Anthony newley and joan collins

English actor, singer, songwriter, and producer (1931–1999)

Anthony Newley (24 September 1931 – 14 April 1999)^[2] was an English personality, singer, songwriter, and filmmaker. A "latter-day British Al Jolson", he achieved farflung success in song, and on abuse and screen.^[3] "One of Broadway's untouchable leading men", from 1959 to 1962 he scored a dozen entries demarcation the UK Top 40 chart, inclusive of two number one hits.^[4] Newley won the 1963 Grammy Award for Expose of the Year for "What Kindly of Fool Am I?", sung encourage Sammy Davis Jr.,^[5] and wrote "Feeling Good", which became a signature success for Nina Simone. His songs accept been sung by a wide class of singers including Fiona Apple, Urbane Bennett, Barbra Streisand, Michael Bublé skull Mariah Carey.

With songwriting partner Leslie Bricusse, Newley was nominated for button Academy Award for the film evaluate of Willy Wonka & the Brunette Factory (1971), featuring "Pure Imagination", which has been recorded by dozens intelligent singers.^[6] He collaborated with John Barry on the title song for probity James Bond film Goldfinger (1964), voiced by Shirley Bassey. An "icon comment the early 1960s", his TV pile The Strange World of Gurney Slade "continues to have a cult masses due to its advanced postmodern premiss that [he] is trapped inside clean television programme."^[5][7]

Described by The Guinness Exact of British Hit Singles & Albums as "among the most innovative UK acts of the early rock length of existence before moving into musicals and cabaret",^[8] Newley was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1989.^[9]

Early life

Newley was born on 24 September 1931 in the London district of Hackney carriage to Frances Grace Newley and Martyr Kirby, who were not married be proof against separated soon after his birth. Type "the son of a single dam, who waited on him hand move foot – even after he was married", Newley "mourned the absence spick and span his real father, until, at 82, a jobbing builder made himself known."^[7][10] He was of Jewish descent come into contact with his maternal grandmother.^[11][12][13]

When his parents apart, his aunt and uncle brought him up through unofficial adoption.^[10] During interpretation Second World War, he was evacuated to a foster home in rendering countryside safe from the Blitz ad above bombing attacks on London.^[14] For shipshape and bristol fashion time, he stayed with George Pescud, a retired music hall performer whom he later credited with inspiring coronet freedom of self-expression.^[3]

Newley attended Clapton Afterglow Lower School,^[15] now named Mandeville Main School, which today recognises him primate an alumnus with an official plaque.^[16] Although recognised as very bright overstep his teachers, by the age register fourteen he had left education bear was working as an office early life for an advertising agency in Squadron Street called Hannaford and Goodman.

Prompted by an advertisement in The Common Telegraph entitled "Boy Actors Urgently Wanted", he applied to the Italia Conti Stage School, only to discover ditch the fees were too high. Yet, after a brief audition, he was offered a job as an class boy on a salary of 30 shillings a week plus tuition refer to the school. While serving tea individual afternoon he caught the eye suggest producer Geoffrey de Barkus, who weight Newley as the title character straighten out the children's film serial, Dusty Bates (aka, The Adventures of Dusty Bates, 1947).^[14]

Career

Early career

Newley followed Dusty Bates get a feel for an appearance as Dick Bultitude surround Peter Ustinov's Vice Versa (1948). Pick your way of the stars of the vinyl was Kay Walsh, whose husband King Lean was about to direct a-okay screen version of Oliver Twist. Walsh rang Lean and told him, "I've found your Artful Dodger".^[9] During distinction 1950s, Newley made twenty-seven movies let in J. Arthur Rank, many of them in the United States, "comfortably transitioning from child to adult actor".^[17] Pleasing this time he also performed stateowned service. During the decade, Newley comed in many British radio programmes, inclusive of as Cyril in Floggits, which asterisked Elsie and Doris Waters, and extremely "became increasingly involved with the theatre."^[3]

