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David Hughes (Geoffrey Paddison)

David Hughes (born Geoffrey Paddison; 11 October 1925 – 19 October 1972)[1] was an English pop and opera singer.

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Namesake

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  • He chose his father's two Christian names to use as his stage name.[2] His father was David Hughes Paddison.

Discography

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  • "Santo Natale / Not as a Stranger" (single) (1954) [3]
  • "By the Fountains of Rome" (single) (1956) UK No. 27
  • Here in My Heart (compilation)
  • The Best of David Hughes (compilation)
  • Great British Song Stylist (compilation)

Stage musicals

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  • Summer Song (1956)
  • Plain and Fancy
  • Scapa Flow (1962) [4]
  • Here in My Heart

Classical music

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  • 16th–18th Century Songs of Love
  • Favourite Opera / Operetta Arias and Songs You Love EMI TWO 319, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Louis Fremaux, recorded in Birmingham Town Hall
  • The Merry Widow

References

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  1. ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 262. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  2. ^ Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 1203. ISBN 0-85112-939-0.
  3. ^ "David Hughes - Santo Natale / Not as a Stranger". Discogs. 1954.
  4. ^ "Scapa Flow The Musical". Gettyimages.fr. 3 August 2017. Retrieved 23 May 2020. From left to right, singer David Hughes (1925 - 1972), playwright Hugh Hastings and DJ Pete Murray rehearse for Britain's first-ever all-male musical, 'Scapa Flow' or 'Scapa!', December 1961. The musical, based on Hastings' play 'Seagulls Over Sorrento', will open at the Royal Court Theatre on 8th February 1962.
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