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Steve Harley

British musician and songwriter (1951–2024)
Person Human Q705889

Facts

27 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[12]
Date of birth
February 27, 1951
Date of death
March 17, 2024
Place of birth
Deptford
Place of death
Suffolk, Clare[6]
Country of citizenship
United Kingdom[7]
Occupation
singer-songwriter
Educated at
Haberdashers' Hatcham College, Harlow College[9][10]
Genre
glam rock, pop rock[13][14]
Official website
www.steveharley.com[23]
Cause of death
cancer[17]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[25]
Birth name
Stephen Malcolm Ronald Nice[26]
Copyright representative
PRS for Music[30]
Copyright status as a creator
works protected by copyrights[31]
Discography
Steve Harley discography[16]
End of work period
2024[29]
Family name
Nice[18]
Given name
Stephen, Malcolm, Ronald[19][20][21]
Manner of death
natural causes[24]
Member of
Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel[11]
Name in native language
Stephen Nice[27]
Native language
English[8]
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Pseudonym
Steve Harley[22]
Record label
EMI[15]
Start of work period
1972[28]
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🔖 Identifiers · 54
ISNI
0000000071410200
VIAF cluster ID
51889207
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n92087030
GND ID
134398009
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Steve Harley May 2014 Live The Concert At The Kings Festival.jpg ↗
AZLyrics artist ID
s/steveharley
AllMusic artist ID
mn0000035719
Apple Music artist ID
14561756
AusStage person ID
497862
BBC Things ID
6dc9bab9-b68b-445e-a288-cd76298bcc20
BIBSYS ID
43861
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
14031440x
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CONOR.SI ID
67282275
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
134398009
Discogs artist ID
140575
Europeana entity
agent/base/71006
Facebook username
steveharleyCR
Freebase ID
/m/01w_hz8
GTAA ID
104989
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
Steve_Harley
HAND ID
015E-7D17-6750-4032-A3AD
IMDb ID
nm1477664
IPI name number
00070384584
IdRef ID
253186943
J9U entity ID
987007422739605171
JRC Names ID
668161
Jaxsta profile ID
0150bcf7-d35e-4ff6-a7ba-55c05f1c255f
Kinobox person ID
940168
Last.fm ID
Steve+Harley
Les Archives du spectacle person ID
292919
MusicBrainz artist ID
58177b75-d725-45e1-9b35-df18f1fd15c2, 3e2cfc31-a11e-44e7-a493-68b49a3984b6
Musik-Sammler.de artist ID
58632
Muziekweb performer ID
M00000013306
NNDB people ID
585/000128201
NSK (VIAF) ID
000098063
NSK ID
981005685004009366
National Library of Korea ID
KAC2020N5116
National Library of Lithuania ID
LNB:BfpM;=B1
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810550284905606
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID
XX964743
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
097897434
Official Charts artist ID
18068
Rate Your Music artist ID
steve_harley
Rock's Backpages artist ID
steve-harley
SBN author ID
UBOV922501
SecondHandSongs artist ID
3325
Songkick artist ID
283428
Spotify artist ID
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TMDB person ID
149149
WhoSampled artist ID
Steve-Harley
WikiTree person ID
Nice-558
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJf8yBdy74rCgBjXpGbGHC
X (Twitter) username
steveharleyCR
Yale LUX ID
person/cf30d85b-844c-4a76-baf5-15cc12bc06c6

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🔗 Connections
Given name 3
Ronald, Stephen, Malcolm
Genre 2
pop rock, glam rock
Belongs to 1
Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel
Cause of death 1
cancer
Compositions 1
Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)
Copyright representative 1
PRS for Music
Country of citizenship 1
United Kingdom
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Manner of death 1
natural causes
Member of 1
Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel
Native language 1
English
Occupation 1
singer-songwriter
Place of birth 1
Deptford
Place of death 1
Suffolk
Sex or gender 1
male
← FactGrid item ID 1
Bystryk
← Lyricist 1
Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)
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Summary

Steve Harley was born on February 27, 1951[1], in Deptford[2]. He died on March 17, 2024[3], in Suffolk[4]. He worked as a singer-songwriter[5].

FAQs

Where was Steve Harley born?

Steve Harley's place of birth was Deptford[2].

Where did Steve Harley die?

Steve Harley died in Suffolk[4].

What did Steve Harley do for work?

Steve Harley worked as a singer-songwriter[5].

Where did Steve Harley go to school?

Steve Harley was educated at Haberdashers' Hatcham College[9] and Harlow College[10].

Related Entities

United Kingdom

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  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . theguardian.com. Retrieved . theguardian.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . Great Norwegian Encyclopedia. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [12] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  15. [17] ↑ . independent.co.uk. Retrieved . independent.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [1] ↑ . AllMusic. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [3] ↑ . Great Norwegian Encyclopedia. Retrieved . theguardian.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . AllMusic. wikidata.org.
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  27. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  29. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [30] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  31. [31] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

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    Place of death → Suffolk, Clare
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