on Facebook.During his time with the band, Hensley played a major role in popularising the role of keyboards in heavy rock, as well as masterminding one of the band’s biggest hits – the folk-rock epic ‘Lady In Black’.He also wrote ‘Easy Livin’, which became a major European hit in 1972, and a string of other hits for the band.His career with the group began in 1969 when they were known as Spice, before renaming themselves Uriah Heep, taking the name from a character in Charles Dickens’ seminal novel David Copperfield.Hensley recorded 13 albums with the band, before leaving in 1980.
Their biggest came in 1975’s ‘Return to Fantasy’, which reached No 7 in the UK album charts.He departed the group after growing unhappy with the band’s direction.
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