Francis Charles Chacksfield (9 May 1914 – 9 June 1995) was an English pianist, organist, composer, arranger, and conductor of popular light orchestral easy listening music, who had great success in Britain and internationally in the 1950s and early 1960s.
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Stanley Black
British composer
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Edmundo Ros
Trinidadian-British musician, vocalist, arranger and bandleader
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Ronnie Aldrich
jazz pianist
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Les Reed
British songwriter, arranger, musician and light-orchestra leader
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Gordon Jenkins
American arranger, composer, and pianist who was influential in popular music in the 1940s and 1950s
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Jimmy Young
British disc jockey
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Peter Skellern
English singer, songwriter and pianist
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Johnny Keating
British musician
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Earl Grant
American musician
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Vera Lynn
British singer (1917-2020)
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Anthony Newley
British actor and musician (1931-1999)
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The Mills Brothers
American jazz and pop vocal quartet
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Alan Price
English musician, keyboardist, arranger
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Tommy Dorsey
American big band leader and musician
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Isham Jones
American bandleader, saxophonist, bassist and songwriter
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Lonnie Donegan
Scottish-born skiffle musician
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Guy Lombardo
Canadian-American bandleader
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The Tremeloes
rock band
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Claus Ogerman
German composer
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The Moody Blues
English band
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Johnny Pearson
British composer, orchestra leader and pianist (1925-2011)
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Shirley Bassey
Welsh singer
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Caterina Valente
Italian multilingual singer, guitarist, dancer, and actress
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John Dankworth
British musician (1927-2010)
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Carl Sigman
American songwriter, lyricist
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Smokie
English rock band
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Gavin Sutherland
British conductor, composer and pianist
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Glenn Miller & His Orchestra
US big band led by Glenn Miller (1937-1942)
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Mary Hopkin
Welsh singer
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Nancy Sinatra
American recording artist; singer
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Billy Ocean
singer-songwriter