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  1. Angela Morley (10 March 1924 [1] [2] – 14 January 2009 [3]) was an English composer and conductor who became familiar to BBC Radio listeners in the 1950s under the name of Wally Stott. Morley provided incidental music for The Goon Show and Hancock's Half Hour .

  2. Feb 3, 2022 · Born in Leeds in 1924, Angela Morley was a pioneering English composer, conductor, arranger, orchestrator and performer, who specialised in music for the screen. She was also a three time Emmy Award-winning musical director, and the first openly transgender person to be nominated for an Oscar, receiving two Academy Award nominations in her ...

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  3. Mar 15, 2024 · Angela Morley was born Wally Stott in Leeds [in 1924. Stott became a well-known name in BBC Radio with work on The Goon Show and by composing the unmistakable theme to Hancock’s Half Hour. This ...

  4. Jan 26, 2009 · Angela Morley. A profile of the celebrated composer of theme tunes and incidental music for TV and radio, who famously underwent a sex change operation in the early 1970s. Angela Morley was born ...

  5. Angela Morley, formerly Wally (Walter) Stott, was an English alto saxophonist, composer, arranger and conductor. Although mostly a self-taught musician, Stott was able to sight read and secured work with various British dance bands during World War II. He began his career as a composer and arranger, gaining experience arranging for bands of ...

  6. Feb 23, 2016 · In 1972, Wally Stott's transition to Angela Morley made front page news. Wally was famous. He was composer for the Goon Show and Hancock's Half Hour, and music director to stars like Frankie ...

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  8. Mar 20, 2017 · DAVID YOUNG TELLS US THE FASCINATING STORY OF ANGELA MORLEY, THE FIRST TRANSGENDER WOMAN TO BE NOMINATED FOR AN ACADEMY AWARD. When ANOHNI was nominated for the award ‘Best Original Song’ at the 88th Academy Awards in 2016, many people, including journalists at NME and Rolling Stone, assu

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