{{short description|American jazz musician}} | genre = Jazz

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...years, Moore developed a love of [[jazz]] music and became an accomplished jazz pianist and composer. He began working with musicians such as [[John Dankwo ...Bassett]], a graduate of [[Wadham College, Oxford]] recommended Moore, his jazz bandmate and a rising cabaret talent, to producer Robert Ponsonby, who was

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...popular culture. It was cited as a major influence by [[the Beatles]], the American comedy troupe [[the Firesign Theatre]],<ref name="Spike&Co">{{cite book | l ...heme and backing music was provided by [[Stanley Black]] and the BBC Dance Orchestra.<ref name=":0" />^:127 Series 2 also saw the first appearances of

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...omson]], [[Arabella Weir]] and [[Caroline Aherne]]. Other significant cast members included [[Felix Dexter]], Paul Shearer, [[Rhys Thomas (comedian)|Rhys Thom ...(with Vic and Bob) in ''The Smell of Reeves and Mortimer'', parodying the members of rock group [[Slade]] in the "Slade in Residence" and "Slade on Holiday"

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...loser to that of American conductor [[Mitch Miller|Mitch Miller]], and the jazz-orientated [[Ray Ellington|Ray Ellington Quartet]] would engage in more ‘ ...her song Sally while by now the usual play-out by Max, the Quartet and the orchestra after Stanley Black’s new closing theme tune was established as Crazy Rhy

...hedule for the Sunday recording of each show with rehearsals from 2pm, the orchestra joining at 5pm, a full run from 6pm to 7pm and then recording from 8pm to 8 ...d been expecting this decision. The same day, contracts for the other cast members were issued to cover the Sunday

...ccessful and much loved show concluding. First of all, the three main cast members - [[Peter Sellers]], [[Harry Secombe]] and [[Spike Milligan]] - had become On Wednesday 21 January 1959, the American entertainment paper [[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] declared that the 'Goon

| [[Angela Morley|Wally Stott]] || Orchestra Conductor / Musical Director ...By now, a character called Spriggs - latterly [[List of The Goon Show cast members and characters#Spriggs|Jim Spriggs]] – was coming more to prominence, and

...ough his films during the 1950s and 1960s. He often portrayed disreputable members of the [[Social structure of the United Kingdom#Upper class|upper classes]] He then began appearing in American films, coarsening his already unsubtle screen character in films such as ''

...iman|2007|p=23}} Around this time she became romantically involved with an American soldier, Major Charles Kearney. Jacques later claimed that the pair had bee ...ember of the backstage staff compared her "blacked up" appearance with the American actress [[Hattie McDaniel]], known for her work in ''[[Gone with the Wind (