"in the UK Classical Charts in the following week. Since 2009 Evans has starred in an advertising campaign for UK insurance comparison website Gocompare.com, playing the flamboyant, operatic tenor Gio Compario. He also appeared in a special version which was part of the 2010 Channel 4 Comedy Gala raising money for Great Ormond Street Hospital, in which comedian Jimmy Carr grabbed him by the testicles, causing him to sing in an even higher note. In 2012, GoCompare launched the 'Saving the Nation' campaign starring Evans again as Gio Compario. Evans made adverts in the series with Sue Barker, Stuart Pearce,"
"Wynford Evans Wynford Evans (30 April 1946 – 23 September 2009) was a Welsh tenor. Wynford Evans was born in Swansea to William Thomas Evans and Lizzie Ann. He had an older brother, Hugh. He was educated at Dyfatty Primary school and then at Dynevor Grammar School for Boys from 1957 to 1963. During his first year in grammar school, Wynford was a regular performer on Radio Wales on a Sunday morning show called Silver Chords which continued for four years. At this time he learned to play the French horn and played with the Glamorgan Schools Orchestra. In the"
"wife ran the Staines St David’s Day Society where he and two other couples organized twenty-five concerts in twenty-two years. He was the President of the Arnside Choral Society and the Life Vice-President of the Egham and District Choral Society. Wynford enjoyed golfing and for seven years ran a Celebrity-Am charity day at Laleham Golf Club on behalf of Scope. His other hobbies included playing bridge, cricket, and watching rugby and horse racing. Wynford Evans Wynford Evans (30 April 1946 – 23 September 2009) was a Welsh tenor. Wynford Evans was born in Swansea to William Thomas Evans and Lizzie"
"Dave Evans (bluegrass) William ""Dave"" Evans (July 24, 1950 - June 26, 2017) was a tenor singer, banjo player, composer, and bluegrass band leader. He was noted for his powerful tenor vocal range and for his style which bridged traditional and contemporary bluegrass. Notable songs written by Evans include ""One Loaf of Bread,"" ""Highway 52,"" ""99 Years is Almost for Life,"" and ""Be Proud of the Grey in Your Hair."" Evans grew up in Columbus, Ohio. At age eight, Evans was introduced to the banjo by his father who played old time banjo, but Evans preferred the Earl Scruggs style"
"Meredydd Evans Meredydd Evans (9 December 1919 – 21 February 2015), known colloquially as Merêd, was a collector, editor, historian and performer of folk music of Wales written in the Welsh language. His award-winning recordings of his own unaccompanied vocal performances and his published editions in collaboration with his American-born wife have helped to preserve Welsh musical legacy and promote it world-wide. Born in Llanegryn in Merionethshire, Evans was brought up in Tanygrisiau. He attributes his first exposure to Welsh folk songs to his mother who sang to him when he was a child. His interest in Welsh music developed"
"as an associate producer. The project is in the fundraising phase. Dave Evans (bluegrass) William ""Dave"" Evans (July 24, 1950 - June 26, 2017) was a tenor singer, banjo player, composer, and bluegrass band leader. He was noted for his powerful tenor vocal range and for his style which bridged traditional and contemporary bluegrass. Notable songs written by Evans include ""One Loaf of Bread,"" ""Highway 52,"" ""99 Years is Almost for Life,"" and ""Be Proud of the Grey in Your Hair."" Evans grew up in Columbus, Ohio. At age eight, Evans was introduced to the banjo by his father who"
