George Anthony Newley (born on September 24, 1931 in the London Borough of … Read Full Bio ↴George Anthony Newley (born on September 24, 1931 in the London Borough of Hackney; died on April 14, 1999) was an English actor, singer and songwriter. A graduate of the Italia Conti Academy stage school, his first major film role was as the Artful Dodger in David Lean's 1948 rendition of Oliver Twist, the classic Charles Dickens tome.
Newley had a successful pop music career, with two number one hits in 1960: "Why?" and "Do You Mind?". He won the 1963 Grammy Award for Song of the Year for "What Kind of Fool Am I", but he was also well-known for "Gonna Build a Mountain" and comic novelty songs such as his version of "Strawberry Fair". He wrote songs that others made hits including Goldfinger (the title song of the James Bond movie), and Feeling Good, which became a hit for Nina Simone. With Leslie Bricusse, he wrote the musical Stop the World - I Want to Get Off in which he also performed, earning a nomination for a Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Musical. His other musicals included The Roar of the Greasepaint—the Smell of the Crowd (1965) and Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971), based on the children's book by Roald Dahl. The play was released in a film version in 1971.
Newley's vocal style has been recognised as a major influence on that of David Bowie. In recognition of his creative skills and body of work, Newley was elected to the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1989.
The shortlived 1960 ATV series "The Strange World of Gurney Slade" in which Newley starred, continues to have a cult following due to its postmodern premise that the Newley character is trapped inside a television programme. Apart from a repeat of one episode on Channel 4 in 1992, it has not been seen in the UK in recent years. The show's theme tune by Max Harris may be better-known today than the series itself.
His last feature role in the cast of EastEnders was to be a regular role, but Newley had to withdraw after a few months when his health began to fail.
Newley had a successful pop music career, with two number one hits in 1960: "Why?" and "Do You Mind?". He won the 1963 Grammy Award for Song of the Year for "What Kind of Fool Am I", but he was also well-known for "Gonna Build a Mountain" and comic novelty songs such as his version of "Strawberry Fair". He wrote songs that others made hits including Goldfinger (the title song of the James Bond movie), and Feeling Good, which became a hit for Nina Simone. With Leslie Bricusse, he wrote the musical Stop the World - I Want to Get Off in which he also performed, earning a nomination for a Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Musical. His other musicals included The Roar of the Greasepaint—the Smell of the Crowd (1965) and Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971), based on the children's book by Roald Dahl. The play was released in a film version in 1971.
Newley's vocal style has been recognised as a major influence on that of David Bowie. In recognition of his creative skills and body of work, Newley was elected to the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1989.
The shortlived 1960 ATV series "The Strange World of Gurney Slade" in which Newley starred, continues to have a cult following due to its postmodern premise that the Newley character is trapped inside a television programme. Apart from a repeat of one episode on Channel 4 in 1992, it has not been seen in the UK in recent years. The show's theme tune by Max Harris may be better-known today than the series itself.
His last feature role in the cast of EastEnders was to be a regular role, but Newley had to withdraw after a few months when his health began to fail.
