Ralph Vaughan Williams
Composer. Born at the vicarage in Down Ampney, Gloucestershire. Entered the Royal College of Music in 1890, where he studied alongside Hubert Parry. He went on to study in Berlin and Paris. Under t...
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Vauxhall Gardens
A pleasure garden and one of the leading venues for public entertainment in Georgian London for over 60 years. Originally known as New Spring Gardens, the site is believed to have opened before th...
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Daddy Vego
Barrington Adams, aka Daddy Vego - the first Jamaican to set up a static sound system, the Peoples Sound System, at the Notting Hill Carnival. In 1988 he founded his shop, the People’s Sound Recor...
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Dennie Vidal
Our picture source says: "Jazz Jamaica’s former sound engineer" and that his funeral took place on 4 November 2015 at Our Lady of Good Counsel, Bouverie Road, London, N16 0AJ. That's all we can fin...
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Carl Maria von Weber
Born Eutin, Germany, died London, from tuberculosis. A sick man he came to London to write the English opera Oberon which received an enthusiastic reception at Covent Garden in April 1826.
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WAG Club
Former nightclub. The name derives from the initials of its predecessor, the Whiskey-A-Go-Go Club. It attracted a multi-racial clientele and regularly had a large number of potential customers queu...
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Richard Wagner
Composer, conductor, theatre director and John Wayne look-alike. Born Germany. Came to London in 1839, heavily in debt. Stayed at 23-25 Old Compton Street where he begun the Flying Dutchman, inspir...
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Bunny Wailer / Bunny Livingston
Singer, songwriter and percussionist. Born as Neville O'Riley Livingston in Jamaica. Also known as Bunny Livingston or Jah B. He and Bob Marley were friends from boyhood, and they, along with Peter...
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The Wailers
Reggae Band. Originally formed by Bob Marley, Bunny Livingston and Peter Tosh. Renamed Bob Marley and the Wailers, and then after Marley's death became known as the Wailers Band.
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Wilfred Walker
Pioneering music promoter. "Wilfred Walker OBE ... led the Notting Hill Carnival between 1973-1975 ... Walker ran three stages which, according to him, gave early platforms to a number of bands suc...
Person, Community / Clubs, Music / songs, Politics & Administration
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