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About: Jake Thackray

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John Philip "Jake" Thackray (27 February 1938 – 24 December 2002) was an English singer-songwriter, poet, humourist 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 categorise.

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  • جيك ثاكري (بالإنجليزية: Jake Thackray)‏ هو مغن مؤلف وشاعر بريطاني، ولد في 27 فبراير 1938 في ليدز في المملكة المتحدة، وتوفي في 24 ديسمبر 2002 في مونموث في المملكة المتحدة. (ar)
  • John Philip "Jake" Thackray (27 February 1938 – 24 December 2002) was an English singer-songwriter, poet, humourist 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 categorise. 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 his 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 has influenced, many performers including Jarvis Cocker, Alex Turner, Benjamin Clementine, Mike Harding, Momus, Ralph McTell, Morrissey, and Jasper Carrott. (en)
  • John Philip "Jake" Thackray (Kirkstall, 27 febbraio 1938 – Monmouth, 24 dicembre 2002) è stato un cantautore e poeta britannico. (it)
  • John Philip Jake Thackray (27 février 1938 - 24 décembre 2002) était un auteur-compositeur-interprète et journaliste britannique né à Leeds et mort à Monmouth au Pays de Galles. (fr)
  • Джон Филип «Джейк» Тэкрей (27 февраля 1938 — 24 декабря 2002) — английский автор-исполнитель, шансонье, поэт, журналист. Пользовался широкой известностью на рубеже 1960-70-х годов, когда его выступления многократно транслировались по телевидению. Песням Джейка Тэкрея трудно дать четкое жанровое определение: он тяготел к повествовательным песенным сюжетам, однако стилистически они представляют собой весьма пеструю смесь — от вульгарно-сниженных комедийных до пасторально-лирических. (ru)
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  • جيك ثاكري (بالإنجليزية: Jake Thackray)‏ هو مغن مؤلف وشاعر بريطاني، ولد في 27 فبراير 1938 في ليدز في المملكة المتحدة، وتوفي في 24 ديسمبر 2002 في مونموث في المملكة المتحدة. (ar)
  • John Philip "Jake" Thackray (Kirkstall, 27 febbraio 1938 – Monmouth, 24 dicembre 2002) è stato un cantautore e poeta britannico. (it)
  • John Philip Jake Thackray (27 février 1938 - 24 décembre 2002) était un auteur-compositeur-interprète et journaliste britannique né à Leeds et mort à Monmouth au Pays de Galles. (fr)
  • Джон Филип «Джейк» Тэкрей (27 февраля 1938 — 24 декабря 2002) — английский автор-исполнитель, шансонье, поэт, журналист. Пользовался широкой известностью на рубеже 1960-70-х годов, когда его выступления многократно транслировались по телевидению. Песням Джейка Тэкрея трудно дать четкое жанровое определение: он тяготел к повествовательным песенным сюжетам, однако стилистически они представляют собой весьма пеструю смесь — от вульгарно-сниженных комедийных до пасторально-лирических. (ru)
  • John Philip "Jake" Thackray (27 February 1938 – 24 December 2002) was an English singer-songwriter, poet, humourist 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 categorise. (en)
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  • Тэкрей, Джейк (ru)
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