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John William "Long John" Baldry (12 January 1941 – 21 July 2005) was an English musician and actor. In the 1960s, he was one of the first British vocalists to sing the blues in clubs and shared the stage with many British musicians including the Rolling Stones and the Beatles. Before achieving stardom, Rod Stewart and Elton John were members of bands led by Baldry. He enjoyed pop success in 1967 when "Let the Heartaches Begin" reached No. 1 in the UK, and in Australia where his duet with Kathi McDonald "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" reached No. 2 in 1980.

Long John Baldry
Baldry in 1972
Background information
Birth name	John William Baldry
Born	(1941-01-12)12 January 1941 East Haddon, Northamptonshire, England
Died	21 July 2005(2005-07-21) (aged 64) Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Genres	Blues blues rock folk rock
Occupation(s)	Musician singer actor
Instrument(s)	Vocals guitar
Years active	1957–2004
Labels	Decca United Artists Records Pye Records Warner GM Records ABC Records Casablanca Records Atlantic Records EMI Music Line Records Stony Plain Records Hypertension Music

Baldry lived in Canada from the late 1970s until his death. He continued to make records there, and do voiceover work. Two of his best-known voice roles were as Dr. Ivo Robotnik in Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog, and as KOMPLEX in Bucky O'Hare and the Toad Wars.

Early life

John Baldry was born at East Haddon Hall, East Haddon, Northamptonshire, which was serving as a makeshift wartime maternity ward,[1] on 12 January 1941, the son of William James Baldry (1915–1990), a Metropolitan Police constable and his wife, Margaret Louisa née Parker (1915–1989); their usual address was recorded as 18 Frinton Road, East Ham. His height was noticed as a baby thus giving him his "Long" nickname during his childhood.[2]

His early life was spent in Edgware, Middlesex where he attended Camrose Primary School until the age of 11, after which he attended Downer Grammar School (now Canons High School).

Blues bands of the 1960s

Baldry grew to 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m), resulting in the nickname Long John. Baldry appeared quite regularly in the early 1960s in the Gyre & Gimble coffee lounge, around the corner from Charing Cross railway station, and at the Bluesville R. & B. Club, Manor House, London, also Klooks Kleek (Railway Hotel, West Hampstead). He appeared weekly for some years at Eel Pie Island on the Thames at Twickenham and also appeared at the Station Hotel in Richmond, one of the Rolling Stones' earliest venues.

In the early 1960s, he sang with Alexis Korner's Blues Incorporated, with whom he recorded the first British blues album in 1962 R&B from the Marquee. At stages, Mick Jagger, Jack Bruce and Charlie Watts were members of this band while Keith Richards and Brian Jones played on stage, although none played on the R&B at the Marquee album.[3] When The Rolling Stones made their debut at the Marquee Club in July 1962, Baldry put together a group to support them. Later, Baldry was the announcer introducing the Stones on their U.S.-only live album Got Live If You Want It!, in 1966.

Baldry became friendly with Paul McCartney after a show at the Cavern Club in Liverpool in the early 1960s, leading to an invitation to sing on one of the Beatles 1964 TV specials Around The Beatles. In the special, Baldry performs "Got My Mojo Workin'" and a medley of songs with members of the Vernons Girls trio; in the latter, the Beatles are shown singing along in the audience.[4]

In 1963, Baldry joined the Cyril Davies R&B All Stars with Nicky Hopkins playing piano. He took over in 1964 after the death of Cyril Davies, and the group became Long John Baldry and his Hoochie Coochie Men featuring Rod Stewart on vocals and Geoff Bradford on guitar. Stewart was recruited when Baldry heard him busking a Muddy Waters song at Twickenham Station after Stewart had been to a Baldry gig at Eel Pie Island.[5] Long John Baldry became a regular fixture on Sunday nights at Eel Pie Island from then onwards, fronting a series of bands.

In 1965, the Hoochie Coochie Men became Steampacket with Baldry and Stewart as male vocalists, Julie Driscoll as the female vocalist and Brian Auger on Hammond organ. After Steampacket broke up in 1966, Baldry formed Bluesology featuring Reg Dwight on keyboards and Elton Dean, later of Soft Machine, as well as Caleb Quaye on guitar. Dwight, when he began to record as a solo artist, adopted the name Elton John, his first name from Elton Dean and his surname from John Baldry.[6]

Following the departure of Elton John and Bluesology, Baldry was left without a backup band. Attending a show in the Mecca at Shaftesbury Avenue, he saw a five-piece harmony group called Chimera from Plymouth, Devon, who had recently turned professional. He approached them after their set and said how impressed he was by their vocal harmonies and that they would be ideal to back him on the cabaret circuit he was currently embarked on. This they did.

