John Leyton, the Glossary
John Dudley Leyton (born 17 February 1936) is an English retired actor and singer.[1]
Table of Contents
87 relations: AllMusic, Associated Television, Backup band, Beat music, Beautiful Dreamer, Biggles, Bob Stanley (musician), Callum Dixon (actor), Cameo appearance, Colour Me Kubrick, Cover version, Craig Douglas, Danger Within, Dangerous Davies, Decca Records, Elmer Bernstein, EMI Records, Every Day's a Holiday (1965 film), Frank Sinatra, Freddy Cannon, Frinton-on-Sea, Geoff Goddard, GfK Entertainment charts, Guns at Batasi, Hi Ho Silver Lining, Highgate School, His Master's Voice, Hit song, I Don't Care If the Sun Don't Shine, I'm All Right Jack, Irish Recorded Music Association, It's Trad, Dad!, ITV (TV network), ITV Granada, ITV Yorkshire, Jeff Beck, Jericho (1966 TV series), Jess Conrad, Joe Brown (musician), Joe Meek, John Malkovich, Johnny Remember Me, Kent Music Report, Kevin Johnson (singer), Krakatoa, East of Java, List of artists who reached number one on the UK singles chart, Make Love to Me (1954 song), Marty Wilde, National service, Nick Moran, ... Expand index (37 more) »
- Columbia Graphophone Company artists
- People from Frinton-on-Sea
- Singers from Essex
- York Records artists
AllMusic
AllMusic (previously known as All-Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database.
Associated Television
Associated Television was the original name of the British broadcaster ATV, part of the Independent Television (ITV) network.
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Backup band
A backup band or backing band is a musical ensemble that typically accompanies a single artist who is the featured performer.
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Beat music
Beat music, British beat, or Merseybeat is a British popular music genre that developed, particularly in and around Liverpool, in the late 1950s and early 1960s.
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Beautiful Dreamer
"Beautiful Dreamer" is a parlor song by American songwriter Stephen Foster.
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Biggles
James Bigglesworth, nicknamed "Biggles", is a fictional pilot and adventurer, the title character and hero of the Biggles series of adventure books, written for young readers by W. E. Johns (1893–1968).
Bob Stanley (musician)
Bob Stanley (born Robert Andrew Shukman; 25 December 1964) is a British musician, journalist, author, and film producer.
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Callum Dixon (actor)
Callum Dixon (born) is an English actor from Chichester.
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Cameo appearance
A cameo appearance, also called a cameo role and often shortened to just cameo, is a brief guest appearance of a well-known person or character in a work of the performing arts.
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Colour Me Kubrick
Colour Me Kubrick: A True...ish Story (U.S. title: Color Me Kubrick) is a 2005 comedy-drama film directed by Brian W. Cook and written by Anthony Frewin.
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Cover version
In popular music, a cover version, cover song, remake, revival, or simply cover is a new performance or recording by a musician other than the original performer or composer of the song.
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Craig Douglas
Terence Perkins (born 13 August 1941) known professionally as Craig Douglas, is an English pop singer, who was popular in the late 1950s and early 1960s. John Leyton and Craig Douglas are English male singers and English pop singers.
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Danger Within
Danger Within (American title: Breakout) is a 1959 British war film set in a prisoner of war camp in Northern Italy during the summer of 1943.
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Dangerous Davies
Detective Constable "Dangerous" Davies is the central character in a series of comic novels by Leslie Thomas and a TV series, The Last Detective made for ITV and starring Peter Davison.
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Decca Records
Decca Records is a British record label established in 1929 by Edward Lewis.
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Elmer Bernstein
Elmer Bernstein (April 4, 1922August 18, 2004) was an American composer and conductor.
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EMI Records
EMI Records (formerly EMI Records Ltd.) is a British multinational record label owned by Universal Music Group.
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Every Day's a Holiday (1965 film)
Every Day's a Holiday (US title Seaside Swingers) is a 1965 British musical comedy film directed by James Hill and starring John Leyton, Mike Sarne, Ron Moody, Grazina Frame, and Freddie and the Dreamers.
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Frank Sinatra
Francis Albert Sinatra (December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998) was an American singer and actor.
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Freddy Cannon
Frederick Anthony Picariello, Jr. (born December 4, 1936), better known by his stage name Freddy Cannon, is an American rock and roll singer.
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Frinton-on-Sea
Frinton-on-Sea is a seaside town and (as just Frinton) a former civil parish, now in the parish of Frinton and Walton, in the Tendring district of Essex, England.