"services to Wales and the Welsh language. Evans died at the age of 95 on 21 February 2015. He was awarded a 'Good Tradition Award' by the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards in April 2015 for his contribution to the revival of traditional Welsh songs. Meredydd Evans Meredydd Evans (9 December 1919 – 21 February 2015), known colloquially as Merêd, was a collector, editor, historian and performer of folk music of Wales written in the Welsh language. His award-winning recordings of his own unaccompanied vocal performances and his published editions in collaboration with his American-born wife have helped to preserve"
"Robert Kenney; ""Maxine"", for his stepdaughter; ""Tiffany"", for Joe LaBarbera's daughter; ""Knit For Mary F."" for fan Mary Franksen from Omaha. Bill Evans William John Evans (August 16, 1929 – September 15, 1980), best known as Bill Evans, was an American jazz pianist and composer who mostly played in jazz trios. Evans's use of impressionist harmony, inventive interpretation of traditional jazz repertoire, block chords, and trademark rhythmically independent, ""singing"" melodic lines continue to influence jazz pianists today. Born in Plainfield, New Jersey, in 1929, he was classically trained, and studied at Southeastern Louisiana University and the Mannes School of Music,"
"Nick Evans (trombonist) Nick Evans (born January 1947 in Newport, Monmouthshire, South Wales) was a Welsh jazz and progressive rock trombonist. Evans worked in the Graham Collier Sextet (1968–69), Keith Tippett Group (1968–70), Soft Machine (1969), Brotherhood of Breath (1970–74), Centipede (1970–71), Just Us (1972–73), Ambush (1972), Ninesense (1975–80), Intercontinental Express (1976), Ark (1976, 1978), Nicra (1977), Dudu Pukwana's Diamond Express (1977), Spirits Rejoice (1978–79), and Dreamtime (1983). He started playing the trombone at age 11 and by 1966 he had joined the New Welsh Jazz Orchestra. In that period he first joined the Graham Collier Sextet. In 1968 at"
"Ray Mears, Louis Spence, and most famously Professor Stephen Hawking with all of them trying to kill him and thus save the nation from his singing about GoCompare. In 2011, Evans began presenting. He presented a programme about the Eisteddfod for the BBC and his own TV show on S4C. In 2012, Evans became a regular presenter on BBC Radio Wales and from October 2013 Evans presented a weekly Friday afternoon show called 'Wynne Evans' Big Welsh Weekend'. Since February 2016, he has presented an entertainment show on the station from 11am to 1pm every weekday. Evans was also one"
"at the National Eisteddfod, and has sung in venues across the world, including the Sydney Opera House. He has released two albums, entitled ""Ave Maria"" and ""Encore"", which include songs recorded in a number of European languages. Bethan Gwanas Bethan Gwanas (real name Bethan Evans; born 16 January 1962) is a popular contemporary Welsh author, who publishes almost exclusively in the Welsh language. A prolific writer, she has had 17 titles published in the last decade. Whilst not just a fiction writer, she has written novels for teenagers and Welsh learners, though most of her recent work has been for"
"named ""In Memoriam"" was composed by Caradog Roberts in his memory and included in several Welsh hymnaries. He is buried at Toxteth Park Cemetery in Liverpool. Harry Evans (composer) Harry Evans (1 May 1873 – 23 July 1914), was a Welsh musician, conductor and composer. He was born in Dowlais near Merthyr Tydfil, the son of a local choirmaster, John Evans (Eos Myrddin), and learned music at home, showing such precocious talent that he was appointed organist of Gwernllwyn Congregational Church at the age of nine. The church sponsored his music studies, but family circumstances prevented him proceeding to college,"
