Bass guitarist. He was part of the original line-up for the Small Faces group in which he was nicknamed 'Plonk'. After they split, he became part of a new group known simply as 'Faces'. Diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, he moved to the USA where the climate was more beneficial to his health. Died in Trinidad, Colorado.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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Ronnie Lane
Baptist minister and hymnwriter. Â Born Exeter. Â His father was appointed minister at Little Wild Street chapel from 1737 so the family moved to London. Â See Andrew Gifford for the rather unsavoury ...
Composer. Born in King Street, Covent Garden. Wrote "Rule Britannia" in the Dove Pub, Upper Mall, Hammersmith, it is said. Buried in St. Paul's Church, Covent Garden.
It seems likely that this tavern and pleasure gardens took the name of a publican with the foreign name 'Pimlico'.  There were many places of entertainment nearby and the whole area became known as...
Conductor and violinist. Born in Bordeaux. He studied in Bruges and Brussels before moving to Britain. After working with the Carl Rosa Opera Company, he entered the Royal Academy of Music in 1891....
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