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  • ...ondon'' and ''Phase 4''). Beginning with jazz collaborations with American musicians such as [[Coleman Hawkins|Coleman Hawkins]] and [[Benny Carter|Benny Carter ...f name="Larkin"/> He had also broadcast and recorded with several American musicians, including jazz saxophonists [[Coleman Hawkins|Coleman Hawkins]] and [[Benn
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  • | page= 182}}</ref> known professionally as '''Ray Ellington''', was an English singer, drummer and bandleader. He is best known for his appearances on ''[ ...Ellington was raised as an [[Orthodox Jew]] and attended the South London Jewish School (1924–30), before entering show business at the age of twelve, whe
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  • ...ndependent]] |language= |date=13 June 1993}}</ref> was an [[English people|English]] actor. He is best known as a member of the ''[[Carry On (franchise)|Carry ...d the Big Fight (film)|Asterix and the Big Fight]]'' (1989) as [[Obelix]] (English version, voice)
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  • ...5–1976, but it was not staged until 2021 in a virtual performance of the [[Jewish Music Institute]] featuring [[Maureen Lipman]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Thomas| [[Category:English musical theatre composers]]
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  • {{Short description|English composer and arranger}} Born in [[Bournemouth]], [[Hampshire]], England,<ref name="Dead"/> into a Jewish family; his father was a tailor from [[Poland]], and his mother had emigrat
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  • ...y 1916 in [[Amsterdam|Amsterdam]], [[Netherlands|Netherlands]] to [[Jewish|Jewish]] parents.<ref name="D Tel Obit" /> His father, Leon van Gelder, was a comm ...a quartet and the introduction of a new manager led to a six-week tour of English theatres in 1937, accompanying the comedian Tom Moss; the band changed its
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  • Lee was born on 11 August 1916 to a [[Jewish]] family in [[The Gorbals]], [[Glasgow]], [[Scotland]].<ref name=theo>{{Cit ...ky]]" said, "Poor recording balance, bad song submerges the work of a fine English singer named Benny Lee."<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Record Reviews |magazin
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  • [[Category:British people of Polish-Jewish descent]] [[Category:English Jews]]
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  • '''Alan George Heywood Melly''' (17 August 1926 – 5 July 2007) was an English [[jazz]] and [[blues]] singer, critic, writer and lecturer. From 1965 to 19 ...sbn = 978-0-19-861412-8|access-date=16 March 2021}}</ref> His mother was [[Jewish]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2007/jul/06/guardia
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  • ...s-doctor-who-star-dies-at-93-xvk7vnmjn|url-status = live}}</ref>}}) was an English actor and singer whose career spanned over eight decades. ...(1918)|General Service Medal]], with clasp "Palestine 1945–48", for his [[Jewish insurgency in Mandatory Palestine|service in Palestine]] with 2/3 Battalion
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  • ...|country=GBR|size=100%|KBE}} (16 April 1889{{snd}}25 December 1977) was an English comic actor, filmmaker, and composer<!--see talk page before adding or remo ...Lancashire Lads]] [[Clog dance|clog-dancing]] troupe, with whom he toured English music halls throughout 1899 and 1900.{{efn|The Eight Lancashire Lads were s
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