Bryan Ferry
Bryan Ferry first gained recognition in the 1970s as creator, singer and principal songwriter of the legendary Roxy Music. Always creatively restless, drawing on art, cinema, poetry, literature, love and the price of love – and music of all description – with Roxy and as a solo artist he has recorded twenty-four albums over the course of a career that has now spanned six decades.
Ferry began his solo career in 1973, in tandem with his work with Roxy. As songwriter, in tracks like 1985’s “Slave To Love,” he again created some of the key records of the period. Simultaneously, through an unpredictable series of cover versions, he has carved a reputation as one of the great modern interpreters of song, with the ability to make other people’s songs practically his own, as demonstrated by his definitive version of Wilbert Harrison’s “Let’s Stick Together,” and Roxy’s remake of John Lennon’s “Jealous Guy.”
A unique and abidingly influential figure worldwide, in 2011 Ferry was awarded a CBE for his contribution to British music. In 2012, he received the French national honour of Officier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. In 2014 he was made an Honorary Doctor of Music by Newcastle University. Roxy Music were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame in 2019.
