Dudley Moore
Though he was renowned as a groundbreaking British comedian and achieved Hollywood stardom thanks to his roles in 10 and Arthur, Dudley Moore took the most pride in his accomplishments as a musician and composer. A choirboy at age six and the organist at church weddings by 14, as a child Moore found refuge in music from the hospital stays and taunting from other children he endured because of his club foot. Eventually, he won a scholarship to Magdalen College at Oxford to study the organ, but he left the school to play jazz piano with Johnny Dankford and tour the U.S. with Vic Lewis. When he returned to Oxford, he met comedian Peter Cook and joined the satirical sketch comedy revue Beyond the Fringe, where his over-the-top piano solos earned him his first widespread success. Moore's witty, whimsical musical and comedic stylings complemented Cook's more acerbic sense of humor perfectly, and throughout the '60s and '70s the pair continued to mix humor and music in projects like the BBC show Not Only But Also and their foul-mouthed alter-egos Derek and Clive. Moore and Cook also made several films together, and Moore composed the music for movies including 30 Is a Dangerous Age, Cynthia and the classic Bedazzled. During the '70s and '80s, Moore found the time to release several albums' worth of piano-based jazz, including Dudley Moore at the Waredon Festival and Come Again, in between his film, television, and stage work. Both his comedy and music careers waned in the '90s due to health problems, which included several minor heart attacks and open heart surgery. Most damagingly to Moore as a musician, in 1999 he was diagnosed with progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP), a rare, incurable brain disorder that includes imbalance, stiffness, blurred vision, difficulty speaking, and slowed movements among its symptoms. Moore devoted his time to raising awareness of the disease as well as funds to research it, forming the Dudley Moore Research Fund for Progressive Supranuclear Palsy; he released Live From an Aircraft Hangar, a collection of his previously recorded concerts, and held a gala concert at Carnegie Hall on his 66th birthday to raise funds for PSP research.
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Have Some Moore!
Jazz - Lançado por Harkit Records em 29/11/2018
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Prokofiev: Peter & The Wolf; Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite
Dudley Moore, Boston Pops Orchestra, John Williams
Classical - Lançado por Decca Music Group Ltd. em 01/01/1984
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Derek & Clive: Live
Humour - Lançado por Island Records em 01/01/1976
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The Genius Of Peter Cook and Dudley Moore (Volume 1)
Humour - Lançado por Redbush em 30/08/2010
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Beyond The Fringe
Beyond The Fringe, Alan Bennett, Jonathan Miller, Peter Cook, Dudley Moore
Film Soundtracks - Lançado por Capitol Records em 01/01/1962
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Plays The Theme From Beyond The Fringe & All That Jazz
Alternative & Indie - Lançado por Hallmark em 01/08/2018
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“30 Is A Dangerous Age, Cynthia”
Film Soundtracks - Lançado por Martine Avenue em 02/06/2015
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The Genius Of Peter Cook and Dudley Moore (Volume 2)
Humour - Lançado por Redbush em 30/08/2010
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Beyond the Fringe (Live at the Cambridge Art Theatre 24th April 1961)
Alan Bennett, Peter Cook, Jonathan Miller, Dudley Moore
Humour - Lançado por Parlophone UK em 18/04/2011
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Smilin' Through
Jazz - Lançado por Qnote Records em 15/06/1982
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Behind the Fridge
Humour/Spoken Word - Lançado por Tin Toy em 08/08/1973
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The World of Pete & Dud
Humour/Spoken Word - Lançado por Laughing Stock Productions em 01/06/2000
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An Audience With Dudley Moore
Humour/Spoken Word - Lançado por Redbush Entertainment em 24/06/2011
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Very Funny from C to D (The Dave Cash Collection)
Humour - Lançado por The Dave Cash Collection - OMP em 14/07/2013
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The Best of Peter Cook & Dudley Moore Vol. 2
Humour - Lançado por Synergie OMP em 17/07/2011
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Words...And Things
Humour/Spoken Word - Lançado por Vantage Music em 13/10/2016
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Words...And Things
Humour/Spoken Word - Lançado por Heaven And Earth Music em 13/10/2016
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The First Orquestrations
John Bassett & His Band, Dudley Moore, Sir Richard Rodney Bennett
Jazz - Lançado por SINETONE AMR em 06/12/2011
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