Editing Keith Relf (section)

==Musical career==
[[File:Keith Relf and Jim McCarty of The Yardbirds.jpg|thumb|Relf and Jim McCarty, early 1966]]
Relf started playing in bands around the summer of 1956 as a singer, guitarist, and harmonica player.<ref>{{cite web|last=|first=|date=2 April 2014|title=Keith Relf Biography: Singer (1943–1976)|url=http://www.biography.com/people/keith-relf-20892269|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180315155613/http://www.biography.com/people/keith-relf-20892269|archive-date=15 March 2018|access-date=|website=Biography.com|publisher=A&E Television Networks}}</ref>
[[File:Keith Relf in 1966.jpg|thumb|upright=0.8|Keith Relf singing in mid-1966]]
Relf co-wrote many of the original Yardbirds songs ("[[Shapes of Things]]", "I Ain't Done Wrong", "[[Over Under Sideways Down]]", "[[Happenings Ten Years Time Ago]]"), later showing a leaning towards acoustic/folk music as the sixties unfolded ("Only the Black Rose").<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/keith-relf-mn0000098278|title=Keith Relf - Biography - AllMusic|author=Greg Prato|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=15 January 2015}}</ref> He also sang an early version of "[[Dazed and Confused (Jake Holmes song)|Dazed and Confused]]" in live Yardbirds concerts, after hearing musician [[Jake Holmes]] perform the song, which was later recorded by the band's successor group [[Led Zeppelin]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ontheflip-side.blogspot.com/2013/08/tower-records-spotlight-jake-holmes.html|title=On The Flip-Side: Tower Records Spotlight: Jake Holmes - Dazed and Confused|author=Morgan Young|date=9 August 2013 |publisher=Ontheflip-side.blogspot.com|access-date=15 January 2015}}</ref>

His debut solo single, "[[Mr. Zero (song)|Mr. Zero]]", peaked at No. 50 in the [[UK Singles Chart]] in May 1966.<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{cite book|first=David|last=Roberts|year=2006|title=British Hit Singles & Albums|edition=19th|publisher=Guinness World Records Limited|location=London|isbn=1-904994-10-5|page=458}}</ref>

After the Yardbirds broke up in July 1968, Relf formed the [[acoustic music|acoustic]] [[duet (music)|duo]] Together, with fellow Yardbird [[Jim McCarty]], followed immediately by [[Renaissance (band)|Renaissance]] (which also featured his sister [[Jane Relf]]).<ref>{{cite web|last=Elliot|first=Russell W.|date=10 November 2002|title=The History of Renaissance|url=http://www.jtl.us/nlightsweb/lib/renhist.htm|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120203105649/http://www.jtl.us/nlightsweb/lib/renhist.htm|archive-date=3 February 2012|access-date=|website=Northern Lights|publisher=Joe Lynn & Russ Elliot}}</ref> After leaving Renaissance in 1970, he started producing other artists: [[Steamhammer (band)|Steamhammer]], folk rock band [[Hunter Muskett]], the acoustic [[world music]] group [[Amber (band)|Amber]], psychedelic band Saturnalia,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/saturnalia-mn0001357602/biography|title=Saturnalia - Biography - AllMusic|author=Richie Unterberger|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=15 January 2015}}</ref> and blues rock band [[Medicine Head]] (with whom he also played bass guitar).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://first-thoughts.org/on/Keith+Relf/|title=Keith Relf|publisher=First-thoughts.org|access-date=15 January 2015}}</ref> In 1974, he formed progressive/rock group [[Armageddon (A&M band)|Armageddon]]. Their self-titled debut, ''[[Armageddon (Armageddon album)|Armageddon]]'', was recorded in England and released in the United States on [[A&M Records]]. The album's original liner notes used the term "[[Supergroup (music)|supergroup]]"; their personnel (besides Relf) included drummer [[Bobby Caldwell (drummer)|Bobby Caldwell]] (previously a member of [[Captain Beyond]] and [[Johnny Winter]]'s band), guitarist [[Martin Pugh]] (from [[Steamhammer (band)|Steamhammer]], ''[[The Rod Stewart Album]]'', and later of [[7th Order (band)|7th Order]]),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.7thorder.com|title=7th Order Home Page|publisher=7thorder.com|access-date=15 January 2015}}</ref> and bassist [[Louis Cennamo]] (also formerly of Renaissance and Steamhammer).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://somethingelsereviews.com/2013/05/01/forgotten-series-armageddon-featuring-the-yardbirds-keith-relf-armageddon-1975/|title=Forgotten series: Armageddon featuring the Yardbirds' Keith Relf – Armageddon (1975) - Something Else!|work=Something Else!|date=May 2013 |access-date=15 January 2015}}</ref>