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Norman Kay
Norman Kay may refer to: *Norman Kay (bridge) (1927–2002), American bridge player *Norman Kay (composer) (1929–2001), British composer *Norman Kaye (1927–2007), Australian actor and musician {{hndis, Kay, Norman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norman Kay (bridge)
Norman Kay (August 11, 1927 – January 17, 2002) was an American bridge player. He partnered Sidney Silodor until Silodor's death in 1963. With Edgar Kaplan, Kay formed one of the most successful and longest-lasting partnerships in organized bridge. It spanned more than 40 years, and ended with Kaplan's death in 1997. He was from Narberth, Pennsylvania. In 1955, Kay won the McKenney Trophy (now the Barry Crane Top 500) for earning the greatest number of masterpoints in American Contract Bridge League-sanctioned play during the year. Kay won 13 major North American Bridge Championships (NABC) in the period of 1957–1977, when he was named ACBL's top performance player. He was runner-up in the Bermuda Bowl twice (1961 and 1967), and was second (1968) and third (1960) in the World Team Olympiad. He was a World Bridge Federation World Life Master and an ACBL Grand Life Master. Kay was arguably the greatest bridge player who never became a world champion. He was known for both the rema ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norman Kay (composer)
Norman Forber Kay (5 January 1929 – 12 May 2001) was a British composer and writer. Kay, who was born in Bolton, was educated at Bolton School, the Royal Manchester College of Music and the Royal College of Music. Kay composed the incidental music for three serials in the first season of '' Doctor Who'', including the very first, ''An Unearthly Child'', as well as '' The Keys of Marinus'' and ''The Sensorites''. After leaving ''Doctor Who'' following its first season, Kay provided the incidental music for many of the ''Out of the Unknown'' stories during the rest of the 1960s, as well as composing the atmospheric theme tune of its first three seasons. Kay also provided music on productions such as ''Late Night Horror'' in 1968, as well as many other television productions. He also scored the 1968 comedy heist film ''Diamonds for Breakfast''. Kay also worked as a music critic for ''The Daily Telegraph''. He was the first British musician to write a study on Dmitri Shostakovi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
