Matches in DBpedia 2015-10 for { <http://dbpedia.org/resource/John_ONeill_(musician)> ?p ?o }
Showing triples 1 to 99 of
99
with 100 triples per page.
- John_ONeill_(musician) abstract "John O'Neill (1926 — 1999) was a professional singer, born in Stanley, County Durham, England to Irish parents from County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. He was in demand for his tenor singing as well as his whistling skills. He was also a trumpeter. O'Neill was largely self-taught and was able to sight-read music scores.He began his musical career playing in a dance band in Craghead, Durham where he met his soon-to-be wife, Catherine Collins. He was drafted to India to entertain the officers and on his return was a founder member of 'The Four Ramblers' with Val Doonican. In the 1960s he was regularly booked to be in popular light entertainment TV shows such as 'The Black and White Minstrel Show' and 'Sunday Night at the London Palladium'. He frequently worked as a session singer alongside many contemporary comedians and entertainers such as Tommy Trinder, Charlie Drake and Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise of 'The Morecambe and Wise Show'.He had a number one hit single with "I Was Kaiser Bill's Batman" credited as Whistling Jack Smith (a play on "Whispering" Jack Smith). He recorded this as the solo whistler for a set fee and was never acknowledged as the performer of this unusual hit, nor paid any royalties. When the track was aired on Top of the Pops, O'Neill and his family were shocked to see an actor appear on stage to mime to the recorded backing track. Some sources incorrectly attribute the single to British Decca/Deram producer Noel Walker, as producer and performing artist although the b-side of the single The British Grin and Bear is co-attributed to Walker.One of his most well-known whistling achievements was as soloist whistler on the 'Spaghetti Western', The Good, the Bad and the Ugly main theme to the original 1966 version by Ennio Morricone although this is also sometimes incorrectly accredited to Alessandro Alessandroni. He also sang the theme tune to the American TV series Wagon Train where he was credited as Johnny O'Neill. In addition, O'Neill was the solo whistler for the Flambards theme and for The Eagle Has Landed.Among his many accomplishments were vinyl recording of traditional Irish songs. One such example, The Gordon Franks Singers And Music With John O'Neill was recorded with The Gordon Franks Singers and Music in which he was the solo tenor. On these recordings, O'Neill sings in an Irish accent, though his actual voice was rather more Geordie/London.Living for the majority of their life in Ilford in Essex, they raised four daughters and later retired to Dovercourt, Essex.".
- John_ONeill_(musician) birthDate "1926".
- John_ONeill_(musician) birthYear "1926".
- John_ONeill_(musician) deathDate "1999".
- John_ONeill_(musician) deathYear "1999".
- John_ONeill_(musician) wikiPageID "9075774".
- John_ONeill_(musician) wikiPageLength "4482".
- John_ONeill_(musician) wikiPageOutDegree "41".
- John_ONeill_(musician) wikiPageRevisionID "643008246".
- John_ONeill_(musician) wikiPageWikiLink %22Whispering%22_Jack_Smith.
- John_ONeill_(musician) wikiPageWikiLink A-side_and_B-side.
- John_ONeill_(musician) wikiPageWikiLink Alessandro_Alessandroni.
- John_ONeill_(musician) wikiPageWikiLink Autodidacticism.
- John_ONeill_(musician) wikiPageWikiLink B-side.
- John_ONeill_(musician) wikiPageWikiLink Batman_(military).
- John_ONeill_(musician) wikiPageWikiLink Category:1926_births.
- John_ONeill_(musician) wikiPageWikiLink Category:1999_deaths.
- John_ONeill_(musician) wikiPageWikiLink Category:20th-century_English_singers.
- John_ONeill_(musician) wikiPageWikiLink Category:Deram_Records_artists.
- John_ONeill_(musician) wikiPageWikiLink Category:English_musicians.
- John_ONeill_(musician) wikiPageWikiLink Category:English_tenors.
- John_ONeill_(musician) wikiPageWikiLink Category:Musicians_from_County_Durham.
- John_ONeill_(musician) wikiPageWikiLink Category:Whistlers.
- John_ONeill_(musician) wikiPageWikiLink Charlie_Drake.
- John_ONeill_(musician) wikiPageWikiLink Conscription.
- John_ONeill_(musician) wikiPageWikiLink County_Tyrone.
- John_ONeill_(musician) wikiPageWikiLink Craghead.
- John_ONeill_(musician) wikiPageWikiLink Decca_Records.
- John_ONeill_(musician) wikiPageWikiLink Deram_Records.
- John_ONeill_(musician) wikiPageWikiLink Dovercourt.
- John_ONeill_(musician) wikiPageWikiLink Ennio_Morricone.
- John_ONeill_(musician) wikiPageWikiLink Eric_Morecambe.
- John_ONeill_(musician) wikiPageWikiLink Ernie_Wise.
