Birth of Jeff Beck1944
Birth of Jeff Beck
Historical person
Jeff Beck Biography
Historical biography and chronological timeline for Jeff Beck, based on 8 World History Database records associated with Great Britain.
8 records1944–19694 events1 places
Chronological biography
1944
1965
Yardbirds20 March 1965
After being invited to replace Eric Clapton in The Yardbirds Page turns down the offer and suggested his friend Jeff Beck
1966
Yardbirds1966
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
Yardbirds1966
Shares a brief twin-guitar Yardbirds line-up with Jimmy Page.
Becks Bolero20 March 1966
Keith Moon, bass player John Paul Jones, keyboardist Nicky Hopkins, Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page record "Becks Bolero" in London's IBC Studios
1967
Jeff Beck Group1967
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 Group1968
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 Group1969
Owing to friction within the band, Rod Stewart and Ron Wood leaw the group to replace Steve Marriott in the Small Faces
Titles and roles
Member of Jeff Beck Group · Member of Yardbirds
Record provenance
This biography is assembled from World History Database records filtered by country and personal-name fields. Exact duplicate display records are removed. The database is an index rather than a complete narrative biography; formal research should verify entries against relevant primary or specialist sources.