Music Deaths: Pat Fairley of Marmalade

PAT FAIRLEY. 76

Died 11 August 2020

Guitar player and co-founder of Marmalade who had a 1969 hit with cover of the Beatles' "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da."

Scottish rock band from Glasgow.  Originally called the Gaylords.  Changed name in 1966.  They were most successful from 1968 to 1972.

Their two biggest hits:

"Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da"  (#1 UK-1969)

"Reflections of My Life"  (#10-1970)

Pat Fairley moved to Los Angeles in the 1970s and after retiring from the music business owned  the music/bar venue called Scotland Yard.  He sold it two years ago, but it is still open.

List of Notable Graduates from Fairfax High School in Los Angeles-- Part 2

RAMI JAFFEE--  Keyboardist for the Wallflowers
DAVID JANSSEN--  Actor "The Fugitive"
JACK KEMP--  NFL and politician

JEROME "JERRY" LEIBER--  Lyricist of Jerry Lieber and Mike Stoller
DEMI MOORE--  actress
RICARDO MONTALBAN--  Actor "Rich Corinthian Leather," Mr. Roarke in "Fantasy island," TV and movie "Star Trek."  "The Khan"

MICKEY ROONEY--  actor
ALLAN SHERMAN--  musician and parodist "Muddah, Fattah."
LARRY SHERRY--  MLB, MVP 1959 World Series  (When they beat the White Sox)

SLASH--  Guitarist Guns N' Roses
HILLEL SLOVAK--  Guitarist Guns N' Roses
PHIL SPECTOR--  record producer

WARREN ZEVON--  musician

Quite a Lineup.  --RoadDog

Lots of Notable Graduates from Fairfax High School in Los Angeles-- Part 1

From Wikipedia.

In the last blog entry about the death of record producer David Anderle, I mentioned that he graduated from Fairfax High School in Los Angeles and had Herb Alpert, Jerry Moss and Shel Talmy as classmates.  That is a lot of music talent from one high school, so I decided to check out the list of notable alumni on the school's Wikipedia page.

I was quite impressed with the list.  This is just part of it, mostly the ones I am familiar with.  Jerry Moss was not listed as a graduate.

STEVEN ADLER--  Drummer Guns N' Roses
HERB ALPERT--  musician and music industry executive (A&M Records)
MICHAEL "FLEA" BALZARY--  Red Hot Chili Peppers

LARRY GELBART--  TV write and producer MASH
DARLA HOOD--  actress on "Our Gang"
TIMOTHY HUTTON--  actor

JACK IRONS--  Drummer Red Hot Chili Peppers
JACKIE JACKSON--  Jackson Five
TITO JACKSON--  Jackson Five

And, There Are More to Come.  RoadDog


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