Eddie was caught with a knife and sent to borstal. They sang Gene Chandler’s Duke of Earl and Kathy Young’s A Thousand Stars a cappella.

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In the early 1960s, he befriended Joey and Edmund Ankrah, the sons of a minister, and together with Alan Harding and Nat Smeeda they formed a doo-wop group, the Chants.
It was a delight to walk around with him as everybody would recognise him and have a friendly word. In 2013, his Afghan hound won third place in its class. He came from a mixed-race background that includes Ghanaian and Irish. Lead singer with the Real Thing, the band that shot to fame in the 1970s with hits such as You to Me Are EverythingIn 1976, somewhat against the odds, the Real Thing topped the UK charts with The Real Thing continued to have hits, but by far their most thought-provoking release was their album, 4 from 8, from the following year, in which Eddie (later Eddy) Amoo, who has died aged 73, and his younger brother, Chris (later Cris), wrote about the turmoil around them in the Toxteth area of Possibly the Real Thing’s original fans found the social realism hard to take and it was clearly inspired by Eddie’s hero, The Liverpool 8 Medley is Eddie Amoo’s testimony to the streets he loved.

Chris Amoo, Soundtrack: Clockers. In 1964 he married Sylvia Joel, and they lived close to Sefton Park, with their daughters, Dionne, Sara, Michaela and Marlene.Born in the city, Eddie was the son of another Liverpudlian, Moya, and her husband, Robert, a seaman from Ghana. Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, Images, Youtube and more on IDCrawl - the leading free people search engine. He added that the Real Thing were “huge pioneers of black music in the UK”.

His grandfather who was Ghanaian married his grandmother who was Irish. • Eddie Amoo (Edward Robert Amoo), singer and songwriter, born 4 May 1944; died 23 February 2018 This article was amended on 26 February 2018. Chris Amoo has been married to Julie Mello since October 13, 1979. Chris Amoo has been married to Julie Mello since October 13, 1979. The Chants were signed to Pye Records and produced by Tony Hatch, and although they nearly scored with an infectious I Could Write a Book, they should have done better. Viscount Grant, also known as Gable was an Afghan Hound who was the winner of the title of Best In Show at the Crufts dog show in 1987. “About six times,” said Eddie. © 2020 Guardian News & Media Limited or its affiliated companies.

Eddy Amoo, one of 1970s soul band The Real Thing - who had hits including You To Me Are Everything and Feel the Force - has died at the age of 73. Eddie Amoo married his … Eddie coached the band, which included Dave Smith and Ray Lake, and they toured with David Essex, who used them on the hit album All the Fun of the Fair (1975) and later on the hit single Me and My Girl (Night-Clubbing) (1982).The Real Thing’s first hits, You to Me Are Everything and Can’t Get By Without You, the latter of which reached No 2, were written and produced by Ken Gold, but their subsequent successes, You’ll Never Know What You’re Missing, Love’s Such a Wonderful Thing and Can You Feel the Force?, inspired by Star Wars, were written by the Amoo brothers.In the 80s the group had success with “decade remixes” but they wanted to avoid becoming a tired club act.
Amoo’s friend Simon Sheridan told the BBC that Amoo, who was an “inspirational character”, died suddenly. They were championed by the Liverpool MP In 1975 Chris Amoo formed his own band, the Real Thing, which won ITV’s Opportunity Knocks, and he suggested that Eddie, now playing guitar and keyboards, should join them. Find Chris Amoo online. When I started, I had nothing but the ability to sing.” As a member of The Real Thing, he had great success with "In March 1977, the song he co-wrote with brother "You'll Never Know What You're Missing" was at No 23 in the In 1976 he sang on early versions of Forever Autumn and Thunder Child during Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds project. He continues to appear as a judge in various dog show events.

Eddie recalled his mother taking him to see Still, there were troubles ahead. “We had to find ways to tweak the songs,” said Eddie, “We wanted to re-energise and revitalise them without changing what made them popular.” This included rapping, and the group kept fit so that they looked good on stage.In 2013 the Real Thing recorded a live album and DVD at the Philharmonic Hall in Liverpool, and a documentary film about their career, directed by Simon Sheridan, is in its final stages.

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As a successful dog breeder, he and his wife Julie Amoo entered their dog into the Crufts event and the dog won the 1987 In the Crufts 2013 event, his Afghan hound won third place in its class.In 2015, he was a judge at the Irish Wolfhound, Levriero irlandese – 25th French Breed Show event.In May 2016, he was on the judges panel at the CAC show. I was so lucky to have an outlet for my frustration and life’s been good to me. Amoo was born on 14 October 1952 in Liverpool, England. He and his wife Julie entered their dog into Crufts and won the 1987 Best in Show title. “I have a theory,” said Eddie, “that so much racism isn’t racism at all but teenage boredom. Lead singer Chris Amoo is also a dog breeder and has won best in show at Crufts.

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