Birth of Jeff Beck
Birth of Jeff Beck
Historical biography archive · Updated 2026-11-03
Jeff Beck Biography and Timeline
Follow Jeff Beck through 8 dated historical records for Great Britain.
Jeff Beck, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
8Distinct records
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1944–1969Years on this page
1944
1965
Yardbirds
After being invited to replace Eric Clapton in The Yardbirds Page turns down the offer and suggested his friend Jeff Beck
1966
Becks Bolero
Keith Moon, bass player John Paul Jones, keyboardist Nicky Hopkins, Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page record "Becks Bolero" in London's IBC Studios
Yardbirds
Page is again offered to join The Yardbirds and at first plays bass guitar with the group after the departure of Paul Samwell-Smith, before finally switching to twin lead guitar with Beck when Chris Dreja moves to bass. Appointed Member of Yardbirds
Yardbirds
Shares a brief twin-guitar Yardbirds line-up with Jimmy Page.
Role range: 1965-1966
1967
Jeff Beck Group
Jeff Beck forms a new band called The Jeff Beck Group, which features him on lead guitar, Rod Stewart on vocals, Ron Wood on bass, Nicky Hopkins on piano, and Micky Waller on drums
1968
Jeff Beck Group
The group produces two albums, Truth in 1968 and Beck-Ola the following year, these two albums are highly acclaimed, and are considered by some to be among the precursors to heavy metal
1969
Jeff Beck Group
Owing to friction within the band, Rod Stewart and Ron Wood leaw the group to replace Steve Marriott in the Small Faces
Records, sources and methodology
These dates and descriptions come from the historical_events database. Exact duplicate records have been collapsed. Names are grouped by the country, Name 2 and Name 1 fields; records with missing Name 2 cannot be reliably assigned to an individual biography. Check the underlying sources before formal citation.