The Great Escape
1963
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John Dudley Leyton (born 17 February 1936) is an English retired actor and singer.. Leyton as a singer is best known for his hit song "Johnny Remember Me" (written by Geoff Goddard and produced by Joe Meek), which reached number one in the UK Singles Chart in August 1961 despite being banned by the BBC for its death references. His follow-up single, "Wild Wind", reached number two in the same ...
Dec 29, 2013 · John Leyton is pictured with co-stars Edward Mulhare, Frank Sinatra and Trevor Howard during the making of Von Ryan's Express. John says he saw more of Frank Sinatra on Von Ryan’s Express than ...
John Leyton. Actor: The Great Escape. John Leyton was born on Feb. 17th 1936 at Frinton-On Sea, Essex, England, to parents of show business background. His father owned several cinemas and his mother acted under the name of 'Babs Walters' on the London stage. When John showed a desire to act, his parents tried to discourage him, wanting him to enter the family rope business as they felt it was...
"Johnny Remember Me" is a song which became a 1961 UK Singles Chart #1 hit single for John Leyton, backed by The Outlaws. It was producer Joe Meek's first #1 production. Recounting the haunting – real or imagined – of a young man by his dead lover, the song is one of the most noted of the 'death ditties' that populated the pop charts, on both sides of the Atlantic, in the early to mid-1960s.
John Leyton. Actor: The Great Escape. John Leyton was born on Feb. 17th 1936 at Frinton-On Sea, Essex, England, to parents of show business background. His father owned several cinemas and his mother acted under the name of 'Babs Walters' on the London stage. When John showed a desire to act, his parents tried to discourage him, wanting him to enter the family rope business as they felt it was...
Mar 26, 2016 · Johnny Remember Me singer John Leyton. John is best known for his 1961 number one hit Johnny Remember Me. In The Great Escape, I played tunnel designer Willie Dickes. He has also pursued an acting ...
The first huge hit for John Leyton in 1961, the brilliant song written by Geoff Goddard and wonderfully produced by Joe Meek. The Leyton and Meek images, and...
Back in September, Sam Drayson Le Tissier and I got to take a very special trip to Austria. We had been invited by the lovely people at Triumph to witness fo...
Dec 30, 2020 · This haunting tale was the first #1 success for influential English record producer Joe Meek. The recordings of actor-singer Leyton remained mostly unfamilia...
John Dudley Leyton (born 17 February 1936) is an English actor and singer. Leyton as a singer is best known for his hit song "Johnny Remember Me" (written by Geoff Goddard and produced by Joe Meek), which reached number one in the UK Singles Chart in August 1961 despite being banned by the BBC for its death references. His follow-up single, "Wild Wind", reached number two in the charts.