Solo artist

In 1967, he recorded a pop song "Let the Heartaches Begin" that went to number one in Britain, followed by a 1968 top 20 hit titled "Mexico", which was the theme of the UK Olympic team that year. "Let the Heartaches Begin" made the lower reaches of the Billboard Hot 100 in the US. Baldry was still touring, doing gigs with Bluesology, but the band refused to back his rendition of "Let the Heartaches Begin", and left the stage while he performed to a backing-tape played on a large Revox tape-recorder.

In 1971, John and Stewart each produced one side of It Ain't Easy which became Baldry's most popular album and made the top 100 of the US album chart. The album featured "Don't Try to Lay No Boogie Woogie on the King of Rock and Roll" which became his most successful song in the US. Baldry's first tour of the US was at this time. The band included Micky Waller, Ian Armitt, Pete Sears, and Sammy Mitchell. Stewart and John would again co-produce his 1972 album Everything Stops For Tea which also made the lower reaches of the US album charts. The same year, Baldry worked with ex-Procol Harum guitarist Dave Ball.[7] The 1979 album Baldry's Out was recorded in Canada, which he released at Zolly's Forum; a nightclub in Oshawa, underneath the Oshawa Shopping Centre.

In a 1997 interview with a German television programme Baldry claimed to be the last person to see singer Marc Bolan before Bolan's death on 16 September 1977, having conducted an interview with the fellow singer for an American production company, he says, just before Bolan was killed in a car accident.[8]

Move to Canada, later career

After time in New York City and Los Angeles in 1978, Baldry lived in Dundas, Ontario from 1980 to 1984[9] before settling in Vancouver, British Columbia, where he became a Canadian citizen. He toured the west coast, as well as the US Northwest. Baldry also toured the Canadian east.

In 1976, he teamed with Seattle singer Kathi McDonald who became part of the Long John Baldry Band, touring Canada and the US. In 1979 the pair recorded a version of The Righteous Brothers' "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin", following which McDonald became part of his touring group for two decades. The song entered the US Billboard charts and was a No. 2 hit in Australia in 1980. He last recorded with the Stony Plain label. His 1997 album Right To Sing The Blues won a Juno Award in the Blues Album of the Year category in the Juno Awards of 1997.

In 2003 Baldry headlined the British Legends of Rhythm and Blues UK tour, alongside Zoot Money, Ray Dorset and Paul Williams.[10] Baldry's final United States performance was held at Barristers Hall in Columbus, Ohio, on 19 July 2004.[11] Baldry's final UK Tour as 'The Long John Baldry Trio' concluded with a performance on Saturday 13 November 2004 at The King's Lynn Arts Centre, King's Lynn, Norfolk, England. The trio consisted of LJB, Butch Coulter on harmonica and Dave Kelly on slide guitar.[12]

Personal life

Baldry was openly gay during the early 1960s, at least amongst his friends and industry peers. However, he did not make a formal public acknowledgement of this until the 1970s.[13] This was possibly because until 1967 in Britain, male homosexual conduct was still a criminal offence punishable by imprisonment.

In 1968, Elton John tried to commit suicide after relationship problems with a woman, Linda Woodrow. His lyricist Bernie Taupin and Baldry[14] found him, and Baldry talked him out of marrying her. The song "Someone Saved My Life Tonight" from Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy was about the experience.[15][16] The name "Sugar Bear" in the song is a reference to Baldry.

Baldry had a brief relationship with lead guitarist of the Kinks Dave Davies.[15][17][18] In 1978 his then-upcoming album Baldry's Out announced his formal coming out, and he addressed sexuality problems with a cover of Canadian songwriter Barbra Amesbury's "A Thrill's a Thrill".[19]

Health and death

During the mid-'70s Baldry suffered from depression exacerbated by his collapsing career (particularly the failure of his 1973 album Good to Be Alive[20]) and separation from an Austrian boyfriend who was required to leave the United Kingdom when his visitor visa expired. As a result, he developed an addiction to alcohol and painkillers.[21] Following an incident in which he was mugged in Amsterdam, Baldry was found barely conscious by his sister Margaret in their Muswell Hill home, having overdosed on Valium and alcohol in an apparent suicide attempt.[22] Baldry was institutionalized for less than a week, stopping cold turkey off his dependencies.[23]

