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Amner, Ralph (d. 1664), musician
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Appleton, Joseph Edward [Joe] (1903/4–1991), saxophonist, clarinettist, and bandleader
Val Wilmer
Appleton, Joseph Edward [Joe] (1903/4–1991), saxophonist, clarinettist, and bandleader, was born Joseph Edward Appleton-Thomas in Porus, Jamaica, on 2 June 1903 or 1904, the only son and one of two children of Joseph Appleton-Thomas, a road maintenance official. His parents were Jamaican. In ...
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Arne family (per. 1682–1808), musicians
Lesley Wade Soule
Arne family (per. 1682–1808), musicians, became one of the most important musical and theatrical families of the eighteenth century. The foundations of the family's position were allegedly laid through the patriarchal persistence of Thomas Arne (bap. 1682, d. 1736), upholsterer and theatre servant...
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Ayers, Kevin Cawley (1944–2013), singer, musician, and composer
Ken Hunt
Ayers, Kevin Cawley (1944–2013), singer, musician, and composer, was born on 16 August 1944 at St Edward's Nursing Home in Herne Bay, Kent, the son of Rowan Gordon Ayers (1922–2008), then a sub-lieutenant in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, later a BBC executive, and his wife, ...
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Bacharach, Alfred Louis (1891–1966), food scientist and musician
Magnus Pyke
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Bacharach, Alfred Louis (1891–1966), food scientist and musician, was born in Hampstead, London, on 11 August 1891, the son of Otto Leonhard Bacharach, a stockbroker, of Hampstead, and his wife, Alice Eva Wagner. He lived throughout his life in Hampstead. Bacharach was educated at ...
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Bailey, Roy Victor (1935–2018), sociologist and folk singer
Ken Hunt
Bailey, Roy Victor (1935–2018), sociologist and folk singer, was born Roy Victor Smith on 20 October 1935 at the Southwark Diocesan Home, 56 Gap Road, Wimbledon, Surrey, the son of Anne Matilda Smith, waitress. On his mother’s marriage to John Edward Bailey in ...
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Baker, Peter Edward [Ginger] (1939–2019)
Maker: Denis Williams
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Ginger Baker (1939–2019), by Denis Williams, 1980
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Baker, Peter Edward [Ginger] (1939–2019), drummer and percussionist
Chris Welch
Baker, Peter Edward [Ginger] (1939–2019), drummer and percussionist, was born at Lewisham Hospital, London, on 19 August 1939, less than two weeks before the outbreak of the Second World War, the younger child of Frederick Louvaine Formidable (Ted) Baker (1915–1943...
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Barrett, Roger Keith [Syd], musician and songwriter (1946–2006)
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Barrett, Roger Keith [Syd], musician and songwriter (1946–2006)
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Barrett, Roger Keith [Syd] (1946–2006), musician and songwriter
Rikky Rooksby
Barrett, Roger Keith [Syd] (1946–2006), musician and songwriter, was born on 6 January 1946 at 60 Glisson Road, Cambridge, the fourth of five children of Arthur Max Barrett, medical practitioner, and his wife, Winifred Flack, née Heeps. Educated at the Cambridge and County High School for Boys...
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Barrett, Roger Keith [Syd] (1946–2006)
Maker: Gems
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Bellamy, Peter Franklyn (1944–1991), folk-singer
Ken Hunt
Bellamy, Peter Franklyn (1944–1991), folk-singer, was born on 8 September 1944 at 23 Knole Road in Bournemouth, the fourth of five children. Shortly afterwards his parents, Richard Reynell Bellamy (1901–1988) and Hilda Maud Bellamy, née Steel (1907–1994), moved to Norfolk, which became Bellamy's...
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Bilk, Bernard Stanley [Acker] (1929–2014), clarinettist and bandleader
Digby Fairweather
Bilk, Bernard Stanley [Acker] (1929–2014), clarinettist and bandleader, was born in Pensford, Somerset, on 28 January 1929, the son of William John Bilk (1876–1941), journeyman carpenter and cabinet maker, and part-time church organist, and his wife, Lilian Lydia Amanda, ...
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Blake, Cyril McDonald [called Midnight Blake] (1897–1951), jazz musician
Howard Rye
Blake, Cyril McDonald [called Midnight Blake] (1897–1951), jazz musician, was born on 22 October 1897 in Trinidad, the son of Samuel Blake, cabinet-maker. He served in the merchant navy in the First World War and went to Britain on discharge. In October 1921 he was a member for engagements in ...
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Blaney, Norah (1893–1983) (1897–1944)
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Norah Blaney (1893–1983) [right] and Gwen Farrar (1897–1944) [left], by unknown photographer, 1924
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Blaney, Norah [real name Norah Mignon Cordwell; married names Lyne, Durham, Hughes] (1893–1983), pianist and revue artist
Alison Child
Blaney, Norah [real name Norah Mignon Cordwell; married names Lyne, Durham, Hughes] (1893–1983), pianist and revue artist, and Farrar, Gwendoline [Gwen] (1897–1944), cellist and revue artist, met in France during the First World War when they were performing in ...
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Bowman [née Bradford], Laura (1881–1957), musical entertainer
Jeffrey Green and Rainer E. Lotz
Bowman [née Bradford], Laura (1881–1957), musical entertainer, was born in Quincy, Illinois, USA, on 3 October 1881, the daughter of Charles Bradford (c.1850–c.1915), bartender, and his wife, Lois Adelaide, née Yeates (c.1850–1912). After being taken by her aunt for an education in ...
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Bruce, John Simon Asher (Jack) (1943–2014), musician and songwriter
Rikky Rooksby
Bruce, John Simon Asher (Jack) (1943–2014), musician and songwriter, was born on 14 May 1943 at 67 Beaufort Gardens, Bishopbriggs, Lanarkshire, the son of Charles Bruce and his wife Elizabeth, née Asher. His parents were politically left-wing and variously employed—his father as a lorry driver and mechanical engineer, and his mother as a hospital cleaner and waitress. He later claimed to have attended fourteen schools, the last ...
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Bryden, Beryl Audrey (1920–1998)
Maker: David Redfern
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Beryl Audrey Bryden (1920–1998) by David Redfern, 1990 photograph David Redfern / Redferns
