Born at
North Middlesex Hospital,
Edmonton, north London, England, Graham became a member of
the Outlaws and worked with
Joe Meek. He left to join work with
Joe Brown in 1961. Graham played on 13 number one singles, including those by
the Dave Clark Five,
Engelbert Humperdinck,
Peter and Gordon,
Jackie Trent,
the Kinks,
Tom Jones and
Dusty Springfield, and appeared on a total of 40 UK top five hits (10 number two hits; 4 number 3 hits; 6 number 4 hits; 7 number five hits; 107 top 50 hits – 1155 days in the charts). In a discography that counts approximately 15,000 titles, he played on hits by
John Barry,
Shirley Bassey,
Joe Cocker,
Billy Fury,
Herman's Hermits,
Benny Hill,
Rod Stewart,
Dave Berry,
Joe Brown and the Bruvvers,
Chubby Checker,
the Kinks,
Petula Clark,
Brenda Lee,
Lulu,
Brian Poole &
the Tremeloes,
the Pretty Things,
PJ Proby,
Van Morrison,
Them,
the Walker Brothers, and
Marianne Faithfull. Graham also
toured the UK as drummer in his own
jazz band. ==Death==