Adam Faith
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Terence Nelhams-Wright |
| Also known as | Terry Nelhams |
| Born |
23 June 1940 Acton, London, England |
| Died | 8 March 2003 (aged 62) Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England |
| Genres | |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, actor, journalist |
| Instruments | Vocals |
| Years active | 1957–2003 |
| Labels | Parlophone, Top Rank International, HMV, Warner |
| Associated acts | The Worried Men (1957), The Roulettes |
Terence "Terry" Nelhams-Wright (23 June 1940 – 8 March 2003), known as Adam Faith, was a British teen idol, singer, actor and financial journalist. He was one of the most charted acts of the 1960s. He became the first UK artist to lodge his initial seven hits in the Top 5. He was also one of the first UK acts to record original songs regularly.
Terence Nelhams-Wright was born at 4 Churchfield Road, Acton, London, England. Known as Terry Nelhams, he was unaware his surname was Nelhams-Wright until he applied for a passport and obtained his birth certificate. The third in a family of five children, Nelhams grew up in a council house in a working class area of London, where he attended John Perryn Junior School. He started work at 12, delivering and selling newspapers while still at school. His first full-time job was odd-job boy for a silk screen printer.
Faith became one of Britain's significant early pop stars. At the time, he was distinctive for his hiccupping glottal stops and exaggerated pronunciation. He did not write his own material, and much of his early success was through partnership with songwriters Les Vandyke and John Barry, whose arrangements were inspired by the pizzicato arrangements for Buddy Holly's "It Doesn't Matter Anymore".
Faith began his musical career in 1957, while working as a film cutter in London in the hope of becoming an actor, singing with and managing a skiffle group, the Worried Men. The group played in Soho coffee bars after work, and became the resident band at the 2i's Coffee Bar, where they appeared on the BBC Television live music programme Six-Five Special. The producer, Jack Good, was impressed by the singer and arranged a solo recording contract with HMV under the name Adam Faith.
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