Oliver Darley Explained
| Oliver Darley |
| Genre: | Pop, soul |
| Occupation: | Singer, actor |
| Instrument: | vocals |
Oliver Darley is a singer and actor. After training at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, and performing with the Royal Shakespeare Company, his 2002 debut album as a singer was produced by Arif Mardin, and featured Aretha Franklin's acclaimed rhythm section, comprising Bernard Purdie, Cornell Dupree, and David "Fathead" Newman, with The Impressions performing on one track.[1] Jools Holland also appears on the album.[2] A track from the album, "Rescue Me", was used as the opening theme for the BBC TV series Rescue me.
His song "She's a Killer", co-written with Peter Cunnah, features in the 2002 film Whacked.[3]
He was in the original West End cast (2004–05) of the Andrew Lloyd Webber/David Zippel musical The Woman in White, directed by Trevor Nunn.[4]
He recently appeared as 'The Voice' in Dance 'til Dawn, alongside Vincent Simone and Flavia Cacace.
Theatre
With the Royal Shakespeare Company
With the New Shakespeare Company
- Hamlet
- A Midsummer Night's Dream
- The Card
Television
Discography
- 2002: Introducing Oliver Darley (East West Records)[9]
- 2006: Sweet Sinner (Sony BMG)[10]
- 2010: Still Crazy (Amber and Blue)
- 2014: Mindin' My Business (Amber and Blue)
- 2016: Simply Bowie (Amber and Blue)
Notes and References
- https://books.google.com/books?id=GCkEAAAAMBAJ&dq=bernard+purdie&pg=PA12 "Oliver Darley Stirring Souls in U.K."
- https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2001/oct/26/shopping.artsfeatures “Sign of the times”
- https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0348370/soundtrack Whacked at IMDb
- http://www.reallyuseful.com/the-people/original-london-cast-2004/ “Original London cast 2004”
- http://calm.shakespeare.org.uk/dserve/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqCmd=Show.tcl&dsqSearch=%28PerfCode==%27ALC199204%27%29&dsqDb=Performance "Archive Catalogue"
- http://calm.shakespeare.org.uk/dserve/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqCmd=Show.tcl&dsqDb=Roles&dsqSearch=%28Name==%27Darley,%20Oliver%27%29 "Archive Catalogue"
- http://calm.shakespeare.org.uk/dserve/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqDb=Performance&dsqSearch=PerfCode==%27ANG199209%27&dsqCmd=Show.tcl "Archive Catalogue"
- http://calm.shakespeare.org.uk/dserve/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqCmd=Show.tcl&dsqSearch=%28PerfCode==%27COB199207%27%29&dsqDb=Performance "Archive Catalogue"
- http://www.allmusic.com/album/introducing-oliver-darley-mw0000454183 Introducing Oliver Darley at allmusic
- http://www.allmusic.com/album/sweet-sinner-mw0001090919/releases Sweet Sinner at allmusic
