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Norman Blake was born on 20 October, 1965 in Bellshill, North Lanarkshire, Scotland, is a Scottish singer, songwriter and musician. Discover Norman Blake's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 58 years old?

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Age 58 years old
Zodiac Sign Libra
Born 20 October 1965
Birthday 20 October
Birthplace Bellshill, North Lanarkshire, Scotland
Nationality United Kingdom

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Timeline

1953

The group recorded one EP for 53rd and 3rd Records featuring three of Blake's compositions.

1965

Norman Blake (born 20 October 1965, Bellshill, North Lanarkshire, Scotland) is a Scottish singer, instrumentalist and songwriter in the Glasgow-based band Teenage Fanclub.

Blake and Sean Dickson (The Soup Dragons) were in The Faith Healers together, which also contained various members at different times Stevie Gray, Hugh McLaughlin, Brian Carson and Colin Murray to name but a few.

Blake was a member of the Glasgow group, The Pretty Flowers, with school friend Duglas T. Stewart, Frances McKee, Janice Cochrane and Sean Dickson.

1986

After the group split Blake formed the Boy Hairdressers in 1986, the original lineup being really just Blake assisted by Dickson and Stewart.

Later Blake was joined by Joe McAlinden, Jim Lambie and three future members of Teenage Fanclub Raymond McGinley, Francis Macdonald and Paul Quinn (after Macdonald's departure) ( Brendan O’ Hare also joined the group at this time).

In 1986, Blake also joined BMX Bandits, originally on drums and later moving to guitar.

Blake became a key songwriter for them, co-authoring some of their best-loved material including "Disco Girl", "Serious Drugs" and "Right Across the Street".

Blake also joined Glasgow group The Clouds for a short stay, playing lead guitar on their single Get Out of My Dream.

1989

In 1989 Blake formed Teenage Fanclub with McGinley, later enlisting Francis Macdonald and Gerard Love to record their debut A Catholic Education.The album was primarily composed by Blake and included the anthemic "Everything Flows" (later covered by acts including Velvet Crush, Dinosaur Jr, Idlewild and Gallygows).

The album was recorded in Glasgow back to back with the debut album of Blake's other group at that time, BMX Bandits, the ironically titled C86, which Blake also wrote much of the material for.

1990

Blake has produced recordings for Speedboat (featuring Finlay MacDonald), The Pearlfishers and 1990s.

Blake has solo recordings on the albums Caroline Now! (a tribute album to The Beach Boys) and Ballads of the Book.

1991

Blake officially left the Bandits in 1991 after their Star Wars album but continues to be an occasional contributor to their records.

Blake has found international fame and acclaim with Teenage Fanclub for his songwriting talents and vocal abilities in both lead and harmony roles.

Blake's songs are melodic and great, and an appreciation and understanding of many musical genres.

His best loved songs for Teenage Fanclub include " Straight and Narrow ", "Alcoholiday", "Did I Say" and "Neil Jung".

Blake has continued to contribute to projects without his main band, including one-off collaborations with Eugene Kelly as The Famous Monsters, and Francis MacDonald as Frank Blake.

More recently, Blake has recorded and co-written material with Euros Childs, forming the indie superduo Jonny.

Blake has also appeared on recordings by The Trash Can Sinatras, The Pastels, Kevin Ayers, Bill Wells, The Reindeer Section, Snowgoose, Yeon Gene and The Pearlfishers.

2001

In 2001, Blake stood down from being elected Rector of the University of Glasgow to make room for his friend, Belle and Sebastian's, Stuart Murdoch.

2009

In 2009, Blake moved to live with his Canadian wife in Kitchener, Ontario.

He is currently collaborating with Joe Pernice in The New Mendicants.

2014

Their debut album, Into the Lime, was released in January 2014.

In 2014, Blake released How Many Glasgow, an album in collaboration with Jad Fair and Tenniscoats on the label Sweet Dreams Press.

2015

2015 saw the release of the album Yes, a collaboration with Jad Fair as part of Fair's artist in residence project with Indianapolis label Joyful Noise Recordings.

2017

Blake features prominently in the 2017 documentary Teenage Superstars.

2018

In 2018, Blake produced the debut (and only) album, Things That Roar, by Manchester band, The Beep Seals.

The band was fronted by former Alfie guitarist, Ian Smith, and Jack Cooper, who went on to form several bands including Ultimate Painting and Mazes.