Tony O'Malley (born 15 July 1948 in
Bushey
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,
Hertfordshire
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) is a British composer, singer, arranger, and keyboard player. He was the keyboardist for
Arrival
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["Kokomo"]
Dinosaurdays. Retrieved 27 January 2014 who had a No. 8 UK hit with "Friends" (written by
Terry Reid
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) in 1970, and the hit "I Will Survive", written and arranged by fellow Arrival member
Frank Collins. Following this he became one of the founder members of the
british soul
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band
Kokomo.
[Williams, Richard]
"The groove abides"
Thebluemoment.com, 19 December 2013. Retrieved 27 January 201410cc
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in 1977,[Mann, Ian]
"Tony O'Malley Trio..."
TheJazzMann. Retrieved 27 January 2014 after the departures of Kevin Godley
Kevin Michael Godley (born 7 October 1945) is an English singer-songwriter, drummer and music video director. He was a singer and drummer of the art rock band 10cc and later was part of collaboration duo Godley & Creme with Lol Creme.
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and Lol Creme
Laurence Neil "Lol" Creme ( ; born 19 September 1947) is an English musician and music video director, best known for his work in 10cc. He was later one half of the duo Godley & Creme, with 10cc drummer Kevin Godley. Creme has collaborated with ...
, and played on their live album, '' Live and Let Live''.
O'Malley lived and worked in Georgia
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for four years, where he became a national television star, leaving in 2008 for his new domicile, Brussels
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, and returning to England in 2012."Tony O'Malley Trio"
Black Mountain Jazz. Retrieved 27 January 2014 His song, "Hear My Plea", was one of the proposed songs for Georgia's 2009
Eurovision Song Contest
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entry.
[Brey, Marco]
"Tonight: The Georgian national final - don't miss it!"
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, 18 February 2009. Retrieved 27 January 2014 He has worked with
Pino Palladino
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,
Laurence Cottle
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His solo recordings have been mostly in jazz and jazz fusion. He was a member of the fusion quartet The Fents and appeared on their second album, ''The O ...
,
,
Hamish Stuart
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Alan Spenner
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Jim Mullen
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Gordon Haskell
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Adam Phillips,
Jody Linscott
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Ash Soan
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,
Mel Collins
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Collins has played in several progressive rock groups, having been a member of King Crimson on two occasions (the first from ...
,
Mark Smith,
Mornington Lockett
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Lockett began playing clarinet at the age of 14 while he was a student at Cowes High School, before switching to tenor saxophone. He studied at Dartington ...
,
Jeremy Stacey
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, Ian Thomas and
Neil Hubbard
Neil Terrence Hubbard (born 24 February 1948) is a British guitarist who has performed with Juicy Lucy, The Grease Band, Bluesology, Joe Cocker, Roxy Music, Kokomo, Alvin Lee, B.B. King, Kevin Rowland, Dexys Midnight Runners, Bryan Ferry ...
.
In May 2008, O'Malley was part of the reformed Kokomo, with Mel Collins, Neil Hubbard, Mark Smith, Adam Phillips,
Andy Hamilton
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, Bernie Holland, Glen Le Fleur, Paddy McHugh,
Dyan Birch and Frank Collins,
[ which also included performances by Eddy Armani and Franke Pharaoh.
O'Malley then formed a band, singing and playing ]Hammond organ
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, with Belgian musicians Frank De Ruyter (tenor sax), Patrick Deltenre (guitar), Frédéric Jacquelmin (drums), and the French bassist Thierry Fandant.[
The current 'Tony O'Malley Band' includes Richie Aikman on guitar, Sonny Winslow on bass and Ally McDougal on drums.
Tony O'Malley is the brother of playwright Mary O'Malley, who wrote the plays '']Once a Catholic
''Once a Catholic'' is a play by Mary O'Malley.
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'' and ''Oy Vay Maria''.
References
External links
Tony O'Malley website
''Georgia Today''
Tony O'Malley
Tony O'Malley in performance
Tony O'Malley in performance
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1945 births
Living people
Entertainers from Bushey
10cc members