Steve Harley – a life in pictures
The Cockney Rebel singer and songwriter has died aged 73. Here are some images that capture his style, attitude and achievements over a long career in rock
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Cockney Rebel in 1973
Photograph: Pictorial Press Ltd/Alamy
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The cover of the band’s 1973 debut album, The Human Menagerie
Photograph: Rajko Simunovic/Alamy
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Cockney Rebel in Amsterdam, Netherlands in 1974
Photograph: Gijsbert Hanekroot/Redferns
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Harley with Yvonne Keeley. The pair had a relationship in the 70s and Keeley sang on the hit Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)
Photograph: Gijsbert Hanekroot/Alamy
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The cover of the band’s second album, The Psychomodo, 1974. The original line-up parted company shortly after its release
Photograph: Rajko Simunovic/Alamy
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Harley live on stage in Amsterdam, Netherlands in 1975
Photograph: Gijsbert Hanekroot/Redferns
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Steve Harley performing with Cockney Rebel in London, 1975
Photograph: Michael Putland/Getty Images
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Steve Harley performing with Cockney Rebel on stage in Amsterdam, Netherlands in 1975
Photograph: Gijsbert Hanekroot/Redferns
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The Best Years of Our Lives – the first album of the new line-up, renamed Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel – released in 1975
Photograph: Records/Alamy
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Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel performing in a cloud of dry ice at Crystal Palace Bowl, London, 7 June 1975
Photograph: Michael Putland/Getty Images
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Harley in 1975
Photograph: Frank Tewkesbury/Getty Images
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Steve Harley in February 1976
Photograph: Michael Putland/Getty Images
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Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel in 1975
Photograph: Trinity Mirror/Mirrorpix/Alamy
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Harley in 1975
Photograph: Trinity Mirror/Mirrorpix/Alamy
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The single cover for the Top 20 1975 hit, Mr Raffles
Photograph: Vinyls/Alamy
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The band performing at the BBC in May 1975
Photograph: Tony Russell/Redferns
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From left: Steve Harley with Cockney Rebel guitarists Jo Partridge and George Ford on stage in Hammersmith, London in 1976
Photograph: World Image Archive/Alamy
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The cover of the 1976 album Love’s A Prima Donna, the final album before the group split up. A comeback album – The Quality of Mercy – was released in 2005
Photograph: Records/Alamy
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Steve Harley and Dorothy Crombie after their wedding at Marylebone register office in 1981
Photograph: Martin Lawrence/ANL/Rex/Shutterstock
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Harley in the title role of Marlowe at the King’s Head Theatre, Islington, London in 1986
Photograph: PA
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Harley on stage in Belgium in August 1989
Photograph: gie Knaeps/Getty Images
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Harley performing at the Rewind Festival, Scone Palace, Perth, Scotland in July 2017
Photograph: Rmv/REX/Shutterstock
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Steve Harley on stage during one of the many acoustic shows he played during the last years of his life
Photograph: Simon Traylen/Alamy
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A shot of Steve Harley used to promote his Come Up and See Me ... and Other Stories shows, which were still being advertised when his death was announced
Photograph: Darren Robinson/Alamy
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