Jake Thackray, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1938)

Jake Thackray

English singer-songwriter, poet and journalist

John Philip "Jake" Thackray was an English singer-songwriter, poet, humourist and journalist. Best known in the late 1960s and early 1970s for his topical comedy songs performed on British television, his work ranged from satirical to bawdy to sentimental to pastoral, with a…