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Add to basketZettel. Condition: Sehr gut. Druckphoto von Franklyn Boyd mit schwarzem Stift signiert mit eigenhändigem Zusatz "To leslie Best Wishes", runfherum alte Klebesteirefen, papierbedingte Seitenbräunung .- /// Franklyn Boyd abandoned his career as a singer to channel his energy behind the scenes as a publisher and manager, most notab…ly shepherding the early career of British pop icon Cliff Richard. Born William George Price in Bedfordshire on November 27, 1925, he claimed the All-Britain Crooning Championship at the age of just 15, and two years later made his professional debut with bandleader Harry Leader. World War II preempted his fledgling career, and after a stint in the RAF he signed on with the Teddy Foster Orchestra. At Foster's behest, he dropped the name Willy Price in favor of Franklyn Boyd, an alias selected after myriad comparisons to Frank Sinatra. Boyd's career hit its stride in 1950, when he joined Eric Winstone & His Orchestra for a series of hit singles, including "Weaver of Dreams" and "Only Fools." In time, he signed a solo deal with Columbia and cut a string of cover tunes like "I'll Walk Alone," "Take My Heart," and "Pretend," moonlighting as a fixture of children's television and making regular appearances on the BBC Light Programme's Sunday afternoon series Sing It Again. In 1953 Boyd went to work at publishing firm Victoria Music, and two years later was appointed exploitation manager at Auerbach Ltd.'s London office -- there he found himself the center of controversy when Britain's royal family objected to the release of American Melody Marshall's single "I Don't Ever Want to Be a Princess." (The single was withdrawn, and Boyd issued the following public apology to Princess Margaret: "This song was published to convey the sympathies and feelings of the vast majority of the American public towards your Royal Highness.") Following the success of Bobby Helms' 1958 hit "Schoolboy Crush," Boyd passed the song on to Columbia producer Norrie Paramor, who placed it with his latest discovery, a 17-year-old singer named Cliff Richard. By autumn Boyd was serving as Richard's manager, negotiating his charge an appearance on the ITV rock & roll showcase Oh Boy! A performance of the "Schoolboy Crush" flip side "Move It!" made Richard an overnight sensation, and the single quickly rocketed to number two on the U.K. pop charts. A series of blockbuster hits followed, among them "High Class Baby," "Mean Streak," "Living Doll," and "Travelling Light" -- at the peak of Richard's fame, Boyd even signed to Gala Records to cut his own solo rendition of "High Class Baby." But in late 1959 Richard collapsed with exhaustion while in the midst of a British tour, and Boyd was swiftly relieved of his managerial duties: "Franklyn is a music publisher and he's also an entertainer in his own right," Richard wrote in his 1960 autobiography It's Great to Be Young. "In a way, I was just another job to him and what he couldn't have realised at the time he undertook to manage me was the speed with which things were going to happen." Boyd returned to his publishing duties, in 1963 serving as musical director of the pop film Just for Fun -- on occasion he also worked as a producer, most notably helming 1964's Marlene Dietrich in London. He relocated his family to Toronto in 1973, for the most part pursuing projects outside of music in the years to follow -- he was also an avid sailor. Boyd died in Sorrento, Italy, on April 21, 2007. /// Autogramm Autograph signiert signed signee /// Standort Wimregal PKis-Box5-U049 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 10.
