Jon Povey

Jon Povey (20 August 1942 – 9 May 2023) was an English drummer and keyboardist.

Career Born in Barnhurst, Kent, he grew up in Dartford, Kent, and in the early 1960s, Povey played drums in Bern Elliott and the Bluecaps, who had changed their name to Bern Elliott and the Fenmen by 1961. They were a five-piece beat and rhythm and blues band, and after signing to Decca Records, had a Top 20 hit with their cover of "Money (That's What I Want)" in December 1963. Povey became the band's first keyboard player. Povey served four tenures in the Pretty Things between 1967 and 2007. At the time of his death, Povey was working on both a solo album and an autobiography, both of which were to be entitled Dartford Boys, a reference to the town where Povey grew up.