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Dick James (born Reginald Leon Vapnick, in 1920, in London died 2 January 1986) was the singer of the Robin Hood and The Buccaneers themes, from British television in the 1950s and was a friend and associate of renowned record producer George Martin. Year 1920 (MCMXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ...
London (pronounced ) is the capital city of the United Kingdom and the largest city of England (strangely, England has no constitutional existence within the United Kingdom, and therefore cannot be said to have a capital). ...
January 2 is the second day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The Adventures of Robin Hood was a popular, long-running British television series (143 half-hour, black and white episodes, 1955–1960) starring Richard Greene as Robin Hood. ...
The Buccaneers was a 1956 Sapphire Films television drama series for ITC Entertainment, networked by CBS in the US and shown on ATV and selected ITV companies in the UK. Starring Robert Shaw as Dan Tempest, the series, aimed at children, followed the adventures of Tempest and his crew of...
This List of UK television series is a list of TV series that were made and shown in the United Kingdom. ...
The 1950s was the decade spanning from the 1st of January, 1950 to the 31st December, 1959. ...
In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the performers, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes . ...
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James entered the music publishing business as his singing career tapered off, and in 1963 established Northern Songs Ltd., with Beatles John Lennon and Paul McCartney, to publish Lennon and McCartney's original songs. (Beatles George Harrison and Ringo Starr were also signed to Northern Songs as writers, but did not renew their contracts.) James's company, Dick James Music, administered Northern Songs. An agent whose primary job is to link up new songs by songwriters with suitable recording artists to record them, with the intent of creating a hit record and generating large numbers of sales and airplay. ...
1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1963 calendar). ...
Northern Songs Ltd. ...
The Beatles appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1964 as part of their first tour of the United States, promoting their first hit single there, I Want To Hold Your Hand. ...
John Winston Ono Lennon, MBE (October 9, 1940 – December 8, 1980), (born John Winston Lennon, known as John Ono Lennon) was an iconic English 20th century rock and roll songwriter and singer, best known as the founding member of The Beatles. ...
Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE (born 18 June 1942, Liverpool) is an English singer and songwriter. ...
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Richard Starkey, MBE (born July 7, 1940 in Liverpool, England), known by his stage name Ringo Starr, is an English popular musician, singer and actor, best known as the drummer of The Beatles. ...
Dick James (died 1986) was the singer of the Robin Hood and The Buccaneers themes, from British television in the 1950s and was a friend of producer George Martin. ...
Early in 1969, James and his partner Charles Silver sold their shares in Northern Songs to Britain's Associated Television (ATV), which was able to accumulate purchases of enough public shares to become the majority stockholder in the company. 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ...
Associated TeleVision Limited, later ATV Network and best known simply as ATV, was a British ITV company from 1955 until 1981. ...
James later became the publisher of many of Elton John's classic songs, written with Bernie Taupin. Sir Elton Hercules John, CBE[1][2] (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight on 25 March 1947) is an English pop/rock singer, composer and pianist. ...
Bernie Taupin (born May 22, 1950) is an English lyricist famous for his collaboration with Elton John. ...
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