Richard Shelton
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Richard Shelton presents An Englishman in Love in LA
Join Richard as he previews his 2021 LIT Talent award winning album, An Englishman in Love in LA! Recorded in LA's famed Studio B at Capitol Studios and home to Frank Sinatra, An Englishman in Love in LA charts Richard's swinging journey to a new life in LA. 16 tracks include 5 original songs by exciting composing talent in both LA and the UK, plus pop and jazz standards in cool swing and big band arrangements, supported by lush orchestral strings. 3 tracks are deeply biographical including originals, Lost and Found by Alex Frank and Spencer Day, An Englishman in Love in LA by Alex Rudd (BBC Young Composer of the Year) and Jenifer Toksvig, and My Thoughts Return to You by Alex Rudd and Emmy award winning lyricist, Dennis Spiegel. Sinatra classics include, One For My Baby recorded with Mike Lang on piano who played for Sinatra's retirement concert in 1971 and Young at Heart. Other tracks include, My Kind of Girl, And I Love Her (Lennon-McCartney), a haunting ballad version of It's Not Unusual(Tom Jones) and Pure Imaginationby Tony Newley with whom Richard worked alongside in Scrooge in London's West End.