"1895 he married Mary Elizabeth Milligan. Their son, with whom he lived after his wife's death, was the academic Ifor Leslie Evans. When, in 1906, Evans returned to Aberdare after successfully conducting the Cynon Male Voice Choir at the National Eisteddfod of Wales in , he was given a hero's welcome at the local station and a reception by the local council. He later became conductor of the Aberaman Institute Choir. Evans died in Aberystwyth, aged 81. William John Evans William John Evans (29 November 1866 – 12 December 1947) was a Welsh musician and composer, best known for his"
"on 5 March 1915. George ""Honey Boy"" Evans George Evans (10 March 1870 – 5 March 1915) known as ""Honey Boy"" Evans was a Welsh-born songwriter, comedian, entertainer, and musician active in the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Evans was born in Pontotlyn [presumably NYT misspelling of Pontlottyn, between Fochriw and Abertysswg], Wales in 1870. In 1910, he bought the Cohan & Harris Minstrels organization for $25,000, that were known as the Honey Boy Minstrels. Among other songs, he co-wrote with Ren Shields ""In the Good Old Summer Time"". He had a well known minstrel"
"tune at Butlins holiday camps. He also appeared on British television. In 1973 he won an Ivor Novello Award for outstanding services to British music. He married Phyllis Elizabeth Mayhead in 1931; they had two sons. He died in London in 1978, aged 76. Tolchard Evans Sydney Edmund Tolchard Evans (20 September 1901 - 12 March 1978) was a British songwriter, composer, pianist and bandleader, whose works were popular from the 1920s to the 1960s. He was born in West Kilburn, London, the son of Edmund George Evans and his wife Maud, née Tolchard. The family later moved to Willesden,"
"William Evans (Wil Ifan) William Evans (22 April 1883 – 16 July 1968), better known by his bardic name of Wil Ifan, was a Welsh poet who served as Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales from 1947 to 1950. He was the son of Dan Evans, a Congregationalist minister, and Mary (née Davies). He was born in Cwmbach, near Llanwinio, Carmarthenshire, and was educated at University of Wales, Bangor and Mansfield College, Oxford. Wil Ifan followed in his father's footsteps by becoming a Congregationalist Minister. He was ordained in the English Congregationalist Chapel in Dolgellau, Merionethshire, in 1906 and"
"Wagnerian performance techniques. Her last public performance was in 2005 in a comeback performance in Cardiff doing excerpts from her celebrated Isolde and other Wagner performances. Evans was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the 2000 Queen's Birthday Honours ""for services to music"". Anne Evans Dame Anne Elizabeth Jane Evans, (born 20 August 1941) is an international British operatic soprano. Evans was born in London of Welsh descent. She studied at the Royal College of Music with among others Margaret Cable, and the Geneva Conservatoire. She was accepted into the conservatoire without actually having"
"late 1960s, including ""Danger Man"", ""Dixon of Dock Green"" and ""Softly Softly"". Eynon Evans Evan Eynon Evans (18 May 1904 – 1989) billed as Eynon Evans and also known as E. Eynon Rees, was a Welsh writer and film actor of the 1950s, mainly known for his radio and television work. During the 1940s he appeared on the BBC radio variety show ""Welsh Rarebit"" as the comedic character Tommy Troubles, reaching an audience of 12 million. Evans was born in Nelson in Glamorgan, Wales in 1904. He became a bus driver, but switched jobs to become a full-time script writer."
