Johnny Worth aka Les Vandyke RIP

[GoldenStreet]

Regrettably, aged 90, another songwriter stalwart has departed - good memories of the early days.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfVV2imK-eE

Bill

[anniv 63]

Ah yes Jet& Tonys Applejack by Vandyke and De Mare - wonder who he was anyone know?

Mike

[JimN]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Vandyke

John Worsley, or even Yani Panakos Paraskeva Skoradalides.

Vandyke and Worth were both noms de plumes.

[GoldenStreet]

Ah yes Jet& Tonys Applejack by Vandyke and De Mare - wonder who he was anyone know?

Mike

The De Mare composer credit is missing from some pressings of the single as well as the sheet music...

http://www.45cat.com/record/f11710

Quite possibly, though, it was a pseudonym for Tony Meehan (musical director and producer).

Bill

[JimN]

As well as Applejack in 1963 for the Jet / Tony partnership, there was also Some People for The Eagles, Carol Deene and Jet in 1962.

[shadowriter]

Don't know if this is the same Johhny Worth but I'm sure I remember
a Johnny Worth making recordings for Woolworth's Embassy label.

[JimN]

Don't know if this is the same Johhny Worth but I'm sure I remember
a Johnny Worth making recordings for Woolworth's Embassy label.

The same person.

[GoldenStreet]

Don't know if this is the same Johhny Worth but I'm sure I remember
a Johnny Worth making recordings for Woolworth's Embassy label.

The same person.

Embassy, in particular during the 50s/early 60s (as a budget covers label), was very much a home for well-known artists using pseudonyms, a practice that dates back to the earliest days of the recording industry.

Johnny Worth's rendition on Embassy of A Voice In The Wilderness...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkMXpDK7wLk

Bill