Bev Bevan
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Beverley Bevan |
| Born | 25 November 1944 |
| Origin | Sparkhill, Birmingham, England |
| Genres | Rock |
| Occupation(s) | Musician |
| Instruments | Drums, percussion, vocals |
| Years active | 1962–present |
| Labels | United Artists, Jet, Harvest, Epic, EMI |
| Associated acts | The Move, Electric Light Orchestra, Black Sabbath, ELO Part II, Bev Bevan's Move |
| Website | Musical career |
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Slingerland Drums Zildjian Cymbals Remo Drumheads |
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Beverley "Bev" Bevan (born 25 November 1944) is an English rock musician, who was the drummer and one of the original members of The Move and Electric Light Orchestra (ELO). After the end of ELO in 1986, he founded ELO Part II.
Bevan also served as the touring drummer for Black Sabbath during the Born Again Tour, and later played percussion on The Eternal Idol album in 1987. Bevan was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2017 as a member of Electric Light Orchestra.
Bevan was born in Sparkhill, Birmingham, England. After attending Moseley Grammar School, where he gained two O level passes, he worked as a trainee buyer in a city centre department store called The Beehive with school friend Jasper Carrott (Bob Davis).
His professional music career started with a stint with Denny Laine in his group Denny Laine and the Diplomats, then with Carl Wayne & the Vikings, followed by The Move in 1966. The Electric Light Orchestra released their first album in 1971, by which time The Move existed only as a recording outfit. They released their final single, "California Man" in 1972.
Bevan has a deep singing voice. While with The Move he lent lead vocals to two tracks: a remake of "Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart" and the country and western spoof, "Ben Crawley Steel Co". He composed one Move song entitled "Don't Mess Me Up", an Elvis Presley spoof from the album Message from the Country. and it was the B-side of The Move's single, "Tonight". He is also, albeit incorrectly, credited with writing the rock-blues "Turkish Tram Conductor Blues" from the album Looking On, but in reality it was Roy Wood who composed the song.
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