Happy Birthday My Daughter by Bry Johnson

In 2014, Brian Johnson was awarded an honorary doctorate at Northumbria University for his contribution to music (Image: Newcastle Chronicle) I was completely in love with the trains.' There were old army trucks and old railway carriages. The power station was definitely off limits. Years later, the one-time pupil at Dunston Hill School recalled: 'There were places we were told not to go - and that's where we went, basically anywhere dangerous. The singer says: 'I've had some long nights and some great nights, some bad days and a lot of good days, and during that time I've gone from choirboy to rock 'n' roll singer, and now I've gone and written a bloody book about it.'īorn in Dunston, Gateshead, on October 5, 1947, to a father who was a steelworker and a former World War II sergeant-major and an Italian mother, the young Johnson's early life was shaped growing up on industrial Tyneside.

Meanwhile, his long-awaited autobiography, The Lives Of Brian, is set for publication this month. READ MORE: Then and Now: Newcastle City Hall in 1973 - and the iconic venue today “This is fantastic,” the singer declared as the musicians launched into a storming version of AC/DC’s Back In Black. Only last month, Brian took part in the giant tribute concert for late Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins at London's Wembley Stadium, joining the surviving Foo Fighters and Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich on stage. Johnson, like his illustrious regional contemporaries, remains active on the music scene. One other venerable North East rocker to add to the list is Brian Johnson, the gravel-throated, flat-capped lead singer with AC/DC who turns 75 this week. Wallsend -born Sting is now 71 Mark Knopfler who was brought up on North Tyneside is two years older while Washington -born Bryan Ferry was 77 last month. Time and tide wait for no man - and that includes some of the big-name rock and pop stars who hail from our region.

Happy Birthday My Daughter by Bry Johnson