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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