Ian McLagan
Keyboard instrumentalist. He played in various bands, before replacing Jimmy Winston in Small Faces. He went on to perform with many other artists, before moving to Austin, Texas. Died in the Unive...
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Bernice McNaughton
Bernice McNaughton MBE JP moved from Trinidad to London in 1961. Born in Trinidad. 1961 she came to London, Shepherd's Bush initially, and worked for nine years with the Foreign Languages Division...
Person, Community / Clubs, Craft / Design, Music / songs, Caribbean Islands
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Tony Meehan
Drummer. Â Born Daniel Joseph Anthony Meehan at the New End Hospital, Hampstead. He was one of the original line-up of Cliff Richard's backing group, The Shadows. He left the group in 1961 and event...
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Joe Meek
Record producer, e.g. 'Have I the right'.  Born Robert George Meek in Newent Gloucestershire, where there is a plaque. First truly independent record producer.  'Telstar' for The Tornados was the f...
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Joe Meek Society
The Joe Meek Society (formerly Joe Meek Appreciation Society) was formed in the early nineties to remember and celebrate the music and life of legendary sixties record producer and song writer Joe ...
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Dame Nellie Melba
Operatic soprano. Born Helen "Nellie" Porter Mitchell in Melbourne, Australia. 1882 briefly married Charles Armstrong and had one son, but soon separated. She took up a singing career and came to E...
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Mellow Mix Studios
From the Hackney Citizen: "The plaque has been funded by the local community as part of the ‘Gone But Not Forgotten’ initiative led by one of the borough’s longest standing Black music organisation...
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George Melly
Jazz and blues singer and writer. Born Liverpool. Died at home in London.
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Felix Mendelssohn
Composer. Born Felix Mendelssohn in Hamburg. Later became Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy. Bartholdy was a name already adopted by a member of his mother's family who had converted to Chri...
4 memorials
Sir Yehudi Menuhin
Born in New York, child of recent immigrants, achieved fame as a violinist at age 7. Spent most of his career in Britain, becoming a British citizen in 1985. Initially working in the classics, as p...
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