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Lionel Bart

xxtimboxxtimbo Posts: 8,881
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He's kindof like the founding father of British Pop music, writing songs for Tommy Steele, Mary Wilde... Cliff Richard.

He ruled the airwaves in the late 50s and early 60s ....... in the days before the Beatles blew everyone away and started the swinging 60s ..... !

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    swingalegswingaleg Posts: 103,226
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    Didn't he write the musical 'Oliver' ?

    Lots of good tunes in that one !
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    xxtimboxxtimbo Posts: 8,881
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    Oliver the musical took America by storm and in a way...
    that was the beginning of the British Invasion...

    the Beatles followed in Feb 1964
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