Robert Nicholas Crush was born on 23 March 1954 and is an English pianist, songwriter, actor and television presente from Leyton in East London.
13 Facts About Bobby Crush
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Bobby Crush first came to public attention after six winning appearances on Hughie Green's British ITV talent show, Opportunity Knocks, in 1972.
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Bobby Crush received the Variety Club of Great Britain award for Best New Artist of 1972.
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Bobby Crush recorded for the Philips label in the UK and his recordings were produced by Norman Newell, who had previously worked with Shirley Bassey, Judy Garland, Johnny Mathis and Crush's role model, Russ Conway.
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Bobby Crush played a year at the Victoria Palace with Max Bygraves in SwingalongaMax, has appeared at The Royal Variety Performance and starred in his own one-man show at London's Fortune Theatre.
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Bobby Crush has appeared on countless other TV programmes over the last five decades.
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Bobby Crush was featured on the ITV series Last Laugh in Vegas, in which eight British acts from the 1960s and 70s were flown to Las Vegas to make their American debuts.
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Bobby Crush co-starred with Ray Quinn in the 2018 tour of Summer Holiday, the Musical playing the role of Jerry.
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Bobby Crush has made 13 studio albums as a pianist, not including compilations.
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Bobby Crush is featured as a vocalist on Pickwick's Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat playing the role of Pharaoh, and on songs from the musical Hair for Carlton Records.
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Bobby Crush has appeared in 37 pantomimes, starting out initially in principal boy parts, but is in demand for dame roles.
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In January 2021, in recognition of the 37 pantomimes since his first in 1973, Bobby Crush was inducted into the Panto Archive Hall of Fame, an honour bestowed on only a handful of entertainers.
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Bobby Crush came out publicly as gay in an interview with Gay Times in 2004.