The KNIGHTSBRIDGE STRINGS

Mini-History:
Quasi als Antwort auf David L. Miller's 101 Strings schuf Malcolm Lockyer, zusammen mit Reg Owens, die Knightsbridge Strings, die auch als "Brass" und "Chorale" reüssierten. Als Dirigenten dieses Klangkörpers konnten sie den Leiter des BBC Revue Orchestra Harry Rabinowitz gewinnen. Die Rechnung ging insoferne auf, als sie in den USA mit "Cry" den 53sten und mit "Wheel Of Fortune" den 88sten Platz der Charts erreichten. In ihrer Heimat in Good Old England kamen sie nicht in die Charts, wozu man aber gerechterweise sagen muss, in England gab es nur die Top 50 und keine Hot 100 wie in den USA.
Die Singles:
TOP RANK (GB)
02 59....45-JAR104....THE KNIGHTSBRIDGE BRASS Conducted by Malcolm Lockyer..Io Sono Il Vento (45-KR-103)/Italian Blu (45-KR-104)
08 59....45-JAR 170....THE KNIGHTSBRIDGE STRINGS..The Windows Of Paris (45-KR-5351)/Cry (45-KR-5255)
11 59....45-JAR-216....THE KNIGHTSBRIDGE STRINGS..Cow-Cow Boogie (45-KR-5347)/Wheel Of Fortune (45-KR-5342)
10 59....45-JAR-220....THE KNIGHTSBRIDGE CHORALE..In A Shanty In Old Shanty Town (45-KR-5167)/Eton Boating Song (45-KR-389)
01 60....45-JAR-266....THE KNIGHTSBRIDGE CHORALE..California, Here I Come (45-KR-5168)/Ivy Will Cling (45-KR-477)
01 60....45-JAR-272....THE KNIGHTSBRIDGE STRINGS..Walkin' Shoes (45-KR-491)/Ring Ding (45-KR-492)
02 60....45-JAR-295....THE KNIGHTSBRIDGE STRINGS..You Are Beautiful (45-KR-5068)/Love Look Away (45-KR-5069)
02 60....45-JAR-304....THE KNIGHTSBRIDGE STRINGS..Misty (45-KR-5809)/Tracey's Theme (45-KR-5810)
03 60....45-JAR-314....THE KNIGHTSBRIDGE BRASS with vocal..Two-Way Stretch (45-KR-5857)/THE KNIGHTSBRIDGE BRASS..The Glad Hand (45-KR-5858)
05 60....JAR-364....THE KNIGHTSBRIDGE STRINGS..The Exicutioner Theme (45-KR-5896)/The Sioux March (45-KR-5339)
07 60....JAR-398....THE KNIGHTSBRIDGE CHORALE..Make Mine Mink (45-KR-6098)/Moonlight In Vermont (45-KR-6068)
01 61....JAR-532....THE KNIGHTSBRIDGE STRINGS dir. by Philip Green..Anacleto's Theme (45-KR-8012)/The Singer Not The Song (45-KR-8013)
Etwas später schufen sie teils parallel zu "Knightsbridge" auch die Cambridge Strings:
DECCA (GB)
11 60....45-F 11303....THE CAMBRIDGE STRINGS AND SINGERS..Love Theme (from "The World Of Suzie Wong") (DR-27550)/Themes from "Tunes Of Glory" (DR-27548)
05 61....45-F 11356....THE CAMBRIDGE STRINGS AND SINGERS..The Wedding Song (DRF.28011)/THE CAMBRIDGE SINGERS..The Guns Of Navarone (DRF.28012)
02 62....45-F 11429....THE CAMBRIDGE STRINGS..The Niagara Theme (DR.28677)/Death March (DR.28675)
02 63....45-F 11594....THE CAMBRIDGE STRINGS..The Desperados (CPDR.30298)/Cast Your Fate To The Wind (CPDR.30299)

Keep Searchin'
Gerd

THE CAMBRIDGE SINGERS
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THE CAMBRIDGE SINGERS

The Wedding Song -- The Guns Of Navarone

DECCA F 11356 - GB

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