[Dixielandjazz] Celebrity thread

Len Nielsen lennielsen at telus.net
Sat Nov 29 10:09:40 PST 2003


Who could forget;

George Formby - ukelele, movies
Jimmy Durante - band leader, piano, dancer, movies, TV.

Ledn Nielsen



Dingo wrote:
> For reasons not known, the first posting didn't go to List:
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>>Peter Sellers - film star & Goon (drums)
>>Patrick Moore - astronomer (xylophone)
>>Jim Bowen - TV quiz show host (cornet)
>>Spike Milligan - Goon (trumpet)
>>Mike Winters - comedy straight man (clarinet)
>>Sacha Distel - singer (jazz guitar)
>>Andre Previn - classical muso (jazz piano)
>>Jerry Colonna - entertainer (trombone)
>>Bill Clinton - ex-US president (alto sax, allegedly)
>>Nigel Kennedy - classical muso (jazz violin)
>>Charlie Watts - Rolling Stone (jazz big band)
>>Joe Brown - rocker (jazz guitar)
>>John Denman - classical muso (jazz clarinet)
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>>and, from a piece on TV last night, it appears Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (the
>>late Queen Mother) is alleged to have played bongos and the mouth organ !!
>>
>>~=~
>> John,
>>        Suffolk, England.
>>                    ?
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