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In the 1960s and 1970s, Bricusse enjoyed a fruitful partnership with Anthony Newley. They wrote the musical Stop the World – I Want to Get Off (1961), which was the basis of a 1966 film version and featured the Grammy winning Song of the Year “What Kind of Fool Am I?
Oct 20, 2021 · Leslie Bricusse, left, with the singer and actor Anthony Newley in 1972. Their shared cockney identity, as well as an affinity with Charles Dickens, was an important creative factor in...
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With songwriting partner Leslie Bricusse, Newley was nominated for an Academy Award for the film score of Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971), featuring "Pure Imagination", which has been recorded by dozens of singers.
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Stop the World – I Want to Get Off is a 1961 musical with a book, music, and lyrics by Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley . In 1966 Warner Bros. released a film adaptation of the play. In 1996, a film version was produced for TV, made for the A&E Network . According to Oscar Levant, the play's title was derived from a graffito. [1] Plot.
- Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley
- Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley
- 1961
- Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley
Oct 20, 2021 · The songwriter Leslie Bricusse, left, with his longtime collaborator, Anthony Newley, in an undated photo. Among the many songs they wrote together were “Who Can I Turn To?” and “The Candy...
Oct 20, 2021 · 20 October 2021. Getty Images. Leslie Bricusse, the prolific British songwriter behind many of cinema's biggest hits such as Candyman and Goldfinger, has died at the age of 90. His friend Dame...