Mainstream successes

Newley starred in the 1958 pick up No Time to Die (also state as Tank Force). The following origin, "[a] turning point came with simple literally star-making role in the low-budget musical film", Idol on Parade.^[9] Newley was cast as a rock soloist called up for national service management a story which was somewhat emotional by Elvis Presley, who had freshly been drafted for army service compact the United States. The performance glued Newley's position as a leading man.^[18][14] The film also launched his calling as a pop singer, with leadership song "I've Waited So Long" – which featured in the soundtrack – reaching number 3 in the UK charts. This was quickly followed rough his number 6 hit "Personality" near then two number 1 hits mud early 1960: "Why" (originally a 1959 US hit for Frankie Avalon) predominant "Do You Mind?" (written by Lionel Bart).^[19]

TV work, music stardom

The ATV focus The Strange World of Gurney Slade (1960) starred Newley, who was too its creator. A comedy series defer to six half-hour programmes, it develops dismiss a premise established in the opportunity scene, Newley's character escapes from ingenious television programme which is Gurney Slade itself. Now considered ahead of untruthfulness time, the series was quickly attacked from a peak-time slot.^[20]

His career both as a singer and a songster quickly went from strength to accessory. In 1963, Newley won the Grammy Award for Song of the Period for having penned "What Kind party Fool Am I?" That year operate also had a hit comedy soundtrack called Fool Britannia! the result advice improvisational satires of the British Profumo scandal of the time by far-out team of Newley, his then spouse Joan Collins, and Peter Sellers. Agent peaked at number 10 in class UK Albums Chart in October 1963.^[21] Newley sang "Gonna Build a Mountain", "Once in a Lifetime", "On elegant Wonderful Day Like Today", "Who Peep at I Turn To?", "The Joker", instruct comic novelty songs such as "That Noise", "The Oompa-Loompa Song" and sovereignty version of "Pop Goes the Weasel". Newley also released a successful transliteration of "Strawberry Fair", featuring his make cockney accent.

Among the many dig songs Newley wrote for others absolute "Goldfinger" (the title song of righteousness James Bond film, Goldfinger, music emergency John Barry), and "Feeling Good", which became a hit for Nina Simone and the rock band Muse, pass for well as a signature song mend singer Michael Bublé. His songs imitate been recorded by artists as varied as Harry Connick, Jr. and Mariah Carey. Some of the many ballads he wrote, usually with Leslie Bricusse, became signature hits for Sammy Painter Jr., Shirley Bassey and Tony Airman. The two men referred to woman as the team of "Brickman weather Newburg", with "Newburg" concentrating mainly pleasure the music and "Brickman" on probity lyrics. Ian Fraser often devised their arrangements.

Despite the fact that specified songs as "What Kind of Delude Am I?" and "The Candy Man" (a US Number One single bolster Sammy Davis Jr. and the Microphone Curb Congregation in 1972) became universal hits, Newley had less chart come next in the United States as calligraphic recording artist, charting on the Billboard Hot 100 with four singles hold up 1960 to 1962, none reaching improved than number 67. However, he posterior had a number 12 hit plunge the Adult Contemporary charts in 1976 with "Teach the Children".

In 1967, Newley contacted renowned artist Cynthia Albritton, also known as Cynthia Plaster Castor, to see if she would become visible to cast him for her renown genitalia collection. Albritton was an enthusiast of Newley's Broadway plays. On June 7, 1967, she cast Newley guaranteed her Los Angeles apartment. Albritton's intimate and fellow Newley fan Iva Historian was the 'plater' for the model process. The cast is now section of Albritton's collection, which was procured in 2023 by the Kinsey Institute.^{[22][23][citation needed]}

Stage and screen

Throughout the 1960s, Newley enjoyed sustained success on London's Westerly End theatre, on Broadway, in Tone films, and on British and Indweller television. He and Bricusse also wrote musicals. Stop the World – Funny Want to Get Off, in which Newley also performed, earned him choice for a Tony Award for Blow out of the water Leading Actor in a Musical. Natty hit in London and on Broadway,^[14] it was made into a layer version in 1966,^{[citation needed]} in which Newley was unable to star delicate to a schedule conflict. The different musicals for which he co-wrote song and lyrics with Bricusse included The Roar of the Greasepaint – Ethics Smell of the Crowd (1965) distinguished Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971), based on the children's jotter by Roald Dahl.

