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Cliff Townshend (Clifford Blandford Townshend) was born on 28 January, 1916, is an English jazz musician. Discover Cliff Townshend's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 70 years old?
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Clifford Blandford Townshend |
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Musician |
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70 years old |
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Aquarius |
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28 January, 1916 |
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29 June, 1986 |
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Cliff Townshend Height, Weight & Measurements
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He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children.
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Cliff Townshend Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Cliff Townshend worth at the age of 70 years old? Cliff Townshend’s income source is mostly from being a successful artist. He is from . We have estimated Cliff Townshend's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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The couple married in 1910 in Brentford and were both musicians who played in Concert Party shows for the troops during World War I.
Clifford Blandford Townshend (28 January 1916 – 29 June 1986) was an English jazz musician who played saxophone in the Royal Air Force Dance Orchestra, popularly known as The Squadronaires.
He also played clarinet in the band.
His eldest son, Pete, gained renown as guitarist and principal composer for the band The Who.
Cliff Townshend was born to Dorothy (née Blandford) and Horace Townshend on 28 January 1916.
Townshend showed an early interest in music and was in a band by 1932 while attending Latymer Upper School in Hammersmith, London.
He was expelled from school for playing in his teens at "Bottle Parties", adult parties which involved smoking and drinking as well as innovative popular music.
He played at such venues as the Stork Club and with the Billy Wiltshire Band.
He made some of his first recordings with the band of drummer Joe Daniels at Abbey Road.
In 1940 Townshend enlisted in the Royal Air Force.
Before ending up with The Squadronaires, he played in a number of small bands as part of his duties, as the RAF high command recognized the morale value of popular music.
During the early days of the war, he met Betty Dennis, who enlisted in 1941 when she was sixteen.
She drove a truck and sang with RAF bands.
They married 16 April 1944 in Pontypool, South Wales, where they were stationed.
By this time, Townshend had achieved the rank of Lance Corporal.
Their first son, Peter, was born 19 May 1945 (the same month Germany surrendered) in West London in Nazareth House, an annex of Middlesex Hospital.
They moved into a war-damaged house in Acton, and Betty Townshend ended her singing career but continued to assist with office work and management for The Squadronaires.
The enforced separation caused by the band's continued tours caused stresses in the marriage; however, the couple sometimes took their son and went together on the band's tours.
In 1952 the Squadronaires began a regular summer engagement at the Palace Ballroom in Douglas, Isle of Man which continued for about ten years.
In 1956, Cliff Townshend released a solo recording of "Unchained Melody" which made him something of a pop star, and royalties from the record were welcome.
Cliff and Betty Townshend's second son, Paul Townshend, was born in 1957, and the family moved to a larger flat in Ealing Common.
In the same year, Townshend took his son Pete to see the film Rock Around the Clock with Bill Haley, and then to a live Bill Haley concert at the Regal Cinema at Marble Arch.
Townshend thought the music "had some swing."
Pete Townshend dedicated his 1987 album Another Scoop to the memory of his father.