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Ted Key (musician)

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Ted Key (musician)
Birth nameAnthony Matthew Key
Born (1960-07-01) 1 July 1960 (age 64)
Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England
Genres
Occupations
  • Singer
  • songwriter
  • musician
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • bass guitar
Years active
  • 1983 (1983)–present

Ted Key (born Anthony Matthew Key, 1 July 1960, Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England) was the original bassist in The Housemartins. He was replaced in 1985 by Norman Cook.[1]

Key originally played with a local band called The Gargoyles[1][2] and continues to be involved in the Hull music scene and is the front man of Ted Key and the Kingstons.[3]

Key taught mathematics at Hull College. He is married to a BBC Radio Humberside producer Katy Noone[4] and has two sons.

References

  1. ^ a b c Talktalk.co.uk - accessed January 2010[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ a b M C Strong, ed. (1998). The Great Rock Discography. Giunti. p. 372. ISBN 978-88-09-21522-1.
  3. ^ a b c "Ted Key and The Kingstons". Hull Music Archive. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  4. ^ "Music Introducing". BBC. Retrieved 28 March 2020.