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John Dudley Leyton (born 17 February 1936) is an English retired actor and singer. Leyton as a singer is best known for his hit song "Johnny Remember Me" (written by Geoff Goddard and produced by Joe Meek), which reached number one in the UK Singles Chart in August 1961 despite being banned by the BBC for its death references.
John Dudley Leyton (Frinton-on-Sea, Essex, 17 de febrero de 1936) es un actor y cantante inglés. 1 Como cantante es muy conocido por su canción, "Johnny Remember Me" ( escrita por Geoff Goddard y producida por Joe Meek ), con la que logró el puesto número 1 en el Reino Unido en agosto de 1961 a pesar de haber sido prohibida por ...
10 de ene. de 2018 · The first huge hit for John Leyton in 1961, the brilliant song written by Geoff Goddard and wonderfully produced by Joe Meek. The Leyton and Meek images, and the girls' images I've borrowed,...
26 de mar. de 2016 · Now 80, he lives with his wife, Diana, in Suffolk. I became a teen idol and had further hits, including Wild Wind and Lonely City, but I felt far more at home as an actor than a singer. John ...
4 de may. de 2007 · John Leyton - Johnny Remember Me - YouTube. prop4g. 16.1K subscribers. Subscribed. 16K. 3.6M views 17 years ago. Britain's Number 1 (UK Singles Chart) in August 1961. ...more.
31 de ene. de 2015 · Joe Meek's productions for Leyton steered perilously close to all-out camp – check the comical clarinet burping behind the singer on Who Wants Johnny?
Although having experienced phenomenal success as a pop star, John felt far more at home as an actor than a singer. He returned to acting and his motion picture debut came when cast alongside Charles Bronson, Steve McQueen and Richard Attenborough as ‘WILLIE THE TUNNEL KING’ in the classic true war movie ‘THE GREAT ESCAPE’.
