Also known as Clancy Collins and Charles Constantine Collins. Sound system owner and producer.
He ran a sounds system and record stall in Petticoat Lane market in London selling ska and blue beat 45s. He founded his Collins Down Beat label in 1967. Born Jamaica. Died London.
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Sir Collins
The Hackney Citizen reported that the names on the plaque are all "late Afric...
Composer of light music, e.g. "The Dambusters March" for the film and "Sleepy Lagoon", possibly the best known melody in the UK, being the theme tune for the radio programme "Desert Island Discs". ...
Record producer, e.g. 'Have I the right'. Born Robert George Meek in Newent Gloucestershire, where there is a plaque. First truly independent record producer. 'Telstar' for The Tornados was the f...
Actress and singer. Born Brighton. Rejected an offer of marriage from Charles Lamb, but remained friends with him and his family. Ran a small theatre, New Royalty, at 73-4 Dean Street, 1840 - 1850,...
Musician and composer. Drummer with Pink Floyd and the only constant member of the band since its formation in 1965.
Hogarth married Jane Thornhill in St Mary's church, Paddington Green, on 23 March 1729.
{Beneath the Merchant Taylors' crest:} Site of Merchant Taylors' School 1561 - 1875.
This Peace Garden, opened on 27 March 2011, commemorates the 1944 V1 bomb, the people who died, the church that was destroyed and the sub...
Arthur Edwin Still was born in Southampton, Hampshire, one of the seven children of Edwin John Still (1861-1945) and Selina Still née Stickland (1863-1928). His birth was registered in the 4th quar...
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