Ollie Halsall
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Peter John "Ollie" Halsall was an English guitarist, songwriter, and singer, best known for his role in the Rutles, the bands Patto, Timebox, and Boxer, and for his contribution to the music of Kevin
Halsall performing at Hyde Park, London, 1974
The Rutles (album)
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The Rutles is a soundtrack album to the 1978 telemovie All You Need Is Cash. The album contains 14 of the tongue-in-cheek pastiches of Beatles songs that were featured in the film.
Ollie Halsall
…died of lymphoid leukemia in 1979, and one posthumous album following that. Halsall's most commercially successful recording is his work on the album The Rutles (1978), which reached the top 20 in the UK, on which he plays many of the instruments and provides lead and backing vocals – most notably on the tracks…
The cover to the American CD reissue of The Rutles. From left to right: Eric Idle, John Halsey, Ricky Fataar, and Neil Innes.
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