Arthur Leonard Davies (9 November 1936 – 19 April 2024), known professionally as Larry Page, was an English pop singer and record producer, primarily from the late 1950s until the early 1970s and briefly in the 1990s.

Biography

Leonard Davies was born in Hayes, Hillingdon, Middlesex in 1936. After changing his name to Larry Page, in honour of Larry Parks, the star of The Jolson Story (1946), the teenager began a recording career as a singer.

Page tried to magnify his fame through the wearing of unusually large spectacles, as "Larry Page the Teenage Rage". The title was originally coined by Jack Bentley, the showbusiness correspondent from The Sunday Pictorial. Much of his producer/manager success centred on his efforts with the Kinks and the Troggs, and his ownership of Page One Records and Penny Farthing Records.

Page was the producer on Daniel Boone's charting single "Beautiful Sunday". In 1972, Page was also involved in producing a song for Chelsea F.C. The song, "Blue is the Colour", is still played at the end of home matches.

As of the 2000s, Page lived in Avoca Beach, New South Wales, Australia. He died there on 18 April 2024, at the age of 87.

Discography

The Larry Page Orchestra

  • Kinky Music (1965)
  • Executive Suite (1967)
  • From Larry with Love (1968)
  • Instrumentally Yours (1969)
  • Presenting the Larry Page Orchestra (1969)
  • This Is Larry Page (1970)
  • Their Melodies Together (1973)
  • Their Melodies Together Again (1974)
  • Rampage (1976)
  • Erotic Soul (1977)
  • Skin Heat (1978)
  • Imagine (1979)
  • John Paul George Ringo (1996)
  • Night Cruising (1998)

See also

  • The Kinks' 1965 US tour

References

  • Career overview by Richie Unterberger at AllMusic
  • Page One Records album discography
  • Larry Page Productions