Hubert Gregg (July 14, 1914 - March 30, 2004) was a BBC broadcaster, writer and stage actor, in recent times probably best known for the BBC Radio 2 "oldies" shows A Square Deal and Thanks For The Memory. Events 1223 - Louis VIII becomes King of France upon the death of his father Philip II of France. Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Events 240 BC - 1st recorded Perihelion passage of Halley's Comet. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " A presenter, or host (sometimes hostess, in feminine form is a Person or Organization responsible for running an event A writer is anyone who creates a written work although the word usually designates those who write creatively or professionally as well as those who have written in many different forms An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works In an earlier era he had also been a novelist, a theatre director and a hit songwriter. A novel (from Italian novella, Spanish novela, French nouvelle for "new" "news" or "short story A theatre director or stage director is a practitioner in the Theatre field who oversees and orchestrates the mounting of a theatre production (a play, A songwriter is someone who writes the Lyrics to songs the Musical composition (chords or Melody to songs or both
Born in Islington, London, he worked for the BBC since the 1930s, wrote the wartime hit I'm Going To Get Lit Up When The Lights Go On In London in 1943, and on seeing the German Doodlebugs flying over London, composed the song Maybe It's Because I'm A Londoner which became a hit and London folk anthem in 1947. Islington is the central district of the London Borough of Islington. The 1930s were described as an abrupt shift to more radical and conservative lifestyles as countries were struggling to find a solution to the Great Depression. Events January 1, 1943 - Frank Sinatra appears at The Paramount causing a mob scene of hysterical bobby-soxers to The Fieseler Fi 103, better known as V-1 (German Vergeltungswaffe 1 was an early Cruise missile used during World War Two London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. Events August 7 - Carlo Bergonzi makes his professional debut as Schaunard in La Bohème at the Arena Argentina in Catania
Gregg spoke German well, and during the war worked for the BBC German service, to such good effect that Goebbels assumed he must be a German traitor. Paul Joseph Goebbels (German pronunciation ˈɡœbəls English generally ˈɡɝbəlz (29 October 1897 1 May 1945 was a German politician and Reich Minister of Public
He was married three times, his second wife being the actress and singer Pat Kirkwood. Patricia Kirkwood ( 24 February 1921 &ndash 25 December 2007) was a British stage actor who appeared in numerous performances
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