Clive Westlake
Gerald Clive Westlake (25 December 1932 – 17 June 2000) was a British songwriter.
He was born in Newport, Wales, and studied at the Royal Academy of Music and worked as music teacher at Robert Richardson Grammar School, Ryhope, near Sunderland In the late 1950s early 1960s before working as a songwriter with music publishers Carlin Music. He is most associated with songs written for Dusty Springfield, including "Losing You" (co-written with Tom Springfield) and "All I See Is You" (co-written with Ben Wiseman) — both of which peaked at no. 9 on the UK singles chart, in 1964 and 1966 respectively — and "I Close My Eyes and Count To Ten", which reached no. 4 in the UK in 1968. He also co-wrote "Here I Go Again" with Mort Shuman for The Hollies —a UK no. 4 in 1964 — and wrote songs recorded by Shirley Bassey, Vera Lynn, Elvis Presley, Petula Clark, Cilla Black, Tom Jones, Roger Whittaker, Crystal Gayle and others.
He moved to Nashville in 1980. He died at his home in Pegram, Tennessee, at the age of 67.
Westlake
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Westlake (album)
Westlake is the first album by English singer and songwriter David Westlake. The record was released in 1987 on Creation Records. Luke Haines describes it as "a minor classic".
Context
Westlake is a mini-album recorded 18–19 April 1987 at Greenhouse Studios in Islington, London by Paul Gadd (son of Gary Glitter) and Steve Nunn. The record was Luke Haines's first release. The Triffids' rhythm section plays on the record.
Alternative versions of three of the songs on Westlake ("The Word Around Town", "Dream Come True" and "Everlasting") feature in a BBC Radio One session recorded in January 1987 for Janice Long by David Westlake with Robert Forster, Robert Vickers and Amanda Brown of The Go-Betweens.
Between 1985 and 1991 David Westlake was in British indie band The Servants.
Alternative versions of "The Word Around Town" and "She Grew and She Grew" appear on Hey Hey We're The Manqués, a collection of demos issued by Cherry Red Records in 2012 with the Servants' second album Small Time.
Westlake, Ohio
Westlake is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States. The population was 32,729 at the 2010 census. It is an affluent suburb of Cleveland located 12 miles west of downtown Cleveland.
Geography
Westlake is located at 41°27′16″N 81°55′43″W / 41.45444°N 81.92861°W (41.454439, -81.928657).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 15.93 square miles (41.26 km2), all land.
Demographics
The median income for a household in the city was $64,963, and the median income for a family was $81,223 (these figures had changed to $63,252 and $90,397 respectively as of a 2007 estimate). Males had a median income of $60,429 versus $36,999 for females. The per capita income for the city was $37,142. About 1.3% of families and 2.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 1.7% of those under age 18 and 2.8% of those age 65 or over. Of the city's population over the age of 25, 50.1% hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
89.3% spoke English, 1.6% Arabic, 1.5% Spanish, 1.3% Greek, and 0.7% German and Chinese.
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Beyond the Black Stump (comic strip)
Beyond the Black Stump is an Australian comic strip written by Sean Leahy. It debuted in 1988 and won the "Best Comic Strip" at the 2003 National Coffs Harbour Cartoon Awards and the "Comic Strip Cartoonist of the Year" at the Australian Cartoonist's Association's Stanley Award the same year.
The strip follows a cast of Australian wildlife who deal with the day-to-day stresses of marriage, parenting and friendship.
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Clive (New Zealand electorate)
Clive was a parliamentary electorate in the Hawke's Bay region of New Zealand from 1861 to 1881.
Population centres
The electorate was centred on the town of Clive.
History
Clive was formed for the 3rd New Zealand Parliament, i.e. in 1861. It existed until 1881. During this period, Clive was represented by one Member of Parliament, John Davies Ormond.
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