The Late Great John Grimaldi

1955 John Grimaldi, guitar, b. St Albans, England, UK. Member group: 'Argent' , originally comprised of Rod Argent (keyboards, vocals, songwriter, b. June 14, 1945), Russ Ballard (guitar, b. Oct. 31, 1947, in Waltham Cross, England), Robert Henrit (drums, b. May 2, 1945, in Broxbourne, England), and Jim Rodford (bass, b. July 7, 1945, St. Albans, England), Later, Ballard was replaced by guitarists John Verity and John Grimaldi. In 1976, Grimaldi left the band to form Cheap Flights and Argent decided to call it quits. (Argent was originally with 'The Zombies', a group comprised of Rod Argent, vocalist Colin Blunstone, guitarist Paul Atkinson, bassist Chris White and drummer Hugh Grundy. The Zombies had disbanded in 1967.)