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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 ), [2] which reached number one in the UK Singles Chart in August 1961 despite being banned by the BBC for its death references. [3]
26. März 2016 · 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 career, starring in many films ...
29. Dez. 2013 · For ten years and four months now, John has been the only escapee screen star still alive. “I had an agent-manager in London called Robert Stigwood,” says John, who is now a youthful 77.
Er bekam auch wieder kleinere Rollen in Filmen, zuletzt in dem 2005 abgedrehten Colour Me Kubrick an der Seite von John Malkovich. Im Mai 2006 veröffentlichte John Leyton im Vorfeld der Fußball-WM eine Single mit dem Titel Hi Ho, Come on England (zur Melodie von Jeff Becks Hi Ho Silver Lining ), die an den Ladenkassen aber ähnlich erfolglos blieb wie die darin besungenen Fußballer in den ...
31. Jan. 2015 · Poor Johnny! The restaurant was only a few hundred yards from the scene of Leyton's greatest musical triumph – Joe Meek's studio on Holloway Road where he had recorded the immortal Johnny ...
Johnny Remember Me. " 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 ...
4. Dez. 2015 · Leyton was an actor who played a rock star in the series Harpers West One, and when he performed the song on the show, its rise was unstoppable. Both Meek and Goddard were obsessed with the occult ...
