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The New Vaudeville Band

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The New Vaudeville Band was a group created by songwriter Geoff Stephens (born 1 October 1934, New Southgate, North London) in 1966 to record his novelty composition "Winchester Cathedral", a song inspired by the dance bands of the 1920s and a Rudy Vallee megaphone style vocal. [1]

36 relations: Alan Klein, Album, Billboard (magazine), Bob Kerr (musician), Bob Kerr's Whoopee Band, Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, Concert tour, Demo (music), Drummer, Fontana Records, Geoff Stephens, Grammy Award, Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Song, Hit record, John Carter (musician), Management, Megaphone, Music recording certification, Musical ensemble, New Southgate, North London, Novelty song, Peter Grant (music manager), Phonograph record, Record chart, Recording Industry Association of America certification, Rudy Vallée, Session musician, Song, Songwriter, Sound recording and reproduction, The Ivy League (band), The New Vaudeville Band, Top 40, Winchester Cathedral (song), 9th Annual Grammy Awards.

Alan Klein

Alan Klein (born Alan Charles Klein, 29 June 1940, Clerkenwell, London) is an English singer-songwriter and musician.

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Album

An album is a collection of audio recordings issued as a single item on CD, record, audio tape or another medium.

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Billboard (magazine)

Billboard (styled as billboard) is an American entertainment media brand owned by the Billboard-Hollywood Reporter Media Group, a division of Eldridge Industries.

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Bob Kerr (musician)

Robert Kerr (born 14 February 1940, Kensington, west London, England) is a comic musician who plays trumpet and cornet.

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Bob Kerr's Whoopee Band

Bob Kerr's Whoopee Band, also billed as Bob Kerr and His Whoopee Band, is a jazz band which started in 1967 and continues to perform today.

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Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band

The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band (also known as The Bonzo Dog Band) was created by a group of British art-school students in the 1960s.

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Concert tour

A concert tour (or simply tour) is a series of concerts by an artist or group of artists in different cities, countries or locations.

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Demo (music)

A demo (from "demonstration") is a song or group of songs recorded for limited circulation or reference use rather than for general public release.

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Drummer

A drummer is a percussionist who creates and accompanies music using drums.

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Fontana Records

Fontana Records is a record label which was started in the 1950s as a subsidiary of the Dutch Philips Records.

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Geoff Stephens

Geoffrey 'Geoff' Stephens (born 1 October 1934 in New Southgate, North London) is an English songwriter and record producer, most prolific in the United Kingdom in the 1960s and 1970s.

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Grammy Award

A Grammy Award (stylized as GRAMMY, originally called Gramophone Award), or Grammy, is an award presented by The Recording Academy to recognize achievement in the music industry.

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Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Song

The Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Song was awarded between 1959 and 1971.

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Hit record

A hit record is an audio recording, usually in the form of a single or album, that sells a large number of copies or otherwise becomes broadly popular or well-known, through airplay, club play, inclusion in a film or stage play soundtrack, causing it to have "hit" (appeared on) one of the popular chart listings.

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John Carter (musician)

John Nicholas Shakespeare (born 20 October 1942), known as John Carter, is an English singer, songwriter, and record producer.

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Management

Management (or managing) is the administration of an organization, whether it is a business, a not-for-profit organization, or government body.

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Megaphone

A megaphone, speaking-trumpet, bullhorn, blowhorn, or loudhailer is usually a portable or hand-held, cone-shaped acoustic horn used to amplify a person’s voice or other sounds and direct it in a given direction.

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Music recording certification

Music recording certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped, sold, or streamed a certain number of units.

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Musical ensemble

A musical ensemble, also known as a music group or musical group, is a group of people who perform instrumental or vocal music, with the ensemble typically known by a distinct name.

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New Southgate

New Southgate is a residential suburb straddling three Outer London Boroughs: a small part of the east of Barnet, a south-west corner of Enfield and in loosest definitions, based on nearest railway stations, a small northern corner of Haringey in North London, England where estates merge into Bounds Green.

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North London

North London is the northern part of London, England.

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Novelty song

A novelty song is a comical or nonsensical song, performed principally for its comical effect.

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Peter Grant (music manager)

Peter James "G" Grant (5 April 1935 – 21 November 1995) was an English music manager.

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Phonograph record

A phonograph record (also known as a gramophone record, especially in British English, or record) is an analog sound storage medium in the form of a flat disc with an inscribed, modulated spiral groove.

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Record chart

A record chart, also called a music chart, is a ranking of recorded music according to certain criteria during a given period of time.

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Recording Industry Association of America certification

In the United States, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) awards certification based on the number of albums and singles sold through retail and other ancillary markets.

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Rudy Vallée

Hubert Prior "Rudy" Vallée (July 28, 1901 – July 3, 1986) was an American singer, actor, bandleader and radio host.

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Session musician

Session musicians, studio musicians, or backing musicians are musicians hired to perform in recording sessions or live performances.

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Song

A song, most broadly, is a single (and often standalone) work of music that is typically intended to be sung by the human voice with distinct and fixed pitches and patterns using sound and silence and a variety of forms that often include the repetition of sections.

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Songwriter

A songwriter is a professional who is paid to write lyrics for singers and melodies for songs, typically for a popular music genre such as rock or country music.

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Sound recording and reproduction

Sound recording and reproduction is an electrical, mechanical, electronic, or digital inscription and re-creation of sound waves, such as spoken voice, singing, instrumental music, or sound effects.

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The Ivy League (band)

The Ivy League were an English vocal trio, created in 1964, who enjoyed two Top 10 hit singles in the UK Singles Chart in 1965.

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The New Vaudeville Band

The New Vaudeville Band was a group created by songwriter Geoff Stephens (born 1 October 1934, New Southgate, North London) in 1966 to record his novelty composition "Winchester Cathedral", a song inspired by the dance bands of the 1920s and a Rudy Vallee megaphone style vocal.

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Top 40

In the music industry, the top 40 is the current, 40 most-popular songs in a particular genre.

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Winchester Cathedral (song)

"Winchester Cathedral" is a song by The New Vaudeville Band, a British novelty group established by the song's composer, Geoff Stephens, and was released in late 1966 by Fontana Records.

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9th Annual Grammy Awards

The 9th Annual Grammy Awards were held on March 2, 1967, at Chicago, Los Angeles, Nashville and New York.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_Vaudeville_Band

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