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Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel

Steve Harley was an English singer and songwriter, best known as frontman of the rock group Cockney Rebel, they were big in the mid 1970s, immediately prior to the punk explosion.

They were a mix of Art House and Glam rock and between them they came up with three really good sounding tracks.

'Judy Teen', released in 1974

'Make me Smile (Come up and See Me)' the following year


and the Beetles cover, 'Here Comes the Sun', released in 1976



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