Bill MacCormick

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Full Name	Bill MacCormick
Occupation	Composer
Date Of Birth	Apr 15, 1951(1951-04-15)
Age	73
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	London
Horoscope	Aries

Bill MacCormick Biography

Bill MacCormick is one of the most popular and richest Composer who was born on April 15, 1951 in London, United Kingdom. In 2006, he released the book Pro Patria Mori: The 56th (1st London) Division at Gommecourt 1. July 1916. It was intended to be the first in the series of books on what happened during the Battle of the Somme. Since then, he’s published A Lack of Offensive Spirit? It is the 46th (North Midland) Division at Gommecourt 1 July 1916, and Z Day: The VIII Corps at Beaumont-Hamel and Serre the 1st of July in 1916. An updated book, The Long Road to the Somme 1870-1916, is scheduled for 2018. Then, J Jour: The French 6e Armee on the Somme 1 , July 1916 will be published in 2019.

In 1974, Bill made the decision to follow an interests in politics. He was granted a scholarship to the London School of Economics to begin in September of 1975. Between then, Phil Manzanera was planning to record his debut single album (Diamond Head) but had requested extra studio time to record Quiet Sun’s previously unreleased material. The band was revived and, with the help of Eno as well as his younger brother Ian MacDonald, the album Mainstream was recorded. Ian and Bill continued to write and recording together with Phil Manzanera over an extended time, resulting in Listen Now, an Listen Now album Listen Now, released in 1977. The summer of 1976 saw Phil, Bill and Eno together and drummer Simon Phillips, Francis Monkman and slide guitarist Lloyd Watson formed the short-lived 801 who performed three gigs in the summer of 1976 and released an album called 801 Live that was released in the fall of 1976.

In 1998 he was obliged to retire on health grounds. He had been elected as the London Borough councillor for the Anerley ward of Bromley Council in 1990 and had retained the seat in 1994 and 1998 but retired in 2002.

In addition, he played a bass solo on Phil Manzanera’s 2004 album 6PM in the track “Wish You Well”, a tribute to MacCormick’s late brother Ian and was the webmaster of the official Genesis, Phil Collins and Phil Manzanera web sites for several years.

Joining with the Liberal Party in 1973 and after being a candidate for the 1974 Council elections for Bromley, the London Borough of Bromley, He was elected in the role of the Greater London Council candidate in Beckenham in

1981. He also became an borough council member in 1982. In 1982, he was short- listed to be one of the Liberal Party candidate for the Bermondsey by- election. Following the election of Simon Hughes as MP, he was employed in the area and was a representative during two great Southwark Council by-elections and was an assistant agent during 1984’s General Election. Following his appointment, he was hired in the role of London Area Agent for the Liberal Party and was agent in the Enfield, Southgate, by-election that was triggered when the Conservative MP Sir Anthony Berry, was murdered by the IRA. The following Brecon as well as Radnor by-election in 1985 , he organized the first ever computerized direct mail campaign, which assisted in helping to help the Liberal Party win the seat. He was in charge of computer operations at many by-elections throughout the following six years and won from Greenwich, Eastbourne, and Kincardine and Deeside. He was also the representative in the Liberal Democrats’ first by-election, the Kensington by- election of 1988. In 1988, he was named as one of two National Elections Co- ordinators for the Liberal Democrats along with Chris (later Lord) Rennard until 1989 when he resigned due to a financial crisis within the newly formed party. He joined a tiny direct marketing company named PS Mailing but continued to be contracted by The Liberal Democrats for fundraising and by- elections. After attending a political conference at Washington DC organised by Campaigns and Elections magazine to gain knowledge about polling, the business was contracted to conduct a phone poll before an Kincardine and Deeside by-elections of 1991. The results were successful and the business being taken over by the major independent market research firm Martin Hamblin, he helped organize and manage the Liberal Democrats’ research program up to 1997’s General Election in 1997.

Bill MacCormick Net Worth

Bill MacCormick is one of the richest Composer from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Bill MacCormick 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

William “Bill” MacCormick (born 15 April 1951, from London) is a famous English bassist and singer. He is the son of Ewen MacCormick and Olwen MacCormick. They got were married in 1946 following their time as a couple as a couple in the RAF. His elder brother, Ian MacCormick (also known as the journalist for music and writer Ian MacDonald) was born in 1948. After attending primary school in Brixton they both received free spots at Dulwich College. In Dulwich College, Bill came across Phil Targett-Adams (now more popularly recognized as Phil Manzanera) and they discovered a love for music. The year 1966 saw Bill’s mom work alongside Honor Wyatt, the mother of drummer Robert Wyatt, and Bill witnessed his group Soft Machine play their first concert in August of 1966 on the stage at Coombe Springs in Kingston and later, he was frequent guests at Honor Wyatt’s residence located in Dalmore Road, West Dulwich which is where the group lived and practiced. In 1968, Phil Targett-Adams as well as Bill formed a group in Dulwich College with a floating membership with only the drummer Charles Hayward, two years younger than them. The band was dubbed Pooh as well as the Ostrich Feather, they performed at concerts around the school and also at events. Bill and Phil left Dulwich College in 1969 and they joined forces together with Charles Hayward the following year to form a group called Quiet Sun. They signed keyboardist Dave Jarrett and, briefly the sax player Dave Monaghan, but were unsuccessful in finding the right bass player. Bill was to play drums and sing learned the bass part to various tunes to allow the group to practice and he continued as the bass player until the group ended up breaking up in the summer of 1971.

The band’s final performances was as a support for Symbiosis in Portsmouth Polytechnic. The group featured Robert Wyatt who was about to walk away from Soft Machine and, when it was time to leave, he got in touch with Bill and asked him to join the bass in a new group named Matching Mole. They were joined by deceased Phil Miller and Caravan’s keyboard player Dave Sinclair. The band recorded an album with CBS on December 21, 1971 (released in the form of Matching Mole on April 22, 1972) as well. Dave Sinclair was replaced by New Zealand keyboard player Dave MacRae in February 1972. They toured in a variety of shows until September 1972, when Robert split the group. The band had released their second record, Little Red Record, in the month prior. Bill briefly joined the Daevid Allen’s Gong in France in the fall of 1972. In the spring of 1973, Bill convinced Robert Wyatt to form a new version of Matching Mole that would include sax player Gary Windo and keyboard player Francis Monkman recently of Curved Air. However, following a fatal accident that involved Robert the group was canceled. The following autumn, Bill performed on two tracks from Brian Eno’s debut single album Here Come the Warm Jets.

A new version of the 801 was formed in order tour to promote the release of Listen Now in the autumn of 1977. This consisted of Phil, Bill, singer/guitarist Simon Ainley, Roxy Music drummer Paul Thompson and keyboard player David Skinner. In early 1978 work started on Phil Manzanera’s third solo album, K-Scope, which Bill partly wrote and on which he played and sang. Roxy Music then reformed to record Manifesto. Later that year Bill was invited to join Random Hold, a band formed by guitarist David Rhodes and keyboard player the late Dave Ferguson. Along with ex-Glitter Band drummer Pete Phipps they toured the UK supporting XTC and Peter Gabriel and in North America with Peter Gabriel. They recorded a double album for Polydor Records. The band broke up in the summer of 1980 and Bill left the music business to pursue his interest in politics.

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Bill Ranked on the list of most popular Composer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Bill MacCormick celebrates birthday on April 15 of every year.