Strawberry Fair
Anthony Newley Lyrics
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All or Nothing At All You know the game of love, so the flame never…
Basin Street Blues Won't you come along with me To the Mississippi We'll take a…
By Myself the dreams I dreamed went up in smoke. They didn't pan…
Bye Bye Blackbird Blackbird, blackbird singing the blues all day Right outside…
Cheer Up Charlie You get blue like everyone But me and Grandpa Joe Can make…
D-Darling D Darling A angel R Rare And L Lovely I I am then nearly G g…
Feeling Good Birds flying high You know how I feel Sun in the sky You…
For All We Know For all we know We may never meet again Before we go Make…
Girls Were Made to Love and Kiss On a mountain stands a mansion so fine and it…
Goldfinger Goldfinger, he's the man, the man with the Midas touch A…
Gone With the Wind Gone with the wind, Just like a leaf thart has blown…
Gonna Build a Mountain Gonna build a mountain From a little hill Gonna build a moun…
I Don't Want To Set The World On Fire I don't ever care to rise to power I would rather…
I Guess I'll Have To Change My Plan I guess I'll have to change my plan, I should…
I'll Walk Beside You I'll walk beside you through the world today While dreams an…
I've Waited So Long (So long, I've waited so long, So long, I've waited so…
Idle on Parade This is a camp that is a-mighty tough Were the marchin'…
If I Were a Rich Man "Dear God, you made many, many poor people. I realize, of…
If She Should Come to You If she should come to you Be gentle For she is very,…
It The world is made of music Never any symphony The sound surr…
It's the Talk of the Town We were more than lovers, We were more than sweethearts, It'…
Ive Waited So Long (So long, I've waited so long, So long, I've waited so…
Letters To My Love What now my love Now that you left me How can I…
Pack Up Your Troubles Pack up your troubles in your old kit bag And smile,…
Personality When Madam Pompadour was on a ballroom floor Said all the…
Pop Goes the Weasel Half a pound of tuppenny rice Half a pound of treacle That's…
Pure Imagination Come with me and you'll be In a world of pure…
Remember Finjo ser invisĂvel Pra nĂŁo ter que te encarar Afogo na pisc…
Solitude In my solitude You haunt me With dreadful ease Of days gone …
Some Other Spring Some other Spring, when twilight falls, Will the nights brin…
Someone to Love This change I feel puzzles me. It's strange, a real mystery.…
Speak Low Speak low when you speak, love, Our summer day withers away …
Talk To The Animals If we could talk to the animals, just imagine it…
The Candy Man (Candy man) (Hey, Candy man) Alright everybody gather 'round…
The Joker The joker is me! There′s always a joker in the pack There's…
The Party's Over The party's over, it's time to call it a day They've…
The People Tree Hay, Wouldn't it be nice to make a people tree. The likes…
The Thrill Is Gone The thrill is gone The thrill is gone away The…
What Kind Of Fool Am I What kind of fool am I Who never fell in love It…
What Now My Love What now my love Now that you left me How can I…
When Your Lover Has Gone What good is the scheming, the planning and dreaming That co…
Who Can I Turn To Who can I turn to when nobody needs me? My heart…
Why I'll never let you go Why? Because I love you I'll always…
Yes We Have No Bananas There's a fruit store on our street It's run by a…
You Are Too Beautiful You are too beautiful, my dear, to be true And I…
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David Boothman
Very interesting. I think my grandma liked this singer, obviously worth exploring more of his work. Can definitely hear his influence on David Bowie.
Bernard Kelar
It was David Bowie who was influenced by Anthony Newley and the theatre artists. His first 1967 album gives great examples of tracks influenced by Newley.
newleyadmirer newleyadmirer
I appreciate his British sense of humor and it's very much present in everything he does (should say did, but don't want to), including the way he performs this song. Just a joy to hear him singing.
MANUEL FARINELLI
I really love this MASTER OF THE ARTS and I can say he is one of the BEST songwriters ever in the world.. With my deepest respect for the great ..sorry..GREAT TONY NEWLEY!
cosmicmusic Reynolds
Newley was a natural born entertainer , talented in acting and song writing
Kensy Skye
Blooming blinding song! đź‘Ťđź‘Ťđź‘Ťđź‘Ťđź’•đź’•đź’•đź’•
Origami with sharday lane
I love this song!
Tin of Iniquity
A note for the naysayers; he did co-write “Feeling Good” (famously covered by Nina Simone, Muse and many others), the title song for Goldfinger and the songs for Willy Wonka and The Chocolate Factory for which he received an Oscar nomination. Aside from playing the Artful Dodger opposite Alec Guinness in David Lean’s Oliver Twist as a child he appeared in many other films and conceived, directed and produced a pioneering example of a metatextual tv show in 1960 (Marvel’s Wandavision being the most recent), a comedy called The Strange World of Gurney Slade which, whilst considered too surreal for audiences at the time, is now recognised as a forerunner to shows such as The Prisoner (whose final two episodes closely resemble actual episodes of Gurney Slade) and Monty Python.
Geoff Joffy
Such a talented man
Glen Scott
What a great song from a great artist, I was sitting and listening and thought that could be mistaken for Lonnie as they both had a cheeky side.