The Scotch of St James club was a popular meeting place for rock musicians during the mid 1960s ^[1] situated at 13 Masons Yard, Westminster, London SW1.^[2][3] Paul McCartney frequently visited it, as well Rod Stewart, Eric Burdon, Ronnie Wood and bands like The Moody Blues and The Spencer Davis Group.^[4]

The club was where a then unknown Jimi Hendrix played his first gig in England on 24 September 1966, when he joined the house band for some blues standards.^[5] On 19 October 1966 the Jimi Hendrix Experience played their first UK gig as a private showcase at Scotch of St James.^[6]

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References[link]

• Miles, Barry (1998). Many Years From Now. Vintage-Random House. ISBN 0-7493-8658-4. 
• Spitz, Bob (2006). The Beatles: The Biography. Little, Brown and Company (New York). ISBN 1-84513-160-6. 

Coordinates: 51°30′28″N 0°08′14″W / 51.5078°N 0.1371°W / 51.5078; -0.1371

Saint James or St. James may refer to:

People[link]

Saints[link]

• James the Just, considered the author of the Epistle of James in the New Testament, and the first bishop of Jerusalem
• James, son of Zebedee, apostle, brother of John the Apostle, sometimes called "James the Great"
• James, son of Alphaeus, apostle (sometimes identified with James the Just)
• James the Less, son of Clopas and Mary of Clopas, often identified with the son of Alphaeus
• Jacob of Nisibis, 4th century bishop
• James Intercisus, 5th century Persian, cut into pieces for expression of his beliefs
• James the Deacon, 7th century missionary to England
• One of the Ethiopian martyrs Abraham, Ethnus, Acrates, James, and John
• Blessed James Salomoni, Venetian priest and ascetic

Surname[link]

• Rebecca St. James (born 1977), Australian Christian pop and rock artist and actress
• Susan Saint James (born 1946), American actress and activist

Railway stations[link]

• Saint James station (disambiguation), several railway stations around the world

Ships[link]

• HMS St. James (D65), a Battle-class destroyer of the British Royal Navy, commissioned in 1946 and broken up in 1961

Churches[link]

• St. James' Church (disambiguation), several churches around the world

Places[link]

Australia[link]

• St James, Victoria
• St James, Western Australia

Barbados[link]

• Saint James, Barbados

Canada[link]

• St. James, Manitoba
• Fort St. James, British Columbia, a municipality

France[link]

• Saint-James, a village and commune in the Manche département

Ireland[link]

• St. James's Gate Brewery, located in Dublin, famous for the production of Guinness and the Guinness Storehouse attraction

Jamaica[link]

• Saint James Parish, Jamaica

New Zealand[link]

• St James Station, New Zealand, a former high country station which is now conservation land
• St. James Theatre, Auckland, a former stage theatre and cinema
• St. James Theatre, Wellington, a stage theatre

Singapore[link]

• St James Power Station, an old power station converted to a modern nightspot

South Africa[link]

• St James, Cape Town, a town in False Bay

Spain[link]

• Way of St. James, the route taken for the pilgrimage to the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, Galicia

Trinidad and Tobago[link]

• Saint James, Trinidad and Tobago, a town on the outskirts of Port of Spain

United Kingdom[link]

• St James's, an area in the City of Westminster, central London
  • St. James's Palace, London
  • St James's Club, a former gentlemen's club in Piccadilly
  • Court of St. James's, the court of the British sovereign for diplomatic purposes
  • St. James's Park, London
  • St James's Street, a street in London
  • St James's Theatre, a 1,200-seat theater located in St James's, London
  • St James's Club and Hotel, a hotel in London
• St James' Park, Newcastle upon Tyne, home of football club Newcastle United
• St James's Church of England School and Sports College, a secondary school in Greater Manchester
• St James's University Hospital, Leeds, a teaching hospital

United States[link]

• Saint James, Indiana
• St. James, Maryland
• St. James, Minnesota
• St. James, Missouri
• St. James, New York
• St. James Parish, Louisiana
• St. James Theatre, on Broadway in New York City
• St. James Court Art Show in Louisville, Kentucky
• St. James Middle School, a school in Horry County in South Carolina
• St. James High School, also a school in Horry County in South Carolina
• Saint James School (Montgomery, Alabama)

Vietnam[link]

• Cape Saint James or Cape Saint Jacques, former colonial names for Vung Tau

Other uses[link]

• St. James's Day Battle, between the Dutch and the English, on 4 and 5 August 1666
• St James Church massacre, a massacre perpetrated on St James Church, Cape Town, South Africa
• St James Holdings, Mike Ashley's holding company for Newcastle United

See also[link]

• James (disambiguation)
• Santiago (name)
• San Diego (disambiguation)

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Wayne Philip Colin Sleep^[1] OBE (born 17 July 1948) is a British dancer, director, choreographer and panelist. He was a Principal Dancer with the Royal Ballet and has appeared as a Guest Artist with several other ballet companies.

Early life[link]

Sleep was born in Plymouth, Devon. He and his family moved to Hartlepool ca. 1951 and spent ten years there. He was educated at Hyde Park Junior School Plymouth, and began dancing lessons in Hartlepool in 1955 with Muriel Carr, before gaining a Leverhulme Scholarship to the Royal Ballet School in 1961 and joining the Royal Ballet in 1966.

