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Alan Blaikley

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Alan Blaikley (born 23 March 1940) is an English songwriter and composer. [1]

62 relations: Agatha Christie, Alexis Lykiard, Alistair Cooke, Analytical psychology, Ark 2, BBC, BBC Television, British Hit Singles & Albums, By the Sword Divided, C. S. Lewis, Cherwell (newspaper), Choirboy, Concept album, Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich, Eartha Kitt, Elvis Presley, Elvis: That's the Way It Is, Engelbert Humperdinck (singer), Enid Blyton, Flaming Youth (band), Frankie Howerd, Gillian Freeman, Hampstead, Hampstead Garden Suburb, Have I the Right?, Honour Moderations, Horst Jankowski, I've Lost You, Iain Matthews, J. R. R. Tolkien, Ken Howard (composer), List of Old Gowers, Little Eva, Lulu (singer), Marmalade (band), Masterpiece (TV series), Matilda (novel), Melvyn Bragg, Miss Marple (TV series), Musical theatre, Petula Clark, Phil Collins, Pop music, Prince of Wales Theatre, R. D. Laing, Ray Gosling, Roald Dahl, Rolf Harris, Sacha Distel, Simon Raven, ..., The Flame Trees of Thika, The Herd (British band), The Honeycombs, The Legend of Xanadu, The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13¾, Theme music, Tonight (1957 TV series), Top 40, University College School, Up Pompeii (film), Wadham College, Oxford, Wyndham's Theatre. Expand index (12 more) »

Agatha Christie

Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, Lady Mallowan, (born Miller; 15 September 1890 – 12 January 1976) was an English writer.

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Alexis Lykiard

Alexis Lykiard (born 1940) is a British writer of Greek heritage, who began his prolific career as novelist and poet in the 1960s.

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Alistair Cooke

Alistair Cooke (20 November 1908 – 30 March 2004) was a British-American journalist, television personality and broadcaster.

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Analytical psychology

Analytical psychology (sometimes analytic psychology), also called Jungian psychology, is a school of psychotherapy which originated in the ideas of Carl Jung, a Swiss psychiatrist.

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Ark 2

Ark 2 is the first and only album released by the British rock band Flaming Youth.

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BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster.

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BBC Television

BBC Television is a service of the British Broadcasting Corporation.

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British Hit Singles & Albums

British Hit Singles & Albums (originally known as The Guinness Book of British Hit Singles and The Guinness Book of British Hit Albums) was a music reference book originally published in the United Kingdom by the publishing arm of the Guinness breweries, Guinness Superlatives.

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By the Sword Divided

By the Sword Divided is a British television series produced by the BBC between 1983 and 1985.

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C. S. Lewis

Clive Staples Lewis (29 November 1898 – 22 November 1963) was a British novelist, poet, academic, medievalist, literary critic, essayist, lay theologian, broadcaster, lecturer, and Christian apologist.

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Cherwell (newspaper)

Cherwell is a weekly student newspaper published entirely by students of Oxford University.

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Choirboy

A choirboy is a boy member of a choir, also known as a treble.

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Concept album

A concept album is an album in which its tracks hold a larger purpose or meaning collectively than they do individually.

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Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich

Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich were a British pop/rock group of the 1960s.

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Eartha Kitt

Eartha Kitt (January 17, 1927 – December 25, 2008) was an American singer, actress, dancer, activist and comedian, known for her highly distinctive singing style and her 1953 recordings of "C'est si bon" and the enduring Christmas novelty smash "Santa Baby", which were both US Top 10 hits.

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Elvis Presley

Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977) was an American singer and actor.

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Elvis: That's the Way It Is

Elvis: That's the Way It Is is a 1970 American documentary film directed by Denis Sanders.

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Engelbert Humperdinck (singer)

Engelbert Humperdinck (born Arnold George Dorsey; 2 May 1936) is an English pop singer.

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Enid Blyton

Enid Mary Blyton (11 August 1897 – 28 November 1968) was an English children's writer whose books have been among the world's best-sellers since the 1930s, selling more than 600 million copies.

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Flaming Youth (band)

Flaming Youth were a British rock band, active in the late 1960s.

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Frankie Howerd

Francis Alick "Frankie" Howerd, (6 March 1917 – 19 April 1992) was an English comedian and comic actor whose career, described by fellow comedian Barry Cryer as "a series of comebacks", spanned six decades.

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Gillian Freeman

Gillian Freeman (born 5 December 1929) is a British writer.

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Hampstead

Hampstead, commonly known as Hampstead Village, is an area of London, England, northwest of Charing Cross.

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Hampstead Garden Suburb

Hampstead Garden Suburb is an elevated suburb, north of Hampstead, west of Highgate and east of Golders Green.

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Have I the Right?

"Have I the Right?" was the début single and biggest hit of British band The Honeycombs.

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Honour Moderations

Honour Moderations (or Mods) are a set of examinations at the University of Oxford at the end of the first part of some degree courses (e.g., Greats or Literae Humaniores).

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Horst Jankowski

Horst Jankowski (30 January 1936 – 29 June 1998) was a classically trained German pianist, most famous for his internationally successful easy listening music.

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I've Lost You

"I've Lost You" is a hit song covered by Elvis Presley.

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Iain Matthews

Iain Matthews (born Iain Matthew McDonald, 16 June 1946) is an English musician and songwriter.

