Frank Chacksfield

Genres:	Easy Listening • Pop / Rock
Descriptive "tags":	easy listening • instrumental • orchestra • frank chacksfield • 50s • pop • frank chascksfield
Decades Active:	1950s • 1960s • 1970s • 1980s • 1990s • 2000s
Links online:	Wikipedia

Biography

9 May 1914, Battle, Sussex, England, d. 9 June 1995. After early training on the piano and organ, Chacksfield led small groups in the late 30s before becoming arranger for the Stars In Battledress entertainment unit in World War II. His first radio broadcast was Original Songs At The Piano from Glasgow, and during the late 40s he worked with comedian Charlie Chester’s Stand Easy, making his recording debut accompanying Chester’s resident singer, Frederick Ferrari. He also conducted for the Henry Hall and Geraldo orchestras, and later formed his own band, the Tunesmiths. In 1953, he had a hit with the novelty ‘Little Red Monkey’, with composer Jack Jordan on the clavioline. Later that year, with a 40-piece orchestra featuring a large string section, Chacksfield made the Top 10 in the UK and US charts with Charles Chaplin’s ‘Terry’s Theme From Limelight ’, repeating the process in 1954 with his version of ‘Ebb Tide’....

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