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Speedy Keen
Background information
Birth name
John David Percy Keen
Born
(1945-03-29)29 March 1945 Ealing, London, England
Died
12 March 2002(2002-03-12) (aged 56)
Genres
Rock
Occupation(s)
Musician, songwriter, producer
Instrument(s)
Vocals
drums
guitar
Hammond organ
keyboards
Years active
1966–2002
Labels
Track
Island
Roadrunner
Cleopatra
Musical artist
John David Percy "Speedy" Keen (29 March 1945 – 12 March 2002)[1] was a songwriter, vocalist, drummer and keyboard player, best known for his association with the rock band Thunderclap Newman. He wrote "Something in the Air" (1969) for the band, which reached No. 1 in the UK Singles Chart. He also released two solo albums.
John David Percy "Speedy" Keen (29 March 1945 – 12 March 2002) was a songwriter, vocalist, drummer and keyboard player, best known for his association...
Kit Lambert formed in 1969 in a bid to showcase the talents of John "Speedy" Keen, Jimmy McCulloch, and Andy "Thunderclap" Newman. Their single, "Something...
the debut single by English rock band Thunderclap Newman, written by SpeedyKeen who also sang the song. It was a No. 1 single for three weeks in the...
not written by any members of the band, as it was instead written by SpeedyKeen, a friend of the band. The song was recorded and mixed by 20 October...
penned by bassist John Entwistle and one by Thunderclap Newman vocalist SpeedyKeen, who also sings. Townshend and Entwistle are joined by vocalist Roger...
Eddie Clarke and Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor of Motörhead with John "Speedy" Keen and Billy Rath). "White Lightning" "Space Chaser" "Somethin' Else" (Eddie...
Strawberry Statement and the movie's soundtrack album. All songs written by SpeedyKeen unless otherwise stated. Side one "Hollywood #1" – 3:20 "The Reason"...
Raisers" and "I'm Your Witch Doctor" Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor – drums SpeedyKeen – producer John Burns – engineer Adam Skeaping – mastering Motörhead...
Townshend's friends, Andy 'Thunderclap' Newman (piano) and songwriter John 'Speedy' Keen (vocals, drums), to form the band Thunderclap Newman. The band enjoyed...
knew: pianist Andy Newman (an old art school friend), drummer John "Speedy" Keen (who had written "Armenia City in the Sky" for the Who to record for...
John Keen may refer to: SpeedyKeen (1945–2002), British musician John Keen (cyclist) (1849–1902), British professional cyclist and manufacturer of bicycles...
"Voyager" (Montrose, Pattison) – 5:23 Side two "Something in the Air" (John "Speedy" Keen) – 3:17 "Cat on a Leash" (Montrose, Jerry Stahl) – 4:03 "Skin and Bone"...
1981 "Something Good Coming" Tom Petty Mojo 2010 "Something in the Air" SpeedyKeen, Andy Newman ‡ Greatest Hits 1993 "Somewhere Under Heaven" † Tom Petty...
derailed by drug use – on the part of band members as well as producer SpeedyKeen – leading to innumerable attempts at recording and mixing at different...
rock Label Track (original album) Jungle (most reissues) Songwriter(s) Dee Dee Ramone, Richard Hell Producer(s) SpeedyKeen, Daniel Segunda, Mike Thorne...
1943 – Eric Idle, English actor, comedian, musician and writer 1945 – SpeedyKeen, English singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer (d. 2002) 1946...
Who's Next (1971) Tommy (soundtrack) (1975) The Who by Numbers (1975) SpeedyKeen 1967 (died 2002) vocals The Who Sell Out (1967) Al Kooper 1967 1971 organ...
Townshend Daltrey Non-album single 1965 "Armenia City in the Sky" SpeedyKeen Daltrey Keen The Who Sell Out 1967 "Athena" Townshend Daltrey Townshend It's...
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