Career[link]

At only 5'2", Sleep is famous for being the shortest male dancer ever admitted into the Royal Ballet School. Had he not left his audition for the school early and missed his final physical examination, he would not have gained a place. Because of his diminutive stature many directors were reluctant to cast him in traditional male lead roles. As a result many roles were created for him by noted choreographers including Ashton, MacMillan, de Valois, Layton^{[disambiguation needed ]}, Nureyev and Neumeier. Sleep is often chosen for character roles because of his unusual physique. In 1982, Andrew Lloyd Webber adapted his Variations album as the second half of stage show Song and Dance for Sleep. Sleep created the role of Mr. Mistoffelees in Lloyd Webber's musical Cats in London's West End, at the New London Theatre, on 11 May 1981.

In 1973, Sleep established a world record by doing an entrechat-douze - a jump with twelve beats of the feet. This record still stands to this day (2011).

Television[link]

As well as dancing, Sleep also acts and his credits include Tigger in Winnie the Pooh and Villiers in Soldiers. He also appeared, as himself, in The Goodies episode "Football Crazy".

Sleep's choreography credits include David and Goliath.

Sleep is remembered for dancing with Princess Diana at the annual Christmas party of the Friends of Covent Garden at the Royal Opera House in 1985.^[2]

In 2003, Sleep appeared in the reality TV series, I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!. In the 2005/06 pantomime season, he appeared in Beauty and the Beast at the Theatre Royal, Windsor. Sleep recently completed a tour of Magic of the Musicals with Marti Webb and Robert Meadmore, as well as appearing as a judge on BBC One's Strictly Dance Fever.

Wayne Sleep has worked with the British Shakespeare Company on three successful occasions, playing Puck in A Midsummer Night's Dream twice (most recently on a national tour in 2006), as well as Feste in Twelfth Night.

Sleep runs workshops all over the country that children of over the age of six can attend. He has recently appeared as Uncle Willy in a performance of High Society and is currently appearing as Emcee in 'Cabaret' which is touring around England.

Sleep also appeared in the 2008 series of Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway, as a team member in the feature Ant v. Dec. On the first show Ant's team lost the challenge which meant Ant had to choose one of the team members to be eliminated and chose Wayne.

In January 2011, Sleep featured on British reality cooking show "Come Dine With Me", alongside presenter Terry Christian, Labour MP Diane Abbott and glamour model Danielle Lloyd. Sleep prepared a menu including mushrooms on toast, paella and pavlova, albeit with a lot of help from his partner.

Film[link]

Sleep showed great acrobatic and physical dexterity in the cameo role of a roof- and wall-climbing prisoner, known as 'Clean Willy' in the 1979 Michael Crichton film The First Great Train Robbery, alongside Sean Connery and Donald Sutherland. In it, he climbs a sheer granite prison wall and along a railway station's roof as part of a storyline about stealing a key from a guarded office.

Popular culture[link]

Sleep is mentioned in "Never Say Alan Again", an episode from the second series of I'm Alan Partridge. When Michael's Americanophile friend Tex mentions that "[my idol] has gotta be Wayne", Alan mistakenly concludes he means Wayne Sleep. Tex tries to correct this misconception by drawling "Get on yer horse and drink yer milk" in an approximation of John Wayne's voice, but Alan is merely further confirmed in his belief that Sleep is the man Tex is referring to.

Sleep is mentioned numerous times in the film Billy Elliot, and also in the British stage musical version of this film. (On Broadway references to Sleep were changed to Rudolf Nureyev.)

The diminutive and frizz-haired Green Wing character Martin Dear (played by Karl Theobald) refers to Wayne Sleep as the celebrity to whom he was most flattered to have his appearance compared.

In Sean Lock's 15 Storeys High, Wayne Sleep is one of several people to whom Vince addresses a letter.

Personal life[link]

As well as being out as gay, Sleep has stated he is also attracted to women but has not been intimate with any for many years.^[3]

Sleep is a recipient of the Carl Alan Award, an industry honour voted for by dance professionals in recognition of outstanding contributions to dance.

Notes[link]

1. ^ Researcha
2. ^ "see obituary of founder of Friends of Covent Garden". The Times (London). 21 April 2006. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article707549.ece. 
3. ^ "Article on Daily Mirror website". http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/tm_objectid=17140597&method=full&siteid=94762&headline=exclusive--telly-dance-judge-wayne-s-amazing-secret-name_page.html. 

External links[link]

• Wayne Sleep's Official Website
• TV show clip
• Wayne Sleep at the Internet Movie Database
• [1] Wayne Sleep Filmography
• [2] Wayne Sleep at Andrew Lloyd Webber's Really Useful Group
• [3] Listing Index
• [4] Sleep on the job in High Society
• [5] Wayne Sleep at Answers.com
• [6] Wayne's still stepping out
• [7] No British dancer to fill Darcey's pointe shoes
• The Hot Shoe Show - "Pinball Wizard" - Wayne Sleep dance/choreography mid-80s BBC
• The Hot Shoe Show - "Modern Girl" - Wayne Sleep and Finola Hughes mid-80s BBC

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