Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/John Lewis (musician)


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The result was Withdrawn. No such user (talk) 11:16, 14 October 2021 (UTC)

John Lewis (musician)

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About everything we know about John Lewis is already in the article, scraped from the three sources. The sources mostly mention him in passing; most can be found in "The Mark of the Rani" about his early involvement in writing the music for the Doctor Who episode, not completed due to his health (btw, the alleged death in 1982 does not fit well with the episode release in 1985, but the source might got the dates wrong). He's not mentioned in Pop Muzik article, although he might be credited on the cover. Sadly, that fails even WP:BASIC. I could not find anything more about the subject, and his common name-surname combination and the fact that he died 40 years ago did not help. No such user (talk) 10:21, 14 October 2021 (UTC)
 * P.S. A belated WP:BEFORE yields a mention at Special Sound: The Creation and Legacy of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, which confirms that he died of AIDS (in 1984, as it seems), and reveals his connection with Brian Hodgson and his "Electrophon" studio. The trail leads to Lewis's Discogs entry. That's still too little, I'm afraid. No such user (talk) 10:36, 14 October 2021 (UTC)
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 * ...and finally, bingo, something that seems substantial enough: "The Musician and the Micro" by Ray Hammond, Blandford Press, p. 21 && pp. 154-160. Sorry for "keeping" my own Afd, but I only started finding sources after opening this AfD. No such user (talk) 11:02, 14 October 2021 (UTC)


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