Steve Harley Sebastian (Live) HD

Steve Harley (born Stephen Malcolm Ronald Nice, 27 February 1951, Deptford, London, England) is an English singer and songwriter, best known for his work with the 1970s rock group Cockney Rebel, with whom he still occasionally tours (albeit with many personnel changes through the years).
Harley started out playing in bars and clubs in the early 1970s, mainly at folk venues on open-mike nights. He also busked around London on the Underground and in Portobello Road. While auditioning for folk band Odin in 1971, he met violinist John Crocker, with whom he formed Cockney Rebel in late 1972.
Cockney Rebel went on to release The Human Menagerie and The Psychomodo before splitting up in 1974.However, Harley carried on with drummer Stuart Elliot, renaming the band Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel, with whom he had more success. From the next album, The Best Years of Our Lives, came the number one and million selling single, "Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)"
Harley had two more hits during the mid 1970s with "Mr Raffles" and "Here Comes the Sun" which were both Top 20 hits, but he did not have any further major successes, and in the 1980s he all but faded from the public eye, relocating to the United States.[2] He was set to star as the Phantom in the London premiere of The Phantom of the Opera, and recorded the promotional single of the title song, but was surprised to be replaced close to rehearsals by Michael Crawford.
His songs "Sebastian", "Tumbling Down", and "Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)" were included in the Todd Haynes 1998 rock musical Velvet Goldmine. The soundtrack album included "Make Me Smile", but omitted "Sebastian", yet included a cover version of "Tumbling Down" with vocals by Jonathan Rhys Myers. "Make Me Smile" was also included in the 1997 film, The Full Monty.

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[majmunko23]

best lyrics ever :D

[mine15fly]

das Lied ist fantastisch....

[zenobowie]

thanks for sharing,great quality of a great song !!

[crystaleye1954]

the thing about this song is that only hard core Rebel fans will know it no one else will hear it or ever know it was here that is so sad

[crystaleye1954]

@TheSmith1954 eh mate your not wrong great band song singer and 54 what a grea tyear to be born

[TheSmith1954]

Many thanks for this post. I live in Bilston and missed this performance due to work But my m8's told me the concert was awesome, What a song ,What a singer, What a backing band Absolute so much feeling,Steve & the band that was awseome

[09Zint]

The guy on keyboards is Steve's son.

[jettnight]

einfach nur geil die kapelle am besten die LP face to face