Brian Connolly

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Govanhill, Glasgow, Scotland, UK

Brian Francis Connolly was a Scottish singer-songwriter, musician and actor, best known as the lead singer between 1968 and 1979 of the British glam rock band The Sweet.

Known for

• Året var 1976 — Self (archive footage)2025
• The Sweet: Action (The Ultimate Story)2015
• Only the Brave — Factory Manager2006
• The Sweet: Sweetlike — Vocals / Guitar2003
• Ghoulies — Ghoulie (Voice)1984
• The Sweet: All That Glitters1974
• All That Glitters — Self1974
• Cilla — Self1968
• The Sweet - The Definitive Collection

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Gender

Male

Origin

United Kingdom

Active from

1942-11-24

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

2,206

Total plays

10,339

Brian Connolly was born on October 5, 1945 in Hamilton, Scotland. He was adopted at birth and took the name Brian McManus. When he was 18 Brian discovered that he was adopted he changed his surname to his mother's, Connolly. At age 18 Brian moved to Middlesex and replaced singer Ian Gillan (of Deep Purple and Black Sabbath fame) in a band called Wainwright's Gentlemen which included drummer Mick Tucker. Wainwright's Gentlemen split up in 1968 without releasing any recordings. <a href="http

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Given name

Brian

Gender

male

Citizenship

United Kingdom

Place of birth

Hamilton

Place of death

Slough

Occupation

songwriter

Languages spoken

English language

Genre

hard rock

Instrument

voice

Official website

thesweet.com/nc.htm

Image

Brian Connolly 1976.jpg

Voice type

tenor

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