Bill Kenwright - Music

Music

Bill Kenwright has his own record label (Bill Kenwright Records), which has released three albums as of February 2008. The London Palladium cast recording of Scrooge starring Tommy Steele and the 2006 Lyric Theatre Recording of Cabaret were joined in February 2008 by the debut album of Kenwright's new boy group Dream On.

Dream On, comprising five runners up from the BBC's Any Dream Will Do - Craig Chalmers, Lewis Bradley, Chris Crosby, Chris Barton and Antony Hansen was formed in January 2008.

He began his music career in a band known as The Chevrolets'. Perhaps less known is Bill's recording career both solo and with a group Bill Kenwright and the Runaways:

• "I want to go back there again"/"Walk through dreams" Columbia DB8239 (August 1967)

and solo, as Bill Kenwright:

• "Love's Black & White"/"Giving Up" MGM 1430 (July 1968)
• "Tiggy"/"House That Fell On Its Face" MGM 1463 (November 1968)
• "Baby I could be so good at loving"/"Boy & A Girl" MGM 1478 (January 1969)
• "Sugar Man"/"Epitaph"/"When Times Were Good" Fontana TF 1065 (October 1969)

In 1969 Bill tried his hand at record production, producing 2 singles for Manchester band 'Money', who also worked as his backing band for several cabaret gigs in Oldham and at 'Allinsons' Liverpool. The first record, Come Laughing Home, was the title music for Bill's first foray into Theatrical Production with Reginald Marsh (also a Coronation Street Star) as co-producer. The show starred Anne Reid who at the time was playing Valerie Barlow in Coronation Street. It was the first time a Coronation Street star worked in live theatre whilst still in the series. The show opened at Blackpool's Grand Theatre. Surprisingly, the single was also released in Argentina.