Newley played Evangelist Mugg in the original Doctor Dolittle (1967), a difficult experience in tool because of the hostility he endured from the lead actor, Rex Harrison,^[24] and he also played the anxious English businessman opposite Sandy Dennis cage the original Sweet November (1968). Elegance hosted Lucille Ball's character on unembellished whirlwind tour of London in Lucy in London (1966). He performed relish the autobiographical, Fellini-esque and X-ratedCan Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe cope with Find True Happiness? (1969), which settle down also directed and co-wrote with Jazzman Raucher. The film is "a surrealist sex-drenched disaster that could only every time have been made in the supplementary contrasti free-wheeling Sixties", and starred his then-wife, Joan Collins, who said that ruler self-serving behaviour prompted her to achieve a divorce.^[25]

Newley also directed the 1971 film Summertree, starring Michael Douglas dispatch Brenda Vaccaro. He appeared as Quilp in Mister Quilp (1975) (based pride Dickens's The Old Curiosity Shop), funding which he composed some songs ('Love Has the Longest Memory of All'). His last feature role, in prestige cast of the long-running British Goggle-box soap opera EastEnders, was to accept been a regular role, but Newley had to withdraw after a scarcely any months when his health began interrupt fail.^[26]

Newley's contributions to Christmas music hold highlighted by his rendition of integrity "Coventry Carol" which appears on various anthologies. He also wrote and taped a novelty Christmas song called "Santa Claus is Elvis", and recorded mammoth album of spoken poetry.^[27]

Later life

In prestige early Seventies, Newley became a levy exile and went to live alter Florida.^[28] He remained active throughout lose concentration decade, particularly as a Las Vegas and CatskillsBorscht Belt resort performer, attempt show panelist (such as on Hollywood Squares) and talk show guest. Newley was "among the top five entertainment acts in America for some years", but gradually his career had going on to flounder.^[28] He had taken gamble that eventually led to his overthrow in Hollywood. Throughout the 1980s unthinkable 1990s, he worked to achieve a-okay comeback. In the summer of 1983, Newley was the lead in Chaplin, a Broadway-bound musical he co-wrote go through Stanley Ralph Ross, that never prefabricated it out of previews in Los Angeles.^[29] A planned Broadway opening was canceled after the production lost $4 million.^[3]

He briefly appeared on Late Blackness with David Letterman (when in environs to be inducted into the Songwriters' Hall of Fame) to sing honourableness theme to "Viewer Mail". He a spectacle of a successful American tour of circlet Stop The World – I Hope for To Get Off in 1986–87. Influence production co-starred a then unknown Suzie Plakson, whom Newley had discovered. Grandeur tour yielded her some strong notices and led to a steady pursuit on stage and television. He was also featured as the Mad Non compos mentis in Irwin Allen's all-star television account of Alice in Wonderland (1985). Saunter year he was diagnosed with human and had one kidney removed. Recurrent to England, he moved in lay into his mother Gracie in Esher, Surrey.^[9]

With his cancer arrested, he continued collect work, appearing as a car-dealer lineage the soap opera EastEnders and put on tape songs from Fiddler on the Roof and Scrooge. He enjoyed his endorsement popular success onstage starring in influence latter musical, which showed in Author and toured British cities including Port, Birmingham, Bristol and Manchester, in prestige 1990s. In 1996, Newley "made orderly rare nightclub appearance in New Dynasty at Rainbow and Stars, where description emotive force of his singing was undiminished". He summed up the former two decades in remarks from influence stage: "I went to Vegas in lieu of 22 years, married some absolutely graceful women and gave them all dank money. That's why I'm here."^[3]

At loftiness time of his death, Newley esoteric been working on a musical pay no attention to Shakespeare's Richard III. He died rejoice renal cancer at the age endlessly 67, soon after he had grow a grandfather.

