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Mike Vernon (Producer)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Mike Vernon (born Michael Vernon, 20 November 1944, Harrow, Middlesex, England) is an English record producer. He produced albums for British blues artists and groups during the late 1960s, working with the Bluesbreakers, David Bowie, Duster Bennett, Savoy Brown, Chicken Shack, Eric Clapton, Fleetwood Mac, Peter Green, Danny Kirwan, John Mayall, Christine McVie and Ten Years After amongst others. Vernon is best known as the founder of the blues record label, Blue Horizon. Several of his recordings appeared there, as well as on the lesser known labels, Purdah and Outasite. Although he is primarily associated with the blues, Vernon produced significant acts outside of that field, including Bowie, Focus, and Bloodstone. After playing for a while in the Mo Jo Men, Vernon started working for Decca Records in 1963, entering production with an album by the Texan Curtis Jones, and following that up with projects by better known American bluesmen, Champion Jack Dupree and Otis Spann.

Maryetta Midgley

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Maryetta Midgley (born 27 May 1944?) is an English soprano. Maryetta was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, the daughter of the International Operatic tenor Walter Midgley and the pianist, Gladys Vernon. Her brother is the international tenor Vernon Midgley. She was educated at the Holy Cross Convent, New Malden, Surrey, England. She won a scholarship to the Trinity College of Music, where she studied singing and the piano. She began her career with the George Mitchell Singers and made her first radio broadcast as a child in "Round the Horne". She appeared in the "Fol-De-Rols" at the Congress Theatre, Eastbourne and in "Camelot" at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane. She has broadcast regularly on BBC Radio 2 in "Friday Night is Music Night", "Melodies for You", "Among Your Souvenirs", "Saturday Night is Gala Night" and "Robert Farnon's World of Music".

Desmond Kelly

Tsar Kandavl or Le Roi Candaule

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Tsar Kandavl; AKA Le Roi Candaule (King Cadaules) is a Grand ballet in 4 Acts-6 Scenes, with choreography by Marius Petipa, and music by Cesare Pugni. Libretto by Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges, based on the history of King Candaules the Ruler of Lydia, as described by Herodotus in his Histories. From this work is derived the famous Diane and Actéon Pas de Deux (AKA the Diana and Acteon Pas de Deux).

Henry Nemo

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Henry Nemo (June 8, 1909 - November 26, 1999) was a musician, songwriter and actor in Hollywood films who had a reputation as a hipster and was sometimes referred to as the "creator of jive" talk. He showcased some of this "jive talk" in a bit part as "The Neem" in the 1947 movie Song of the Thin Man. Nemo's rare collection of jazz memorabilia documents 1930s music and his days at the Cotton Club, where he wrote the lyrics with Irving Mills and John Redmond for "I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart" (1938), with music by Duke Ellington. In Nemo's historical collection are original photographs which he took at the Cotton Club, plus Cotton Club memorabilia and a 1939 telegram from Ellington to Nemo, written in jive talk. He composed the song standards "Don't Take Your Love From Me" and "'Tis Autumn," both published in 1941. He also composed the incidental music and lyrics for the 1959 Broadway production of Saul Levitt's play The Andersonville Trial, directed by José Ferrer, and starring George C. Scott.

Rebecca Chambers

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Rebecca Chambers (born 1975) is a concert pianist from Victoria, Australia. In 1996 she was named Young Australian of the Year. She was educated at Victorian College of the Arts. She won the piano section of the ABC Young Performers Awards in 1993 and has performed around Australia with top symphony orchestras. She received the Roy Rubinstein Award while pursuing her master's degree at the Manhattan School of Music. A solo performance with the Manhattan Symphony at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York was her professional debut.