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  • {{cite book |title = Who's Who of British Jazz |genre = Jazz, blues
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  • | language = English ...s by a variety of [[Dixieland|Dixieland jazz]] bands and [[rock-and-roll]] singers. The film was one of the first produced by [[Amicus Productions]], a compan
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  • ...er=U.S. Govt. Print. Off. |others=United States Copyright Office |language=English}}</ref> | genre = [[w:Jazz|Jazz]]
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  • {{Short description|English composer and arranger}} ...[piano accordion]].<ref name="Chilton">John Chilton ''Who's Who of British Jazz'', London: Continuum, 2004, p. 165</ref>
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  • ...''' (born '''Mary Spenton'''; 21 July 1923 &nbsp;– 25 January 1980) was an English actress of film and television, as well as an occasional singer.<ref name=" ...l Orrom called ''Portrait of Queenie'' was made in 1964, in which she sang jazz standards and some originals songs was released by the BFI. In the film she
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  • | nationality = English '''Don Estelle''' (22 May 1933&nbsp;– 2 August 2003) was an English actor and singer, best known as Gunner "Lofty" Sugden in ''[[It Ain't Half
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  • ...television presenter and musician. In addition to being an accomplished [[jazz]] trumpet player, he could play many other instruments. Following a versati ...uivalent serial. He appeared in ''[[Dr. Terror's House of Horrors]]'' as a jazz musician.
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  • | genre = {{hlist|[[Jazz]]|[[blues]]}} ...an George Heywood Melly''' (17 August 1926 – 5 July 2007) was an English [[jazz]] and [[blues]] singer, critic, writer and lecturer. From 1965 to 1973 he w
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  • ...ows in the 1960s. At the time, he was among the few [[black people|black]] singers in British pop music.<ref name="AMG">{{cite web|title=Kenny Lynch Biography ...of 13 children; his sister Gladys (stage name [[Maxine Daniels]]) was a [[jazz]] singer of some note.<ref name="Larkin60">{{cite book|title=[[Encyclopedia
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  • ...] [[w:musical ensemble|group]], jointly founded in 1949 by [[w:Cliff Adams Singers|Cliff Adams]] and [[w:Ronald E.J. Milne|Ronnie Milne]].<ref name="Larkin50" ...[[w:Clark Datchler|Clark Datchler]] of [[w:Johnny Hates Jazz|Johnny Hates Jazz]].<ref name="Larkin50"/>
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  • ...Russell-Brown'''; 27 December 1911{{spaced ndash}}18 October 2006) was an English–Canadian singer and comedian. She gave many concerts in which she sang an ...he toured throughout North America, Britain, Australia and the rest of the English-speaking world.
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  • ...g|Easy listening]], [[w:20th-century classical music|classical]], [[w:jazz|jazz]], [[w:big band|big band]], [[w:film score|film music]] ...,%20and%20Queerness&pg=PA105 |url-status=live }}</ref>) was an [[w:England|English]] [[w:composer|composer]] and [[w:Conductor (music)|conductor]] who became
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  • ...w.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/howaboutthat/11243943/Baby-boomers-jazz-up-their-funerals-with-Monty-Python-and-fancy-dress.html |publisher=UK Tele ...|title=London ends Olympics on extravagant notes – Europe |work=Al Jazeera English |date=12 August 2012 |access-date=23 August 2019}}</ref>
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  • ...ember 1914&nbsp;– 27 October 1988), known as '''Charles Hawtrey''', was an English actor, comedian, singer, pianist and theatre director. ...David Meeker ''Jazz on the Screen''</ref> a musical mystery written by the English author George Cooper and starring [[George Moon]]. Around the same time, Ha
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  • | language = English *Music for the links and songs was provided by [[Dave Lee (jazz musician)|Dave Lee]] and his band.
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  • ...'''Diana Mary Fluck'''; 23 October 1931{{spaced ndash}}4 May 1984) was an English actress and singer. ...uffering from unrequited love, and by the mid-1950s, she was known as "the English [[Marilyn Monroe]]".<ref name=Bret/> Hamilton also made sure that she had t
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  • ...date on the birth certificate is 10 July.{{sfn|McCann|2009|p=9}} }} was an English [[character actor]] and comedian who became internationally known through h ...libitum|ad lib]] during lessons. He also took up a position in the school jazz band, first playing the [[ukulele]] and then percussion. He also often perf
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