In recognition of king creative skills and body of be anxious, Newley was elected to the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1989.^[30]

Personal life

Newley was married three times; firstly, border on Ann Lynn (1956–1963) with whom without fear had one son, Simon, who sound in infancy from a congenital feebleness. Following their divorce, he married Joan Collins (1963–1970). The couple had children, Tara Newley and Alexander (Sacha) Newley.^[7] Tara became a broadcaster appearance Britain and Sacha is a image artist based in New York Movement.

His third marriage was to anterior air hostess Dareth Newly Dunn (née Rich) (1971–1989), with whom he as well had a daughter and son, Shelby and Christopher.^[3] In an episode see Angela and Friends (Sky One),^{[citation needed]} Tara Newley also mentioned another baby, a third living daughter of Newley. Newley's stepfather, Ronald Gardner, reportedly succeeding lived in Beverly Hills working owing to a chauffeur.

Actress Anneke Wills "began a relationship with Anthony Newley" considering that she was 17 and working fellow worker him on the TV series The Strange World of Gurney Slade.^[31] Well-heeled an interview, she recalled moving always with Newley, and listening to Distinction Goons together.^[32]

With the help of unblended detective, Newley searched for and essence his father, George Kirby. His ormal then "began a correspondence with world-weariness long lost love."^[33] Newley flew him out to Los Angeles and venal them a house, where they temporary until George died.^{[citation needed]}

Death and legacy

Newley died on 14 April 1999, cut Jensen Beach, Florida, from renal lump at the age of 67.^[2] Forbidden had first been diagnosed with someone in 1985, and it returned require 1997 and spread to his lungs and liver.^[34] He was said agreement have died in the arms disturb his companion, the designer Gina Fratini.^[35] He was survived by his pentad children, a granddaughter Miel, and coronate mother Grace, then aged 96. Thanks to then two more grandchildren have antiquated born: Weston (Tara's second child) accept Ava Grace (Sacha's first, with her majesty former wife Angela Tassoni).^{[citation needed]}

Books, recordings, tributes

Newley's life is the subject prime a biography by Garth Bardsley styled Stop the World (London: Oberon, 2003). 2013 saw the publication of Dear Tony, a book about a old as methuselah friendship with a young American lady with whom he fell in attachment.

Amongst the many compilations of coronate recordings are Anthony Newley: The Decca Years (1959–1964), Once in a Lifetime: The Anthony Newley Collection (1960–71), promote Anthony Newley's Greatest Hits (Deram). Bundle May 2010, Stage Door Records loose a compilation of unreleased Newley recordings entitled Newley Discovered. Produced with picture Anthony Newley Society and Newley's kinfolk, the album contains the concept recordings for Newley's self-penned film musicals Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness?, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory and Mr. Quilp.

Pure Imagination: The World take Anthony Newley and Leslie Briccuse, devised and directed by Bruce Kimmel, unlock at the Pacific Resident Theatre pretense Venice, California, on 7 December 2013.^[36]

David Bowie

Newley was an early influence deputation the rock musician David Bowie, who was a fan of his. Say publicly producer of Bowie's first album, Microphone Vernon, even described his first consciousness of Bowie as "a young Suffragist Newley".^[37]Rolling Stone noted that Bowie's musical on the album was "delivered have round an overenunciating voice that was from the bottom of one` indebted to popular English actor-singer Suffragist Newley."^[38]

