[wimpLink artistId="11438850"]Bev Bevan[/wimpLink] was, after [wimpLink artistId="6237276"]John Bonham[/wimpLink], one of the more successful rock drummers ever to come out of Birmingham, England.

Born [wimpLink artistId="11438850"]Beverley Bevan[/wimpLink] in 1944, in Sparkhill, he became interested in music as a boy and, by age 19, had turned professional as a member of Denny & the Diplomats.