Biography
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Born
December 1943 (age 80)
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Born In
Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Indiana, United States
Geno Washington (Born William Francis Washington, December 1943) is a British R&B musician born in Evansville, Indiana, released five albums with The Ram Jam Band between 1966 and 1969 (see Geno Washington & The Ram Jam Band), and eight solo albums beginning in 1976. He is also the man who in 1984 met Ian Brown at a birthday party in Manchester, telling young Brown that he was a star who should begin singing. Brown went on to form The Stone Roses, the legendary British guitar band, and have a successful, critically acclaimed solo career.
Geno Washington is the "Geno" of Dexys Midnight Runners' eponymous 1980 single.
Geno's vocals also feature on you got me
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