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Raymond Jessel (16 October 1929 – 17 July 2015) was a Welsh songwriter, screenwriter, orchestrator, and musical theatre composer. Born in Cardiff, he moved to Canada in 1955 and started a career as an orchestrator and composer for CBC Radio and CBC Television. He met a Canadian pianist Marian Grudeff, who became his songwriting partner. He received five MAC Awards for "Original Song" and the 2004 Bistro Award. He was most recognised for his audition for America's Got Talent in 2014 in which he sang an original song about a transgender woman.

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  • Raymond Jessel (16 October 1929 – 17 July 2015) was a Welsh songwriter, screenwriter, orchestrator, and musical theatre composer. Born in Cardiff, he moved to Canada in 1955 and started a career as an orchestrator and composer for CBC Radio and CBC Television. He met a Canadian pianist Marian Grudeff, who became his songwriting partner. He received five MAC Awards for "Original Song" and the 2004 Bistro Award. He was most recognised for his audition for America's Got Talent in 2014 in which he sang an original song about a transgender woman. With little success in Toronto, Jessel and Grudeff moved to New York City where they made their first success with the Broadway musical, Baker Street, in 1964. Jessel contributed to The Dean Martin Show, The Carol Burnett Show, The Smothers Brothers Show, The Bob Newhart Show and others. In the 1970s and 1980s he was a writer and editor for numerous episodes of The Love Boat and Head of the Class, among other series, and co-wrote lyrics for I Remember Mama in 1979. (en)
  • Рэ́ймонд Джéссел (англ. Raymond Jessel 16 октября 1929, Кардифф, Уэльс, Великобритания — 17 июля 2015, Лос-Анджелес, США) — канадский и американский композитор кабаре валлийского происхождения, автор и исполнитель песен. Стал известен после выступления на шоу America's Got Talent в 2014 году в возрасте 84 лет с песней собственного сочинения, высмеивающей транссексуала. (ru)
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  • Raymond Jessel (en)
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  • 2015-07-17 (xsd:date)
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  • 1929-10-16 (xsd:date)
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  • Raymond Jessel (en)
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  • Cardiff, Wales (en)
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  • Jessel on America's Got Talent in 2014 (en)
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  • 2015-07-17 (xsd:date)
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  • Studio City, California, U.S. (en)
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  • Singer, songwriter, composer (en)
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  • Рэ́ймонд Джéссел (англ. Raymond Jessel 16 октября 1929, Кардифф, Уэльс, Великобритания — 17 июля 2015, Лос-Анджелес, США) — канадский и американский композитор кабаре валлийского происхождения, автор и исполнитель песен. Стал известен после выступления на шоу America's Got Talent в 2014 году в возрасте 84 лет с песней собственного сочинения, высмеивающей транссексуала. (ru)
  • Raymond Jessel (16 October 1929 – 17 July 2015) was a Welsh songwriter, screenwriter, orchestrator, and musical theatre composer. Born in Cardiff, he moved to Canada in 1955 and started a career as an orchestrator and composer for CBC Radio and CBC Television. He met a Canadian pianist Marian Grudeff, who became his songwriting partner. He received five MAC Awards for "Original Song" and the 2004 Bistro Award. He was most recognised for his audition for America's Got Talent in 2014 in which he sang an original song about a transgender woman. (en)
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  • Ray Jessel (en)
  • Джессел, Рэймонд (ru)
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