Stan Butcher

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Stanley Robert "Stan" Butcher (born January 26, 1920 in London , † 1987 ) was a British pianist , composer , arranger and band leader in the field of jazz and easy listening .

Live and act

Butcher served in an infantry division and played in a fellowship band during World War II. After the end of the war he led a band in Pembroke Bay together with the trombonist Don Lusher ; afterwards he worked in the orchestras of Joe Daniels (1947/48), Freddy Randall (1951), Bernie Stanton (1951), Geoff Sowden (1953), Jack Newman (1954) and in the 1970s with Stan Reynolds . In 1949/50 and again in 1952 he led his own groups and wrote arrangements for Dixieland bands. With the songwriter Syd Cordell he composed the song Sing, Little Birdie for the Eurovision Song Contest in 1959, performed by the vocal duo Pearl Carr & Teddy Johnson , who reached # 2 with the song. In 1962 he composed the British contribution Ring-A-Ding Girl (# 4) with Cordell for Ronnie Carroll . In the 1960s he led the big band His Birds and Brass , with whom he became known with easy-listening albums for Columbia and Fontana . In 1979 he released the fusion album Magician on the Hobo label , on which u. a. Barbara Thompson and Ray Russell contributed.

Discographic notes

  • Bridie Gallagher / Stan Butcher: At Home With ( Parlophone , 1962)
  • Stan Butcher - His Birds & Brass (Columbia, 1966)
  • Stan Butcher & His Birds and Brass - Sayin 'Somethin' Stupid and Other Things (Columbia, 1967)
  • Stan Butcher Orchestra - Big Band Blowout (Fontana, 1970), with Don Lusher, Bill Le Sage
  • The Warm Strings of Stan Butcher - Chaplin (Fontana, 1970)
  • The Warm Strings, Arranged and Conducted by Stan Butcher - A Garland for Judy (Fontana, 1970)
  • Stan Butcher & His Orchestra: Wrappin It Up (Columbia, 1971)
  • Magician (1978)

Lexical entry

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Lyrics at diggiloo
  2. ^ Stan Butcher at jazzdiscography.com
  3. ^ Stan Butcher Magician
personal data
SURNAME Butcher, Stan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Butcher, Stanley Robert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British musician, band leader, arranger and composer
DATE OF BIRTH January 26, 1920
PLACE OF BIRTH London
DATE OF DEATH 1987