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Geoff Goddard
Geoffrey Goddard (19 November 1937 – 15 May 2000) was an English songwriter, singer and instrumentalist. John Leyton and Geoff Goddard are English male singers.
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GfK Entertainment charts
The GfK Entertainment charts are the official charts for music, home video, and video games in Germany and are gathered and published by GfK Entertainment (formerly Media Control and Media Control GfK International), a subsidiary of GfK, on behalf of.
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Guns at Batasi
Guns at Batasi is a 1964 British drama film starring Richard Attenborough, Jack Hawkins, Flora Robson, John Leyton and Mia Farrow.
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Hi Ho Silver Lining
"Hi Ho Silver Lining" is a rock song, written by American songwriters Scott English and Larry Weiss and first released as a single in March 1967 by English band the Attack, then a few days later by Jeff Beck.
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Highgate School
Highgate School, formally Sir Roger Cholmeley's School at Highgate, is a co-educational, fee-charging, private day school, founded in 1565 in Highgate, London, England.
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His Master's Voice
His Master's Voice (HMV) was the name of a major British record label created in 1901 by The Gramophone Co. Ltd.
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Hit song
A hit song, also known as a hit record, hit single or simply hit, is a recorded song or instrumental that becomes broadly popular or well-known.
I Don't Care If the Sun Don't Shine
"I Don't Care If the Sun Don't Shine" is a popular song written by Mack David.
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I'm All Right Jack
I'm All Right Jack is a 1959 British comedy film directed and produced by John and Roy Boulting from a script by Frank Harvey, John Boulting and Alan Hackney based on the 1958 novel Private Life by Alan Hackney.
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Irish Recorded Music Association
The Irish Recorded Music Association (IRMA) is a non-profit association set up in 1999 to promote certain interests of the music industry in Ireland.
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It's Trad, Dad!
It's Trad, Dad! (known in the United States as Ring-A-Ding Rhythm) is a 1962 British musical comedy film directed by Richard Lester in his feature directorial debut.
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ITV (TV network)
ITV, legally known as Channel 3, is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network.
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ITV Granada
ITV Granada, formerly known as Granada Television, is the ITV franchisee for the North West of England and Isle of Man.
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ITV Yorkshire
ITV Yorkshire, previously known as Yorkshire Television and commonly referred to as just YTV, is the British television service provided by ITV Broadcasting Limited for the Yorkshire franchise area on the ITV network.
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Jeff Beck
Geoffrey Arnold Beck (24 June 194410 January 2023) was an English guitarist. John Leyton and Jeff Beck are EMI Records artists.
Jericho (1966 TV series)
Jericho is an American espionage series set during World War II.
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Jess Conrad
Jess Conrad (born Gerald Arthur James; 24 February 1936) is an English stage and screen actor and singer. John Leyton and Jess Conrad are English male singers and English pop singers.
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Joe Brown (musician)
Joseph Roger Brown, MBE (born 13 May 1941) is an English musician. John Leyton and Joe Brown (musician) are English male singers.
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Joe Meek
Robert George "Joe" Meek (5 April 1929 – 3 February 1967) was an English record producer, sound engineer and songwriter who pioneered space age and experimental pop music.
John Malkovich
John Gavin Malkovich (born December 9, 1953) is an American actor.
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Johnny Remember Me
"Johnny Remember Me" is a song which became a 1961 UK Singles Chart #1 hit single for John Leyton, backed by The Outlaws.
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Kent Music Report
The Kent Music Report was a weekly record chart of Australian music singles and albums which was compiled by music historian David Kent from May 1974 through to January 1999.
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Kevin Johnson (singer)
Kevin Stephen Johnson (born 3 July 1942) is an Australian singer-songwriter.
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Krakatoa, East of Java
Krakatoa, East of Java is a 1968 American disaster film starring Maximilian Schell and Brian Keith.
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List of artists who reached number one on the UK singles chart
This is a list of artists who have reached number one on the UK Singles Chart as recorded by the Official Charts Company since November 1952.
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Make Love to Me (1954 song)
"Make Love to Me" is a 1954 popular song with words and music written by a larger team than normally is known to collaborate on a song: Bill Norvas, Alan Copeland, and the New Orleans Rhythm Kings, comprising Leon Rappolo, Paul Mares, Ben Pollack, George Brunies, Mel Stitzel, and Walter Melrose.
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Marty Wilde
Marty Wilde, (born Reginald Leonard Smith; 15 April 1939) is a British singer and actor. John Leyton and Marty Wilde are English male singers and English pop singers.
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National service
National service is the system of compulsory or voluntary government service, usually military service.
