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Rick Parfitt
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1948-10-12,Woking, Surrey, England, UK
Gender
Male
Biography
Richard John Parfitt, OBE (12 October 1948 – 24 December 2016) was an English musician, best known as a rhythm guitarist, singer and songwriter with rock band Status Quo. Parfitt began his career in the early 1960s, playing in pubs and holiday camps. He joined Status Quo in 1967 when they were looking for an additional singer. He wrote songs for the band and remained with them for 49 years. He occasionally guested with other bands, and recorded an unreleased solo album in 1985. In 2016, Parfitt temporarily retired from touring with the band due to ill health, and died in December of that year. His only solo album, Over and Out, was released posthumously in 2018. Richard John Parfitt was born in Woking, Surrey, on 12 October 1948. His father Richard was an insurance salesman "who was a drinker and a gambler", and his mother Lillian worked in cake shops. He described his upbringing as "wonderful", and described his childhood-self as a "typical naughty boy". He first started to learn to play the guitar at the age of 11. In 1963 Parfitt was playing guitar and singing in The Prince of Wales Feathers, a pub on Warren Street in Camden, London, when his father was approached by an agent from Sunshine Holiday Camp on Hayling Island, who gave Parfitt a performing job. At the camp Parfitt joined Jean and Gloria Harrison – performing as the double act The Harrison Twins – to form a cabaret trio called The Highlights. Following the season, the Harrison Twins' manager Joe Cohen – who had been one of the Keystone Cops – arranged for The Highlights to perform at Butlins in Minehead. Here, Parfitt met future Status Quo partner Francis Rossi, who was playing with Alan Lancaster and John Coghlan in a band called The Spectres (soon to be renamed Traffic Jam) – a forerunner to Status Quo. "I remember wandering over there one afternoon for the first time and watching them rehearse," Parfitt recalled. "I may still have been in my silver lamé suit, which I used to wear all the time. They were playing [Chuck Berry's] 'Bye Bye Johnny' and it sounded absolutely fantastic." After Parfitt befriended the band, their manager Pat Barlow invited him to join, as they needed another singer. In 1967, Traffic Jam changed their name to The Status Quo (they soon dropped the definite article and later still would often be known simply as 'Quo'), beginning Parfitt's almost 50-year career in the band. Early successes came with the Rossi-penned hit "Pictures of Matchstick Men". The single became the group's only Top 40 hit in the United States, peaking at number twelve on the Billboard Hot 100. Though the follow-up was the unsuccessful single, "Black Veils of Melancholy", they had a hit again the same year with a Marty Wilde and Ronnie Scott song, "Ice in the Sun", which climbed to number eight. The band's 1972 album Piledriver, which reached number 5, spent a total of 37 weeks on the UK Albums Chart. ... Source: Article "Rick Parfitt" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Filmography

An Audience with Billy Connolly

8.4

An Audience with Billy Connolly
1985-10-26

Live Aid Against All Odds

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Live Aid Against All Odds
2005-06-15

Status Quo - The Frantic Four Reunion

6.8

Status Quo - The Frantic Four Reunion
2013-09-30

3.5

Bula Quo!
2013-07-05

Status Quo - Aquostic - Live at the Roundhouse

8.5

Status Quo - Aquostic - Live at the Roundhouse
2015-04-13

Status Quo: The Frantic Four’s Final Fling - Live At The Dublin 02 Arena

9

Status Quo: The Frantic Four’s Final Fling - Live At The Dublin 02 Arena
2014-08-29

5.6

Hello Quo
2012-10-22

Status Quo - Live and Acoustic

8

Status Quo - Live and Acoustic
2015-02-23

Status Quo - Perfect Remedy Tour 1989

7

Status Quo - Perfect Remedy Tour 1989
1989-12-18

7.9

Live Aid
1985-07-13

Status Quo - The Party Ain't Over Yet

7.5

Status Quo - The Party Ain't Over Yet

Status Quo - Just Doin' It!

9

Status Quo - Just Doin' It!
2006-11-06

Status Quo - Live Legends

0

Status Quo - Live Legends
2004-06-07

Status Quo - End Of The Road '84

0

Status Quo - End Of The Road '84
1984-12-03

Status Quo - Pictures Live at Montreux 2009

8.5

Status Quo - Pictures Live at Montreux 2009
2009-01-01

Status Quo Reunion Tour 2013

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Status Quo Reunion Tour 2013

Status Quo: XS All Areas - The Greatest Hits

0

Status Quo: XS All Areas - The Greatest Hits
2004-09-27

Status Quo - Live at the BBC

8

Status Quo - Live at the BBC
2010-09-01

Status Quo - Avo Session 2005

8

Status Quo - Avo Session 2005
2005-11-10

Status Quo - Anniversary Waltz

0

Status Quo - Anniversary Waltz
2003-03-30

John Peel's Record Box

8

John Peel's Record Box
2005-11-14

The Best of Cannon & Ball

0

The Best of Cannon & Ball
1985-04-07

Status Quo - Rock 'Til You Drop

0

Status Quo - Rock 'Til You Drop
1991-10-05

When Rock Ruled the World

0

When Rock Ruled the World
2002-03-13

Status Quo, Rockin' All Over The World

8

Status Quo, Rockin' All Over The World
2024-11-08

The Making of Do They Know It’s Christmas?

8

The Making of Do They Know It’s Christmas?
2024-11-25

Status Quo - Live at Zurich Airport

0

Status Quo - Live at Zurich Airport
2024-12-13

Big Hits: TOP 1964 to 1975

7

Big Hits: TOP 1964 to 1975
2011-04-01

Les Nuls, l'émission

8.3

Les Nuls, l'émission
1990-10-13

An Audience with...

5.3

An Audience with...
1978-01-08

Top of the Pops

6.6

Top of the Pops
1964-01-01

Surprise, Surprise

5.8

Surprise, Surprise
1984-05-06

7.484

Top Gear
2002-10-20

All Star Mr & Mrs

0

All Star Mr & Mrs
2008-04-12

6

Going Live!
1987-09-26

Geld oder Liebe

0

Geld oder Liebe
1989-09-28

6.167

Champs-Elysées
1982-01-16

6.2

Sacrée soirée
1987-09-02