Tommy Banks

Pianist

Tommy Banks was born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada on December 17th, 1936 and is the Pianist. At the age of 81, Tommy Banks biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.

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Date of Birth
December 17, 1936
Nationality
Canada
Place of Birth
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Death Date
Jan 25, 2018 (age 81)
Zodiac Sign
Sagittarius
Profession
Conductor, Jazz Musician, Pianist, Politician
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Tommy Banks Career

Banks was the host of nationally - and internationally - syndicated and network television programs, including “The Tommy Banks Show” (1968-1983), “Somewhere There’s Music”, “What’s My Name”, “ Love and Mr. Smith”, “Celebrity Revue”, “Symphony of a Thousand”, “Tommy Banks Jazz”, etc.

He provided musical direction for the ceremonies of the XI Commonwealth Games, EXPO ’86, the World University Games, the XV Olympic Winter Games, and for countless television shows. He produced and/or conducted command performances for Her Majesty the Queen and the Royal Family, and for President Ronald Reagan. He was a member of the A. F. of M., ACTRA, the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences (U.S.), the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, and of the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television. Banks made his jazz-playing debut in 1950 in the touring band of saxophonist Don (D. T.) Thompson. He played jazz throughout North America, Western and Central Europe, Japan, and Southeast Asia. In 1983 his quintet became the first jazz band to tour in continental China since the 1949 revolution.

Before being called to the Senate of Canada, Tommy Banks served as chair of the Music Committee of the Board of Governors of Alberta College; he was founding chairman of the Alberta Foundation for the Performing Arts; chair of the Music Program at Grant MacEwan Community College; of the Edmonton Concert Hall Foundation; of the Instrumental Jazz Division of MusicFest Canada (North America’s largest music festival organization); of the B. & B. Foundation for the Theatrical & Musical Arts of Alberta; member of the board of the CKUA Radio Network Foundation; Honorary chair of the Alberta Heart Fund; an Honorary member of Cosmopolitan International and of Rotary International (of which he was a Paul Harris Fellow).

On Century II Records, distributed by Royalty Records.

** JUNO Award winner * JUNO Award nominee

Government career

Senator Banks was appointed to the Senate by Governor General Adrienne Clarkson at the recommendation of Prime Minister Jean Chrétien in 2000. He represented Alberta, sitting as a Liberal. In the Senate, he served as a member of the Standing Committee on National Finance, of the Special Committee on Illegal Drugs, of the Standing Committee on National Security and Defence (SCONSAD) and on its steering committee, and as chair of the Subcommittee on Veterans’ Affairs. In each of the 37th, 38th, and 39th Parliaments he was elected Chair of the Standing Committee on Energy, the Environment, and Natural Resources. In the 37th and 38th Parliaments he served as Chair of the Alberta Liberal Parliamentary Caucus. Following dissolution of the 37th Parliament Senator Banks was named to an all-party Committee of Parliamentarians from both Houses, given the task of advising the Government on the setting up of parliamentary oversight of security intelligence matters. He served on an ad hoc basis on several additional committees of the Senate. He was vice-chair of the Caucus task force on urban issues that produced Canada's Urban Strategy - a Blueprint for Action which Report led to an important national debate.

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Tributes paid as former England defender and Bolton Wanderers legend Tommy Banks dies, aged 94

www.dailymail.co.uk, June 14, 2024
Tommy Banks, believed to be the England's oldest living former international, has died at the age of 94. Banks represented England six times during his career, making his debut against the Soviet Union in Moscow in 1958. The left back was included in manager Walter Winterbottom's squad for the 1958 FIFA World Cup in Sweden the same year.

Even if it is £6.50 MOVE'S GUIDE TO LORD'S, pour me a pint at the Queen's Head in Primrose Hill

www.dailymail.co.uk, June 27, 2023
BUMBLE'S GUIDE TO LORD'S: I never miss getting to Lord's at 9am in the morning and seeing the massive queues snaking around the ground, waiting for the gunfire!Because when they open the gates for the members, it is an absolute stampede! What a moment. It reminds me of the Grand National and I find it amusing to see some of the cricketing community's elders fighting for the best seats for the day.

Dave Myers, a hairy Bikers actor, admits to chemotherapy has been 'brutal'

www.dailymail.co.uk, March 30, 2023
After being diagnosed with cancer last year, Hairy Bikers actress Dave Myers has provided an insight into his 'brutal' chemotherapy therapy. In a new interview, the BBC actor, 60, discusses how his brutal therapy has caused him to shed 'too much weight' after having zero appetite. Dave explained on Tommy Banks' Seasoned podcast that he is still recovering from cancer after being diagnosed last year, and that the side effects meant he could barely eat more than a can of soup.