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Nick Moran
Nick Moran (born 23 December 1969) is an English actor and filmmaker, best known for his role as Eddie the card sharp in Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels.
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NME
New Musical Express (NME) is a British music, film, gaming, and culture website and brand.
Odeon Records
Odeon Records is a record label founded in 1903 by Max Straus and Heinrich Zuntz of the International Talking Machine Company in Berlin, Germany.
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Official New Zealand Music Chart
The Official New Zealand Music Chart (Te Papa Tātai Waiata Matua o Aotearoa) is the weekly New Zealand top 40 singles and albums charts, issued weekly by Recorded Music NZ (formerly Recording Industry Association of New Zealand).
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Record producer
A record producer or music producer is a music creating project's overall supervisor whose responsibilities can involve a range of creative and technical leadership roles.
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Richard Lester
Richard Lester Liebman (born January 19, 1932) is a retired American film director based in the United Kingdom, famous for his comedic and campy style of shooting movies and for his work in both US and UK cinema. He is best known for directing the Beatles' films A Hard Day's Night (1964) and Help! (1965), and the superhero films Superman II (1980) and Superman III (1983).
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Ricky Valance
David Spencer (10 April 193612 June 2020), known professionally as Ricky Valance, was a Welsh pop singer.
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Robert Stigwood
Robert Colin Stigwood (16 April 1934 – 4 January 2016) was an Australian-born British-resident music entrepreneur, film producer and impresario, best known for managing Cream, Andy Gibb and the Bee Gees, theatrical productions like Hair and Jesus Christ Superstar, and film productions including the successful Grease and Saturday Night Fever.
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Rock and Roll (I Gave You the Best Years of My Life)
"Rock and Roll (I Gave You the Best Years of My Life)" is a 1973 song written and originally performed by Australian singer Kevin Johnson, most famously covered by American singer Mac Davis.
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Royal Army Service Corps
The Royal Army Service Corps (RASC) was a corps of the British Army responsible for land, coastal and lake transport, air despatch, barracks administration, the Army Fire Service, staffing headquarters' units, supply of food, water, fuel and domestic materials such as clothing, furniture and stationery and the supply of technical and military equipment.
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Royal Navy
The Royal Navy (RN) is the naval warfare force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, and a component of His Majesty's Naval Service.
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Scandinavia
Scandinavia is a subregion of Northern Europe, with strong historical, cultural, and linguistic ties between its constituent peoples.
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Schizo (1976 film)
Schizo is a 1976 British psychological horror slasher film directed and produced by Pete Walker and starring Lynne Frederick, John Leyton and Stephanie Beacham.
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Showaddywaddy
Showaddywaddy are a rock and roll group from Leicester, England.
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Special Operations Executive
Special Operations Executive (SOE) was a British organisation formed in 1940 to conduct espionage, sabotage and reconnaissance in German-occupied Europe and to aid local resistance movements during World War II.
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Sverigetopplistan
Sverigetopplistan (lit. "the Sweden top list") is the Swedish national record chart, formerly known as Topplistan (1975–1997) and Hitlistan (1998–2007) and known by its current name since October 2007, based on sales data from the Swedish Recording Industry Association (in Swedish Grammofonleverantörernas förening).
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Tell Laura I Love Her
"Tell Laura I Love Her" is a teenage tragedy song written by Jeff Barry and Ben Raleigh.
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Telstar: The Joe Meek Story
Telstar: The Joe Meek Story is a 2008 film adaptation of James Hicks' and Nick Moran's play Telstar, about record producer Joe Meek, which opened at the New Ambassadors Theatre in London's West End in June 2005.
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The Encyclopedia of Popular Music
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music is an encyclopedia created in 1989 by Colin Larkin.
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The Great Escape (film)
The Great Escape is a 1963 American epic war suspense adventure film starring Steve McQueen, James Garner and Richard Attenborough and featuring James Donald, Charles Bronson, Donald Pleasence, James Coburn, Hannes Messemer, David McCallum, Gordon Jackson, John Leyton and Angus Lennie.
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The Herald (Ireland)
The Herald is a nationwide mid-market tabloid newspaper headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, and published by Independent News & Media who are a subsidiary of Mediahuis.
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The Idol (1966 film)
The Idol is a 1966 British drama film directed by Daniel Petrie and starring Jennifer Jones, Michael Parks, Jennifer Hilary and Guy Doleman.
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The Legend of Silent Night
The Legend of Silent Night is a 1968 American television film directed by Daniel Mann and starring James Mason, Kirk Douglas and John Leyton.
