So, Artful Dodger existed in the time warp of the mid-'70s, a time when album-oriented rock ruled and punk didn't enter the consciousness of the mainstream. The band released their first album for Columbia in 1975, just as the Raspberries fell apart, and their last arrived in 1977, the same year Cheap Trick redefined power pop with their debut. Tony would often refer to Nathan as his adopted son, he could make Newley laugh in a second and they both enjoyed each other’s company very much.Artful Dodger may have been hurt because they fell in between the Raspberries and Cheap Trick. Newley was very at ease with Nathan, his age allowed him to be unaware of Tony’s unbelievable career which made Nathan a friend of Tony’s not an admirer of Newley’s. Newley roared with laughter and from that moment Tony and Nathan’s friendship was sealed forever. The horoscope read, “The project you are about to embark on will be difficult and demanding and only with luck, will it be successful.” We sat drinking tea while Tony was reading his horoscope to both of us from his daily paper. On the first day of recording I took Nathan to Newley’s house to introduce him to Tony. My son Nathan was working for me at this time and I gave him the job of driving Tony to and from the studio. I offered to cover all the costs and produce the album with Tony at my own studio.
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We knew McShane couldn’t write a song or sing but we both agreed that he had a higher TV profile. Several weeks later Tony informed me that the deal was cancelled due to PolyGram signing the actor Ian McShane instead. I explained to him that this was impossible for me to do as the deal was already underway. He was very unhappy and concerned that the people negotiating the deal were from the film industry and did not really understand the music business so he asked me if I could talk to PolyGram on his behalf. Tony received an offer to record an album for the PolyGram TV label. Tony being very pleased with the outcome continued to rebook the studio over the next few months.ĭuring this time we recorded an album together and remained great friends until his passing in 1999. He of course had no recollection of this at all however we spent two fabulous days recording. When he arrived I reminded him that we had met at Wembley back in the seventies. I owned a recording studio in Chiswick in West London and Newley had booked a couple of days to record a few piano and vocal demos. It would be seventeen years before I would meet Tony again.
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The title song Quilp I thought would become a musical classic, sadly the movie bombed and the music along with it. I had long been a fan of Newley’s and considered him a true giant of the entertainment Industry.ĭuring the recording I only managed to work on a few of the minor overdub sessions on the movie, but this did allow me the privilege of working with yet another person I had admired for such a long time. I first met Anthony Newley whilst he was recording the music for the movie, Quilp at De Lane Lea/CTS Wembley England. Previously, the only other British writers to be honoured in this way were Noel Coward, John Lennon and Paul McCartney. Such was their influence that in 1987 he and Bricusse were inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
They also composed one of the most successful James Bond movie Themes ever, Goldfinger. He wrote for many years together with Leslie Bricusse, spanning theatrical works and a number of musical film scores including the wonderful 1971 Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory. Newley’s vocal style has been recognized as a major influence on that of David Bowie, most notably in his song The Laughing Gnome He was one of Broadway’s greatest leading men building a truely international following. Newley went from being a child star actor, to rock ‘n’ roll idol, songwriter extraordinaire, author, to a West End actor, and director. Landing his first major film role as The Artful Dodger in the David Lean’s 1948 film Oliver twist. Place – De Lane Lea/CTS Wembley EnglandĪnthony Newley was a major international celebrity.
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