By the release of his 1986 album Silent Treatment, Baldry suffered from crippling gout – which required several pairs of special shoes – as well as bronchial and sinus issues.[24] Shortly after moving into a condominium on Vancouver's 4th Avenue in 1995,[25] Baldry was hospitalized and underwent surgery for a bleeding stomach ulcer. He quit smoking afterwards and ceased performing in clubs that allowed smoking.[26] During a performance in Banbury promoting his 1999 live album Live, Long John Baldry Trio, Baldry was hospitalized for another bleeding ulcer caused and obscured by his arthritis medication indometacin. A few days after being discharged from Horton General Hospital, he developed agonizing gout across his body, prompting Rod Stewart to admit him to the London Clinic, where he stayed for three weeks.[27] In 2002, Baldry remarked that he had developed spinal osteoporosis and dorsocervical lipodystrophy.[28] He underwent hip replacement surgery to treat his osteoporosis, after which Tom Lavin of the Powder Blues Band noted that he appeared healthier.[29][30]

Baldry died 21 July 2005 at Vancouver General Hospital after a four-month battle with a chest infection. He was 64 years old.[30] He was survived by his partner, Felix "Oz" Rexach,[31] a brother, Roger, and a sister, Margaret.[32] According to Rexach, Baldry fell ill with pneumonia after returning from a European tour earlier that year, and his infection developed antibiotic resistance.[30]

Discography

Studio albums

Year	Title	Label	Cat. No.
1964	Long John's Blues	United Artists	ULP 1081
1966	Looking at Long John	United Artists	ULP 1146
1968	Let the Heartaches Begin	Pye Records	NPL 18208
1969	Wait for Me	Pye Records	NSPL 18366
1971	It Ain't Easy	Warner Bros.	WS 1921
1972	Everything Stops for Tea	Warner Bros.	WB 46 160
1973	Good to Be Alive	GM Records	GML 1005
1976	Welcome to Club Casablanca	Casablanca Records	NBLP 7035-V
1979	Baldry's Out!	EMI Capitol	ST 6459
1980	Boys in the Band	Quality Records	SV 2068
1980	Long John Baldry	EMI Capitol	SW 17038
1982	Rock With the Best	EMI Capitol	ST 6490
1986	Silent Treatment	Musicline Records	ML 000l
1991	It Still Ain't Easy	Stony Plain Records / Hypertension-Music	SPCD 1163 / HYCD 200 122
1996	Right to Sing the Blues	Stony Plain Records / Hypertension-Music	SPCD 1232 / HYCD 296 167
2001	Remembering Leadbelly	Stony Plain Records	SPCD 1275

Live albums

Year	Title	Label	Cat. No.
1986	Long John Baldry & Friends	Musicline Records	ML 0002
1987	This Is Japan (Diamond Club, Toronto 06/09/87)	Musicline Records	Unreleased
1989	A Touch of the Blues	Musicline Records	ML 0005
1993	On Stage Tonight - Baldry's Out!	Stony Plain Records / Hypertension-Music	SPCD 1192 / HYCD 200 135
1999	Evening Conversation	Stony Plain Records / Hypertension-Music	SPCD 1268 / HYP 0191
2009	Live - Iowa State University	Angel Air Records	SJPCD310

Compilations

Year	Title	Label	Cat. No.
1982	The Best of Long John Baldry	EMI Capitol	SN 66124
1995	A Thrill's A Thrill: The Canadian Years	EMI	S22Z 29609
1998	Let the Heartaches Begin: The Pye Anthology	Sequel Records	42298
2005	Boogie Woogie: The Warner Bros. Recordings	Rhino Handmade	RHM2 7896
2006	Looking at Long John Baldry: The UA Years 1964-1966	EMI	0946 3 5o899
2014	The Best of the Stony Plain Years	Stony Plain Records	SPCD 1376

