Adam Faith
English singer, actor and financial journalist (1940-2003) · United Kingdom · On the map · Musicians · Died at 62
Terence Nelhams Wright, known professionally as Adam Faith, was an English singer, actor, and financial journalist. As a British rock and roll teen idol, he scored consecutive No. 1 hits on the UK singles chart with "What Do You Want?" (1959) and "Poor Me" (1960).
Adam Faith is read about 328 times a day, in 15 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 6 November 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 104 days, one point a day.
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Roger Daltrey Produced McVicar (1980)
David Puttnam Produced Foxes and Stardust
Michael Apted Directed Stardust (1975)
Adrian Lyne Directed Foxes (1980)
Edmond T. Gréville Directed Beat Girl (1960)
Elliott Kastner Produced Yesterday's Hero (1979)
Paul Nicholas Also in Stardust and Yesterday's Hero
Tom Clegg Directed McVicar (1980)- Leslie Norman Directed Mix Me a Person (1962)
Bill Curbishley Produced McVicar (1980)
Neil Leifer Directed Yesterday's Hero (1979)
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About this person
He became the first UK artist to lodge his initial seven hits in the top 5, and was ultimately one of the most charted acts of the 1960s. He was also one of the first UK acts to record original songs regularly.
