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  • {{short description|British jazz pianist}} ...|last=Chilton |first=John |author-link=w:John Chilton |title= Who's Who of British Jazz |url=https://archive.org/details/whoswhobritishja00chil |url-access=li
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  • {{Short description|British actress and singer (1898–1983)}} {{Use British English|date=August 2011}}
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  • ...in [[Woolwich]], for which he was paid eight [[shilling]]s and [[Sixpence (British coin)|sixpence]] (42½p). He also played in [[working men's club]]s, pubs a ...s fame he was a subject of the television programme ''[[This Is Your Life (British TV series)|This Is Your Life]]'' on 20 May 1970 when he was surprised by [[
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  • | caption = British big band leader and clarinet player, Harry Roy ...1992|edition=First|isbn=0-85112-939-0|pages=2154/5}}</ref> was a British [[British dance band|dance band]] leader and [[clarinet|clarinet]] player from the 19
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  • '''Stanley Black''' [[Order of British Empire|OBE]] (14 June 1913 – 27 November 2002) was an English bandleader, ...he studio orchestra of [[Associated British Picture Corporation|Associated British Picture Corporation]] (ABPC) and their musical director composer from 1958
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  • | honorific_suffix = [[Order of the British Empire|CBE]] ...wspaper=The Telegraph}}{{cbignore}}</ref> They jointly received the 1966 [[British Academy Television Award for Best Entertainment Performance]]. They worked
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  • ...=GBR|size=100%|DBE}} (1 April 1893 – 26 April 1980) was an Australian-born British actress, comedian and singer. The daughter of the producer and playwright [ Courtneidge appeared in 12 British films in the 1930s, and one in Hollywood, finding this work to be very lucr
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  • ...Variety Series#1980s|Outstanding Variety]]. In 2006, Hill was voted by the British public number 17 in [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]]'s poll of [[TV's 50 Greatest S ...[[UK Singles Chart]] and earned Hill an [[Ivor Novello Award]] from the [[British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors]] in 1972.
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  • ...his childhood in [[West Germany]] where his father was deployed with the [[British Army of the Rhine]]. He took piano lessons from age 7 to 14 and taught hims ...nnes and the Bonzo Dog Band also appeared each week in both seasons of the British children's television series ''[[Do Not Adjust Your Set]]'' which also feat
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  • ...s/news.php?story=000434|title=News&nbsp;— RIP Humphrey Lyttelton|publisher=British Sitcom Guide|date=2008-04-25|access-date=2008-04-26}}</ref> In a [[eulogy]] ...><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/radio/isihac/episodes/|title=British Comedy Guide|access-date=2017-07-22}}</ref> On 12 October 2017, Garden anno
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