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The Nearly Man
The Nearly Man is a UK TV play and series from the mid-1970s, about a middle-class Labour MP.
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The Outlaws (band)
The Outlaws were an English instrumental band that recorded in the early 1960s.
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The Rank Organisation
The Rank Organisation (founded as the J. Arthur Rank Organisation) is a British entertainment conglomerate founded by industrialist J. Arthur Rank in April 1937, Rank also served as the company chairman.
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Theatre Royal, Windsor
The Theatre Royal is an Edwardian theatre on Thames Street in Windsor in Berkshire.
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Trevor Howard
Trevor Wallace Howard-Smith (29 September 1913 – 7 January 1988) was an English stage, film, and television actor.
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UK singles chart
The UK Singles Chart (currently titled the Official Singles Chart, with the upper section more commonly known as the Official UK Top 40) is compiled by the Official Charts Company (OCC), on behalf of the British record industry, listing the top-selling singles in the United Kingdom, based upon physical sales, paid-for downloads and streaming.
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Ultratop
Ultratop is an organization which generates and publishes the official record charts in Belgium.
VG-lista
VG-lista is a Norwegian record chart.
Virgin Books
Virgin Books is a British book publisher 90% owned by the publishing group Random House, and 10% owned by Virgin Group, the company originally set up by Richard Branson as a record company.
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Von Ryan's Express
Von Ryan's Express is a 1965 World War II adventure film starring Frank Sinatra, Trevor Howard, and Raffaella Carrà, and directed by Mark Robson.
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Wembley Arena
Wembley Arena (originally the Empire Pool, now known as OVO Arena Wembley for sponsorship reasons) is an indoor arena next to Wembley Stadium in Wembley, London, England.
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Wild Wind
"Wild Wind" is a song by English singer John Leyton, released as a single in September 1961.
Windsor, Berkshire
Windsor is a historic town in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead in Berkshire, England.
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World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.
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2006 FIFA World Cup
The 2006 FIFA World Cup was the 18th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football world championship tournament.
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See also
Columbia Graphophone Company artists
- Cliff Richard
- Des O'Connor
- Frank Ifield
- Frankie Vaughan
- Freddie and the Dreamers
- Gerry and the Pacemakers
- Helen Shapiro
- Herman's Hermits
- Hughie Green
- John Barry (composer)
- John Leyton
- John's Children
- Ken Dodd
- Kiki Dee
- Marmalade (band)
- Pink Floyd
- Pretty Things
- Rolf Harris
- Russ Conway
- Shirley Bassey
- Steve Conway (singer)
- Terry Reid
- The Animals
- The Dave Clark Five
- The Seekers
- The Settlers (band)
- The Shadows
- The Symbols
- The Yardbirds
People from Frinton-on-Sea
- John Leyton
- Ken Gatward
- Laurence Sinclair
- Richard Cobb
- Ross Davidson
Singers from Essex
- Alison Moyet
- Anna Neagle
- Annie Khalid
- Anthony Benedict Thompson
- Anthony Michaels-Moore
- Bea Munro
- Bertha Lewis
- Charli XCX
- Georgia Twinn
- Hazell Dean
- Jamie Cullum
- John Leyton
- Jordan Gray
- Keith Flint
- Linda Lewis
- Maisie Smith
- Nick Kamen
- Pixie Lott
- Polly Scattergood
- Ruti Olajugbagbe
- Tina Cousins
- Tommy Villiers
- Vivian Stanshall
York Records artists
- Gracie Fields
- Hughie Green
- James Mason
- John Leyton
- Lovelace Watkins
- Mike Berry (singer)
- The Settlers (band)
- Violet Carson
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Leyton
Also known as Leyton, John.
, NME, Odeon Records, Official New Zealand Music Chart, Record producer, Richard Lester, Ricky Valance, Robert Stigwood, Rock and Roll (I Gave You the Best Years of My Life), Royal Army Service Corps, Royal Navy, Scandinavia, Schizo (1976 film), Showaddywaddy, Special Operations Executive, Sverigetopplistan, Tell Laura I Love Her, Telstar: The Joe Meek Story, The Encyclopedia of Popular Music, The Great Escape (film), The Herald (Ireland), The Idol (1966 film), The Legend of Silent Night, The Nearly Man, The Outlaws (band), The Rank Organisation, Theatre Royal, Windsor, Trevor Howard, UK singles chart, Ultratop, VG-lista, Virgin Books, Von Ryan's Express, Wembley Arena, Wild Wind, Windsor, Berkshire, World War II, 2006 FIFA World Cup.