From the Hackney Citizen: "The plaque has been funded by the local community as part of the ‘Gone But Not Forgotten’ initiative led by one of the borough’s longest standing Black music organisations, Mellow Mix Studios."
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Mellow Mix Studios
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Mellow Mix Studios in Hackney
The Hackney Citizen reported that the names on the plaque are all "late Afric...
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Gus Elen
Music-hall singer. Born Ernest Augustine Elen at 103 Pulford Street, Pimlico. He started performing in public houses in 1891, singing songs about working-class life. Moving on to the stage, he beca...
Louis Armstrong
Trumpeter. Born in New Orleans, Louisiana. Nicknamed 'Satchmo' (short for satchel mouth). Brought up in extreme poverty, his musical career started when he learned to play the cornet. He went on to...
Roger Daltrey
Lead singer of the Who. Actor. Born Hammersmith Hospital. Raised in Acton.
Dennis Brain
Classical horn-player. Born London into a family of horn-players. Killed aged 36 when the sports car he was driving crashed in Hatfield, on the way back to London from an engagement in Edinburgh.
Vauxhall Gardens
A pleasure garden and one of the leading venues for public entertainment in Georgian London for over 60 years. Originally known as New Spring Gardens, the site is believed to have opened before th...
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