SINGER ACTOR AND ENTERTAINER KENNY LYNCH DIES AGED 81 AND REMEMBERING ACE HAMMER DIRECTOR

THE ENTERTAINER #KennyLynch has died at the age of 81. Best known for on-screen roles in TV shows including '#TheSweeney', films such as '#CarryOn Loving' and for his pop career, Lynch’s death was announced by his family on Twitter, who commented that he would be “remembered & missed by many”. As a musician, Lynch was one of the country’s first black pop stars, touring with the #Beatles and scoring two Top 10 hits, among them Up on the Roof – originally recorded by the Drifters – which was released in 1963..

LYNCH appeared with #RoyCastle in Amicus films 'Dr Terror's House of Horror's' in 1965. During a nigh-club scene in the Castle story of this first #Amicusfilms portmanteau movie, Lynch sang 'Give Me Love'.

Kenny Lynch and Co on the album sleeve of 

'Band On The Run' Wings in 1973 

REMEMBERING TODAY.. the birthday of director Roy Ward Baker, whose work with Peter Cushing includes 'Asylum', 'And Now, The Screaming Starts!'. 'The Vampire Lovers' with Amicus films. 'The Legend of the Seven Golden Vampires for Hammer films and 'The Masks of Death' with #PeterCushing for Tyburn films.
 

STARTING AS A TEA BOY at the Gainsborough Studios in #London in 1934, raising to the role of assistant director with Alfred Hitchcock on 'The Lady Vanishes' by 1939, then onto a career as director in Hollywood, working with #MarilynMonroe...
 

ABOVE AND BELOW : TWO Amicus films classics RE-released by SECOND SIGHT FILMS on BLU RAY on JANUARY 6th 2020, ASYLUM directed by ROY WARD BAKER and 'THE HOUSE THAT DRIPPED BLOOD' now available as Standard Releases and OPEN for PRE-ORDER here NOW! HERE and HERE!