Biography
John Miles is a British rock music vocalist, songwriter, guitarist and keyboard player, best known for his 1976 Top 3 UK hit single, “Music”. While still a pupil at Jarrow Grammar School, Miles was a member of a local band called The Influence, which also included Paul Thompson, later drummer with Roxy Music;[3] and Vic Malcolm, later lead guitarist with Geordie.This outfit released the single “I Want to Live” Following this he formed The John Miles Set before starting his solo career in 1971. A 1973 recording by Miles, “One Minute Every Hour” is a favourite with Northern Soul audiences. He would go on to sing on a number of albums for The Alan Parsons Project, who produced his debut album ‘Rebel’ which contained the hit song ‘Music’, reaching No.3 in the UK singles charts. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Miles_(musician)
Album & Cover
Stranger in the City was the second solo album released by John Miles .Recording sessions with its producer and orchestral arranger Rupert Holmes started in the summer of 1976 in the United States when Miles was promoting his first album “Rebel.” The bulk of the album was recorded in England. For this album, Miles recruited Australian keyboardist Gary Moberley because Miles felt that his previous album was missing something funky. Both “Remember Yesterday” and “Slow Down” charted in the UK (respectively 32 and 10) and would be the last Miles singles to chart in Britain until 1983. Although the singles did fairly well, the album itself barely cracked the top 40 of the UK chart. However, the cut “Slow Down” proved to be Miles’ biggest US chart hit, peaking at No. 2 on the Billboard Disco chart, and No. 34 on the Billboard Hot 100 in June 1977. “Remember Yesterday” was written about Bob Marshall, who was according to Miles a very romantic type, because he drifted around from girl to girl. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stranger_in_the_City
Cover Location:
Who Did What: Photography – A. Powell
Label: London PS682(US), Decca TXS118(UK)
Source: Vinyl. Album. Cover. Art, The Complete Hipgnosis Catalogue: Aubrey Powell
Tracklist
| Side One Stranger In The City Slow Down Stand Up And Give Me A Reason Time |
Side Two Manhattan Skyline Glamour Boy Do It Anyway Remember Yesterday Music Man |
Credits
Bass Guitar – Bob Marshall
Drums – Barry Black
Engineer – Bob Clearmountain, James Guthrie, Mike Bobak
Keyboards – Gary Moberley
Mixed By – Godfrey Diamond
Producer, Arranged By, Conductor – Rupert Holmes
Vocals, Guitar – John Miles
Written-By – Bob Marshall (tracks: A1 to B2, B4, B5), John Miles (tracks: A1 to B2, B4, B5)
