Artist: Lionel Bart
Genre: Musical Theatre
Lionel Bart was a British composer, lyricist, and playwright best known for creating 'Oliver!,' one of the most successful British musicals ever written. Songs including 'Food, Glorious Food,' 'Consider Yourself,' and 'As Long as He Needs Me' became standards. Bart also wrote early songs for Cliff Richard, including 'Living Doll,' and the musical 'Fings Ain't Wot They Used T'Be.' His working-class East End background informed his theatrical sensibility. Financial difficulties, partly from selling his 'Oliver!' rights, affected his later career. Bart's death in 1999 was marked by tributes acknowledging his contribution to British musical theatre. 'Oliver!' remains his enduring legacy, regularly revived worldwide.
Lionel Bart vinyl records (5)
LIONEL BART Blitz. (Scarce 1962 UK gold & maroon HMV Nipper label 20-track mono vinyl LP featuring the original soundtrack music to the stage play front laminated flipback sleeve complete with bonus 4-track 7 vinyl. The sleeve shows just light signs of shelfwear with only a few light spots of ink to the reverse whilst the vinyl looks barely played CLP1569) Track Listing: Our Hotel Tell Him - Tell Her I Want To Whisper Something The Day After Tomorrow Were Going To The Country Another Morning Whos This Geezer Hitler 
£23.00 used
LIONEL BART Happy Endings (Give Yourself A Pinch) (1989 UK 7 single also including Happy Endings [Give Yourself A Pinch] - The Party picture sleeve EM121)
£9.00 used
LIONEL BART Blitz. (Scarce 1962 UK gold & maroon HMV Nipper label 20-track mono vinyl LP featuring the original soundtrack music to the stage play front laminated flipback sleeve. The sleeve shows minimal wear and the vinyl has just a fewlight scuffs to indicate play CLP1569) Track Listing: Our Hotel Tell Him - Tell Her I Want To Whisper Something The Day After Tomorrow Were Going To The Country Another Morning Whos This Geezer Hitler
£23.00 used
LIONEL BART Dont Talk About It (Lay It On The Table) (1977 UK 7 vinyl single with four-prong centre includes Living Doll plain die-cut sleeve BRO36)
£9.00 used
LIONEL BART Fings Aint Wot They Used TBe (1960 15-track vinyl LP original cast recording based on the book by Frank Norman. Housed in a front laminated picture sleeve with scalloped flipbacks. The sleeve shows light general wear with a bitof laminate wear and some mnior discolouration as well as a small spot of paper loss to the top flipback
£17.00 used