"All of the Good Ones Are Taken" is the title track of the sixth solo album of Ian Hunter, former lead singer of the English rock band Mott the Hoople. The album contains a mix of several styles. Longtime collaborator Mick Ronson was mostly absent (he only played guitar on one track), because he was seriously considering quitting the music business. The so called fast version of the song "All of the Good Ones Are Taken", that also had a slower version on the album, was released as a single in 1983 and features a saxophone solo by Clarence Clemons of Bruce Spri… read more
"All of the Good Ones Are Taken" is the title track of the sixth solo album of Ian Hunter, former lead singer of the English rock band Mott… read more
"All of the Good Ones Are Taken" is the title track of the sixth solo album of Ian Hunter, former lead singer of the English rock band Mott the Hoople. The album contains a mix… read more
Ian Hunter (born Ian Hunter Patterson on June 3, 1939 in Oswestry, Shropshire, England) was the lead singer of the band Mott the Hoople from 1969 until the band broke up in 1974. He has since worked as a solo artist. Hunter began his musical career on the bass guitar. An early foray into music was as an entrant in a talent competition at one of Butlin's holiday camps, performing "Blue Moon" as part of a skiffle group with Colen York and Colin Broome. Hunter memorialized how he left his family in a later song, "23A Swan Hill," the address of his teenage home … read more
Ian Hunter (born Ian Hunter Patterson on June 3, 1939 in Oswestry, Shropshire, England) was the lead singer of the band Mott the Hoople from 1969 until the band broke up in 1974. He has sin… read more
Ian Hunter (born Ian Hunter Patterson on June 3, 1939 in Oswestry, Shropshire, England) was the lead singer of the band Mott the Hoople from 1969 until the band broke up in 1974. He has since worked as a solo artist. Hunter began his m… read more