"David Rome was 18 when he became the #UK’s youngest #cantor at Ilford United #Synagogue, then one of #Europe's largest. In a new facet to his career as minister and cantor at Sutton and District United Synagogue, Rome is now collaborating with the legendary #jazz #pianist David Lee, the long-time accompanist to Judy Garland.
A member of Kingston United Synagogue, David Lee wrote the hit track Goodness Gracious Me for Sophia Loren and Peter Sellers, and the last song sung by Nat King Cole, No Other Heart, before Cole passed away in 1965. Lee also worked with many famed artists including Louis Armstrong, Sarah Vaughan, Duke Ellington, Cleo Laine and John Dankworth, and was resident musical director on the satirical BBC programme That Was the Week That Was."
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