success of the Show, that Steve has a huge following both locally & Nationally....
Steve is also a Talented Voice Over Artist, providing celebrity and character vocals for clients who include:- Virgin Radio, Opera Telecom, Alton Towers Theme Park (Character Voices), Flamingo Land Theme Park, Independent Radio, Various Vocals for Radio Ads, and Whitebuck Music, Manchester....
Steve was the Voice of Pondlife, who reached No 11 in the UK Singles Chart in competition with Crazy Frog with a track titled Ring Ding. He was also involved in writing the Melody for a Christmas single which was recorded by Davy Jones of the Monkees in 2008....
More recently, Steve has built a huge internet following on You Tube, attracting more than 20 million hits and 20 thousand Subscribers. Famous for impersonating Rock & Pop Legends, The Beatles being one of the most popular. The Fan base is world wide (the UK And US being the most popular) and includes some very Famous names such as Paul McCartney, Pete Best, Jeff Lynne, Tom Petty, Bob Dylan, Oasis, Bob Harris, Heather Mills McCartney, Mari Wilson, Nick Heyward, Ian McNabb, Chesney Hawkes, David Paton (Pilot), to name but a few...
Steve also has famous fans in the USA, namely the famous cartoonist for the New York Times Ron Ferdinand (creator of Dennis The Menace), The Hit Comedy Writer David Simon (Fresh Prince of BelAir, Mad About You)..
Heather Mills left a personal message on a comedy sketch which involved her and Paul, to say "I am allowed to laugh at this Steve, I love your work, Heather"...
The Management team for Jeff Lynne (ELO) contacted Steve to say how much Jeff enjoyed the videos parodying him...
Steve also has a talent for Comedy Writing, his speciality being Parody & Sketches. This talent has gained him a huge international following on Youtube. Attracting in excess of 20 Million hits on his Channel, in 2009 he became the Number One Most watched and Subscribed Comedian on Youtube. As a result of his popularity, he was featured on the BBC Documentary programme Inside Out. Also in December 2009, he was involved in a TV Production for ITV in which he portrayed Paul McCartney, Paul O'Grady, Noel Gallagher, Russell Brand & Tom Jones.
The Oasis Fansite (Stopycryingyourheartout.com) won the prestigious BT Digital Awards for the Best Unofficial Website 2 years running, with the help of Steve submitting a comedy video with him playing the characters of Liam and Noel appealing to the fans for votes. Then an acceptance speech video made by Steve as Liam and Noel was played at the televised awards dinner at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London...
Steve hosted at the Liverpool Beatles Matthew Street Festival in 2009 and 2010 where he compered and performed as John, Paul, George & Ringo and was besieged by You Tube fans from all over the world, all of whom were quoting his Beatles catchphrases. He will be performing at the Festival again at the Philharmonic Hall in August 2011...
PERSONALISED VIDEOS AVAILABLE..Please E mail me Here on You Tube for further details................
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FACEBOOK PROFILE..
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STEVIE RIKS T SHIRTS AVAILABLE FROM THIS LINK..
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Hometown:
Liverpool
Country:
United Kingdom
Occupation:
PROFESSIONAL ENTERTAINER
Companies:
STEVIE RIKS ENTERTAINMENT
Schools:
www.stevieriks.com
Interests:
STEVIE RIKS PASTEL DRAWINGS..http://www.folksy.com/shops/StevieRiks
Movies:
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