Singles

Year	A-Side	B-Side	Label	Cat. No.
1964	You'll Be Mine	Up Above My Head	United Artists	UP 1056
1964	I'm on to You Baby	Goodbye Baby	United Artists	UP 1078
1965	How Long Will It Last?	House Next Door	United Artists	UP 1107
1966	Unseen Hands	Turn on Your Love Light	United Artists	UP 1124
1966	The Drifter	Only a Fool Breaks His Own Heart	United Artists	UP 1136
1966	Cuckoo	Bring My Baby Back to Me	United Artists	UP 1158
1967	Only a Fool Breaks His Own Heart	Let Him Go (And Let Me Love You)	United Artists	UP 1204
1967	Let the Heartaches Begin	Annabella	Pye Records	7N 17385
1967	Let the Heartaches Begin	Hey Lord You Made the Night Too Long	Pye Records	7N 17408
1968	Hold Back the Daybreak	Since I Lost You Baby	Pye Records	7N 17455
1968	When the Sun Comes Shining Thru	Wise to the Ways of the World	Pye Records	7N 17593
1968	Mexico	We're Together	Pye Records	7N 17563
1969	It's Too Late Now	The Long and Lonely Nights	Pye Records	7N 17664
1969	Wait for Me	Don't Pity Me	Pye Records	7N 17815
1970	Well I Did	Setting Fire to the Tail of a Fox	Pye Records	7N 17921
1970	When the War Is Over	Where Are My Eyes?	Pye Records	7N 45007
1971	Rock Me When He's Gone	Flying	Warner Bros.	K 16105
1971	Don't Try to Lay No Boogie Woogie on the King of Rock and Roll	Black Girl	Warner Bros.	GS 45105
1971	Don't Try to Lay No Boogie Woogie on the King of Rock and Roll	Mr. Rubin	Warner Bros.	WB.16099
1972	Iko Iko	Mother Ain't Dead	Warner Bros.	K 16175
1972	Everything Stops for Tea	Hambone	Warner Bros.	K 16217
1972	Mother Ain't Dead	You Can't Judge a Book by the Cover	Warner Bros.	WB 7617
1973	She	Song for Martin Luther King	GM Records	GMS 9005
1974	Crazy Lady	End of Another Day	ABC Records	ABC 4016
1975	Let Me Pass	High and Low	Casablanca Records	Casablanca 600
1976	This Boy's in Love Again	Song for Martin Luther King	GM Records	GMS 9043
1977	On Broadway	On Broadway (instrumental)	GM Records	GMS 9045
1977	Don't Try to Lay No Boogie Woogie on the King of Rock and Roll	Tell Me Something I Don't Know	Atlantic Records	CATX 40011
1979	You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'	Baldry's Out	EMI Capitol	006-86113
1979	A Thrill's a Thrill	Baldry's Out	EMI Capitol	EA 103
1979	A Thrill's a Thrill	Find You	EMI Capitol	1A 006-860571979
1979	Come and Get Your Love	Lonely Nights	EMI Capitol	72808 1979
1980	(Walk Me Out in The) Morning Dew	I Want You, I Love You	EMI Capitol	006-86329
1980	Any Day Now	Work for Me	EMI Capitol	72841
1981	Too Late for Crying	25 Years of Pain	EMI Capitol	72874
1982	Stay the Way You Are	Midnight Show	EMI Capitol	72878
1985	The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine (Anymore)	Mystery to Me	Line Records	LS 1.00005
1986	Silent Treatment	Our Love Is in Limbo	Musicline Records	MLS 002
1986	The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore	Carnival	Musicline Records	MLS 003
1986	Ain't That Peculiar	Spoonful	Musicline Records	MLS 004
1987	This Is Japan	When the World Doesn't Love You	Musicline Records	MLS 005
1987	Silent Treatment	A Life of Blues	Pläne Records	B-4791

EPs

Year	Title	Tracks	Label	Cat. No.
1965	Long John's Blues	"Dimples" / "Hoochie Coochie Man" / "My Baby" / "Times Are Getting Tougher Than Tough"	United Artists	UEP 1013
1967	Cuckoo	"Cuckoo" / "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" / "Stop Her on Sight (S.O.S.)" / "Bring My Baby Back to Me"	United Artists	UEP 36.108
1992	Midnight in New Orleans	"Midnight in New Orleans" / "Introduction" / "Good Morning Blues" / "As Long as I Feel the Spirit" / "Black Girl" / "Ain't the Peculiar"	Hypertension Music	HYCDS 100 103
1995	...Some Thrills	EMI	DRPO 1132	Five track promo with a previously unreleased version of "Passing Glanes"
2018	Filthy McNasty	"Filthy McNasty" / "Backwater Blues" / "St. James Infirmary" / "Money's Getting Cheaper"	Rhythm & Blues Records	REP21

