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Martin Slavin (19 February 1922 – 25 May 1988) was a British composer and music director. Biography. Slavin was born in London. He served in the army as a Band Sergeant, and after demobilization formed his own seven piece band, working with musicians such as Eddie Calvert and Kenny Baker.
Track listing. References. 'Tops' with Me is the debut album by British singer Helen Shapiro. It was released in 1962 and was her most successful album, reaching number 2 in the UK Albums Chart. She was accompanied by Martin Slavin and his Orchestra.
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Based on the 1885 Gilbert and Sullivan comic opera The Mikado, the plot is reset into contemporary Japan as a comic gangster story. The dialogue is largely rewritten, and several of the well-known musical items are omitted. The music that remains is re-orchestrated into styles popular in the early 1960s, including the twist, and the Cha-Cha-Cha. Ha...
Filmed entirely on a sound stage, stock footage was used to provide Japanese atmosphere between scenes. This footage looks like one of the many travelogues for which producer Baim is best known, but according to Winner's autobiography this footage was specially shot.[citation needed] Winner credits the film's problems to the fact it was underfunded...
The following music and styles appear in the film. Except for the ‘Mikado’s Song’, containing some topical lines, lyrics are unchanged. Although heavily re-orchestrated, the melodies were left essentially intact. 1. "The Sun and I" – instrumental twist used for the opening credits 2. "We are Gentlemen of Japan" – male chorus in a ‘Tijuana brass’ ty...
The Monthly Film Bulletinwrote: "Thoroughly slapdash in conception and execution, this shoddy film contains some enjoyable dancing by Lionel Blair, but little else. No attempt seems to have been made to think out what was being attempted in re-hashing Gilbert and Sullivan, the plot is perfunctory, and irrelevant episodes are intercut with travelogu...
British jazz bandleader, pianist, vibraphonist, arranger and composer. Born : February 26, 1922 in St. Martins Lane, London, England. Died : May 25, 1988 in Hampstead, London, England. (road accident). He was married to singer/songwriter Abbe Gail and brother of jazz guitarist Archie Slavin .
Martin Slavin was born on 26 February 1922 in London, England, UK. He was a composer, known for Danger on My Side (1962), Murder Can Be Deadly (1962) and Pit of Darkness (1961). He died on 25 May 1988 in England, UK.
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Martin Slavin (19 February 1922 – 25 May 1988) was a British composer and music director. Slavin was born in London. He served in the army as a Band Sergeant, and after demobilization formed his own seven piece band, working with musicians such as Eddie Calvert and Kenny Baker.
Martin Slavin (26 February 1922 – 25 May 1988, age 66) was a British composer and music director. Slavin was born in London . He served in the army as a Band Sergeant, and after demobilization formed his own seven piece band, working with musicians such as Eddie Calvert and Kenny Baker .
