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Kenney Jones
Ronnie Lane
Steve Marriott
Ian McLagan
 
B. 16 September 1948
B. 1st April 1946
B. 30th January 1947
B. 12th May 1945
 
D. 4th June 1997
D. 20th April 1991
 
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Bass
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Keyboard/organ
   
 
The Small Faces formed in London in 1965 when Steve Marriott, who was a former child actor, met Ronnie Lane and joined his group called The Pioneers which Kenney Jones was also a member of. Jimmy Winston, who was the original organ player then joined and they became The Small Faces.
 
 
 
 
They were then signed by Don Arden, their manager, to Decca Records and released their first hit "Watcha gonna do about it" which reached number 14 in the charts in August 1965. Their second single "I've got mine" didn't chart so Jimmy Winston ended up being replaced by Ian McLagan. After this, they released their third single "Sha la la la lee" and managed to reach number 3 in February 1966. They then continued to have successful hits with "Hey Girl" (reaching number 10 in May 1966) "All or nothing" (reaching number 1 in August 1966) and "My mind's eye" which got to number 4 in November 1966.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
By early 1967 The Small Faces began to become unhappy with their manager but went on to release “I can't make it" which reached number 26 in March 1967, and “Patterns" which failed to enter the charts in May 1967. After this, Andrew Oldham the manager of the Rolling Stones became their new manager and signed them to his label called Immediate Records. They then came back into the charts at number 12 in June 1967 with "Here comes the nice" under their new record label. " Itchycoo Park " followed this and reached number 16 in August 1967.
 
 
 
 
 
 
With their 11th single "Tin Soldier" they managed to get back into the top 10, with it reaching number 9 in December 1967. In April 1968 they reached number 2 in the charts with "Lazy Sunday". Their album " Ogden 's Nut Gone Flake" won awards for its design having a rounded cover and being shaped like a tobacco tin. They then released "The Universal" in June 1968 and it got to number 16. They released their final single called "Afterglow (of your love)" and it reached number 36.
 
 
 
 
 
 
By the end of 1969 Steve Marriott had left The Small Faces and teamed up with Peter Frampton from The Herd to form the group Humble Pie. The rest of The Small Faces found Rod Stewart as a replacement singer and Ron Wood as a replacement guitarist, the then got rid of the "Small" and went on to have success as "The Faces" in the 70's.
 
 
 
 
 
 
After The Small Faces
 
   
 
Steve Marriott
 
Steve's new band Humble Pie had a lineup of: Steve Marriott, Peter Frampton, Greg Ridley and Jerry Shirley. They became rather sucussful in America, even more sucessful than in the UK. They did a number of US tours until they split in 1975. In the same year he played with the All Stars which included Alexis Corner. After an unsucessful solo album The Small Faces reunited in 1976 and made two albums and did a couple of tours but it didn't go down as well as they would have liked. Four years later he reformed Humble Pie and again recorded two new albums. After the reunions he joined many pub bands including Blind Drunk, Packet of Three and The Official Recievers. Marriott played with Peter Frampton and was on his way to becoming a successful solo artist but he sadly died in a fire in his home in 1991.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
  Ronnie Lane
 
Ronnie left The Faces in 1973 and went on to form a new band called Slim Chance which included Benny Gallagher and Graham Lyle who went on to become a sucessful duo. Slim Chance had a number of hits in the UK chart and then went on to do a tour called The Passing show which included a circus top and acts such as juggling and fire eating. But this tour ran into financial problems and had to end. After this Ronnie reformed the group but with a new lineup and without Gallagher and Lyle, this lineup managed to produce two albums until their split in 1977. After being involved with the Small Faces reunion he made a number of albums, including one with Ron Wood and another with Pete Townshend from the Who. By this time, Ronnie was suffering form Multiple Sclerosis and had to retire from performing. During the early 90's he managed to do a few more tours but due to his health he couldn't keep it up. He then died at his home in 1997.