John Hanson (singer)
John Hanson (August 31, 1922 – December 4, 1998)[1] was a Canadian-born British tenor and actor, who starred in several West End musicals during the 1950s and 1960s.
Born John Stanley Watts[1] in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada, of English parents, who moved back across the Atlantic three years later. He was educated at Dumfries Academy in Dumfries, Scotland. His headmaster recognized his talent as a boy soprano, and recommended him to the Scottish Broadcasting Corporation. It was there that he made his debut, at the age of 12.
His 1960 album, The Student Prince / The Vagabond King peaked at Number 9 in the UK Albums Chart.[2] Hanson was most famous for his role as the "Red Shadow", the hero of the musical The Desert Song, which enjoyed a record-breaking revival at the Palace Theatre in 1967.
He also appeared in the 1973 Christmas Special of the BBC's Morecambe and Wise Show in which he sang "Stout-Hearted Men".
Hanson died in December 1998, at the age of 76, in Shepperton, Surrey, England.[1]
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