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J. R. R. Tolkien

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, (Tolkien pronounced his surname, see his phonetic transcription published on the illustration in The Return of the Shadow: The History of The Lord of the Rings, Part One. Christopher Tolkien. London: Unwin Hyman, 1988. (The History of Middle-earth; 6). In General American the surname is also pronounced. This pronunciation no doubt arose by analogy with such words as toll and polka, or because speakers of General American realise as, while often hearing British as; thus or General American become the closest possible approximation to the Received Pronunciation for many American speakers. Wells, John. 1990. Longman pronunciation dictionary. Harlow: Longman, 3 January 1892 – 2 September 1973) was an English writer, poet, philologist, and university professor who is best known as the author of the classic high fantasy works The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion.

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Ken Howard (composer)

Kenneth Charles "Ken" Howard (born 26 December 1939) is an English songwriter, lyricist, author and television director.

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List of Old Gowers

This is a List of Notable Old Gowers – former pupils of University College School.

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Little Eva

Eva Narcissus Boyd (June 29, 1943 – April 10, 2003), known by the stage name of Little Eva, was an American pop singer.

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Lulu (singer)

Lulu Kennedy-Cairns OBE (born Marie McDonald McLaughlin Lawrie; 3 November 1948) is a Scottish singer-songwriter.

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Marmalade (band)

The Marmalade is a Scottish pop rock band from the east end of Glasgow, originally formed in 1961 as The Gaylords, and then later billed as Dean Ford and the Gaylords.

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Masterpiece (TV series)

Masterpiece (formerly known as Masterpiece Theatre) is a drama anthology television series produced by WGBH Boston.

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Matilda (novel)

Matilda is a book by British writer Roald Dahl.

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Melvyn Bragg

Melvyn Bragg, Baron Bragg, (born 6 October 1939), is an English broadcaster, author and parliamentarian.

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Miss Marple (TV series)

Miss Marple is a British television series based on the Miss Marple murder mystery novels by Agatha Christie, starring Joan Hickson in the title role.

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Musical theatre

Musical theatre is a form of theatrical performance that combines songs, spoken dialogue, acting and dance.

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Petula Clark

Petula Clark, CBE (born Sally Olwen Clark, 15 November 1932) is a British singer, actress and composer whose career spans seven decades.

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Phil Collins

Philip David Charles Collins (born 30 January 1951) is an English drummer, singer-songwriter, record producer and actor.

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Pop music

Pop music is a genre of popular music that originated in its modern form in the United States and United Kingdom during the mid-1950s.

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Prince of Wales Theatre

The Prince of Wales Theatre is a West End theatre in Coventry Street, near Leicester Square in London.

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R. D. Laing

Ronald David Laing (7 October 1927 – 23 August 1989), usually cited as R. D. Laing, was a Scottish psychiatrist who wrote extensively on mental illnessin particular, the experience of psychosis.

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Ray Gosling

Raymond Arthur Gosling (5 May 1939 – 19 November 2013) was an English broadcaster, journalist, author, and gay rights activist.

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Roald Dahl

Roald Dahl (13 September 1916 – 23 November 1990) was a British novelist, short story writer, poet, screenwriter, and fighter pilot.

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Rolf Harris

Rolf Harris (born 30 March 1930) is an Australian entertainer whose career has encompassed work as a musician, singer-songwriter, composer, comedian, actor, painter and television personality.

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Sacha Distel

Alexandre "Sacha" Distel (29 January 1933 – 22 July 2004) was a French singer and guitarist who had hits with a cover version of the Academy Award-winning "Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head" (originally recorded by B. J. Thomas), "Scoubidou", and "The Good Life".

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Simon Raven

Simon Arthur Noël Raven (28 December 1927 – 12 May 2001) was an English novelist, essayist, dramatist and raconteur who, in a writing career of forty years, caused controversy, amusement and offence.

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The Flame Trees of Thika

The Flame Trees of Thika is a British television serial of seven 50-minute episodes made by Euston Films for Thames Television in 1981.

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The Herd (British band)

The Herd were a pop rock band, founded in 1965 in the UK.

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The Honeycombs

The Honeycombs were an English beat/pop group, founded in 1963 in North London, best known for their chart-topping 1964 hit, the million selling "Have I the Right?" The band was also notable for having Honey Lantree on drums, one of the few female drummers in bands at that time.

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The Legend of Xanadu

"The Legend of Xanadu" is a single by Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich that reached number one in the UK Singles Chart in 1968, and was the group's biggest hit.

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The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13¾

The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13¾ is the first book in the Adrian Mole series of comedic fiction, written by Sue Townsend.

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Theme music

Theme music is a piece that is often written specifically for a radio program, television program, video game or movie, and usually played during the intro, opening credits and/or ending credits.

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Tonight (1957 TV series)

Tonight was a BBC television current affairs programme presented by Cliff Michelmore and broadcast in Britain live on weekday evenings from 18 February 1957 to 18 June 1965.

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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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University College School

University College School, generally known as UCS Hampstead, is an independent day school in Frognal, northwest London, England.

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Up Pompeii (film)

Up Pompeii is a 1971 British sex comedy film directed by Bob Kellett and starring Frankie Howerd and Michael Hordern.

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Wadham College, Oxford

Wadham College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom.

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Wyndham's Theatre

Wyndham's Theatre is a West End theatre, one of two opened by the actor/manager Charles Wyndham (the other is the Criterion Theatre).

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References

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

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