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Scottish tenor.
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Rikki Fulton
2 linksScottish comedian and actor best remembered for writing and performing in the long-running BBC Scotland sketch show, Scotch and Wry.
Scottish comedian and actor best remembered for writing and performing in the long-running BBC Scotland sketch show, Scotch and Wry.
After a short period, Fulton returned to Scotland to perform for Howard & Wyndham Ltd in pantomime from 1956 at the Alhambra Theatre, Glasgow with Jimmy Logan and Kenneth McKellar followed by the "Five Past Eight" summer revues with Stanley Baxter and Fay Lenore.
The White Heather Club
2 linksBBC TV Scottish variety show that ran on and off from 7 May 1958 to 11 April 1968
BBC TV Scottish variety show that ran on and off from 7 May 1958 to 11 April 1968
The Corries, who performed on location rather than in the studio, were also staples of the show and later they were joined by singers Moira Anderson, Jimmy Urquhart (singer) and Kenneth McKellar.
Hogmanay
2 linksScots word for the last day of the old year and is synonymous with the celebration of the New Year in the Scottish manner.
Scots word for the last day of the old year and is synonymous with the celebration of the New Year in the Scottish manner.
The performers were Jimmy Shand and band, Ian Powrie and his band, Scottish country dancers: Dixie Ingram and the Dixie Ingram Dancers, Joe Gordon Folk Four, James Urquhart, Ann & Laura Brand, Moira Anderson & Kenneth McKellar.
Moira Anderson
1 linksScottish singer.
Scottish singer.
In her early career Anderson made frequent appearances alongside fellow Scottish music stars, Kenneth McKellar and other Scottish stars.
Alhambra Theatre Glasgow
1 linksAcknowledged as one of the best equipped theatres in Britain, planned to accommodate 2,800 people.
Acknowledged as one of the best equipped theatres in Britain, planned to accommodate 2,800 people.
These shows included : Rikki Fulton, Jimmy Logan, Stanley Baxter, Fay Lenore, Eve Boswell, Kenneth McKellar, David Hughes, Max Bygraves and Frankie Vaughan.
Music of Scotland
0 linksInternationally known for its traditional music, which remained vibrant throughout the 20th century and into the 21st, when many traditional forms worldwide lost popularity to pop music.
Internationally known for its traditional music, which remained vibrant throughout the 20th century and into the 21st, when many traditional forms worldwide lost popularity to pop music.
This was exemplified by the TV programme The White Heather Club which ran from 1958 to 1967, hosted by Andy Stewart and starring Moira Anderson and Kenneth McKellar.
A Man Without Love
0 links"A Man Without Love" was the entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1966, performed in English by Kenneth McKellar.
Song of the Clyde
0 linksSong by R.Y. Bell and Ian Gourley.
Song by R.Y. Bell and Ian Gourley.
Popularised by Kenneth McKellar (singer) (although covered by various Scottish singers) it is an affectionate tribute to the River Clyde in Scotland, name-checking the majority of towns and villages on its banks.
Vanessa Lee
0 linksBritish actress and singer.
British actress and singer.
In 1958/59, she played Jacob Bray in a successful revival of Old Chelsea by Richard Tauber, along with Graves and Kenneth McKellar.
Machrie Mhor
0 linksVilla on Victoria Road in Lenzie, East Dunbartonshire, Scotland.
Villa on Victoria Road in Lenzie, East Dunbartonshire, Scotland.
Built around 1920, the villa was once home to the Scottish tenor Kenneth McKellar (1927–2010).