- John_ONeill_(musician) wikiPageWikiLink Essex.
- John_ONeill_(musician) wikiPageWikiLink Flambards_(TV_series).
- John_ONeill_(musician) wikiPageWikiLink Geordie.
- John_ONeill_(musician) wikiPageWikiLink I_Was_Kaiser_Bills_Batman.
- John_ONeill_(musician) wikiPageWikiLink Ilford.
- John_ONeill_(musician) wikiPageWikiLink Noel_Walker_(musician).
- John_ONeill_(musician) wikiPageWikiLink Spaghetti_Western.
- John_ONeill_(musician) wikiPageWikiLink Stanley,_County_Durham.
- John_ONeill_(musician) wikiPageWikiLink Sunday_Night_at_the_London_Palladium.
- John_ONeill_(musician) wikiPageWikiLink Sunday_Night_at_the_Palladium.
- John_ONeill_(musician) wikiPageWikiLink Tenor.
- John_ONeill_(musician) wikiPageWikiLink The_Black_and_White_Minstrel_Show.
- John_ONeill_(musician) wikiPageWikiLink The_Eagle_Has_Landed_(film).
- John_ONeill_(musician) wikiPageWikiLink The_Good,_the_Bad_and_the_Ugly_(theme).
- John_ONeill_(musician) wikiPageWikiLink Tommy_Trinder.
- John_ONeill_(musician) wikiPageWikiLink Top_of_the_Pops.
- John_ONeill_(musician) wikiPageWikiLink Val_Doonican.
- John_ONeill_(musician) wikiPageWikiLink Wagon_Train.
- John_ONeill_(musician) wikiPageWikiLink Whispering_Jack_Smith.
- John_ONeill_(musician) wikiPageWikiLink Whistling.
- John_ONeill_(musician) wikiPageWikiLinkText "John O'Neill (musician)".
- John_ONeill_(musician) wikiPageWikiLinkText "John O'Neill".
- John_ONeill_(musician) wikiPageWikiLinkText "Whistling Jack Smith".
- John_ONeill_(musician) wikiPageWikiLinkText "whistling jack".
- John_ONeill_(musician) dateOfBirth "1926".
- John_ONeill_(musician) dateOfDeath "1999".
- John_ONeill_(musician) hasPhotoCollection John_ONeill_(musician).
- John_ONeill_(musician) name "Oneill, John".
- John_ONeill_(musician) shortDescription "British singer".
- John_ONeill_(musician) wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Citation_needed.
- John_ONeill_(musician) wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Multiple_issues.
- John_ONeill_(musician) wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Other_people.
- John_ONeill_(musician) wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Persondata.
- John_ONeill_(musician) wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Reflist.
- John_ONeill_(musician) description "British singer".
- John_ONeill_(musician) description "British singer".
- John_ONeill_(musician) subject Category:1926_births.
- John_ONeill_(musician) subject Category:1999_deaths.
- John_ONeill_(musician) subject Category:20th-century_English_singers.
- John_ONeill_(musician) subject Category:Deram_Records_artists.
- John_ONeill_(musician) subject Category:English_musicians.
- John_ONeill_(musician) subject Category:English_tenors.
- John_ONeill_(musician) subject Category:Musicians_from_County_Durham.
- John_ONeill_(musician) subject Category:Whistlers.
- John_ONeill_(musician) hypernym Singer.
- John_ONeill_(musician) type Agent.
- John_ONeill_(musician) type MusicalArtist.
- John_ONeill_(musician) type Person.
- John_ONeill_(musician) type Person.
- John_ONeill_(musician) type Agent.
- John_ONeill_(musician) type NaturalPerson.
- John_ONeill_(musician) type Thing.
- John_ONeill_(musician) type Q215627.
- John_ONeill_(musician) type Q5.
- John_ONeill_(musician) type Person.
- John_ONeill_(musician) comment "John O'Neill (1926 — 1999) was a professional singer, born in Stanley, County Durham, England to Irish parents from County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. He was in demand for his tenor singing as well as his whistling skills. He was also a trumpeter. O'Neill was largely self-taught and was able to sight-read music scores.He began his musical career playing in a dance band in Craghead, Durham where he met his soon-to-be wife, Catherine Collins.".
- John_ONeill_(musician) label "John O'Neill (musician)".
- John_ONeill_(musician) sameAs m.027wryq.
- John_ONeill_(musician) sameAs Q6250997.
- John_ONeill_(musician) sameAs Q6250997.
- John_ONeill_(musician) wasDerivedFrom John_ONeill_(musician)oldid=643008246.
- John_ONeill_(musician) givenName "John".
- John_ONeill_(musician) isPrimaryTopicOf John_ONeill_(musician).
- John_ONeill_(musician) name "John Oneill".
- John_ONeill_(musician) name "Oneill, John".
- John_ONeill_(musician) surname "Oneill".