1. 10 Nov 2009 23:47MichaelB said

It is sensational that Alex Harvey has made it onto this list. Few people (those who never witnessed him live) will understand the sheer charisma that he had even when simply entering a room. He was a special person that you are lucky to meet once in a lifetime.

He won the ORIGINAL 'X' Factor in 1957 through the Daily Record as Scotland's answer to Tommy Steele. Lulu found the song 'Shout' through Harvey and the man was a God in Scotland at a time when England just looked to London for talent. A Liverpool music paper from the 60s at the time of the Alex Harvey Soul Band (The Merseybeat) campaigned for Alex to return and play in their city and he was regarded as the King of Hamburg when he played there...history sometimes makes you think differently but at the time Harvey was THE best.

It is hard to put into words but I have begun to feel privileged that I know (even if others don't) just how good he was through my father (who has since passed away) and the countless stories that I was told about him. Thanks dad.

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