Chuckerbutty Family
Chuckerbutty is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Oliphant Chuckerbutty (1884–1960), English composer and organist *Soorjo Coomar Goodeve Chuckerbutty Soorjo Coomar Goodeve Chuckerbutty, also spelled Surjo Kumar Chakraborty ( – 29 September 1874) was the first Indian to pass the examination of the Indian Medical Service (IMS) in 1855 and subsequently became the Professor of Materia Medica ... ( 1826–1874), Indian surgeon {{Short pages monitor ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Oliphant Chuckerbutty
Soorjo Alexander William Langobard Oliphant Chuckerbutty (6 October 1884 – 5 September 1960), also known as Wilson Oliphant, was an English organist and composer, who was equally well known as a church organist and a cinema organist. Life and career Chuckerbutty began playing the piano at six, and was composing by 14. He was taught piano technique by Julius Epstein (pianist), Julius Epstein.Courtnay, p. 189 From 1908 to 1914 he was deputy to E. T. Cook as organist of Southwark Cathedral. In 1909 he graduated as Bachelor of Music at the University of London. In the same year he became organist and choirmaster of Holy Trinity, Paddington, a post that he held until 1948. He was made a Fellow of the Royal College of Organists. In 1914 Chuckerbutty had his first song, "An Old Song", published by Boosey & Hawkes, Boosey. Immediately after the First World War he started a dance band and ran it for several months, after which he began a career as a cinema organist, running in tandem wi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |