Brian Connolly

Trackimage Playbut Trackname Playbut Trackname
Fox On The Run 00:00 Tools
Ballroom Blitz 00:00 Tools
Blockbuster 00:00 Tools
Little Willy 00:00 Tools
Teenage Rampage 00:00 Tools
Take Away the Music 00:00 Tools
Alabama Man 00:00 Tools
Love Is Like Oxygen 00:00 Tools
Alexander Graham Bell 00:00 Tools
Action 00:00 Tools
Don't You Know A Lady 00:00 Tools
Poppa Joe 00:00 Tools
Hell Raiser 00:00 Tools
Wig Wam Bam 00:00 Tools
Hypnotised 00:00 Tools
Hellraiser 00:00 Tools
Phone You 00:00 Tools
Summer in the City 00:00 Tools
Just My Kind Of Loving 00:00 Tools
The Same Thing Happened to Me 00:00 Tools
What Good Am I 00:00 Tools
Just Another Wedding Day 00:00 Tools
Slow Motion (demo version) 00:00 Tools
Everyday 00:00 Tools
Rebel Rouser 00:00 Tools
Mr Porter 00:00 Tools
If Only She Would 00:00 Tools
Do It Again 00:00 Tools
Not My Kind 00:00 Tools
Let's Go 00:00 Tools
Wig-Wam Bam 00:00 Tools
Co-Co 00:00 Tools
The Six Teens 00:00 Tools
The Lollipop Man 00:00 Tools
Burn On The Flame 00:00 Tools
Funny Funny 00:00 Tools
Hypnotized 00:00 Tools
Wait 'Til The Morning Comes 00:00 Tools
Fade Away 00:00 Tools
Papa Joe 00:00 Tools
The First Cut Is the Deepest 00:00 Tools
Ballroom Blitz [Astralasia Remix] 00:00 Tools
Ballroom Blitz [Mission UK Remix] 00:00 Tools
Wait Till the Morning Comes 00:00 Tools
Fox on the Run (From "Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 2" Movie Trailer)[Rerecord] 00:00 Tools
Fox On the Run (Re-Recorded) 00:00 Tools
Ballroom Blitz - Version 2 00:00 Tools
  • 6,242
    plays
  • 1,534
    listners
  • 6242
    top track count

Brian Connolly was born on October 5, 1945 in Hamilton, Scotland. He was adopted at birth and took the name Brian McManus. When he was 18 Brian discovered that he was adopted he changed his surname to his mother's, Connolly. At age 18 Brian moved to Middlesex and replaced singer Ian Gillan (of Deep Purple and Black Sabbath fame) in a band called Wainwright's Gentlemen which included drummer Mick Tucker. Wainwright's Gentlemen split up in 1968 without releasing any recordings. Connolly and Tucker remained together and then recruited guitarist Frank Torpey and bassist Steve Priest, they named the new band Sweetshop. The group recorded several singles and eventually shortened their name to Sweet. Over the next 13 years Brian recorded albums with Sweet until his drinking problem caused him to leave the band in 1979. After leaving Sweet Brian launched a solo career that had little success. In 1981 he survived multiple heart attacks in a single night but his health was permanently affected. Despite this Connolly toured with his backing bands New Sweet and Brian Connolly's Sweet. In 1988 Connolly reunited with former bandmates Andy Scott, Steve Priest and Mick Tucker to rework studio versions of "Action" and "Ballroom Blitz". The four reunited again in 1990 for the promotion of a video music documentary. By the late 1990s Brian's previous drinking problem had taken a toll on his body and he died of liver failure on February 9, 1997. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.