Noel Gay | |
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| Born | Reginald Moxon Armitage 15 July 1898 Wakefield, Yorkshire, England |
| Died | 4 March 1954 (aged 55) |
| Other names | Stanley Hill |
| Alma mater | Christ's College, Cambridge |
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| Style | Musical theatre |
| Children | Richard Armitage Angela Armitage |
Noel Gay (15 July 1898 – 4 March 1954)[1] was born Reginald Moxon Armitage. He also used the name Stanley Hill professionally.[2] He was a successful British composer of popular music of the 1930s and 1940s whose output comprised 45 songs as well as the music for 28 films and 26 London shows. Sheridan Morley has commented that he was "the closest Britain ever came to a local Irving Berlin".[3] He is best known for the musical, Me and My Girl.
- ^ "Noel Gay (1898-1954)". Openplaques.org. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
- ^ Snelson, John. Gay, Noel (Armitage, Reginald Moxon) – Grove Music (Online ed.). Oxford, England: Oxford University Press. Retrieved 22 January 2011.
- ^ Morley, Sheridan (May 2005) [2004]. "Gay, Noel (1898–1954) – Oxford Dictionary of National Biography". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Online ed.). Oxford, England: Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/56656. Retrieved 21 January 2011. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)