Bryan Ferry and Phil Manzanera before the band recorded its first album (early Peel Sessions for the UK's BBC Radio 1 feature O'List's playing). Roxy Music's first hit "Virginia Plain" made the UK top 5 in 1972, and was followed up with several hit singles and albums, with Ferry as their lead vocalist and instrumentalist (he taught himself the piano in his mid-twenties) and Eno contributing synthesiser backing. After their second album, Brian Eno left Roxy Music, leaving Ferry its undisputed leader. Ferry started a parallel solo career in 1973, initially performing cover versions of old standards on albums such as "These
The Hit Parade (group) public relations agency Henry's House, is a trustee of The Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA, London), is advisor to Simon Fuller, and has written for periodicals including "NME", "Music Week" and "The Guardian" on music and marketing. Other members included Cath Carroll, Harvey Williams and Mike Watts. The Hit Parade (group) The Hit Parade is an independent pop group from London, England that has released seven albums, thirteen 7" vinyl records, CDs and other printed materials. The Hit Parade's first recordings were made in 1984 by three school friends Raymond Watts, Matthew Moffatt and Julian Henry at Watts garage studio