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Gerry Allison

Personal life: Married: Anita Kim Graham … divorced Lynn Garner … divorced Children: Deborah (7:07:1963) David(24:7:64) Musical Director: TRAINING: Music scholarship at Cranleigh School Studied composition, arranging and conducting under bandmaster E.Smythe Kings regiment( Liverpool) 1956/1959

INSTRUMENTS: Piano , keyboards, Tenor Saxophone, clarinet, tuned percussion

PANTOMIME: 1977/78 Apollo Manchester - Paul Daniel’s Christmas Show 1978/79 Alhambra Bradford - “Babes in the Wood” ( Les Dawson) - Directors Hadley Clayton & Jim Casey) 1979/80 Alhambra Bradford - Dick Whittington - Bill Maynard .. Director Alan Curtis 1980/81 Alhambra Bradford - Jack & the beanstalk - Cannon & Ball - Director Peter Sontar 1981/82 Alhambra Bradford Aladdin - Little & Large - Director Peter Sontar 1982/83 Cinderella- Russ Abbott - Director - Denis Critchley 1983/84 Babes in the wood - The Krankies Director - Peter Sontar 1984/85 - Dick Whittington - Russ Abbott Director - Peter Sontar

SUMMER SEASONS: 1975 - New Theatre Southport - Diane Solomon - Little & Large 1976 - New Theatre Southport - Dickie Henderson … Moira Anderson 1981 - Futurist , Scarborough Tom O’Connor 1984 - Floral Hall, Scarborough Little & Large U. K. TOURS 1979 Tom O’Connor 1980 Frankie Vaughan 1981 Little & Large 1982 The Krankies 1983 Freddie Star 1984 - Good Old days - Little & Large

TELEVISION 1960/69. Arranger for over 60 Come Dancing BBC 1969/81 Musical Arranger for Granada T.V. Producer : Muriel Young Over 250 network shows including “Lift off with Ayesha” / Look Alive / Shangalang/ Marc / Get It Together/ Dance Crazy and Ladybirds ( Channel 4)

MUSICALS 1982/83 Musical Director for London Production of Camelot / Apollo Victoria with Richard Harris

RECORDING M.D. for Barron Knights M.D. Arranger for Paul McCartney Album M.D. for original cast album of Camelot

EDUCATION: Caldicott Prep School, Farnham Common Bucks ( 8 O-levels English, Maths. French, History, Latin, Geography, Scripture, Music 1 A- level - Music

BUSINESS INTERESTS: Founder / Director of Pop Plan Music arranging service 1967

BIRTH Born 30th March 1938, Slough , Bucks

TURNING PROFESSIONAL Turned professional in May 1960 joining Ray McVey band Worked on the Mecca Ballroom circuit until taking own band to Hull Locarno 1970/71