Cliff Bennett

One of the most formidable talents not to ascend to the top rank of British rock & roll during the mid-'60s -- except for a pair of hits some two years apart -- he missed a lot of the success that most onlookers would have pegged him for, though he fostered a lot of good careers in the musicians who passed through his band. Cliff Bennett was born near London during 1940, and by his teens seemed destined for life as a skilled foundry worker except that he loved music more than he loved work in the foundry. He'd reached his mid-teens just as rock & roll was being exported from A...