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- (1969) Story of a Starry Night (1)
- (1970) Music of Movies (1)
- (1974) y Viva Espana (1)
- (1975) El Bimbo (1)
- (1975) More Manuel (1)
- (1976) Masquerade (1)
- (1977) Mountain Fire (1)
- Manuel With Love (1)
- Viva Carmen (1)
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Manuel aka Geoff Love
Geoff Love (4 September 1917, Todmorden – 8 July 1991, London) was a British easy-listening orchestra leader.
His father was a mixed race American born guitarist and dancer, and his mother an actress. As a child Love began to learn to play the violin but then switched to the trombone. He played with Jan Ralfini's band and then embarked on a solo career before military service during World War II in the King's Royal Rifles. After the war he played with Harry Gold. He recorded at least two albums with Shirley Bassey in 1959 and 1960. Love also recorded under the name Manuel & The Music of The Mountains in which guise he released many an opus on EMI's Studio 2 Stereo record label including a single entitled Rodrigo's Guitar Concerto, an interpretation of the Concierto de Aranjuez. This reached number 3 in the charts in 1976 .
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Geoff Love (4 September 1917, Todmorden – 8 July 1991, London) was a British easy-listening orchestra leader.
His father was a mixed race American born guitarist and dancer, and his mother an actress. As a child Love began to learn to play the violin but then switched to the trombone. He played with Jan Ralfini's band and then embarked on a solo career before military service during World War II in the King's Royal Rifles. After the war he played with Harry Gold. He recorded at least two albums with Shirley Bassey in 1959 and 1960. Love also recorded under the name Manuel & The Music of The Mountains in which guise he released many an opus on EMI's Studio 2 Stereo record label including a single entitled Rodrigo's Guitar Concerto, an interpretation of the Concierto de Aranjuez. This reached number 3 in the charts in 1976 .
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Love his work with Peter and Gordon! He's an unsing hero...
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