Simon Kirke Net Worth: Simon Kirke is an English musician who has a net worth of $1 million dollars. Simon Frederick St. George Kirke was born in Lambeth, London, England in July 1949. He is best known for being the drummer for the bands Free and Bad Company. He started off drumming for a band called Black Cat Bones. He joined the band Free in 1968 with Paul Rodgers as the lead singer. The band Free released six studio albums. Their 1970 album Fire and Water hit #17 on the Billboard 200 and #2 on the UK Top 100 charts. The band's signature song is "All Right Now". The group disbanded in 1973 and Kirke and Rodgers went on to form the band Bad Company. The band released 12 studio albums. Their self-titled debut album was released in 1974 and hit #1 on the Billboard 200 chart. Their first four albums were all certified Gold and their fifth was 2x Platinum. The band's hits include "Bad Company", "Can't Get Enough", "Rock and Roll Fantasy", "Good Lovin' Gone Bad", and "Feel Like Makin' Love". Kirke has released two solo albums and an album with Kossoff Kirke Tesu Rabbit. He toured with Ringo Starr's All Star band three times. He is on the board and is a counselor at Rock 'n Roll Fantasy Camp and is a governor on the board of the Grammy Award committee NARAS.
- Category:
- Richest Celebrities › Rock Stars
- Net Worth:
- $1 Million
- Date of Birth:
- Jul 28, 1949 (73 years old)
- Place of Birth:
- Lambeth
- Gender:
- Male
- Profession:
- Drummer, Musician, Singer-songwriter
- Nationality:
- England