Alan Blaikley

Not to be confused with Alan Blakley.

Alan Blaikley
Birth nameAlan Tudor Blaikley
Born(1940-03-23)23 March 1940
Hampstead Garden Suburb, London, England
Died4 July 2022(2022-07-04) (aged 82)
GenresPop music, musicals, theme music
Occupation(s)Songwriter, lyricist, composer
Years active1960s–2022
Websitewww.kenhoward-alanblaikley.com

Alan Tudor Blaikley (23 March 1940 – 4 July 2022)[1][2][3] was an English songwriter and composer, best known for writing a series of international hits in the 1960s and 1970s in collaboration with Ken Howard, including the UK number ones "Have I the Right?" and "The Legend of Xanadu".[4] Together with Howard, he also wrote two West End musicals and a number of TV themes, including the theme music for the BBC's long-running series of Agatha Christie's Miss Marple.

  1. ^ "Donald's Encyclopedia of Popular Music – Howard & Blaikley". Donaldclarkemusicbox.com. Retrieved 11 January 2013.
  2. ^ "Elvis Presley hit songwriter Alan Blaikley dies age 82 as co-writer pays moving tribute". Daily Mirror. 5 July 2022. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
  3. ^ Obituaries, The Telegraph (6 July 2022). "Alan Blaikley, co-writer of a string of Sixties and Seventies pop hits who went on to become a psychotherapist – obituary". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
  4. ^ Entry under Howard & Blaikley in The Penguin Encyclopaedia of Popular Music (1989)