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Brian Locking(1939-2020)

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Brian 'Liquorice' Locking was called Liquorice by his schoolmates because of his fondness of eating it and the name stuck, He made his professional debut with Terry Dene in Coventry and went on to play with such top names as Marty Wilde, Eddie Cochrane, Tommy Steele and Adam Faith and became inter nationally known after he replaced Jet Harris in The Shadows
BornDecember 22, 1939
DiedOctober 8, 2020(80)
BornDecember 22, 1939
DiedOctober 8, 2020(80)
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Lionel Murton, Lauri Peters, and Cliff Richard in Vacances d'été (1963)
Vacances d'été
6.1
  • Brian Locking(as The Shadows)
  • 1963
Paul McCartney, John Lennon, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, and The Beatles in Big Beat '64 (1964)
Big Beat '64
8.9
TV Special
  • Self(as The Shadows)
  • 1964
After Ten Fellas: Ten!
8.6
TV Special
  • The Shadows
  • 1968
Cherry Wainer in 50s Britannia (2013)
50s Britannia
6.4
TV Series
  • Self - Vince Taylor & the Playboys(as Brian 'Licorice' Locking)

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  • Lionel Murton, Lauri Peters, and Cliff Richard in Vacances d'été (1963)
    Vacances d'été
    6.1
    • Brian Locking (as The Shadows)
    • 1963

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  • Alternative names
    • Brian 'Licorice' Locking
  • Born
    • December 22, 1939
    • Bedworth, Warwickshire, England, UK
  • Died
    • October 8, 2020
    • North Wales, UK(bladder cancer)

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    • Licorice

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