Graham Gouldman (born Graham Keith Gouldman, 10 May 1946, Broughton, Salford, England) is an English songwriter and musician who is a long-time member of British band 10cc.
Gouldman played in a number of Manchester bands from 1963, including The High Spots, The Crevattes, The Planets and The Whirlwinds, which became a house band at his local Jewish Lads' Brigade. The Whirlwinds – comprising Gouldman (vocals, guitar), Bernard Basso (bass), Stephen...
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Graham Gouldman (born Graham Keith Gouldman, 10 May 1946, Broughton, Salford, England) is an English songwriter and musician who is a long-time member of British band 10cc.
Gouldman played in a number of Manchester bands from 1963, including The High Spots, The Crevattes, The Planets and The Whirlwinds, which became a house band at his local Jewish Lads' Brigade. The Whirlwinds – comprising Gouldman (vocals, guitar), Bernard Basso (bass), Stephen Jacobsen (guitar, bongos), Malcolm Wagner, Maurice Spering and Phil Cohen – secured a recording contract with HMV, releasing a cover of the Buddy Holly song "Look At Me", backed with "Baby Not Like You", written by Lol Creme, in June 1964.
In late 1964 Gouldman dissolved The Whirlwinds and in February 1965 formed The Mockingbirds with Jacobsen and Basso and a former member of fellow Manchester band The Sabres, Kevin Godley (drums). The Mockingbirds signed with the Columbia label, which rejected Gouldman’s first offering as a single – "For...
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