Denis King
Denis King | |
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| Born | Denis Andrew King 25 July 1939 Hornchurch, Essex, England |
| Alma mater | West Ham Grammar School |
| Occupation(s) | Performer, composer, singer-songwriter, producer, writer |
| Years active | 1946–present |
| Spouse | Astrid Ronning |
| Children | Alexander King, Fiona King |
| Website | www |
Denis Andrew King (born 25 July 1939)[1] is an English composer and singer. He is best remembered as a member of a family ensemble, The King Brothers.
Early career: the King Brothers
King was born in
banjolele-playing singer at children's matinees and, by the age of thirteen, with his two older brothers, Mike and Tony, was a member of one of the most successful pop groups of the 1950s and 1960s, The King Brothers[2] — considered to be Britain’s first boy band. Denis played the piano, Mike the guitar, and Tony the double bass.[1]
By the time King was thirteen, The King Brothers were touring around the U.K. in what was known as twice-nightly variety (the equivalent of America's
.Later career
With the disbanding of the group in 1970, Denis studied orchestration at the
Ivor Novello Award.[3] To date, he has created themes and incidental music for over two hundred television series including Within These Walls, If It Moves File It, Dick Turpin, Two's Company, Lovejoy, We'll Meet Again and Hannay,[1] as well as written over one hundred jingles for radio and television advertising. He has also worked on films, writing the scores to Simon, Simon (1970), Not Tonight, Darling (1971), Holiday on the Buses (1973), Ghost in the Noonday Sun (1973), Sweeney! (1977), If You Go Down in the Woods Today (1981) and Privates on Parade (1982).[1]
As a musician he has performed with
Yorkshire Television
in 1976.
His debut as a theatrical composer was with the original 1977
Orvin - Champion Of Champions, and Awaking Beauty
, which premiered in December 2008 at the Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough.
King later moved to the "celebrity hotspot" of Walberswick, Suffolk,[4] where in 2012 he staged an amateur version of his own musical, Wind in the Willows.[5]
References
- ^ ISBN 0-85112-939-0.
- ^ "The King Brothers". AllMusic. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
- ^ Andrew Clarke (18 November 2011). "Suffolk's Lovejoy and Black Beauty composer creates web archive". Suffolk Life. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
- ^ Lucy Etherington (23 June 2014). "King of the ivories . . . Denis King at home in Walberswick". East Anglian Daily Life. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
- ^ "Wind In The Willows staged by Denis King in Walberswick". BBC News. 4 January 2012. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
External links
- Denis King at IMDb
- Denis King at the Internet Off Broadway Database
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