Alan Charles Klein (born 29 June 1940)[1] is an English singer-songwriter and musician. He wrote the soundtrack for the stage play and film, What a Crazy World (1963).[1][2] In 1964, he released his only solo album, Well at Least It's British, that was re-released in 2008 by RPM Records.[3]
In 1966, he went on tour as lead vocalist of The New Vaudeville Band, billed as 'Tristam, Seventh Earl of Cricklewood'.[1] A year earlier, Klein wrote and performed a parody of "Eve of Destruction", with an attack on folk-singers such as Donovan and Bob Dylan, entitled "Age of Corruption". It used the same melody as P. F. Sloan's song, and was released as a track on Klein's album Well at Least It's British, and as a single.[4]
Writing credits
1962 "What a Crazy World We're Living In" – Recorded by Joe Brown and the Bruvvers. Piccadilly 7N35024
1962 "My Very First Love" – Recorded by Ronnie Hall on Piccadilly 7N35040
1962 "A Lay-Abouts Lament" – Recorded by Joe Brown and the Bruvvers on Piccadilly 7N35047
1969 "You Turned a Nightmare into a Dream" – Written and recorded by Klein on Page One POPF119 (B Side)
1970 "Dinner's in the Ice Box" – Written and recorded by Klein on Decca F13033 (A Side)
1970 "Here I Am, There You Are" – Written and recorded by Klein on Decca F13033 (B Side)
1970 "Nothing Like a Long Gone Man" – Written and recorded by Klein on Decca F13091 (A Side)
1970 "Dreams of Youth" – Written and recorded by Klein on Decca F13091 (B Side)[5]
"Honey Pie" / "You Turned a Nightmare into a Dream" was also released in the U.S., under the pseudonym "Earl of Cricklewood" (Page One 21,021; March 1969).[6]
Albums
1964 Well at Least It's British – Written and recorded by Klein on Decca[7]
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