Lionel Bart (1 August 1930 – 3 April 1999) was a British writer and composer of pop music and musicals. He wrote Tommy Steele's "Rock with the Caveman"...
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role in the film Oliver!, a musical version of the stage production by Lionel Bart based Charles Dickens' novel Oliver Twist He is one of three last surviving...
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Oliver! is a stage musical, with book, music and lyrics by Lionel Bart. The musical is based upon the 1838 novel Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens. It premiered...
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album to reach number one on the UK Albums Chart. With collaborators Lionel Bart and Mike Pratt, Steele received the 1958 Ivor Novello Award for Most...
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American artist Jean Bart (1650–1702), French naval commander and privateer Joey Bart (born 1996), American baseball player Lionel Bart (1930–1999), composer...
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Oliver! is a 1968 British period musical drama film based on Lionel Bart's 1960 stage musical of the same name, itself an adaptation of Charles Dickens's...
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straight theatrical piece, but was supplemented with music and lyrics by Lionel Bart, who also grew up in London's East End. Norman initially wrote the piece...
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Food, Glorious Food (category Songs written by Lionel Bart)
"Food, Glorious Food", written by Lionel Bart, is the opening song from the 1960s West End and Broadway musical (and 1968 film) Oliver!. The song is sung...
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artists Arthur Laurents and Phyllis Newman Maggie May 1964 West End Lionel Bart Bart Alun Owen The Magic Basket 1940 Australia Alfred Wheeler Thirty eight...
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Lionel Hutz is a fictional character in the American animated sitcom The Simpsons. He was voiced by Phil Hartman, and his first appearance was in the season...
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skiffle version from the late 1950s. In 1964, the composer and lyricist Lionel Bart (the creator of the musical Oliver!), used the song and its backstory...
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Oom-Pah-Pah (category Songs written by Lionel Bart)
"Oom-Pah-Pah" is a show tune with music and lyrics by Lionel Bart which appeared in the 1960 musical Oliver!, in which it is sung by Nancy and the crowd...
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(1878–1954), American actor Lionel Bart (1930–1999), British composer Lionel Bender (1934–2008), American author and linguist Lionel Blair (1928–2021), British...
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everything except the dance arrangements – music, lyrics and libretto, as Lionel Bart did for Oliver!. Other matters in the process of developing a libretto...
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the climax atop the roof of Fagin's lair is breathtaking." Songwriter Lionel Bart acknowledged that Lean's film "played a role in his conception" of the...
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adult contemporary chart and #2 the Billboard Hot 100. "Who Will Buy?" (Lionel Bart) "The Arrangement" (Oliver) "Can't You See" (Oliver) "Letmekissyouwithadream"...
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it's a musical song, it's a hymn, it's a Lionel Bart-style musical, but it's not making fun of a Lionel Bart-style musical." The song was performed at...
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(2023). Reviewing the Situation: The British Musical from Noël Coward to Lionel Bart. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 9781350279605. Suskin, Steven (2000). Show...
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name. It is the fourth feature film adaptation of Anna Sewell's story. Lionel Bart provided the rousing score. The film's cast includes Walter Slezak, Mark...
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on January 10, 1991. In the episode, Bart is hit by Mr. Burns' car. Prompted by ambulance-chasing lawyer Lionel Hutz and quack doctor Nick Riviera, the...
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Living Doll (song) (category Songs written by Lionel Bart)
"Living Doll" is a song written by Lionel Bart made popular by Cliff Richard and the Shadows (then still known as 'the Drifters') in 1959. It was the...
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Stoke-on-Trent. This was followed by his first West End production, the Lionel Bart and Alun Owen musical Maggie May. His other West End productions included...
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instrumental version of the main theme, arranged by John Barry and written by Lionel Bart. A single by The John Barry Orchestra reached No. 39 in the U.K. At the...
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Where Is Love? (category Songs written by Lionel Bart)
1838 novel Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens. The musical was written by Lionel Bart and was first staged in London's West End in 1960. Oliver is a young...
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La Strada is a musical with lyrics and music by Lionel Bart, with additional lyrics by Martin Charnin and additional music by Elliot Lawrence. It is based...
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Twang!! is a musical with music and lyrics written by Lionel Bart and a book by Bart and Harvey Orkin, with assistance from Burt Shevelove. The piece,...
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early influences, particularly Richard Rodgers, Frederick Loewe, and Lionel Bart. In this respect, it is markedly different from the composer's later...
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Maggie May is a musical with a book by Alun Owen and music and lyrics by Lionel Bart. Based on "Maggie May", a traditional ballad about a Liverpool prostitute...
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designer and director. Kenny was the set designer for the musicals of Lionel Bart including Oliver!, Lock Up Your Daughters and Blitz!. Kenny was born...
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Crompton. Waterman played the role of Oliver Twist in the production of the Lionel Bart musical Oliver! staged at the Mermaid Theatre, London, in the early 1960s...
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