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During the mid-'60s, Ronnie Bird was the only French artist to successfully emulate the sounds of the British Invasion across the channel. Bird was one of the few French singers with a facility for singing rock & roll in French without sounding strained or embarrassing. His first few discs were crafted with the help of expatriate guitarist <a href="spotify:artist:2PnyEnxPA8H95IhFEBu5u7">Mickey Baker</a>, the same <a href="spotify:artist:2PnyEnxPA8H95IhFEBu5u7">Mickey Baker</a> who was half of <a href="spotify:artist:4Ej7Oks6loB2oJQ3O7Rujs">Mickey & Sylvia</a> and responsible for great session work on numerous rock and R&B songs in the '50s. <a href="spotify:artist:2PnyEnxPA8H95IhFEBu5u7">Baker</a> played on Bird's discs and actually wrote a few tracks with him, although most of Bird's records were French covers of songs by British giants like <a href="spotify:artist:22bE4uQ6baNwSHPVcDxLCe">the Stones</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:67ea9eGLXYMsO2eYQRui3w">the Who</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:5U16QlMnlSAhkQxBZpLyLO">the Pretty Things</a>, and <a href="spotify:artist:6waa8mKu91GjzD4NlONlNJ">the Hollies</a>. For a time, Bird's band included guitarist <a href="spotify:artist:7zQmORVNaWz1cW1KJB2cTX">Mick Jones</a>, who went on to fame with <a href="spotify:artist:6IRouO5mvvfcyxtPDKMYFN">Foreigner</a> in the '70s.
Although extremely derivative of the tougher side of the British Invasion, Bird's covers and originals were respectably hard-driving and well-executed. Dabbling in soul and psychedelia at times as the '60s progressed, Bird eased out of the music business and emigrated to New York in the '70s. ~ Richie Unterberger, Rovi
Although extremely derivative of the tougher side of the British Invasion, Bird's covers and originals were respectably hard-driving and well-executed. Dabbling in soul and psychedelia at times as the '60s progressed, Bird eased out of the music business and emigrated to New York in the '70s. ~ Richie Unterberger, Rovi
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