Overview

• The singer and songwriter co-founded Roxy Music in 1971 with Andy Mackay and Brian Eno, releasing the band’s debut in 1972.
• Critics credit Ferry with bringing postmodern collage into pop and shaping the New Romantic template for acts such as Japan, Duran Duran, Spandau Ballet, ABC and Talk Talk.
• His catalogue includes 16 solo studio albums plus eight with Roxy Music, producing hits like Love Is the Drug, Avalon and More Than This.
• Signature interpretations such as A Hard Rain’s A‑Gonna Fall and Jealous Guy broadened his reach alongside solo successes including Slave to Love.
• Trained in visual art under Richard Hamilton, Ferry has refined a carefully styled persona and in recent years has stepped back from singing, exemplified by the spoken‑word‑led Loose Talk.