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- Jake_Thackray abstract "John Philip \"Jake\" Thackray (27 February 1938 – 24 December 2002) was an English singer-songwriter, poet and journalist. Best known in the late 1960s and early 1970s for his topical comedy songs performed on British television, his work ranged from satirical to bawdy to sentimental to pastoral, with a strong emphasis on storytelling, making him difficult to pigeonhole.Thackray sang in a lugubrious baritone voice, accompanying himself on a nylon-strung guitar in a style that was part classical, part jazz. His witty lyrics and clipped delivery, combined with his strong Yorkshire accent and the northern setting of many of his songs, led to him being described as the \"North Country Noël Coward\", a comparison Thackray resisted, although he acknowledged his lyrics were in the English tradition of Coward and Flanders and Swann, \"who are wordy, funny writers\". However, his tunes derived from the French chansonnier tradition: he claimed Georges Brassens as his greatest inspiration, and he was also influenced by Jacques Brel and Charles Trenet. He also admired Randy Newman. He was admired by, and influenced, many performers including Jarvis Cocker, Mike Harding, Momus, Ralph McTell, Morrissey, Alex Turner, and Jasper Carrott.".
- Jake_Thackray activeYearsEndYear "1967".
- Jake_Thackray activeYearsStartYear "1967".
- Jake_Thackray background "solo_singer".
- Jake_Thackray birthDate "1938-02-27".
- Jake_Thackray deathDate "2002-12-24".
- Jake_Thackray deathPlace Monmouth.
- Jake_Thackray deathPlace Monmouthshire.
- Jake_Thackray genre Chansonnier.
- Jake_Thackray genre Comedy.
- Jake_Thackray genre Folk_music.
- Jake_Thackray genre Singer-songwriter.
- Jake_Thackray hometown Kirkstall.
- Jake_Thackray hometown Leeds.
- Jake_Thackray hometown West_Riding_of_Yorkshire.
- Jake_Thackray instrument Guitar.
- Jake_Thackray instrument Singing.
- Jake_Thackray occupation Singer-songwriter.
- Jake_Thackray recordLabel EMI.
- Jake_Thackray wikiPageExternalLink www.jakethackray.co.uk.
- Jake_Thackray wikiPageExternalLink www.sisterjosephine.com.
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- Jake_Thackray wikiPageLength "21293".
- Jake_Thackray wikiPageOutDegree "129".
- Jake_Thackray wikiPageRevisionID "704029736".
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- Jake_Thackray wikiPageWikiLink Category:1938_births.
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- Jake_Thackray wikiPageWikiLink Category:20th-century_English_singers.
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- Jake_Thackray wikiPageWikiLink Ian_McMillan_(poet).
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- Jake_Thackray wikiPageWikiLink Jakes_Progress_(album).
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- Jake_Thackray wikiPageWikiLink Kirkstall.
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- Jake_Thackray wikiPageWikiLink Leeds.
- Jake_Thackray wikiPageWikiLink Lille.
- Jake_Thackray wikiPageWikiLink Linda_Thompson_(singer).
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- Jake_Thackray wikiPageWikiLink London_Palladium.
- Jake_Thackray wikiPageWikiLink Margaret_Thatcher.
- Jake_Thackray wikiPageWikiLink Mike_Harding.
- Jake_Thackray wikiPageWikiLink Milton_Keynes.
- Jake_Thackray wikiPageWikiLink Momus_(musician).