11 Facts About Mick Gallagher

Michael William Gallagher was born on 29 October 1945 and is an English Hammond organ player best known as a member of Ian Dury and the Blockheads and for his contributions to albums by the Clash.

Mick Gallagher has written music for films such as Extremes and After Midnight, and the Broadway play Serious Money.

Mick Gallagher started his musical career in Newcastle with The Unknowns in the early 1960s.

Mick Gallagher played with the Animals during 1965, replacing their founding member Alan Price.

Mick Gallagher moved on to form The Chosen Few, where he played alongside Alan Hull, who later formed Lindisfarne.

In 1977 Mick Gallagher was playing in a band called Loving Awareness, including John Turnbull, Charley Charles and Norman Watt-Roy.

Mick Gallagher's Hammond sound was a major contribution to the band.

Jankel was replaced by former Dr Feelgood guitarist Wilko Johnson, who contributed to the next album Laughter and its two hit singles, although Mick Gallagher recalls that the recording of the Laughter album was difficult and that Dury was drinking heavily in this period.

Mick Gallagher continued with the Blockheads after Dury's death, contributing to the tribute album Brand New Boots And Panties, then Where's The Party.

Mick Gallagher worked with the Clash's drummer Topper Headon again in a short-lived band called Samurai, and again when they recorded Headon's Waking Up, appearing with Bobby Tench and Jimmy Helms.

Mick Gallagher has written music for films such as Extremes and After Midnight, and the Broadway play Serious Money.