Tommy Bruce & The Bruisers

b. Thomas Charles Bruce, 16 July 1937, Stepney, London, England, d. 10 July 2006, Watford, Hertfordshire, England. This 60s rock ‘n' roll vocalist possessed an extraordinary voice that was described as a subtle blending of a corncrake, steam hammer and gravel polisher. Orphaned at the age of 10, Bruce worked for some years as a driver's mate in London's famous Covent Garden fruit market, before his neighbour, the then actor and later successful songwriter, Barry Mason, encouraged him to make the demo record that secured him a contract with Norrie Paramor at Columbia Records in...