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- | birth_place = Glasgow, Scotland ...td, 1997), {{ISBN|0-7535-0149-X}} p. 112</ref> He later recorded with jazz musicians such as [[w:Coleman Hawkins|Coleman Hawkins]], [[w:Fats Waller|Fats Waller]4 KB (629 words) - 08:40, 9 January 2023
- | birth_place = [[Glasgow|Glasgow]], [[Scotland|Scotland]] ...land.com/news/12054159.benny-lee/|title=Benny Lee|work=The Herald|location=Glasgow|date=13 January 1996|access-date=6 December 2020}}</ref> He began his singi10 KB (1,402 words) - 08:06, 30 March 2023
- ...the [[Royal Navy]] during and immediately after the [[Second World War]], from 1944 to 1947. He joined [[RADA]] after the Navy, and worked in [[repertory ...Anna Quayle]]. He also wrote [[pantomime]] scripts, particularly for the [[Glasgow Citizens Theatre]]. Rudge was a volunteer for [[the Samaritans]].6 KB (803 words) - 12:54, 22 December 2022
- ...ruary 2015</ref> Her recording of the song "[[Spread a Little Happiness]]" from that musical is possibly her best remembered recording. ''Mr. Cinders'' was From 1933 to 1937, Hale made five films. On stage during these years, she played9 KB (1,412 words) - 13:55, 11 March 2023
- ...><ref>{{cite news |title=Percival to pay £5,200 |quote=The court increased from £18,331 to £25,531 damages awarded to Mrs. Jillian Young, aged 31, for th *''[[Confessions from a Holiday Camp]]'' (1977) – Lionel14 KB (2,046 words) - 11:30, 4 January 2023
- | children = 6 (three with Blossom, three from extramarital affairs) ...Bygraves in the role of Archie's teacher. The idea for the programme came from record producer [[Wally Ridley]], who also produced Bygraves' records durin18 KB (2,484 words) - 19:37, 3 October 2024
- ...f the four writer-performers in the comedy revue ''[[Beyond the Fringe]]'' from 1960 that created a boom in satiric comedy, and with a member of that team, ...ncis (née Hughes), a secretary, and John Moore, a railway electrician from Glasgow.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1389041/Du38 KB (5,603 words) - 23:16, 13 February 2023
- 'My Lords, Ladies and Gentlemen. Back from the dead. We present half an hour of continuous radio fighting. In both cor ...round-breaking comedy shows. In the four series, the programme had evolved from disparate sketches into a single narrative - broken into three by music num35 KB (5,515 words) - 07:44, 20 March 2023
- ...actory at Bill Gates. Among the artists are those three sons of fun, fresh from their triumphant Palladium failure, Sellers, Secombe and Milligan in… ''[ ...on Show'' continued as before with tapings in Studio I of the Aeolian Hall from 9pm to 9.45pm on Sundays. Earlier the same day, [[Harry Secombe]] was makin59 KB (9,058 words) - 21:40, 25 March 2023
- | caption = Opening titles from 1988 to 1991 ...d 2 February 2015</ref> The popularity of the show saw collaborations with musicians, including [[Phil Collins]] and [[Sting (musician)|Sting]]. The series was74 KB (10,148 words) - 16:30, 25 August 2024
- ...''The Mikado'', sleeve notes.</ref> Robertson attended primary school in [[Glasgow]] and then [[St Albans High School for Girls]]. She made her stage debut as ...st a mere £23,000 to produce, it was a hit at the box office, with profits from its Australian release alone being £150,000.<ref name="bfireleases">[https36 KB (5,270 words) - 00:10, 13 February 2023
- ...e ukulele to his performance. He started his recording career in 1926 and, from 1934, he increasingly worked in film to develop into a major star by the la ...|George Formby]] (he is now known as George Formby Sr). Formby Sr suffered from a chest ailment, identified variously as [[bronchitis]], [[asthma]] or [[tu87 KB (13,680 words) - 07:53, 16 March 2023
- From 3.30pm to 4.15pm on Wednesday 26 April 1949, a trial recording of a new BBC ...[[Robert Moreton]], plus [[Doris Nichol]] (a colleague of Jacques Brown’s from Danger – Men at Work!) and [[Bob Bain]]. Peter was Lord Peter, the twenty68 KB (11,111 words) - 19:25, 6 July 2024