Other recordings

Year	Title	Notes
1959	Gallows Pole	Unissued Schott Music Corp. demo.
1965	Mister Someone	From the ITV television play The End of Arthur's Marriage
1968	Let There Be Long John	Pye Records; Unreleased album
1970	Madame	Unissued ATV-Kirshner / Pye demo.
1981	Ken's Theme	Recorded for the documentary film The Devil at My Heels
1984	Run Through the Jungle	Unissued single that received some radio play.
1987	The Luckiest Man Alive	Self-penned opening song to the comedy Home Is Where The Hart Is
2004	Baldry's Back	Stony Plain Records; Unreleased album
2004	Baldry's Back	Self-penned title track from the unissued album 'Baldry's Back'
2004	Marriage Meltdown	Self-penned track from the unissued album 'Baldry's Back'
2004	I Ain't Superstitious	Track from the unissued album 'Baldry's Back'
2004	Baby Please Don't Go	Track from the unissued album 'Baldry's Back'

Performances on other albums

• (1960) 6 Out Of 4 ~ The Thames-Side Four - Folklore (F-EP/1) Live recording of the group with LJB on guitar and vocals.
• (1962) R&B from the Marquee ~ Blues Incorporated - Decca (ACL 1130) Baldry provides lead vocals on three tracks including 'How Long, How Long Blues.'
• (1970) The First Supergroup ~ The Steampacket - BYG Records (529.706) Recorded December 1965 the album features tracks with LJB on lead vocals
• (1971) The First Rhythm & Blues Festival In England ~ Various Artists - BYG Records (529.705) Recorded live in Feb 1964 Baldy sings '2.19' and 'Mojo Working'
• (1971) Every Picture Tells A Story ~ Rod Stewart - Mercury (6338 063) LJB provides backing vocals on the title track and 'Seems Like A Long Time'.
• (1972) Mar Y Sol: The First International Puerto Rico Pop Festival ~ Various Artists - Atco Records (SD 2-705) Baldry sings a live version of the self-penned 'Bring My Baby Back To Me'.
• (1975) Dick Deadeye: Original Soundtrack ~ Various Artists - GM Records (GML 1018) Soundtrack to the animated film of the same name with LJB taking lead vocals on three tracks.
• (1975) Sumar Á Sýrlandi ~ Stuðmenn - Egg (EGG 0000 1/13) Rare Icelandic album. Baldry sings the track 'She Broke My Heart'.
• (1996) Bone, Bottle, Brass or Steel ~ Doug Cox - Malahat Mountain LJB performs 'Good Morning Blues' accompanied by Doug Cox.
• (1998) You Got The Bread... We Got The Jam! ~ Schuld & Stamer - Blue Streak Records (BSCD98001) Long John joins with acoustic blues duo Schuld & Stamer on several tracks.
• (2002) For Fans Only! ~ Genya Ravan - AHA Music Features a rare duet with Ravan and Baldry on 'Something's Got A Hold On Me'. Recorded in 1978.
• (2011) The Definitive Steampacket Recordings ~ The Steampacket - Nasty Productions Features two previously unreleased Steampacket tracks with LJB on lead vocals.
• (2013) Radio Luxembourg Sessions: 208 Rhythm Club - Vol. 5 ~ Various Artists - Vocalion (CDNJT 5319) October 1961 recording. LJB sings 'Every Day I Have The Blues'
• (2013) Radio Luxembourg Sessions: 208 Rhythm Club - Vol. 6 ~ Various Artists - Vocalion (CDNJT 5320) October 1961 recording of LJB singing 'The Glory Of Love'.

TV specials

• (1965) Rod The Mod
• (1974) The Gospel According To Long John
• (1985) Long John Baldry: Rockin' The Blues
• (1987) Long John Baldry At The Maintenance Shop
• (1993) Long John Baldry In Concert
• (1993) Leverkusen Blues Festival '93: The Long John Baldry Band
• (1993) Waterfront Blues Festival: Long John Baldry
• (1997) Leverkusen Blues Festival '97: Long John Baldry & Tony Ashton
• (1998) Café Campus Blues with Long John Baldry
• (2001) Happy Birthday Blues: Long John Baldry & Friends
• (2007) Long John Baldry: In The Shadow Of The Blues

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1971	Up the Chastity Belt	Little John
1975	Dick Deadeye, or Duty Done	The Major General, Monarch Of The Sea (voices)
1990	Angel Square	Radio Announcer
1995	Blame It on the Blues	Bartender
1998	Camelot: The Legend	Merlin (voice)
2002	Snow Queen	Rutger The Reindeer (voice)
2003	Ben Hur	Balthazar (voice)
2004	Mary Engelbreit's the Night Before Christmas	Augustus (voice)	Short; Final performance