"Eynon Evans Evan Eynon Evans (18 May 1904 – 1989) billed as Eynon Evans and also known as E. Eynon Rees, was a Welsh writer and film actor of the 1950s, mainly known for his radio and television work. During the 1940s he appeared on the BBC radio variety show ""Welsh Rarebit"" as the comedic character Tommy Troubles, reaching an audience of 12 million. Evans was born in Nelson in Glamorgan, Wales in 1904. He became a bus driver, but switched jobs to become a full-time script writer. He came to note in the 1940s when he appeared on the"
"which included a memorial preface by Anne Thackeray Ritchie, who described her as a ""diffident woman, who... unconsciously touched and influenced us all by her intense sincerity of heart and purpose."" Anne Evans (poet) Anne Evans (1820–1870) was an English poet and composer. She has been described as ""a witty poet and skilled composer of dance songs"". Her ""Poems and Music"" was published posthumously in 1880. Born on 4 June 1820, either at Britwell, Berkshire, or Sandhurst, Anne Evans was the eldest daughter of Arthur Benoni Evans (1781–1854) and his wife Ann [sic], ""née"" Norman. Her father was a noted"
"Harry Evans (composer) Harry Evans (1 May 1873 – 23 July 1914), was a Welsh musician, conductor and composer. He was born in Dowlais near Merthyr Tydfil, the son of a local choirmaster, John Evans (Eos Myrddin), and learned music at home, showing such precocious talent that he was appointed organist of Gwernllwyn Congregational Church at the age of nine. The church sponsored his music studies, but family circumstances prevented him proceeding to college, and he had to take a position as a pupil-teacher. In 1893, having suffered serious ill-health, he abandoned teaching for music. In 1898, Evans formed two"
"2006-2007. Her song 'Can y Cŵn' from 2017 album ""Tro"" was nominated for a BBC Radio 2 folk award in February 2018. This was her second nomination, the first was following her involvement in the 'Songs of Separation' Cardiff concert of 2016 featuring British female folk artists, which won the Best Album in 2017. Gwyneth Glyn Gwyneth Glyn (born Gwyneth Glyn Evans, 14 December 1979) is a Welsh language poet and musician. Gwyneth Glyn was born in St David's Hospital in Bangor, Gwynedd, and grew up at her family home in Llanarmon. She was educated at Ysgol Glan y Môr,"
"Wyn was posthumously awarded the Chair) and at Pwllheli in 1925. He died in Bridgend and is buried at Rhydymain in Merionethshire. William Evans (Wil Ifan) William Evans (22 April 1883 – 16 July 1968), better known by his bardic name of Wil Ifan, was a Welsh poet who served as Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales from 1947 to 1950. He was the son of Dan Evans, a Congregationalist minister, and Mary (née Davies). He was born in Cwmbach, near Llanwinio, Carmarthenshire, and was educated at University of Wales, Bangor and Mansfield College, Oxford. Wil Ifan followed in"
"Tolchard Evans Sydney Edmund Tolchard Evans (20 September 1901 - 12 March 1978) was a British songwriter, composer, pianist and bandleader, whose works were popular from the 1920s to the 1960s. He was born in West Kilburn, London, the son of Edmund George Evans and his wife Maud, née Tolchard. The family later moved to Willesden, where Evans lived for the rest of his life. He started playing piano at the age of six, and studied orchestration and conducting with a view to becoming a classical musician, but in 1919 joined the staff of the Lawrence Wright popular music publishing"
"Anne Evans (poet) Anne Evans (1820–1870) was an English poet and composer. She has been described as ""a witty poet and skilled composer of dance songs"". Her ""Poems and Music"" was published posthumously in 1880. Born on 4 June 1820, either at Britwell, Berkshire, or Sandhurst, Anne Evans was the eldest daughter of Arthur Benoni Evans (1781–1854) and his wife Ann [sic], ""née"" Norman. Her father was a noted linguist and numismatist, who was a professor of classics and history at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, and her grandfather the Welsh-born mathematician and astronomer Lewis Evans (1755–1827). Of her brothers"
"Sara Evans Sara Lynn Evans (; born February 5, 1971) is an American country music singer and songwriter. Evans has released eight studio albums: ""Three Chords and the Truth"" (1997), ""No Place That Far"" (1998), ""Born to Fly"" (2000), ""Restless"" (2003), ""Real Fine Place"" (2005), ""Stronger"" (2011), ""Slow Me Down"" (2014), Words (2017), plus one Christmas album, ""At Christmas"" (2014). Of her albums, ""Born to Fly"" is her best-selling, with a double-platinum certification from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for shipments of two million copies. She has charted more than 20 singles on the ""Billboard"" Hot Country Songs"
"Maldwyn Evans Maldwyn Lewis Evans (8 November 1937 – 30 December 2009), often known as ""Mal"" Evans, was a Welsh bowls champion, who won the World Championship in 1972. He is the only Welshman ever to have held the title. Evans was born in Gelli, Rhondda. His father won the Welsh Pairs Championship in 1952 with his brother (Maldwyn's uncle) John Morgan Evans (1917-1985), a world-class player. Maldwyn Evans was educated at Pentre Secondary School and later obtained a degree in history from University College of North Wales Bangor. He worked as a teacher in Swansea, Porth, Tonypandy and Ferndale."
