Please visit some of Gordon's friends and colleagues at their websites below.

 
Angela Morley

Angela Morley (b. Leeds 1924) is one of the worlds leading arrangers, orchestrators, composers and conductors.  She has scored dozens of movies and television programmes, as well as having assisted on countless scores by other composers, most prolifically John Williams and Henry Mancini.  As a combined arranger and conductor, she provided accompaniments to all the top recording stars - including Mel Tormé and Shirley Bassey - from the 1940's to the 1970's.  She currently resides in Scottsdale, Arizona.

 

 

 


Cheryl Forbes

Cheryl Forbes is one of the UK's foremost up-and-coming mezzo sopranos.  Her rich voice and moving interpretations of the roles of Delilah, Carmen and various Verdi and Wagner heroines have been greatly acclaimed.  She also happenens to be Gordon's partner.




 

 

 



The Marilyn Horne Foundation
There have been few mezzo-sopranos in the history of singing who have enjoyed the success and gained the world-wide affection that Marilyn Horne has.  This link will take you to the website of the foundation which she started to encourage, support and preserve the art of the vocal recital through the presentation of vocal recitals and related educational programmes in communities across the United States.

 

 







Joan Hinde
Joan Hinde is the UK variety theatre's foremost female trumpeter.  Her mastery of the instrument and sparkling wit have made her one of the most enduring of British musical speciality acts.






 

  


Bernie Clifton

Britain's most zany comedy legend and Gordon's dear pal.

 

 

 




Moira Anderson
Moira Anderson is, without doubt, Scotland's most successful soprano recording star.  She has topped the bill at the London Palladium, the Blackpool Opera House and aboard the QE2, as well as hosting countless broadcasts of her own television programmes.  She has appeared in at least half a dozen Royal Command shows, holds an honourary doctorate from the University of Strathclyde and was awarded the OBE for services to music and charity.







 Mike Powell
Mike Powell is a superb vocalist.  His rich, warm tones have earned him the admiration of audiences throughout Britain.  He is also a fabulous vocal impersonator, his most notable imitations being those of Matt Monro and Scott Walker - for which he won the final of "Stars in Their Eyes" on ITV.











Andy Eastwood
Britains finest and busiest ukulele act, Andy's virtuosity on the ukulele, violin and guitar have ensured that he is one of the busiest and in-demand acts in Britain today.












Catherine Baker

Catherine is a musician, singer and actress.  She has never worked as a manicurist or a waitress, and she has never been interviewed by a newspaper about her work with children or the dispossessed.















Johnny Mac
Scotand's brightest new comic talent who has appeared at the Ayr Gaiety, The Pier Pavilion at Bournemouth and in pantomime throughout Britain.














Wayne Robertson
Wayne Robertson is one of Scotland's finest and most versatile accordionists.  His repertoire ranges from traditional Scottish music to works by Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich and Leroy Anderson.












Eddie Rose
A comic who’s has not been afraid to follow in the proud old Scottish tradition and is winning more fans at his every appearance.













Anne Lorne Gillies
Anne Lorne Gillies is a Scottish singer, songwriter, broadcaster, author and academic. Born in Stirling, she now lives in Ayrshire.  Raised on a croft in Argyll, she began singing in early childhood and won the Mòd Gold Medal when she was only seventeen - the day before she left home to study Celtic and English at Edinburgh University.










Joyce Alldred
Joyce Alldred has been one of the UK's foremost theatre organists for over fifty years.  Unfortunately she has been forced to retire from the concert circuit, but her website still contains a lot of interesting information regarding her career, recordings etc.

 

 

 

 

 The Swingcats

Scotland's finest female jazz harmony group, with their numbers from the 1930s, 40s and 50s recreating the sound of such groups as The Andrews Sisters.











Duggie Chapman Associates
Duggie Chapman is one of the UK's leading promoters specialising in the art of music hall, variety and traditional pantomime.  His star-studded shows still play to packed houses throughout the United Kingdom year after year.













The Grand Order of Water Rats
The Grand Order of Water Rats is one of the most prestigeous male fraternities in the entertainment world.  It is one of the greatest honours to be invited to become a Water Rat and the main function of the Order is the raising of funds for charitable organisations pertaining to the entertainment industry. 










The Grand Order of Lady Ratlings
The Grand Order of Lady Ratlings is one of the most prestigeous female sororities in the entertainment world.  It is one of the greatest honours to be invited to become a Lady Ratling and the main function of the Order is the raising of funds for charitable organisations pertaining to the entertainment industry. 










I.B.M. - British Ring
The International Brotherhood of Magicians is a worldwide organisation of some 13,000 members.  In order to become a member you must be proposed by two well-known members, then be deemed to have magical skills at the appropriate level by a British Interviewing Officer.  Gordon is a full diploma-holding member of the British Ring.





 

 The Robert Farnon Society

A thriving Society devoted to some of the finest musicians in the world of Light Music, also known as Easy Listening, Middle-of-the-Road, Mood Music or Concert Music.

 

 

 

 





 The British Music Hall Society
This steadily growing international organisation strives to preserve the history of Music Hall and Variety, and to recall the artistes who were part of that scene. It also continues to actively support and encourage the entertainers of the present.











The Cinema Organ Society
The official website of the UK's leading society for cinema and theatre organs and their organists.