Long John Baldry

Long John Baldry, (January 12, 1941 – July 21, 2005) was a pioneering British blues musician. He played with and influenced many notable British musicians with Rod Stewart and Elton John appearing in bands led by Baldry at various stages of the 1960's. He enjoyed pop success in the UK where "Let The Heartaches Begin" reached #1 in 1967 and in Australia where his duet with Kathi McDonald "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin" reached the top 5 of the charts in 1980. Baldry lived in Canada from the late 1970s until his death, where he continued to make records and do voiceover work.

Canadian citizen

After spending time in New York City and Los Angeles in 1978, Baldry chose to settle permanently in Vancouver, British Columbia where he became a Canadian citizen. He regularly toured the Canadian west coast as well as the U.S. Northwest.

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New York City - Los Angeles - 1978 - Vancouver - British Columbia - Canadian

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In 1979, he teamed up with Seattle singer Kathi MacDonald to record a version of "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin" following which MacDonald became a permanent part of his touring group for the next two decades. The song made the lower reaches of the US Billboard charts but was a top 5 hit in Australia in 1980. He last recorded with the Stony Plain record label. His 1997 album Right To Sing The Blues won a Juno Award in the Juno Award for Blues Album of the Year category in the Juno Awards of 1997. (9)

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1979 - Seattle - Kathi MacDonald - Stony Plain - Juno Award - Juno Award for Blues Album of the Year - Juno Awards of 1997

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He died in 2005 of a chest infection in a Vancouver hospital.

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2005 - Hospital

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