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HARRY'S STILL THE KING OF SWING MORE than six decades since his showbiz career first took off, everyone's still wild about Harry Margolis. SHEILA HAMILTON meets Glasgow's Mr Music
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HARRY MARGOLIS, send for the Polis!' Billy Connolly once yelled
from the stage of the Palladium for reasons best known to himself.
In his heyday, there were hardly any big names or wannabes in the
music business Harry Margolis didn't know. . . or who didn't know
him.
And he's still going strong. Harry is the wee guy with the slicked
back grey mane and the immaculate suit prancing about in front of his
band for all the world as if someone has sprinkled his underpants
with itching ...
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Harry the dance hall king is still swinging into his eighties!New TV documentary charts the amazing life of Glasgow's sultan of swingGlasgow swing band leader Harry Margolis is the subject of a BBC documentary. He tells about his amazing life
Evening Times
; HE'S Glasgow's oldest swinger, who had pop star fame in the 1940s and 50s. Asthe leader of his own big band, Harry Margolis was a showman who illuminated venues such as the Locarno and the Dennistoun Palais. While Glasgow was the dance band capital of the UK, charismatic Harry was its king. And he
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Mum doesn't want pity for harry, just for him to lead a normal life
Derby Evening Telegraph
; Little Harry Hirchfield is sitting on the sofa watching cartoons with his twin sister, Annie. As the two four-year-olds chatter away and laugh at the screen, it is hard to believe that Harry is chronically ill, or that in a few years' time Annie will have to face a future without her twin brother.
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Harry Potter's on 'Fire' But is it really a big surprise?
Oakland Tribune
; 'HARRY POTTER and the Goblet of Fire," hereafter known as "Harry 4," is a dense brew of dark and light, frightening and amusing. The amusing brings with it the engagingly awkward charm of first dances and hormonal discombobulation. The scary is really scary, more so than in the J.K. Rowling book
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Where does Harry go from here?; More Potter fans plot the future for wizard.(News)
Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)
; HARRY POTTER'S latest set of magical adventures will finally go on sale in June, but some young fans just can't wait. Fans of the young wizard have been busy guessing the plot of J K Rowling's fifth book, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, which is set to become the fastest-selling book
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Helpful Harry.(Brief Article)(Short Story)
Boy's Quest
; Everybody liked Harry. Harry's so cooperative! his teachers praised. He's such a good helper! his mother doted. Ask Harry. He'll help, his father bragged. But sometimes, Harry didn't feel like helping - like right now when Harry was plunked in front of the TV eating his snack. He didn't feel one
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