Fred Tomlinson (Piano)

Fred Tomlinson was a singer, choral director and composer. He founded the Fred Tomlinson Singers in the 1960s and composed songs for the BBC’s The Two Ronnies and Monty Python, including The Lumberjack Song (1969), which he co-wrote with Terry Jones and Michael Palin.
Fred won a scholarship to Manchester Cathedral choir school in 1937. There, aged ten, he sang the solo of Peter Warlock’s Balulalow, which started a lifelong interest in the composer. Tomlinson acted as chairman of the Peter Warlock Society for 25 years, and became
the leading authority of his day on Warlock and his music.
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Fred Tomlinson was a singer, choral director and composer. He founded the Fred Tomlinson Singers in the 1960s and composed songs for the BBC’s The Two Ronnies and Monty Python, including The Lumberjack Song (1969), which he co-wrote with Terry Jones and Michael Palin.
Fred won a scholarship to Manchester Cathedral choir school in 1937. There, aged ten, he sang the solo of Peter Warlock’s Balulalow, which started a lifelong interest in the composer. Tomlinson acted as chairman of the Peter Warlock Society for 25 years, and became
the leading authority of his day on Warlock and his music.