Peter Noble (music promoter) Occupation Director Byron Bay Bluesfest Years active 1960s–present Peter Bruce Noble OAM is an Australian entrepreneur active in the music industry for almost 50 years. He is best known as the festival director of the annual Bluesfest Byron Bay, which has been running since 1990 & that he became a partner …
Frank Ford Born Frank John Ford 18th March 1935 Died 27 September 2018 (aged 83) Frank John Ford AM (18 March 1935 – 27 September 2018) was an Australian freelance writer, director, dramaturg and drama lecturer. He studied acting, drama theory, dramaturgy, directing and cinema in his degrees: M.F.A. (Theatre Arts) from Columbia University, New …
R. M. Williams Born 24 May 1908Belalie North, South AustraliaDied 4 November 2003 (aged 95)Toowoomba, QueenslandNationality AustralianOccupation Entrepreneur, bushman Reginald Murray Williams AO, CMG (24 May 1908 – 4 November 2003) was an Australian bushman and entrepreneur who rose from a swagman to a millionaire. Widely known as just ‘R.M.’, he was born at Belalie …
Orville Gibson Born Orville H. Gibson Chateaugay, New York, United States Died August 19, 1918 Ogdensburg, New York, United States Occupation Inventor and company founder Orville H. Gibson (May 1856 – August 19, 1918) was a luthier who founded the Gibson Guitar Company in Kalamazoo, Michigan in 1902, makers of guitars, mandolins and other instruments. …
Isaac Tigrett Born Isaac Burton Tigrett November 28, 1948 (age 70) Jackson, Tennessee, U.S. Alma mater Centre College Occupation Founder of Hard Rock Café and House of Blues Isaac Burton Tigrett (born November 28, 1948, Jackson, Tennessee) is an American businessman, best known as the co-founder of Hard Rock Café and House of Blues. On …
Above Ivan Dayman pictured centre of the photo with Diana Trask with the Eddie White’s All Stars. Ivan Dayman Ivan Howard Dayman (20 July 1920 – 1 October 1989) was an Australian music promoter, record producer, label owner and talent manager of the 1960s and 1970s, based first in Adelaide, then Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth. …
National String Instrument Corporation Former type Private Industry Musical instruments Successor National Reso-Phonic Guitar Founded 1927 in Los Angeles, California Founder John Dopyera George Beauchamp Defunct 1932; 86 years ago (merged to Dobro) Headquarters Los Angeles, California, USA Products Resonator guitars The National String Instrument Corporation was a guitar company that formed to manufacture the …
Tony Calder Born 27 June 1943 Origin London, England Died 2 January 2018 (aged 74) Occupation(s) Talent spotter, manager, impresario and author Tony Calder (27 June 1943 – 2 January 2018) was an English record manager, impresario, talent-spotter, promoter and public relations agent. He was Andrew Loog Oldham’s business partner from 1963 to December 1969. …
Above: William Gold’s US theatrical release poster for Casablanca (1942) Bill Gold Born William Gold January 3, 1921 Brooklyn, New York City, U.S. Died May 20, 2018 (aged 97) Greenwich, Connecticut, U.S. Alma mater Pratt Institute Occupation Graphic designer, film poster artist William Gold (January 3, 1921 – May 20, 2018) was an American graphic designer best …
