Alan Blaikley

Alan Tudor Blaikley (23 March 1940 – 4 July 2022)[1][2][3] was an English songwriter and composer. He was best known for writing the UK number one singles "Have I the Right?" and "The Legend of Xanadu".[4] He also wrote the theme music for the BBC's long-running series of Agatha Christie's Miss Marple.

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

References

  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. Mirror Group Newspapers. 5 July 2022. https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/elvis-presley-hit-songwriter-alan-27402515. Retrieved 5 July 2022. 
  3. Obituaries, Telegraph (2022-07-06). "Alan Blaikley, co-writer of a string of Sixties and Seventies pop hits who went on to become a psychotherapist – obituary" (in en-GB). The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235 . https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2022/07/06/alan-blaikley-co-writer-string-sixties-seventies-hits-who-went/. Retrieved 2022-07-06. 
  4. Entry under Howard & Blaikley in The Penguin Encyclopaedia of Popular Music (1989)