During Hopkins's convalescence Davies died of leukemia and the All Stars disbanded. However, he was forced to leave the All Stars in May 1963 for a series of operations that almost cost him his life and he was bed-ridden for 19 months in his late teenage years. Hopkins played piano on their first single, Davies's much-admired theme tune "Country Line Special". Hopkins' studies were interrupted in 1960 when he left school at 16 to become the pianist with Screaming Lord Sutch's Savages until, two years later, he and fellow Savages Bernie Watson, Rick Brown (aka Ricky Fenson) and Carlo Little joined the renowned blues harmonica player Cyril Davies, who had just left Blues Incorporated, and became the Cyril Davies (R&B) All-Stars. His poor health and repeated surgery later made it difficult for him to tour, and he worked mainly as a session musician for most of his career. He suffered from Crohn's disease for most of his life. He attended Sudbury Primary School in Perrin Road and Wembley County Grammar School, which now forms part of Alperton Community School, and was initially tutored by a local piano teacher in his teens he won a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music in London. He began playing the piano at the age of three. Nicholas Christian Hopkins was born in Perivale, Middlesex, England, on 24 February 1944. 10.3 Selected performances and collaborations.
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