(1943-09-27) 27 September 1943 (age 80) Glynneath, Glamorgan, Wales
Genres
Folk
Occupation(s)
Comedian, folk musician
Instrument(s)
Vocals, acoustic guitar
Years active
1971–present
Labels
EMI
Website
www.maxboyce.co.uk
Musical artist
Maxwell Boyce, MBE (born 27 September 1943) is a Welsh comedian, singer and entertainer from Glynneath, Wales. He rose to fame in the mid-1970s with an act that combined musical comedy with his passion for rugby union and his origins in a South Wales mining community. Boyce's We All Had Doctors' Papers (1975) remains the only comedy album to have topped the UK Albums Chart and he has sold more than two million albums in a career spanning four decades.
sold more than two million albums in a career spanning four decades. MaxBoyce was born in Glynneath. His family was originally from Ynyshir in the Rhondda...
supporters have long used this as a chant. Welsh singer and comedian MaxBoyce later popularised its use in Rugby Union, while in association football...
1986 comedy film directed by Terence Ryan and starring Barbara Bach, MaxBoyce, Billy Connolly and Ringo Starr. It was filmed in Kathmandu, Nepal. The...
statue of the singer MaxBoyce, who was born in the town, was erected in the High Street, in September 2023, in recognition of Boyce's 80th birthday. Glynneath...
singer-songwriter MaxBoyce wrote a poem in honour of Thomas's Tour de France victory, "The Boy Who Climbed a Mountain", which Boyce performed at Thomas's...
Tonight, Pete Sayers' Electric Music Show, The Two Ronnies, Wogan, It's MaxBoyce, Pebble Mill at One and The Les Dawson Show. In 1979, she recorded a duet...
Son, the Folk Singer (1962). A parody by Welsh comedian and folk singer MaxBoyce, called "I Gave My Love a Debenture", features on his album, We All Had...
October 1997 Bob Monkhouse Ken Livingstone MP 9–13 14x02 31 October 1997 MaxBoyce Alex Salmond MP 15–16 14x03 7 November 1997 Dermot Morgan Francis Wheen...
Live at Treorchy is a live album by Welsh comedian and singer MaxBoyce, first issued in 1974. It was his third album and his first for a major label...
of Cool Cymru". The build-up to the match also featured Tom Jones and MaxBoyce as well as traditional Welsh choirs. With a much fancied England aiming...
Cothi Ar Log Fernhill Dafydd Iwan Sian James Carreg Lafar Julie Murphy MaxBoyce Meic Stevens Morus Elfryn Roy Harris Allan Yn Y Fan Martyn Joseph Novo...
to as the ‘Viet Gwent’ in a song called ‘Up and Under, Here We Go’ by MaxBoyce, the popular Welsh entertainer. With Bobby Windsor and Graham Price he...
Daly on A Glasgow Night Out (1971) Bully Wee Band on Bully Wee (1975) MaxBoyce on The Road And The Miles (1977) The Knowe O'Deil Band on Orcadia (1986)...
and Allen, Ar Log, Daniel O'Donnell, Diarmuid O'Leary and the Bards and MaxBoyce. One of his songs brought Hennessy a number one slot in the Irish Charts...
honour and appearing in one an even greater honour, which his friends MaxBoyce, Harry Secombe and Wyn Calvin all did. He was also a fast and professional...
Windsor, Charlie Faulkner and Graham Price was immortalised in song by MaxBoyce. The club's contribution to Wales was seen again in 1983, when Pontypool's...
she made her Sydney Opera House debut as a guest of fellow Welshman, MaxBoyce and, in August 2004, her first USA appearance, supporting Hayley Westenra...
Jones releasing Daughter Of Darkness, I (Who Have Nothing), She's A Lady. MaxBoyce established himself in the 70s and in 1973 he recorded the album Live...