Kenny Everett
Comedy broadcaster.  Born Maurice James Christopher Cole in Liverpool.  Inspired by the Goons.  Got a job on the pirate Radio London by sending in an audition tape.  Worked for Radio Luxemburg, the...
Comedy broadcaster.  Born Maurice James Christopher Cole in Liverpool.  Inspired by the Goons.  Got a job on the pirate Radio London by sending in an audition tape.  Worked for Radio Luxemburg, the...
Record album. The ninth to be released by Bob Marley and the Wailers on Island Records.
From the website:Â "Owned and operated by members of the Hendrix family, Experience Hendrix is the official family company charged with managing the name, likeness, image and 100% of the music of Ji...
Fadil fell into the River Lea on a freezing January evening. From Hackney Gazette: "Police were called shortly after 7pm after the man reportedly fell from a boat near to Lea Bridge and The Prince...
Entertainment venue. Built on the site of Croydon's 'Fair Field' which hosted a fair until the 1860s. The complex comprises: a main concert hall, the Ashcroft Theatre and the Arnhem Gallery. Over t...
Singer and actor. Born as Terence Nelhams Wright at 4 Churchfield Road East, Acton. He was spotted while playing in a skiffle group in the 2i's Coffee Bar Soho, and subsequently made his first appe...
Jazz and R&B singer and pianist. Born as Clive Powell in Leigh, Lancashire. He had many hit songs in the 1960s and 70s, including 'Yeh Yeh', 'Getaway' and 'The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde'.
Cartoonist and clarinettist. Born in Vancouver, his family emigrated to Britain in 1931. During WW2 he started playing in jazz bands including George Webb's Dixielanders and Humphrey Lyttleton's ba...
Contralto singer. Â Born Lancashire. Â Her brief marriage failed due to physical incompatibility. Â She learnt the piano and in a 1937 music festival she also competed in the singing contest for a bet...
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