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4 unusual facts about Manfred Mann


1997 in Scottish television

The first faces seen are the Spice Girls, who perform "1-2-3-4-5", a rewritten version of the Manfred Mann song "5-4-3-2-1".

Fiona Hendley

Fiona Hendley is a British actress and latterly Christian speaker, married to the former Manfred Mann singer and actor Paul Jones.

Hi-Yo Silver!

After a week of preproduction in the Pan Studio in Skjetten north of Oslo, producer Steve Forward and Bjørn Kulseth spent the next five weeks in UK recording studios owned by Phil Manzanera and Manfred Mann: The Gallery in Chertsey and The Workhouse in South London respectively.

Joe Sentieri

It became one of their greatest hits and was covered more than thirty times, e.g. by Tom Jones, Gladys Knight, Manfred Mann's Earth Band, Ben E. King, Sylvester James, Luther Vandross and Shirley Bassey.


Gerry Bron

He was at various times a clarinetist, a sheet music printer, an artist manager handling acts including Gene Pitney, Marianne Faithfull, Manfred Mann, Colosseum and Uriah Heep, a record producer working with the Bonzo Dog Band, Juicy Lucy and all the acts he managed with the exception of Faithfull, a booking agent, record label owner and a studio owner and manager at Roundhouse Studios.

Laurie Latham

Latham worked as an engineer during the 1970s on albums by Monty Python and Manfred Mann's Earth Band.

Mann Alive

Mann Alive is a live double album released in 1998 by Manfred Mann's Earth Band.

Marcus Cliffe

Marcus Cliffe (born 1962 in Leeds, Yorkshire) is a professional musician, currently the bass player in The Manfreds, a reunion of members of the 1960s pop group Manfred Mann (minus Manfred Mann himself).

Mark Barkan

This prolific songwriter has written numerous songs including Lesley Gore's Top 5 hit "She's a Fool," the often covered "Pretty Flamingo," which was a hit single for Manfred Mann in 1966; "I'm Gonna Be Warm This Winter," which was a hit for Connie Francis in 1963; and "The Tra La La Song (One Banana, Two Banana)," which entered the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1969.

Plains Music

Plains Music is an album released in 1991 by Manfred Mann's Plain Music, which was a project initiated by Manfred Mann after he retired his Earth Band in the late 80s.

Richard Marcangelo

He has played drums and percussion for many different artists including Rumer (played drums and percussion on her debut double platinum 'Seasons of My Soul' album), Laura Mvula, Manfred Mann's Earth Band, Desmond Dekker, Eddi Reader, Robert Plant, Afro Celt Sound System, Sniff 'n' the Tears.

Somewhere in Afrika

Somewhere in Afrika is an album released in 1983 by Manfred Mann's Earth Band.


see also

Manfred Mann Chapter Three Volume Two

Manfred Mann Chapter Three Volume Two is an album released in 1970 by Manfred Mann Chapter Three.

Mike Vickers

From 1992 to 1999, he was a member of The Manfreds, an amalgamation of 1960s Manfred Mann members and associates that featured both Paul Jones and his successor Mike d'Abo on vocals, the latter also playing keyboards.