Andy Ellison

Andy Ellison
Andy Ellison (front) at the Marc Bolan celebration concert
Background information
Born	(1945-07-05) 5 July 1945 Finchley, London, England
Origin	Leatherhead, Surrey, England
Genres	Rock music, Pop, Hard rock, new wave, Synthpop, Pop rock
Years active	1965–present
Label	Track Records etc.
Website	johnschildren.co.uk

Andrew Ellison (born 5 July 1945 in Finchley, London, England) is an English musician and vocalist, best known as the frontman in John's Children, Jet and Radio Stars.¹

He attended an Outward Bound school in Box Hill, Surrey, where he met Chris Townson.² Ellison and Townson co-founded the rock group John's Children.

John's Children also featured Marc Bolan and Chris Townson. A song sung by Ellison, "It's Been A Long Time",¹ appears on the soundtrack to the film, Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush. "It's Been A Long Time" also featured on the compilation album, Backtrack 1, a Track Records release featuring The Who and Jimi Hendrix amongst others.³

Jet released an album on CBS Records in 1975,⁴ toured as support to Hunter-Ronson and then became Radio Stars,⁵ who had one UK Top 40 hit, "Nervous Wreck" in early 1978. It peaked at No. 39.⁶ The B-side to the single was a cover of Marc Bolan's "Horrible Breath", a John's Children staple.⁷