Chris Blackwell
Businessman and record producer. Born Christopher Percy Gordon Blackwell in Westminster.
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John Blanke
Trumpeter in the courts of Henry VII and Henry VIII. He probably came to England as one of the African attendants of Catherine of Aragon in 1501, and is one of the earliest recorded black people in...
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Sir Arthur Bliss
Composer. Born Queen's Ride, Barnes, son of an American businessman. Wrote the music for the 1936 film Things to Come. Died at home, 8 The Lane, Marlborough Place, St John's Wood.
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Blitz Club
A Tuesday night club that attracted students from two nearby art colleges: Central School and St Martins. Some claim it was the birthplace of New Romanticism.
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Alan Blumlein
Electronics engineer, notable for his many inventions in telecommunications, sound recording, stereophonic sound, television and radar. He received 128 patents and was considered one of the most si...
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Blur
Rock band. The group originally comprised Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James and Dave Rowntree, and were central to the so-called 'Britpop' music genre. They broke up in 2003 and reformed in 2008.
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Marc Bolan
Singer and guitarist in his band T.Rex. Born as Mark Feld at Hackney General Hospital on 30th September 1947 and grew up at 25 Stoke Newington Common. As a young teenager worked on the counter at t...
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Boney M
Pop group. Originally, the group comprised four Jamaican born singers. They achieved world-wide chart success with songs such as 'Ma Baker', 'Rivers of Babylon' and 'Rasputin'.
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Sir Adrian Boult
Conductor. Born Adrian Cedric Boult in Chester. He studied in London and Leipzig, and conducted for the Royal Opera House. He became conductor of the City of Birmingham Orchestra in 1924, and was a...
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Col. Cyril W. Bowdler Bowdler, CB
Chief Commissioner in the St John Ambulance Brigade, No. 1 District Metropolitan Corps, 1895-1911. Knight Justice in the Order of St John. In 2012 Roger Bowdler posted this at Genealogy: "My gt-gr...
Person, Armed Forces, Emergency Services, Medicine, Music / songs, Politics & Administration
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