"92 in Los Angeles, California, on the 42nd anniversary of the death of Nat King Cole, who had made ""Mona Lisa"" so famous. He was married for nearly 56 years to actress, writer, and playwright Wyn Ritchie Evans. His legacy is maintained and developed by the Ray and Wyn Ritchie Evans Foundation in Culver City, California. The Ray Evans Seneca Theater in his hometown of Salamanca, NY is named after him. Ray Evans wrote more than 700 songs for screen, stage, and television. Most were composed with writing partner Jay Livingston. Ray Evans Raymond Bernard Evans (February 4, 1915 –"
"Warren Evans, who is his manager and an occasional vocalist. Orrin Evans Orrin Evans (born 28 March 1975) is an American jazz pianist. Evans was born in Trenton, New Jersey and raised in Philadelphia. He attended Rutgers University, and then studied with Kenny Barron. He worked as a sideman for Bobby Watson, Ralph Peterson, Duane Eubanks, and Lenora Zenzalai-Helm, and released his debut as a leader in 1994. He signed with Criss Cross Jazz in 1997, recording prolifically with the label. He was awarded a 2010 Pew Fellowships in the Arts. Evans was recently named the new pianist in The"
"George ""Honey Boy"" Evans George Evans (10 March 1870 – 5 March 1915) known as ""Honey Boy"" Evans was a Welsh-born songwriter, comedian, entertainer, and musician active in the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Evans was born in Pontotlyn [presumably NYT misspelling of Pontlottyn, between Fochriw and Abertysswg], Wales in 1870. In 1910, he bought the Cohan & Harris Minstrels organization for $25,000, that were known as the Honey Boy Minstrels. Among other songs, he co-wrote with Ren Shields ""In the Good Old Summer Time"". He had a well known minstrel show troupe, the ""Honey"
"Real Fine Place to Start""), Rod Stewart (""My Heart Can't Tell You No""), and Gavin DeGraw (""Not Over You""). Evans was born in Boonville, Missouri, in 1971, and is of Welsh, English, Irish, and Native American descent. She was raised on a farm near New Franklin, Missouri, the eldest girl of seven children. By five, she was singing weekends in her family's band. At the age of eight, she was struck by an automobile in front of the family home, and her legs suffered multiple fractures. Recuperating for months in a wheelchair, she continued singing to help pay her medical"
"was the leading man in London's West End in ""The Merry Widow"", as Danilo, a ""down-to-earth unromantic figure"", opposite Elizabeth Webb. It was with this operetta that Evans gained his reputation as having an impressive natural voice quality with dramatic sensibility, which he went on to sing more than two hundred times. He participated as a soloist in several concerts and festivals, including ""Hiawatha"" (led by Ronald Good) in The Lewisham Concert Hall; Glyndebourne Festival where he sang Verdi's ""Eri Tu"" and a Welsh song ""Cân Yr Arad Goch"" by Idris Lewis; he also appeared as a soloist at Cardigan"
"John Evans (writer) John Evans (born 1960) is a Welsh writer, filmmaker, and environmental activist. He started his career as frontman for the punk band The Tax Exiles. The Tax Exiles were regulars at The Roxy Club, and other punk venues, in 1976–1978. In the early 1980s he embarked on a solo career, and was signed to the Situation 2/4AD record label, recording a single, ""Sister Soul"", under the name John Marlon. Since the 1990s he has worked as a full-time writer and filmmaker, and is part of the New Wave of Welsh writing. His books include ""Industria"", ""G.B.H."", ""The"