Ian Hunter

Ian Hunter Patterson born 3 June 1939 is an English singer songwriter and musician He is best known as the lead vocalist of the rock band Mott the Hoople from its inception in 1969 to its dissolution in 1974 and at the time of its 2009 2013 and 2019 reunions Hunter was a musician and songwriter before joining Mott the Hoople and continued in this vein after he left the band He embarked on a solo career despite ill health and disillusionment with commercial success and often worked in collaboration with Mick Ronson David Bowies sideman and arranger from The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars period Mott the Hoople achieved some commercial success and attracted a small but devoted fan base As a solo artist Hunter charted with lesserknown but more wideranging works outside the rock mainstream His bestknown solo songs are Once Bitten Twice Shy later covered by Great White and England Rocks which was modified to Cleveland Rocks and then covered by The Presidents of the United States of America and became one of the theme songs used for the American TV series The Drew Carey Show Description above from the Wikipedia article Ian Hunter singer licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia