Terry Clarke was born in Birmingham, England in 1949, the same year in which the launderette first appeared in the U.K., clothes rationing disappeared, South Africa introduced the apartheid regime and Frank Sinatra and Gene Kelly Starred in 'On The Town'.He put in the occasional appearance at Moseley Grammar School for Boys between 1961-1965, where he joined a band formed by classmate Dave White. Although playing bass guitar at the time, he concedes that his playing was nothing to be proud of. It did, however, make him aware that singing was really the direction he wanted to be going in. He was given one number to perform - a larynx shredding version of Muddy Waters' 'I Got My Mojo Working'. The Rockin' Rebelettes played mainly Chuck Berry covers plus the occasional up-tempo blues number and were managed by the drummer's dad. Terry said he could see the writing on the wall when the manager informed the band they'd have to wear glitter waistcoats and perform a rocked-up version of 'Won't You Come Home, Bill Bailey'. He was 16 at the time, the Mod era was in full swing, and there was lots of interesting new music around.

He started writing songs in the late 70's after meeting up with Pete Mastrantone but the writing went on the back burner during the first half of the 1980's and his time with Station Break, one of the mainstays of the British Western Swing scene. Although he wasn't creating original material at the time, being in the band introduced him to some great music and instilled in him a permanent love of Swing - the Jazz element was later to find focus in his songwriting.

Terry has been active as a singer on the Birmingham Jazz & Blues scene for some time now, after a reluctant break from music of some thirteen years. His current writing reflects the development of his musical taste and has a strong jazz influence in the musical arrangements. He would be the first to acknowledge the great debt he owes to some of the outstanding musicians and engineers he has been fortunate enough to work with and without whom his album 'Off The Rails' would not have seen the light of day. Very much in the Jazz Blues idiom with a liberal seasoning of Swing the album's ten tracks range from the moody laid-back groove of 'Blue Train' and 'Off The Rails' to the more up-tempo 'Harry & June' and 'Groovin On A Breeze'.

His musical influences; from Chuck Berry to Mose Allison, taking in Louis Jordan, Ella Fitzgerald, Hank Wiliams, Jimmy Witherspoon and others too numerous to mention along the way. Live performances also feature covers of songs from some of his favourite artists.