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"Old King Cole" was the subject of a 1923 one-act ballet by Ralph Vaughan Williams. In 1960, a variation of the song was released on Harry Belafonte's live album Belafonte Returns to Carnegie Hall. The first four lines of "Old King Cole" are quoted in the song "The Musical Box" by Genesis, on their third album, Nursery Cryme, released in 1971.
Bridget St John (born Bridget Anne Hobbs; 4 October 1946 in East Molesey, Surrey, England [1]) is an English singer-songwriter and guitarist, best known for the three albums she recorded between 1969 and 1972 for John Peel's Dandelion record label. Peel produced her debut album, Ask Me No Questions.
A double live CD, Barbara Dickson in Concert, was released in April 2009, and was followed later in the year by her autobiography, A Shirt Box Full of Songs. Between February and March 2011, Dickson undertook a tour of the UK and Ireland to promote her new studio album, Words Unspoken .
East Lynne, or, The Earl's Daughter is an 1861 English sensation novel by Ellen Wood, writing as Mrs. Henry Wood. A Victorian-era bestseller, it is remembered chiefly for its elaborate and implausible plot centering on infidelity and double identities.
"The Twa Corbies", illustration by Arthur Rackham for Some British Ballads "The Three Ravens" (Roud 5, Child 26) is an English folk ballad, printed in the songbook Melismata [1] compiled by Thomas Ravenscroft and published in 1611, but the song is possibly older than that. Newer versions (with different music) were recorded up through the 19th ...
Susannah Maria Cibber (née Arne; February 1714 – 30 January 1766) [1] was a celebrated English singer and actress. She was the sister of the composer Thomas Arne . Although she began her career as a soprano , her voice lowered in the early part of her career to that of a true contralto .
Cecilia Nina Cavendish-Bentinck was born at 50 Eaton Place in Belgravia, Westminster, [1] [2] the eldest daughter of the Rev. Charles Cavendish-Bentinck (grandson of British Prime Minister William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland) and his wife, Louisa (née Burnaby).
More was called back to Harlech in 1926 to care for her mother, who died the following year. She continued to live at Crown Lodge until she married Raymond Bantock, second son of the composer Granville Bantock, in 1930. [9] Thereafter she spent most of her life in the Midlands at Barnt Green, near Birmingham, where she raised her family.