The New Vaudeville Band was an English group created by songwriter Geoff Stephens in 1966 to record his novelty composition "Winchester Cathedral", a...
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I've got no band to promote it.' So Bob came, flushed with excitement, to the rest of us at our digs, saying, 'We can be The New Vaudeville Band!' and we...
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eclectic Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, and shared many similarities with other outfits of the time such as The New Vaudeville Band and The Temperance Seven. Founder...
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"Winchester Cathedral" is a song by the New Vaudeville Band, a British novelty group established by the song's composer, Geoff Stephens, and was released...
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and the Mysterians, the Monkees, Johnny Rivers, and the New Vaudeville Band. Frank Sinatra, having already hit number one before the creation of the Hot...
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There's a Kind of Hush (redirect from There's a Kind of Hush (All Over the World))
Originally recorded by Stephens' group the New Vaudeville Band in 1967 as a neo-British music hall number, this version of the track became a hit in Australia...
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Mills Matt Monro Naked Eyes The New Vaudeville Band One Direction Peter and Gordon Cliff Richard (born in India) Julie Rogers The Rubettes Hurricane Smith...
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was the manager of the New Vaudeville Band, and became their tour manager. When The Yardbirds dissolved shortly thereafter, Grant and Cole became the manager...
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Peter Grant (music manager) (category Military personnel from the London Borough of Croydon)
including the Nashville Teens, an all-girl group called She Trinity, the New Vaudeville Band, The Jeff Beck Group, Terry Reid and Stone the Crows.[citation...
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road manager at the time, had been to the U.S. with the New Vaudeville Band, and was aware of the new concert and album-oriented rock FM radio format developing...
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John Carter (English musician) (category The New Vaudeville Band members)
covered by Gary Usher's Sagittarius and Dutch band The Buffoons. Carter sang lead on the New Vaudeville Band's hit single "Winchester Cathedral", a traditional...
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Say Goodbye released in 1986. The British group the New Vaudeville Band wrote a highly distinctive version in 1966. The veteran British musician Ian Hunter...
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known as Finchley Central A song by The New Vaudeville Band This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Finchley Central. If an internal...
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Diamond Neil Sedaka Neil Young The Neon Philharmonic The Newbeats The New Lost City Ramblers The New Vaudeville Band The Nice Nico Nina Simone Nino Tempo...
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Geoff Stephens (category The New Vaudeville Band members)
Murray, and Les Reed. He also formed The New Vaudeville Band, and their song "Winchester Cathedral" won Stephens the 1967 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary...
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Vaudeville (/ˈvɔːd(ə)vɪl, ˈvoʊ-/; French: [vodvil]) is a theatrical genre of variety entertainment which began in France at the end of the 19th century...
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Alan Klein (category The New Vaudeville Band members)
recordings were made with the record producer, Joe Meek. In 1966, he went on tour as lead vocalist of The New Vaudeville Band, billed as 'Tristam, Seventh...
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List of Billboard Easy Listening number ones of 1966 (category Lists of number-one adult contemporary songs in the United States)
biggest-selling single of the year in the U.S. In December, the British novelty act the New Vaudeville Band reached number one on both charts with the 1920s-styled...
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Among the hitmakers were Wayne Fontana & the Mindbenders (then later on their own, simply as the Mindbenders), the Troggs, the New Vaudeville Band, Manfred...
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Doo-Dah Band, the Temperance Seven and the New Vaudeville Band. Dixieland stylings can be found here and there on records by the Rolling Stones, the Beatles...
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These are the number-one singles of 1966 according to the Top 100 Singles chart in Cashbox magazine 1966 in music List of Hot 100 number-one singles of...
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categories at the awards (alongside Best New Artist, Song of the Year and Album of the Year) presented annually since the 1st Annual Grammy Awards in 1959. For...
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Bob Kerr (musician) (category The New Vaudeville Band members)
he was a member of the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band. In September 1966, he was persuaded by Geoff Stephens to join The New Vaudeville Band, before forming his...
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stall by playing, say, Bank, in the hopes of a more spectacular win later). Possibly inspired by The New Vaudeville Band's song "Finchley Central" ("Finchley...
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boutique.[citation needed] The New Vaudeville Band recorded a song titled "I Was Lord Kitchener's Valet", in tribute to the shop, which didn't chart. In...
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(4) Nelson (1) Ricky Nelson (2) New Kids on the Block (3) The New Power Generation (see Prince) The New Vaudeville Band (1) Olivia Newton-John (5) Next...
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Vaudeville in the Philippines, more commonly referred in the Filipino vernacular as bodabil, was a popular genre of entertainment in the Philippines from...
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1966 in music (section Bands formed)
Legendary album Pet Sounds by The Beach Boys is released in the US. May 17 – Bob Dylan and the Hawks (later The Band) perform at the Free Trade Hall, Manchester...
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List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles from 1958 to 1969 (redirect from List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of the 1960s)
The Billboard Hot 100 chart is the main song chart of the American music industry and is updated every week by the Billboard magazine. During 1958–1969...
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Winchester Cathedral (redirect from Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity, Winchester)
hit and a US number one song for The New Vaudeville Band in 1966. The cathedral was also the subject of the Crosby, Stills & Nash song "Cathedral" from...
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