Christopher Thomas Youlden (1 January 1943 – 4 April 2025) was an English

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singer. He worked with the British blues band

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from 1967 until 1970. He later released several solo albums. His albums with Savoy Brown are ''

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'' (1968), '' Blue Matter'' (1969), ''

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'' (1969), and '' Raw Sienna'' (1970). Youlden was not only the vocalist and played piano, but wrote many of their songs, including six out of nine songs on ''Raw Sienna''. He died of bronchial pneumonia on 4 April 2025, at the age of 82.

Discography

*''Nowhere Road'' (1973) –

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Spectrum Generic CD 3694 01 Remaster 2003 (Canada) *''City Child'' (1974) – London Spectrum Generic CD 3693 03 Remaster 2003 (Canada) *''Legend'' (1979) – London *''Second Sight'' (1991) – Ruf Records, Line Records *''Matico / Chris Youlden & The Big Picture'' (2006) – Midnight Records/Littlehorn CD *''Closing Time / Chris Youlden &The Slammers (2018) —The Last Music Company

References

External links

Illustrated Chris Youlden discography
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Chris Youlden
biography at Last Music Company. 1943 births 2025 deaths English blues musicians English blues singers People from Dagenham Savoy Brown members Ruf Records artists Singers from the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham {{UK-singer-stub