Alan Blaikley
English songwriter and composer (1940–2022)
Alan Tudor Blaikley (23 March 1940 – 4 July 2022)[1][2][3] was an English songwriter and composer. He was best known for writing the UK number one singles "Have I the Right?" and "The Legend of Xanadu".[4] He also wrote the theme music for the BBC's long-running series of Agatha Christie's Miss Marple.
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Birth name | Alan Tudor Blaikley |
Born | Hampstead Garden Suburb, London, England | 23 March 1940
Died | 4 July 2022 | (aged 82)
Genres | Pop music, musicals, theme music |
Occupation(s) | Songwriter, lyricist, composer |
Years active | 1960s–2022 |
Website | www |
References
change- ↑ "Donald's Encyclopedia of Popular Music – Howard & Blaikley". Donaldclarkemusicbox.com. Retrieved 11 January 2013.
- ↑ "Elvis Presley hit songwriter Alan Blaikley dies age 82 as co-writer pays moving tribute". Mirror Group Newspapers. 5 July 2022. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
- ↑ Obituaries, Telegraph (2022-07-06). "Alan Blaikley, co-writer of a string of Sixties and Seventies pop hits who went on to become a psychotherapist – obituary". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2022-07-06.
- ↑ Entry under Howard & Blaikley in The Penguin Encyclopaedia of Popular Music (1989)