Sheet music cover for 'Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo' by The Alan Price Set (John Walters; Peter Kirtley; Alan Price; Rod Slade; Steve Gregory; Roy Mills)

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Sheet music cover for 'Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo' by The Alan Price Set (John Walters; Peter Kirtley; Alan Price; Rod Slade; Steve Gregory; Roy Mills)

published by Robbins Music Corporation Ltd, after Unknown photographer
halftone reproduction, published 1952
11 in. x 8 1/2 in. (280 mm x 217 mm) paper size
Given by Terence Pepper, 2014
Reference Collection
NPG D48503

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Sittersback to top

  • Steve Gregory (1945-), Musician; jazz saxophonist and composer. Sitter associated with 1 portrait. Identify
  • Peter Kirtley (active 1960s), Musician; guitarist for The Alan Price Set. Sitter associated with 1 portrait. Identify
  • Roy Mills (active 1960s), Musician; drummer for The Alan Price Set. Sitter associated with 1 portrait. Identify
  • Alan Price (1942-), Musician; member of The Animals and The Alan Price Set. Sitter in 2 portraits. Identify
  • Rod Slade (died 2013), Musician; bassist for The Alan Price Set. Sitter associated with 1 portrait. Identify
  • John Walters (1939-2001), Radio producer and presenter; Musician. Sitter associated with 1 portrait. Identify

Events of 1952back to top

Current affairs

King George VI is found dead in his bed in Sandringham; he had been suffering from lung cancer. His daughter Elizabeth, who was in Kenya at the time, became Queen, the only monarch not to know the precise moment of her accession as her father was alone when he died. Elizabeth was crowned the following year.

Art and science

Samuel Beckett's play, Waiting for Godot is performed for the first time in Paris. The play belongs to the Theatre of the Absurd style, which influenced playwrights such as Harold Pinter and Tom Stoppard.
Agatha Christie's play The Mousetrap opens in London. It is still going.

International

Mau Mau rebels in Kenya rise up against the British colonial administration. The rebellion was sparked by the growing poverty of the native farmers under the rule of white settlers and called for Kenyan independence. The violence of the rebels, who often murdered settlers and loyalists, was met by the indiscriminate suppression by the British Military, who executed hundreds of suspects.

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