Steven Race

b. 1 Apr 1921, Lincoln, Britain. Competition is really a prolific broadcaster, pianist, article writer and composer, with preferences and skills which range from jazz to traditional music. He researched on the Royal Academy of Music in London before playing piano with different dance rings. He produced his initial broadcast with Willie Wilson’s Music group through the Criterion Theater, Piccadilly Circus, on 8 March 1941. Afterwards that year Competition joined up with the Royal Atmosphere Force, and arranged his very own musical ensembles, composing preparations for name rings such Ted Heath, Eric Winstone, Phil Green and Paul Fenoulhet as well as the Skyrockets. After his demobilization in 1946, Competition performed on broadcasts with Lew Rock, George Elrick and Jack port Jackson, and in addition spent six years as an audition pianist for the newly-formed BBC Tv Assistance. From 1955-60, he was Light Music Consultant towards the Associated Rediffusion Tv company, and done many of their top-rated displays including Chance Knocks. In 1966 Competition became chairman, and put together the queries for the musical -panel video game My Music. First on radio, after that television, the display went for over 500 editions, and in to the 90s. Various other programmes during an exceptionally varied broadcasting profession included Chat Of THE CITY, Centre Present, The Forces Present, Jazz In Perspective, Musician MOST IMPORTANTLY, Kaleidoscope, Appear What They’ve Done To My Tune, Jazz Record Demands and current affairs programs such as for example Any Queries and PM. He made an appearance frequently on BBC radio programs hosted by great comedians such as for example Tony Hancock, Peter Retailers, Arthur Askey and Dickie Henderson. A contributor to varied journals and periodicals, he previously a normal column within the Melody Machine for 12 years. His various other publications consist of Musician MOST IMPORTANTLY (an autobiography), My Music, Dear Music Fan, Steve Competition’s Music Quiz, You Can’t End up being Serious and BOTH Worlds Of Joseph Competition. In 1962 Competition earned the Ivor Novello Prize for the Excellent Orchestral Structure Of THE ENTIRE YEAR using the Latin-styled ‘Nicola’, called after his girl. His various other compositions consist of ‘Pied Piper (The Beeje)’ (which moved into the UK Best 30 in 1963), ‘Faraway Music’, ‘My Music – My Tracks’, ‘The Day time FROM THE Donkey’, furthermore to countless bits of feeling music and incidental music for tv and radio programs such as for example Cyrano de Bergerac, Twelfth Night time, Richard III, plus music for most television advertisements. In 1987 he was granted the Wavendon Allmusic Press Personality Of THE ENTIRE YEAR Honor, and in the next 12 months his Steve Competition Presents The BBC Radio Orchestra on Radio 2 received a major honor. After celebrating 50 years of broadcasting in 1991, a 12 months later on his contribution to well-known music was compensated with an OBE.