Re: OT A famous son : Wed Sep 26, 2018 11:28 am  

WakeyTrin1873 wrote:

Great find, just how did you come across him Vasty?

Stephen Fry's autobiography. His son Richard Armitage, set up the Noel Gay Artists and they are Fry's agent.

Fry was asked by Armitage to re-write the musical Me and my girl to modernise it for the 1980's. Was a huge success both West End and Broadway starring Robert Lindsay.

Made Fry a millionaire for which he seems genuinely grateful and heavily plugs both father and son.

Re: OT A famous son : Wed Sep 26, 2018 11:31 am  

PopTart wrote:

We can have more than one famous person from Wakefield guys.
Jane Mcdonald promotes the city pretty well and has celebrity status in modern day times.

I do think Hepworth and Gay (Stanley Hill!) should be recognised though. Its not like we are overflowing with celebrity in Wakefield.

I have no real issue with Jane, more making the quint that in his day this guy was a fair few cuts above her in the talent stakes yet seems largely forgotten.

As for Hepworth she has an entire Gallery named after her, I think she has been truly noted.

Re: OT A famous son : Wed Sep 26, 2018 11:38 am  

Some very well known tunes here. I wonder if the royalties paid much?

[PopTart]

Re: OT A famous son : Wed Sep 26, 2018 12:18 pm  

vastman wrote:

I have no real issue with Jane, more making the quint that in his day this guy was a fair few cuts above her in the talent stakes yet seems largely forgotten.

As for Hepworth she has an entire Gallery named after her, I think she has been truly noted.

It wasn't specifically aimed at anyone. More just to make the point to read your text rather than just put down Mcdonald.
I've seen Me and My Girl and it's amazing. Not sure how close it is now to his original but his music is famous and perfectly preserved .

Re: OT A famous son : Wed Sep 26, 2018 12:43 pm  

vastman wrote:

and Run Rabbit run and The son has got his hat on - pretty prolific - also wrote Me and my Gal (a musical).

He did. The Lambeth Walk is from Me and my Gal and he wrote the music and not the lyrics as I previously stated.

Re: OT A famous son : Wed Sep 26, 2018 3:08 pm  

Isn't John Gober a Wakefield lad,Great play writer like Bouncers, Up un Under and many more.

Re: OT A famous son : Wed Sep 26, 2018 3:29 pm  

acko wrote:

Isn't John Gober a Wakefield lad,Great play writer like Bouncers, Up un Under and many more.

He is from Upton.

Re: OT A famous son : Wed Sep 26, 2018 3:42 pm  

Dame Barbara Hepworth has a blue plaque above her house door where she used to live,and was brought up,on Duke of York Sreet,College Grove, just off Jacobs Well Lane

Re: OT A famous son : Wed Sep 26, 2018 4:59 pm  

One of my favourite bands back in the day were Big Country, and have just recently read the biography of their late frontman, Stuart Adamson.

One of his biggest influennces was Bill Nelson.

Not someone who I have tapped into. Will give him a listen, as I will pretty much listen to anything once.

Out of curiosity, what style music is he, and was he any good?

Re: OT A famous son : Wed Sep 26, 2018 5:20 pm  

That’s a great find Vasty, like a couple of others, somewhere back in time, I’d been told about this but haven’t seen or heard anything about him or his story for decades.

The Sun Has Got His Hat On, Lambeth Walk, Run Rabbit Run and Leaning on a Lampost made famous by George Formby.

The guy should definitely have a Star