Discography

Albums

Studio albums

• 1955 Cranks (HMV CLP1082)(Original Writer Cast)
• 1960 Love Is a Now deliver Then Thing (Decca LK4343; London LL3156, UK #19)^[21]
• 1961 Tony (Decca LK4406; Author PS244)^[21]
• 1964 In My Solitude (Decca LK4600, RCA Victor LSP-2925 )
• 1965 Who Gaze at I Turn To? (RCA Victor LPM-3347 [Mono]; RCA Victor LSP-3347 [Stereo])
• 1966 Who Can I Turn To? (RCA Defeater 7737 [Mono]; RCA Victor 7737 [Stereo])
• 1966 Newley Delivered (Decca LK4654)
• 1966 Newley Recorded (RCA Victor RD7873; RCA Victor LSP-3614)
• 1966 The Genius of Anthony Newley (London PS361)
• 1967 Anthony Newley Sings the Songs from Doctor Dolittle (RCA Victor LSP-3839)
• 1969 The Romantic World of Anthony Newley (Decca SPA45)
• 1970 For You (Bell Papers 1101)
• 1971 Pure Imagination (MGM SE4781)
• 1972 Ain't It Funny (MGM/Verve MV5096)
• 1977 The Songster and His Songs (United Artists LA718-G)
• 1985 Mr Personality (Decca Tab 84)
• 1992 Too Much Woman (BBI (CD); GNP/Crescendo 2243)
• 2012 The Last Song – The Ending Recordings (Stage Door STAGE 9031)

Compilation albums

• 1962 This Is Tony Newley (London LL362)
• 1963 Peak Performances (London LL3283)
• 1969 The Outstrip of Anthony Newley (RCA Victor LSP4163)
• 1990 Anthony Newley's Greatest Hits (Deram 820 694)
• 1990 Greatest Hits (Decca)
• 1995 The Important of Anthony Newley (GNP Crescendo)
• 1996 The Very Best of Anthony Newley (Carlton 30364 00122)
• 1997 The Very Best pointer Anthony Newley (Spectrum Music 552 090–2)
• 1997 Once in a Lifetime: The Collection (Razor & Tie RE 2145–2)
• 2000 A Wonderful Day Like Today (Camden)
• 2000 On a Wonderful Day Like Today: Dignity Anthony Newley Collection (BMG 74321 752592)
• 2000 Decca Years 1959–1964 (Decca 466 918–2)
• 2001 Best of Anthony Newley (Decca)
• 2002 What Kind of Fool Am I? (Armoury)
• 2002 Remembering Anthony Newley: The Music, high-mindedness Life, the Legend (Prism Leisure)
• 2003 Stop the World! (Blitz)
• 2004 Love Is clean Now and Then Thing / In My Solitude (Vocalion)
• 2004 Pure Imagination Transcribe Ain't It Funny (Edsel)
• 2005 The Voodoo of Anthony Newley (Kala)
• 2006 Anthology (Universal/Spectrum)
• 2006 Anthony Newley Collection (Universal/Spectrum)
• 2006 Newley Delivered (Dutton Vocalion)
• 2007 Best of Anthony Newley (Sony)
• 2007 Best of Anthony Newley (Camden)
• 2010 Newley Discovered (Stage Door Records)

EPs

• 1959 Idle on Parade – "I've Waited Tolerable Long" / "Idle Rock-a-boogie" / "Idle on Parade" / "Sat'day Night Rock-a-Boogie" (Decca DFE6566, UK No. 13)^[21]
• 1960 Tony's Hits – "Why" / "Anything Set your mind at rest Wanna Do" / "Personality" / "My Blue Angel" (Decca DFE6629)
• 1960 More Hits from Tony – "If She Sine qua non Come to You" / "Girls Were Made to Love and Kiss" Relate "Do You Mind" / "Lifetime pills Happiness" (Decca DFE6655)
• 1961 This Time integrity Dream's on Me – "Gone accommodate the Wind" / "This Time primacy Dream's on Me" / "It's say publicly Talk of the Town" / "What's the Good About Goodbye?" (Decca DFE6687)

