Billy Mackenzie

Billy Mackenzie was a Scottish singer.

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Born in Dundee on March 27th 1957, he led a peripatetic lifestyle which included decamping to New Zealand at the age of 16 and travelling across America aged 17. Here he married Chloe Dummar to avoid deportation. Her brother Melvin Dummar claimed to be the "one sixteenth" beneficiary of the estate of Howard Hughes until the case was thrown out in 1978.

Related Topics:
Dundee - March - 1957 - New Zealand - America - Melvin Dummar - Howard Hughes - 1978

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He returned to Scotland where he met Alan Rankine and in 1976 formed the Ascorbic Boys. They changed the name to The Associates in 1979. The Associates continued until 1990, then Mackenzie embarked on a solo career, which was cut short by his suicide in 1997.

Related Topics:
Alan Rankine - 1976 - The Associates - 1979 - 1990 - Suicide

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Now a significant cult figure much of his musical legacy has been released in the past few years. He was the subject of a biography by Tom Doyle, The Glamour Chase in 1998.

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