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Cliff Jones

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ComposerLyricistBook Writer b. 1968

Cliff Jones (born 1968 in Hampton Court, London) is a British musician, songwriter, record producer, journalist and educator. Between 1996 and 2002, he was the lead singer of the Britpop band Gay Dad. As a music journalist in the 1990s, he contributed to publications such as Mojo, The Face and Melody Maker.

Also credited on1 work

Rockabye Hamlet

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In the literature1 passages

  • The composer was a Canadian, Cliff Jones. ‘Cliff’s score was very basic but very singable,’ says Gordon Lowry Harrell, music director of Rockabye Hamlet (1976). “The Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Boogie”, for example, was really Elton John, but it had integrity, it was Cliff’s way of telling the story.’ Unfortunately, it didn’t seem that w…ebooks/Steyn, Mark/Broadway Babies Say Goodnight_ Musicals Then and Now - Mark Steyn.txt

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