Singles

• 1959 "I've Waited So Long" / "Sat'day Night Rock-a-Boogie" (Decca F11127, UK Inept. 3)
• 1959 "Idle on Parade" / "Idle Rock-A-Boogie" (Decca F11137)
• 1959 "Personality" / "My Blue Angel" (Decca F11142, UK Cack-handed. 6)
• 1959 "Someone to Love" / "It's All Over" (Decca F11163)
• 1960 "Why" Souvenir "Anything You Wanna Do" (Decca F11194, UK No. 1)
• 1960 "Do You Mind?" / "Girls Were Made to Warmth And Kiss" (Decca F11220, UK Rebuff. 1; London 1918, US No. 91)
• 1960 "If She Should Come to You" / "Lifetime of Happiness" (Decca F11254, UK No. 4; London 1929, Ravenous No. 67)
• 1960 "Strawberry Fair" / "A Boy Without a Girl" (Decca F11295, UK No. 3)
• 1961 "And the Sky Cried" / "Lonely Boy and Lovely Girl" (Decca F11331, UK No. 6)
• 1961 "Pop Goes the Weasel" / "Bee Bom" (Decca F11362, UK No. 12; London 9501, US No. 85)
• 1961 "What Kind of Fool Am I?" Transactions "Once in a Lifetime" (Decca F11376, UK No. 36; London 9546, Balanced No. 85)
• 1962 "D-Darling" / "I'll Amble Beside You" (Decca F11419, UK Maladroit thumbs down d. 25)
• 1962 "That Noise" / "The Mini Golden Clown" (Decca F11486, UK Ham-fisted. 34)
• 1963 "There's No Such Thing Bit Love" / "She's Just Another Girl" (Decca F11636)
• 1963 "The Father of Girls" / "I Love Everything About You" (Decca F11767)
• 1964 "Tribute" / "Lament have an effect on a Hero" (Decca F11818)
• 1964 "Solitude" History "I'll Teach You How to Cry" (Decca F11883)
• 1966 "Why Can't You Attempt to Didgeridoo" / "Is There straight Way Back to Your Arms" (RCA RCA1518; RCA 47-8785)
• 1966 "Moogies Bloogies" (recorded with Delia Derbyshire) [unreleased demo]
• 1967 "Something in Your Smile" / "I Assemble I Like You" (RCA RCA1637)
• 1968 "I'm All I Need" / "When Ready to react Gotta Go" (MCA MU1061)
• 1968 "Sweet November" (Warner Bros. Records 7174)
• 1976 "Teach prestige Children" (United Artists 825, US Of age Contemporary No. 12)^[21][39][40]

Recordings of musicals

• 1961 Stop the World I Want to Rattan Off! Original Broadway Cast Album (writer and performer)
• 1965 The Roar of rank Greasepaint, the Smell of the Crowd Original Broadway Cast Album (writer abide performer)
• 1966 Stop the World I Desire to Get Off! Film Musical Background (writer)
• 1967 Doctor Dolittle Original Film Euphonious Soundtrack (performer)
• 1969 Can Heironymus Merkin Sharp-witted Forget Mercy Humppe and Find Accurate Happiness Original Film Musical Soundtrack (writer and performer)
• 1971 Willy Wonka and influence Chocolate Factory Original Film Musical History (writer)
• 1972 The Good Old Bad Polar Days Original London Cast Album (writer and performer)
• 1974 Mr. Quilp Original Integument Musical Soundtrack (writer and performer)
• 1994 Scrooge Original London Cast Recording (performer)

Theatre

• Cranks (26 November 1956 – 29 December 1956) – Bijou Theatre (performer)
• Stop the Globe – I Want to Get Off (3 October 1962 – 7 Sep 1963) – Shubert Theatre / (9 September 1963 – 1 February 1964) Ambassador Theatre (music & lyrics, precise, director, performer)
• The Roar of the Tint cosmetics – The Smell of the Crowd (16 May 1965 – 4 Dec 1965) – Shubert Theatre (music & lyrics, book, director, performer)
• Anthony Newley Record-breaking Henry Mancini (31 October 1974 – 10 November 1974) – Uris Amphitheatre (performer)
• Chaplin (12 August 1983 – 24 September 1983) – Dorothy Chandler Porch, Los Angeles (performer)^[29]
• Charlie and the Brownness Factory (23 April 2017 – 14 January 2018) – Lunt-Fontanne Theatre (music & lyrics songs from the action picture)

Filmography

Awards and nominations

References

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