Talk:Johnny Kidd (singer)

Opening comment

The Categories all turn up on their pages under K for Kidd, but with the description Frederick Heath. -- Beardo 03:08, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

The text suggests that Johnny Kidd achieved worldwide fame "mainly for the song Shakin All Over", but the wiki article about this song states that it didn't have much impact outside the UK and Europe until it was covered by other bands.212.62.26.100 (talk) 09:13, 21 June 2017 (UTC)

Agreed. He's obscure at best outside of the UK, never having had any kind of international hit as a performer. 74.12.29.48 (talk) 20:23, 29 February 2024 (UTC)

Page name

I think this page should be at Johnny Kidd (singer). When I have a little more time, I'll do the formal RM. -- Beardo 12:46, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

Requested move

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No consensus to move. Vegaswikian (talk) 01:46, 11 August 2011 (UTC)

Johnny Kidd (singer) → Johnny Kidd – The singer is the main topic, the wrestler is possibly even named after the singer. E-Kartoffel (talk) 13:06, 4 August 2011 (UTC)

• Oppose - Primary topic is not definitively shown. Marcus Qwertyus 04:44, 7 August 2011 (UTC)

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

DoB

I have a conflicting DoB of 1929. Do we have a good source or sources for 1935? All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 21:36, 5 July 2016 (UTC).

His memorial stone here, for one. Also Allmusic. But did you mean that some sources state 1939, rather than 1929? Some do indeed state 1939 - this and this, for example. However, his official death record gives his age at death as 30, which also indicates a 1935 (or 36) birth. I'll leave it up to you as to which source to use. Ghmyrtle (talk) 21:50, 5 July 2016 (UTC)

What? No Adam Ant?

Surely, in the legacy section, Adam and the Ants have earned a footnote. They full on dressed in pirate attire, with slightly modern touches; in concert, on album sleeves, and in music videos! Johnny's influence is much more obvious on them, than say, Alice Cooper. Food for thought. 73.66.156.81 (talk) 02:08, 13 December 2021 (UTC)