Michael Allen
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1. Michael Allen was a young beat / R&B singer from the United Kingdom who, in early 1965, made several appearances at Liverpool's Cavern Club, backed by Earl Preston's Realms and The Richmond Group. Allen, who was just 17 at the time, contributed four tracks to the 1965 compilation LP, 'Liverpool Today - Live at the Cavern'. These were, as a matter of fact, not live recordings, but studio tracks with the voice of Cavern DJ Bob Wooller and audience applause being added later. Michael Allen later moved to London and released albums for Decca (For the Love of Mike, 1970) and MGM (Something Special, 1971).
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2. Michael Allen is an Australian composer who began his career with the band Things of Stone & Wood, who signed to Sony Records in 1992 and went on to score several Top 40 singles, two Top 10 albums and an ARIA Award. He later released three solo albums before turning to composing for film, television and games. His credits include the ABC series Redesign My Brain, feature films Last Dance, Monster Pies and Bad Blood, and DreamWorks titles including The Penguins of Madagascar, How to Train Your Dragon 2 and The Croods, alongside award-winning indie games such as The Forgotten City, Solium Infernum and Armello.
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