Noel Gay
Noel Gay | |
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| Born | Reginald Moxon Armitage 15 July 1898 Wakefield, Yorkshire, England |
| Died | 4 March 1954 (aged 55) |
| Other names | Stanley Hill |
| Alma mater | Christ's College, Cambridge |
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| Style | Musical theatre |
| Children | Richard Armitage Angela Armitage |
Reginald Moxon Armitage (15 July 1898 – 4 March 1954) known professionally as Noel Gay. was a British composer of popular music of the 1930s and 1940s whose output comprised 45 songs as well as the music for 28 films and 26 London shows. Sheridan Morley has commented that he was "the closest Britain ever came to a local Irving Berlin". He is best known for the musical, Me and My Girl.