Sir Thomas Hicks OBE (born 17 December 1936), known professionally as Tommy Steele, is an English entertainer, regarded as Britain's first teen idol and...
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The Tommy Steele Story is a 1957 British film directed by Gerard Bryant and starring Tommy Steele, dramatising Steele's rise to fame as a teen idol. Along...
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This is the discography of English rock and roll singer Tommy Steele, both with the Steelmen and as a solo artist. This is a list of EPs released in the...
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Tommy Steele in Search of Charlie Chaplin is a 1971 British TV special starring Tommy Steele about the origins of Charlie Chaplin. Steele visits south-east...
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December 15, 1966. In autumn of 1916, Irish immigrant John Lawless (Tommy Steele) has applied for a butler position with eccentric Philadelphia millionaire...
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vehicle for British pop star Tommy Steele. The show is based on H. G. Wells's 1905 novel Kipps: The Story of a Simple Soul. Steele played Arthur Kipps, an...
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Films at Southall Studios in West London. The film features a cameo by Tommy Steele. After suffering a series of personal setbacks and in desperate need...
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Tommy the Toreador is a 1959 British musical comedy film directed by John Paddy Carstairs and starring Tommy Steele, Janet Munro, Sid James, Bernard Cribbins...
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stage musical of the same name. It stars Fred Astaire, Petula Clark, and Tommy Steele. The plot follows an Irishman and his daughter, who steal a leprechaun's...
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an English writer and composer of pop music and musicals. He wrote Tommy Steele's "Rock with the Caveman" and was the sole creator of the musical Oliver...
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Tommy Steele. It is based on the subject of the Beatles' 1966 song "Eleanor Rigby", which is credited to the Lennon–McCartney partnership. When Tommy...
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Singing the Blues (category Tommy Steele songs)
singer Tommy Steele (with the Steelmen) and the other (recorded before Mitchell covered it) by US country singer Marty Robbins. Tommy Steele's version...
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Tommy Steele Stage Show is a live album by English entertainer Tommy Steele, released as a 10-inch LP by Decca in March 1957. A concert recording of Steele...
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Sixpence is a 1967 British musical film directed by George Sidney starring Tommy Steele, Julia Foster and Cyril Ritchard. It was choreographed by Gillian Lynne...
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original production of Half a Sixpence (Cambridge Theatre, 1963, with Tommy Steele); and The Platinum Cat (Wyndham's Theatre, London, 1965, with Kenneth...
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roll music culture in the late 1950s, and several major stars including Tommy Steele and Cliff Richard were first discovered performing there. The name of...
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in London with his friend Tommy Steele. A successful songwriter, Pratt collaborated with Bart and Steele on many of Steele's early hits in the late 1950s...
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adventure film directed by James Clavell and starring Stanley Baker and Tommy Steele. It was written by Rafe Newhouse and David Newhouse and produced by Baker...
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A version ran in 1958 at the London Coliseum with a cast including Tommy Steele, Yana, Jimmy Edwards, Kenneth Williams and Betty Marsden. This version...
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Pornick in the original London production of Half a Sixpence opposite Tommy Steele, citing her first leading role as a career highlight. The playwright...
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rock and rollers soon began to appear, including Wee Willie Harris and Tommy Steele. During this period American Rock and Roll remained dominant but in 1958...
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Maker) is a 1963 British musical film directed by Don Sharp and starring Tommy Steele, Michael Medwin and Angela Douglas. It was written by Leigh Vance. A...
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Good managed some of the UK's first rock and roll stars, including Tommy Steele, Marty Wilde, Billy Fury, Jess Conrad and Cliff Richard. Good was born...
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roll scene was starting to take off, producing home-grown stars like Tommy Steele, Marty Wilde and Cliff Richard and the Shadows (themselves originally...
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Come On, Let's Go (category Tommy Steele songs)
number 42 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in May 1958. British teen idol Tommy Steele covered "Come On, Let's Go" shortly after Valens' hit was released in...
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John Kennedy (Colin Hicks is the younger brother of English entertainer Tommy Steele, whom Parnes also managed). After taking a temporary break from the group...
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What a Mouth (What a North and South) (category Tommy Steele songs)
sung by Harry Champion. It is better known for the version recorded by Tommy Steele in 1960, which peaked at number 5 on the UK Singles Chart. The song was...
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the younger brother of singer Tommy Steele. In November 1957, the British music magazine NME reported that Steele's manager, Larry Parnes, had signed...
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Little White Bull (category Tommy Steele songs)
singer Tommy Steele, released as a single in November 1959. It was included on the EP Tommy the Toreador from the film of the same name in which Steele also...
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ushering in the sound of British rock. Several artists, most prominently Tommy Steele from the UK, found success with covers of major American rock and roll...
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