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Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel onstage at Crystal Palace Bowl
The story of the day Steve Harley's Jesus trip was spoiled by overheated fans

By Geoff Barton, Fraser Lewry Published

With a number one single under their belt, Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel booked their biggest headline show – it did not go according to plan

Music
Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel photographed at London Airport arriving back from New York
How a Steve Harley song that dissed his bandmates became an all-time classic

By Rob Hughes Published

Written as a dig at the band members who quit because Steve Harley wanted to do all the writing himself, Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me) became a timeless hit

Bands & Artists
Steve Harley in 1975
Steve Harley shows who's boss on the 50th Anniversary edition of The Best Years Of Our Lives

By John Aizlewood Published

Lavishly expanded 50th-anniversary edition of the album where Cockney Rebel suffered reduced billing (includes the big hit)

Albums
Steve Harley studio portrait
"I could stand up with four cardboard cut-outs and still be a star": Steve Harley spent four years of his childhood in hospital and grew up to hate journalists, but all he wanted was an audience

By Geoff Barton Published

The late Steve Harley was most famous for his 1975 hit Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me), but his story involves so much more

Interviews
Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel: Timeless Flight cover art
"A charcuterie board of delightful music, with all sorts of flavours, textures and surprises": Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel keep it leisurely on Timeless Flight

By Classic Rock Magazine Published

Timeless Flight: The Steve Harley album that followed the one with the big hit on it

Albums
Steve Harley onstage
Cockney Rebel leader Steve Harley dies, aged 73

By Jerry Ewing Published

Musician Steve Harley passes away a month after cancelling tour dates for cancer treatment

Bands & Artists
Steve Harley onstage
Steve Harley: The soundtrack of my life

By Jo Kendall Published

Singer and songwriter Steve Harley picks his records, artists and gigs of lasting significance, and reveals the song that reminds him of his first love, Glenda White from Wickford

Bands & Artists
Steve Harley in front of the cover art of Frank Zappa's Apostrophe album
Why I ❤️ Frank Zappa's Apostrophe ('), by Steve Harley

By Dave Ling Published

Steve Harley, the original Cockney Rebel, praises Frank Zappa's Apostrophe ('), the 1974 album that advised against eating yellow snow

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Steve Harley announces UK acoustic tour

By Scott Munro Published

Cockney Rebel trio Steve Harley, Barry Wickens and James Lascelles will play 31 dates across the UK in 2019

Concerts & Shows