Rock Musician. He was born at East Ham Memorial Hospital in Plashet, London. At the age of twelve, he appeared as the Artful Dodger in Lionel Bart's "Oliver!" In 1965, he founded The Small Faces (so called because they were all under five foot four) with Ronnie Lane, Kenney Jones and Jimmy Winston, although the latter was soon replaced by Ian McLagan. They became one of the leading bands of the late sixties, with twelve hit singles, including "All or Nothing" which reached Number One in August 1966, and the classic album "Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake". In March 1969, Marriott left to form Humble Pie with Peter Frampton, Greg Ridley and Jerry Shirley. They continued until March 1975, with Dave Clempson replacing Frampton in 1971, and toured America twenty-two times. Marriott's later projects were met with limited success, including an attempt to reform the Small Faces without Ronnie Lane. On April 20th. 1991, he returned from a tour of the United States to his house in Arkesden, near Saffron Walden in Essex, having taken a huge amount of alcohol and valium to overcome his fear of flying. The inquest was unable to determine whether he had been smoking in bed, or whether he had upset a candle, by the light of which he used to read before going to sleep, but the court heard that the fire had been so great that the smoke had filled the High Street of Arkesden, and that he had taken enough drugs and alcohol to kill him even if the house had not caught fire. In 2012, Marriott was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of The Small Faces-The Faces. He has been regarded by his peers as influential and one of the greatest singers. These peers include: Ozzy Osbourne (Black Sabbath), Robert Plant (Led Zeppelin), Paul Stanley (KISS), Steve Perry (Journey) & Clem Burke (Blondie) among others.