Carl Groszman is a musician

Musician

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. He signed to Ringo Starr

Ringo Starr

Richard Starkey, MBE better known by his stage name Ringo Starr, is an English musician and actor who gained worldwide fame as the drummer for The Beatles. When the band formed in 1960, Starr was a member of another Liverpool band, Rory Storm and the Hurricanes. He became The Beatles' drummer in...

's own record label Ring O' Records 1975. He is most notable for his song "A Dose of Rock and Roll" which was covered by Ringo Starr

Ringo Starr

Richard Starkey, MBE better known by his stage name Ringo Starr, is an English musician and actor who gained worldwide fame as the drummer for The Beatles. When the band formed in 1960, Starr was a member of another Liverpool band, Rory Storm and the Hurricanes. He became The Beatles' drummer in...

 in 1976 for his album Ringo's Rotogravure

Ringo's Rotogravure

Ringo's Rotogravure is the fifth album by Ringo Starr, released in 1976. Following the end of his contract with EMI, Starr signed on with Polydor Records worldwide and was eager to see his solo success continue on in a new era.Two years on from 1974's Goodnight...

Starr's cover of the song reached #26 on the U.S. singles chart and stayed on the Billboard

Billboard (magazine)

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for 9 weeks. He also released an album in 1977 called Face of a Permanent Stranger.

His other credits as a songwriter include Status Quo's "Down the Dustpipe

Down the Dustpipe

"Down the Dustpipe" is a song written by Australian singer-songwriter Carl Groszman. He was a client of Valley Music, who were affiliated to Status Quo’s management in their early days. The group recorded it, and in Francis Rossi’s words, “it was the first record to feature our soon-to-be...

", and "Lonely Winter", recorded by the Bee Gees

Bee Gees

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 in their Australian phase with Maurice Gibb

Maurice Gibb

Maurice Ernest Gibb, CBE was a musician, singer-songwriter and record producer. He was born on the Isle of Man, the twin brother of Robin Gibb, and younger brother to Barry. He is best known as a member of the singing/songwriting trio the Bee Gees, formed with his brothers...

 on lead vocals, but only later made available on compilations such as Inception/Nostalgia and Brilliant From Birth.

Nancy Andrews

Nancy Andrews

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, an American

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photographer who dated Starr in the late 1970s, named her photo book after the song "A Dose of Rock and Roll". (The book was released in 2008.)