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Born in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, the son of a lawyer, Race learned the piano from the age of five. [3] He was educated (1932–37) at Lincoln School, where he formed his first jazz group, which included a young Neville Marriner, later a major figure in the world of classical music. At sixteen, he attended the Royal Academy of Music, studying ...
Steve Race. Music Department: Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster. He studied the piano at the Royal Accademy and wanted to be a full time composer but after the war he became a pianist on a children's tv programme, 'Whirlygig' which lasted 8 years and he was gradually doing more and more talking on the show and became the compere, disc jockey and personality, He had a heart attack in April 65...
- Music Department, Composer, Actor
- April 1, 1921
- Steve Race
- June 22, 2009
Steve Race was a versatile musician and broadcaster, most often associated with jazz and with the long-running panel game, My Music, which was a success on both radio and television.
Apr 13, 2024 · Stephen Russell Race OBE 1921 – 2009. An English composer, pianist & radio and television presenter.Remembering Steve Race's slick presenting of the BBC's 'J...
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Steve Race. Presenter/Composer. 1 April 1921 to 21 June 2009. Television viewers would know Race best as the host, indeed creator, of My Music (1977-86) which made a successful transition from radio. An acclaimed composer and jazz pianist, he also hosted children’s show Whirligig (1950) and worked as musical director on The Dickie Henderson ...
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Steve Race was born in Lincoln, England on April 1, 1921. He was an English pianist and broadcaster. After studying at the Royal Academy of Music in London he worked in the early 1940s as an arranger for Ted Heath and in 1949 recorded with his own bop group. During the early 1950s he worked as a freelance and began to develop a reputation as a ...
