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Jack Strachey
Jack Strachey was an English composer and songwriter. Born John Francis Strachey in London on 25 September 1894, he began writing songs in the 1920s for the theatre and the music hall, scoring his first success with songs he had written for Frith Shephard's long-running musical revue Lady Luck which opened at The Carlton Theatre in April 1927 where it ran for 324 performances. In the 1930s, he began to collaborate with Eric Maschwitz and in 1936 Strachey, Maschwitz, and Harry Link co-wrote "These Foolish Things", which was to provide a top ten hit for five separate artists in 1936. Benny Goodman was among the five artists to record the song in 1936, and it has been widely covered since – by Billie Holiday, Thelonious Monk and Bryan Ferry among others. Under the title "Ces Petites Choses", it was also a hit in France for Dorothy Dickson. In the 1940s, Strachey began to compose light orchestral pieces for the Bosworth Music Library, and is best remembered in Britain as the composer of "Theatreland", "Pink Champagne", and especially "In Party Mood", which was first issued on Bosworth BC1172 in 1944. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Strachey) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/legalcode)

Songs

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Lambs in Clover
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In Party Mood
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West End
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Up With The Curtain
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Theatreland
Jack Strachey & Thomas Conway Brown

Singles & EPs

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Bond Street Bounce

Single • 1958
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West End

Single • 1958

Videos

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Jack Strachey (1894-1972) Lambs in Clover

Barry Hodgson • 1.9K views
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Mark Thompson, Theatreland, Jack Strachey, Nottingham Organ Society

Michael notthatone Parkinson • 1.2K views
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in party mood

Tim Moss LTCL. • 5.8K views
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Richard Hills at the Troxy Wurlitzer - Theatreland

The Cinema Organ Society • 25K views
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Theatreland - Jack Strachey - New Concert Orchestra/Jay Wilbur - O.2057

Graham Miles • 1.5K views