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1985	Star Wars: Droids	Proto One, The Great Heep	1 episode + 1 special
1989–1991	Captain N: The Game Master	King Charles, Little John, Clock Man, The Poltergeist King (voices)	5 episodes
1989	Dragon Warrior	Narrator (voice)	13 episodes
1990	The New Adventures of He-Man	Treylus	Uncredited, 1 episode
1990	A Klondike Christmas	Bear-Paw (voice)	Television special
1991–1992	Captain Zed and the Zee Zone	Captain Spring (voice)	2 episodes
1991	MacGyver	Man #2	Episode: "Strictly Business"
1991	Bucky O'Hare and the Toad Wars	KOMPLEX (voice)	13 episodes
1991	Nilus the Sandman: The Boy Who Dreamed Christmas	Nilus the Sandman (voice)	Television special
1992	The Flying Stones of Nan Madol	Narrator (voice)	TV documentary
1993-1996	Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog	Dr. Ivo Robotnik (voice)	66 episodes
1993	Jack's Place	Tall Man	Episode: "Something Wonderful This Way Comes"
1993	Madeline	Greybeard the Pirate (voice)	1 episode
1994–1996	Hurricanes	Stan	1 episode
1994-1997	ReBoot	Captain Capacitor, Old Man Pearson (voices)	11 episodes
1994	Nilus the Sandman: Monsters in the Closet	Nilus the Sandman (voice)	Television film
1995	Nilus the Sandman: The First Day	Nilus the Sandman (voice)	Television special
1996–1997	The Adventures of Corduroy	Mr. Tusk (voice)	4 episodes
1996–1998	Nilus the Sandman	Nilus the Sandman (voice)	26 episodes
1998	Pocket Dragon Adventures	King Bigoty (voice)	1 episode
1998	Fat Dog Mendoza	Golden Volcano God (voice)	Episode: "Going the Distance"
1998–1999	RoboCop: Alpha Commando	The Premier (voice)	2 episodes
1999	Sabrina: The Animated Series	Captain Jean Lafitte	1 episode
2002	The New Beachcombers	Member of JJ's Jugband (voice)	Television special
2002–2003	Toad Patrol	Mistle-Toad (voice)	26 episodes

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1992	Bucky O'Hare: The Arcade Game	KOMPLEX

Theatre

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1973	The Big Rock Candy Mountain	The Cowboy aka Narrator
1988	Peter Pan: The Musical	Captain Hook

References

Citations

Bibliography

• Myers, Paul (2007). It Ain't Easy: Long John Baldry and the Birth of the British Blues. Greystone Books. ISBN 978-1-55365-200-7.

External links

• Official website replaced with archived version
• Long John Baldry Website Archive
• Musical Tree ~ JohnBaldry.com (Baldry band memberships) Archived version of page
• Profile at GTA agency recovered archived version of site
• London (Ontario) Free Press report of death published 23 July 2005^{[permanent dead link]}
• Long John Baldry ~ VH1 profile Archived 28 July 2012 at the Wayback Machine
• Long John Baldry: Biography ~ AllMusic.com
• Billboard report on Baldry's death 22 July 2005
• Long John Baldry at IMDb
• Long John Baldry and The Marquee Club
• It Ain't Easy: Long John Baldry and the Birth of the British Blues (Paperback)
• Long John Baldry: In the Shadow of the Blues (documentary) Archived 24 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine
• Long John Baldry at Find a Grave

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[es] Long John Baldry

John William "Long John" Baldry (12 de enero de 1941 – 21 de julio de 2005) fue un músico y actor inglés. Baldry cantó con muchas figuras de la música británica, entre las que destacan Rod Stewart y Elton John.[1] Su mayor éxito en el Reino Unido lo logró con su sencillo como solista Let the Heartaches Begin, logrando el No. 1 en las listas de ese país en 1967.[2] Su mayor suceso en tierras australianas fue un dueto con Kathi McDonald titulado You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin, el cual se posicionó en el segundo lugar en 1980. Baldry vivió en Canadá desde finales de los años 1970 hasta su fallecimiento; allí se desempeñó como actor de voz. Uno de sus roles más reconocidos en esa profesión fue el del Dr. Robotnik en la serie de animación Las aventuras de Sonic el Erizo.[3]

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[ru] Болдри, Джон

Джон Уи́льям «Лонг Джон» Бо́лдри (англ. John William «Long John» Baldry; 12 января 1941 — 21 июля 2005) — англо-канадский певец, признанный одним из наиболее влиятельных блюзовых музыкантов.

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