John Coghlan (drummer)

John Robert Coghlan (19 September 1946, in Dulwich, London, England) is an English musician, best known as the original drummer of the rock band Status Quo.

Early life

The son of a Glasgow-born father and a London born half-French mother, Coghlan grew up in Dulwich and was educated at Kingsdale Comprehensive School. He left school at 15 to begin an apprenticeship as a mechanic. He attended drumming tuition under Lloyd Ryan, who also taught Phil Collins the drum rudiments.

Career

John Coghlan joined Status Quo, then called The Spectres, in early 1962 after a meeting with bassist Alan Lancaster & guitarist Francis Rossi. Drumming for the first 14 of 30 albums Status Quo went on to record, including their first and most successful live album, called "Live!" in 1977, his drumming can be heard on Quo songs such as "Caroline", "Down Down", "Rockin' All Over the World" and "Whatever You Want".

Departure

John Coghlan

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John Coghlan (engineer)

John Coghlan (1824–1890) was an engineer born in County Kerry, Ireland. He spent thirty years in Argentina (1857–1887), during which he was in charge of several public works.

In 1859 he proposed improvements for the Buenos Aires harbor, taking into account the streams, silting and other characteristics of the Río de la Plata. In 1869 he carried out hypsometric studies of the core of the city and its drainage capability in relation to flooding.

He was also involved in the Argentine railway system, extending the railway lines from Azul to Bahía Blanca during his term as chairman of the Gran Ferrocarril Sur Company, and from Campana to Rosario as chairman of the Ferrocarril de Buenos Aires a Campana Company.

He died in England in 1890. Argentine railway authorities gave his name to one of their railway stations a year after his death. What is now the barrio (neighbourhood) of Coghlan in Buenos Aires developed around the station named after him.

John Coghlan (footballer)

John Coghlan (born 27 November 1946) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

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