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Leighton Lucas

1903-1982 GB, London
Composer / Conductor of Folk

Leighton Lucas (5 January 1903 – 1 November 1982) was an English composer and conductor. Born into a musical family (his father, Clarence Lucas, was also a noted composer), he began his career as a dancer for Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes (1918–21). He became a ballet conductor at 19, as well as a self-taught composer of religious works and film music.

     
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Of Love and Destiny on Archives 3 - Showbiz / Romance by Various Artists
Columbine on The Golden Age of Light Music: Musical Kaleidoscope - Vol. 2 by Various Artists, Charles Williams, Dolfvan der Linden, George Melachrino, Leighton Lucas, Sidney Torch, Alfonzo D’Artega, Arturo Chaite, Don Felipe, Elliott Mayes, Felix King, Frederic Curzon, George Liberace, Georges Devereaux, Hans May, Jackie Brown, Monty Kelly, Ray Ventura, Reg Owen, Robert Farnon, Alfonzo D'Artega Orchestra, Arturo Chaite Orchestra, Camarata Orchestra, Danish State Radio Orchestra, Dolf van der Linden Metropole Orchestra, Dolf van der Linden Orchestra, Don Felipe Cuban Caballeros, Felix King Orchestra, George Liberace Orchestra, George Melachrino Orchestra, Harmonic Orchestra, Jackie Brown Orchestra, Lansdowne Light Orchestra, Leighton Lucas Orchestra, London Promenade Orchestra, L'Orchestre Devereaux, The Monty Kelly Orchestra, New Century Orchestra, New Concert Orchestra, Queen's Hall Light Orchestra & Ray Ventura Orchestra
Target For Tonight March - 1943 Recording on RAF Bomber Command At War 1939-45 by Various Artists
Pas D'action on Kpm Brownsleeves: Kpmlpb 11 by Various Artists
Tete-A-Tete on West End by Jack Strachey & Leighton Lucas
Death the Horseman on Into Orbit/Evil Omen/Death the Horseman by King Palmer
Heroic Prelude on JW Vault, Vol. 104 by Leighton Lucas & Cedric King Palmer
Target For Tonight on Target for Tonight by Leighton Lucas & Roger Barsotti
Promenade on Rickshaw Rush Hour by Ruth Guthrie, Thomas Garwood & Leighton Lucas
Yearning on JW Vault, Vol. 110 by Various Artists

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Discography
Title Artist Year Type
Tunes For Maypole DancesLeighton Lucas1953Album
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