# Colin Frechter

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| birth_name        = Colin Michael Frechter
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| occupation        = [Musical director](/source/Musical_director)
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| label             = [Page One](/source/Page_One_Records)
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'''Colin Michael Frechter''' (born August 1938) is a [musical director](/source/musical_director), [arranger](/source/arranger), [keyboard player](/source/keyboard_player), and [vocalist](/source/vocalist).

==Biography==
Frechter attended [Aldenham School](/source/Aldenham_School) in [Elstree](/source/Elstree).{{Citation needed|date=October 2024}}

==Career==

Frechter worked in [Harrods](/source/Harrods) before joining the music business in 1958 as a [clarinet](/source/clarinet) player for the [RAF](/source/RAF).{{Citation needed|date=October 2024}} After his release from the Air Force in 1961, he worked for [T.B. Harms & Francis, Day & Hunter, Inc.](/source/T.B._Harms_%26_Francis%2C_Day_%26_Hunter%2C_Inc.) as a Musical Director for [Page One Records](/source/Page_One_Records).{{Citation needed|date=October 2024}}

Since 1967, he has worked with many artists, including the [Four Tops](/source/Four_Tops), the [Bay City Rollers](/source/Bay_City_Rollers) (receiving a  [gold disc](/source/gold_disc) for the  single "[Bye, Bye, Baby (Baby, Goodbye)](/source/Bye%2C_Bye%2C_Baby_(Baby%2C_Goodbye))" and  the L.P., ''[Once Upon a Star](/source/Once_Upon_a_Star)''),<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X3841RiPCqUC&pg=PA99 |title=Bay City Babylon: The Unbelievable But True Story of the Bay City Rollers |date=2005-05-15 |accessdate=2012-09-05 |first=Wayne |last=Coy |isbn=978-1-5873-6463-1 |pages=77, 96 & 99|publisher=IGS Entertainment }}</ref> [Elaine Paige](/source/Elaine_Paige), [Showaddywaddy](/source/Showaddywaddy),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.showaddywaddy.net/questions/questions050403.htm |title=Ask Showaddywaddy a Question! |publisher=Showaddywaddy.net |date=2003-03-14 |accessdate=2012-09-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019195707/http://showaddywaddy.net/questions/questions050403.htm |archive-date=2012-10-19 |url-status=dead }}</ref> [Elton John](/source/Elton_John),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.45cat.com/record/pof103 |title=Brian Keith - When The First Tear Shows / When My Baby Smiles At Me - Page One - UK - POF 103 |publisher=45cat |date=1968-11-29 |accessdate=2012-09-18}}</ref> [Take That](/source/Take_That) (including [Robbie Williams](/source/Robbie_Williams)), [Shakin' Stevens](/source/Shakin'_Stevens), and [Brotherhood of Man](/source/Brotherhood_of_Man) (including "[Save Your Kisses for Me](/source/Save_Your_Kisses_for_Me)").{{Citation needed|date=October 2024}}

Frechter was the pianist for [Big John's Rock 'N' Roll Circus](/source/Big_John's_Rock_'N'_Roll_Circus), a rock group formed by [John Goodison](/source/John_Goodison_(musician)), active from 1974 to 1979. The band went to number one in [Rhodesia](/source/Rhodesia) in 1975 with "Rockin' in the USA".<ref>Beat Instrumental & International Recording 1974 "THE follow-up album to Big John's Rock And Roll Circus is at present being recorded at Marquee Studios. It is produced by Phil Wainman and John Goodison and is called, appropriately enough. Big John's Rock And Roll Circus Vol.2"</ref><ref>History of contemporary music of South Africa Garth Chilvers, Tom Jasiukowicz - 1994 -- Part 1 - Page 24 "The above line up made the following recordings: Rock And Roll Singer (1975) HUB (produced by John Gooderson of Big John's Rock and Roll Circus - who was in South Africa at the time)"</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qCQEAAAAMBAJ&dq=%22Big+John's+Rock+and+Roll+Circus%22.&pg=PT123 |title=Billboard |date=1976-10-02 |publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc. |language=en}}</ref>

He currently directs theatre productions.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thisisthewestcountry.co.uk/news/4881403.Burnham_panto_starts_tonight_/ |title=Burnham panto starts tonight! (From This is The West Country) |publisher=Thisisthewestcountry.co.uk |date=2010-01-29 |accessdate=2012-09-18}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.burnham-on-sea.com/news/2008/pantomime-society-20-01-08.shtml |title=Photo special: It's panto time as Robinson Crusoe comes to Burnham |publisher=Burnham-on-sea.com |date=2008-01-20 |accessdate=2012-09-18}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb name|1477659}}
*[http://www.coda-uk.co.uk/colin_frechter.htm Colin Frechter] at Coda-UK

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Category:Living people
Category:Music directors
Category:English keyboardists
Category:British music arrangers
Category:1938 births
Category:Place of birth missing (living people)

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