Leslie Phillips
Leslie Samuel Phillips, CBE (born 20 April 1924) is a British actor who came to prominence in films in the 1950s, acting as a suave charmer with an exaggerated upper-class accent, in the style of Terry-Thomas. After a notable success in the Carry On films and the Doctor series, he moved away from comedy into character roles in the Harry Potter series and many TV sitcoms, as well as stage work.
Early life
Contrary to the impression given by his public persona, Phillips came from a background of poverty. He was born in Tottenham, north London, England, the son of Cecelia Margaret (née Newlove) and Frederick Samuel Phillips, who worked at Glover and Main, manufacturers of cookers in Edmonton; the "filthy, sulphurous" air of the factory gave Frederick a weak heart and edema, leading to his death at the age of 44. In 1931, the family moved to Chingford, then in Essex, now part of Greater London, where Phillips attended Larkswood Primary School.
It was his mother who decided that Phillips should be sent to the Italia Conti Academy to receive elocution lessons to lose his natural cockney accent. At that time a strong regional accent was a major impediment to an aspiring actor. It proved to be an astute move and by the age of 14 Phillips was the family's main breadwinner, saving his mother from squalor.
Sam Phillips (musician)
Sam Phillips (born Leslie Ann Phillips January 28, 1962) is an American singer, songwriter, composer and actress. She began her career in the contemporary Christian music industry but, uncomfortable with that image and industry, she re-branded herself as "Sam"—transitioning into the mainstream market after meeting producer T-Bone Burnett. She has released eight albums including the critically acclaimed Martinis and Bikinis in 1994. She has also composed scores for the television shows Gilmore Girls and Bunheads.
Early life
Phillips was born in Glendale, California.
Career
She began her musical career in the early 1980s, singing background vocals for Christian artists Mark Heard and Randy Stonehill. Phillips was signed to a solo contract with Myrrh Records – under her given name – and recorded four Christian pop albums, Beyond Saturday Night, Dancing with Danger, Black and White in a Grey World and, finally, The Turning, which teamed her with producer and future husband, T-Bone Burnett. Several became Top 10 singles on Christian radio and Myrrh records promoted her as "the Christian Cyndi Lauper". Phillips was never comfortable with this image, and it was a bone of contention between her and her label. She began using the name "Sam" professionally in 1988 when she left Myrrh Records and signed with Virgin Records in order to distance herself from her prior persona.
Leslie Phillips (disambiguation)
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Leslie Phillips
ALBUMS
- Ambience: Piano released: 2009
- The Best Poetry Album in the World... Ever! released: 1996
The Best Poetry Album in the World... Ever!
Released 1996- Sonnet 18
- The Flea
- To Celia
- Paradise Lost (excerpt)
- The Tyger
- Daffodils
- Kubla Khan
- She Walks in Beauty
- To Autumn
- Past and Present
- How Do I Love Thee?
- Ulysees (excerpt)
- Home-Thoughts, From Abroad
- Remembrance
- The Owl and the Pussycat
- Longing
- A Birthday
- If
- The Ballad of Reading Gaol (excerpt)
- Aedh Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven
- The Listeners
- The Highwayman
- Glory of Women
- The Soldier
- Dulce Et Decorum Est
- Not to Sleep
- Not Waving but Drowning
- Walking Away
- How to Get on in Society
- Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
- Hawk Roosting
- Wedding Day
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ALBUMS
- Push Any Button released: 2013
- Solid State released: 2011
- Cameras in the Sky released: 2011
- Don't Do Anything released: 2008
- A Boot and a Shoe released: 2004
- Fan Dance released: 2001
- Zero Zero Zero released: 1999
- The Turning released: 1997
- Omnipop (It's Only a Flesh Wound Lambchop) released: 1996
- Martinis & Bikinis released: 1994
- Cruel Inventions released: 1991
- The Indescribable Wow released: 1988
- Dancing With Danger released:
- Black and White in a Grey World released:
- Beyond Saturday Night released:
- Recollection released:
Zero Zero Zero
Released 1999- Disappearing Act
- I Need Love
- Holding on to the Earth (New version)
- Signposts
- Where the Colors Don't Go (Alternative mix)
- Animals on Wheels
- Black Sky
- Flame (remix)
- Ribot Tripping Over Gravity
- Hole in Time
- You Lost My Mind
- Cruel Inventions
- Fighting With Fire (remix)
- Lying (Alternative mix)
- Strawberry Road
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Light of Love
by: Leslie PhillipsVerse 1:
I don't want to love you
At least not the way you're thinking
I don't want to climb the stairs up to your room
'Cause up there in the darkness
The love that we'd reach for
Would disappear at dawn with the fading moon
Chorus:
And in the light of love
You'll see how long it takes for love to be
In the light of love
I'll wait to have you and you'll wait to have me
Verse 2:
I have lonely sunsets
Where my heart sinks into dusk
And I want someone to hold me through the night
I know that you are willing
But if it's not forever
I just can't walk away from what is right
Repeat Chorus
Bridge:
And He makes it shine down from above
For man and wife to share His love
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