Born on 13 October 1940 in Islington, North London, blues and soul Chris
Farlowe began his singing career with the John Henry Skiffle Group in 1957. In
the 1960s, he became one of the leading figures in British rock, alongside the
Yardbirds and the Rolling Stones. He recorded several singles and scored a hit
in 1966 with "Out Of Time," written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards and
reaching number one on the UK Singles Chart that year. He kept up the momentum
on subsequent singles "Think," (1966), "Ride on Baby," (1966) and "Handbags and
Gladrags" (1967), before joining the jazz-...