British songwriter and performer Steve Harley - born Stephen Nice in London,
England on February 27, 1951 - worked as a reporter before giving music a go in
the early 1970s. He rose to fame as he frontman for the rock band Cockney Rebel,
who scored a pair of Top 10 UK hits before he launched his first solo single,
1974’s “Big Big Deal.” He almost completely overhauled the band’s lineup before
1975’s The Best Years of Our Lives, which gave him the biggest hit of his
career: the number 1 smash “Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me).” A smattering of
successful singles followed, includ...