Keith West was the lead singer of Tomorrow, a 1960s psychedelic rock band. West composed most of the band's songs (duly credited to Keith Hopkins). Despite critical acclaim and support from BBC Radio 1 DJ John Peel, who featured them on his Perfumed Garden show, the band was not a commercial success. In 1964 West became lead singer of "In Crowd" a rock band from London, which was then renamed Tomorrow. Another member of that earlier band was the guitarist Steve Howe.

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  • Keith West was the lead singer of Tomorrow, a 1960s psychedelic rock band. West composed most of the band's songs (duly credited to Keith Hopkins). Despite critical acclaim and support from BBC Radio 1 DJ John Peel, who featured them on his Perfumed Garden show, the band was not a commercial success. In 1964 West became lead singer of "In Crowd" a rock band from London, which was then renamed Tomorrow. Another member of that earlier band was the guitarist Steve Howe. In 1967 West became acquainted with Mark Wirtz, a producer who had already created the instrumental title, "A Touch of Velvet, a Sting of Brass" (1965). Later on the melody became the theme tune for the German television programs, Beat-Club and Musikladen. West himself is perhaps better known as a participant of Wirtz's A Teenage Opera. He was the singer of "Grocer Jack (Excerpt from A Teenage Opera)," also known as "Grocer Jack," which reached No. 2 on the UK Singles Chart in 1967. He also performed "Sam," which reached the bottom end of the Top 40 the same year. In 1968 West released the single "On A Saturday" on Parlophone Records. Other musicians who appeared on the single were the guitarist Steve Howe, bassist Ronnie Wood, and drummer Aynsley Dunbar. It has since been included on the remastered CD version of the Tomorrow album (1999). In 1971 West released a solo album, Wherever My Love Goes on the German progressive rock record label, Kuckuck. It features his songwriting partner Ken Burgess and steel guitarist Glenn Ross Campbell. Two tracks of it were produced by Andrew Loog Oldham. By the mid 1970s West was the lead singer for a group called Moonrider. West continues to produce and record music, which is used primarily within the advertising industry.
  • Keith West war Mitglied der 1960er Jahre - Psychedelic-Rock-Band „Tomorrow“. Bekannt wurde er aber hauptsächlich durch seine Teilnahme an dem Projekt „A Teenage Opera“ von Mark Wirtz, als er den Song „Excerpt from a Teenage Opera“ sang und damit einen Millionenseller und Evergreen schuf.
  • Keith West, pseudoniem van Keith Hopkins, is een Britse zanger. Hij is vooral bekend van zijn hit Excerpt from a teenage opera.
  • Keith West, född som Keith Alan Hopkins den 6 december 1943 i Liverpool, är en sångare och gitarrist. Keith West började sin karriär i ett modband kallat Four+1. Han blev sedan medlem i gruppen the In Crowd, vilken mynnade ut i den psykedeliska gruppen Tomorrow. Tomorrow gjorde sig känd i Englands undergroundscen genom liveuppträdanden, men när de försökte sig på att ge ut singlar gick det inte bra. Keith West själv gav medan han var med i gruppen ut psykedeliska "minioperan" "Excerpt from A Teenage Opera", ett stycke musik som handlade om butiksägaren Jacks död, vilken blev en stor hit sommaren 1967 (#2 på Englandslistan, #1 på svenska Tio i topp hösten samma år). Han gav ut uppföljarsingeln "Sam", men den försvann snabbt från listorna. Att West fått en så stor hit själv gjorde dock att Tomorrow föll sönder. Gruppen var historia våren 1968.
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  • Keith West was the lead singer of Tomorrow, a 1960s psychedelic rock band. West composed most of the band's songs (duly credited to Keith Hopkins). Despite critical acclaim and support from BBC Radio 1 DJ John Peel, who featured them on his Perfumed Garden show, the band was not a commercial success. In 1964 West became lead singer of "In Crowd" a rock band from London, which was then renamed Tomorrow. Another member of that earlier band was the guitarist Steve Howe.
  • Keith West war Mitglied der 1960er Jahre - Psychedelic-Rock-Band „Tomorrow“. Bekannt wurde er aber hauptsächlich durch seine Teilnahme an dem Projekt „A Teenage Opera“ von Mark Wirtz, als er den Song „Excerpt from a Teenage Opera“ sang und damit einen Millionenseller und Evergreen schuf.
  • Keith West, pseudoniem van Keith Hopkins, is een Britse zanger. Hij is vooral bekend van zijn hit Excerpt from a teenage opera.
  • Keith West, född som Keith Alan Hopkins den 6 december 1943 i Liverpool, är en sångare och gitarrist. Keith West började sin karriär i ett modband kallat Four+1. Han blev sedan medlem i gruppen the In Crowd, vilken mynnade ut i den psykedeliska gruppen Tomorrow. Tomorrow gjorde sig känd i Englands undergroundscen genom liveuppträdanden, men när de försökte sig på att ge ut singlar gick det inte bra.
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