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Just found out about this bloke. Just shows how fleeting fame can be.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noel_Gay
I believe we have two stars on our walk of fame Neil Fox (deserved) and Jane McDonald (not so sure)
Now this guy is before the time of anyone posting on here I suspect but the tunes he wrote are are still quite well known and in their day as famous as anything the Beatles wrote.
Yet I'd never heard of him until yesterday, shame as I reckon he deserves a star but considering Box's contempt for the city I don't suppose he will.  |
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Just found out about this bloke. Just shows how fleeting fame can be.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noel_Gay
I believe we have two stars on our walk of fame Neil Fox (deserved) and Jane McDonald (not so sure)
Now this guy is before the time of anyone posting on here I suspect but the tunes he wrote are are still quite well known and in their day as famous as anything the Beatles wrote.
Yet I'd never heard of him until yesterday, shame as I reckon he deserves a star but considering Box's contempt for the city I don't suppose he will. | |
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Quote ="vastman"Just found out about this bloke. Just shows how fleeting fame can be.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noel_Gay
I believe we have two stars on our walk of fame Neil Fox (deserved) and Jane McDonald (not so sure)
Now this guy is before the time of anyone posting on here I suspect but the tunes he wrote are are still quite well known and in their day as famous as anything the Beatles wrote.
Yet I'd never heard of him until yesterday, shame as I reckon he deserves a star but considering Box's contempt for the city I don't suppose he will.
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Great find, just how did you come across him Vasty? |
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Quote ="vastman"Just found out about this bloke. Just shows how fleeting fame can be.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noel_Gay
I believe we have two stars on our walk of fame Neil Fox (deserved) and Jane McDonald (not so sure)
Now this guy is before the time of anyone posting on here I suspect but the tunes he wrote are are still quite well known and in their day as famous as anything the Beatles wrote.
Yet I'd never heard of him until yesterday, shame as I reckon he deserves a star but considering Box's contempt for the city I don't suppose he will.
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Great find, just how did you come across him Vasty? | |
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Quote ="vastman"Just found out about this bloke. Just shows how fleeting fame can be.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noel_Gay
I believe we have two stars on our walk of fame Neil Fox (deserved) and Jane McDonald (not so sure)
Now this guy is before the time of anyone posting on here I suspect but the tunes he wrote are are still quite well known and in their day as famous as anything the Beatles wrote.
Yet I'd never heard of him until yesterday, shame as I reckon he deserves a star but considering Box's contempt for the city I don't suppose he will.
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My old man always used to tell me all the time as a boy that the bloke that wrote the music behind run rabbit was from Wakefield, born and raised as a young boy in Stanley (Apparently) but never looked into it.
Makes you wonder how Jane McDonald is on that walk yet the likes of Barbara Hepworth are not? |
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Quote ="vastman"Just found out about this bloke. Just shows how fleeting fame can be.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noel_Gay
I believe we have two stars on our walk of fame Neil Fox (deserved) and Jane McDonald (not so sure)
Now this guy is before the time of anyone posting on here I suspect but the tunes he wrote are are still quite well known and in their day as famous as anything the Beatles wrote.
Yet I'd never heard of him until yesterday, shame as I reckon he deserves a star but considering Box's contempt for the city I don't suppose he will.
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My old man always used to tell me all the time as a boy that the bloke that wrote the music behind run rabbit was from Wakefield, born and raised as a young boy in Stanley (Apparently) but never looked into it.
Makes you wonder how Jane McDonald is on that walk yet the likes of Barbara Hepworth are not? | |
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| Quote ="homme vaste"My old man always used to tell me all the time as a boy that the bloke that wrote the music behind run rabbit was from Wakefield, born and raised as a young boy in Stanley (Apparently) but never looked into it.
Makes you wonder how Jane McDonald is on that walk yet the likes of Barbara Hepworth are not?'"
Seems to me that Barbara Hepworth couldn't wait to get out of Wakefield, at least Jane M still has Wakefield connections and promotes the city like no-one else ever has! |
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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.
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I'm pretty sure that Noel Gay has a blue plaque, might be in the cathedral area.
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Stan Barstow (A Kind of Loving) and much more .
Born Horbury and attended Ossett Grammar.
Novelist George Gissing another .
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Noel Gay went to QEGS I think and he wrote the music to Lambeth Walk.
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| Quote ="Sandal Cat"Noel Gay went to QEGS I think and he wrote the lyrics to Lambeth Walk.'"
and Run Rabbit run and The son has got his hat on - pretty prolific - also wrote Me and my Gal (a musical). |
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| Quote ="WakeyTrin1873"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. |
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| Quote ="PopTart"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. |
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Some very well known tunes here. I wonder if the royalties paid much?
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| Quote ="vastman"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 . |
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| Quote ="vastman"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. |
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Isn't John Gober a Wakefield lad,Great play writer like Bouncers, Up un Under and many more.
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| Quote ="acko"Isn't John Gober a Wakefield lad,Great play writer like Bouncers, Up un Under and many more.'"
He is from Upton. |
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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
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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?
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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
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| Quote ="Eastern Wildcat"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?'"
Be Bop deluxe were/are classed as Prog (progressive) rock, he was a brilliant guitarist they are a band I keep going back to. |
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Quote ="vastman"Just found out about this bloke. Just shows how fleeting fame can be.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noel_Gay
I believe we have two stars on our walk of fame Neil Fox (deserved) and Jane McDonald (not so sure)
Now this guy is before the time of anyone posting on here I suspect but the tunes he wrote are are still quite well known and in their day as famous as anything the Beatles wrote.
Yet I'd never heard of him until yesterday, shame as I reckon he deserves a star but considering Box's contempt for the city I don't suppose he will.
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Quote ="vastman"Just found out about this bloke. Just shows how fleeting fame can be.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noel_Gay
I believe we have two stars on our walk of fame Neil Fox (deserved) and Jane McDonald (not so sure)
Now this guy is before the time of anyone posting on here I suspect but the tunes he wrote are are still quite well known and in their day as famous as anything the Beatles wrote.
Yet I'd never heard of him until yesterday, shame as I reckon he deserves a star but considering Box's contempt for the city I don't suppose he will.
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I think the Cribs have a star on the walk of fame. | |
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Noel gay / stanley hill brought up in stanley where theres a hill known as stanley hill
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I have known about him for years and surprised how many have not heard of him. I am sure he has a blue plaque on the main cathedral entrance and was a member of the choir back in the day.
Vasty here is another one for you, George Gissing. I am not a literature anorak but those who are tell me his skill as an author are comparable to Charles Dickens. He has a small house were he lived now turned into a museum and its near the Woolpacks.
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Here is another one, Slightly out of town from Foulby near the old Windmill pub at Crofton. John Harrison famous clock inventor and the guy who's clock eventually made Delboy his millions.
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