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Is Cockney Rhyming Slang Dying Out?

As alarmist headlines go, they were pretty puzzling. “Teenagers Aren’t Bobby Moore About Their Ruby Murrays and Their Rosie Lee,” fretted one British tabloid this week. “Is Cockney Rhyming Slang Brown ...
Yahoo

Farewell to Steve Harley, the impossibly glamorous Cockney Rebel frontman who made us all smile

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Steve Harley of Cockney Rebel, in 1976 - Michael Putland/Getty Steve Harley has left the stage, dead at 73, and British music will ...
The Independent

Don’t mock me because I’m cockney – we can ‘sound posh’ too

‘People I meet travelling often marvel that they’ve never actually met a real cockney, because I wasn’t what they were expecting’ (Getty) My best friend’s mother (who is also a cockney) told me when ...
American Songwriter

Cockney Rebel’s Steve Harley Dead at 73 After Canceling Shows Due to Chronic Disease

While performing on stage for over 50 years and sharing songs like “Judy Teen”, “Mr. Soft” and “Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)”, Steve Harley, known for being the frontman of Cockney Rebel, sadly ...
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'Being a Cockney means having community spirit'

As the Modern Cockney Festival enters its third year, people in south east England with a Cockney connection reflect on what it means to them. Throughout March, the month-long event organised by Grow ...
People

Steve Harley, Cockney Rebel Frontman and 'Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)' Singer, Dead at 73

The British rocker's U.K. No. 1 hit "Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)" has been covered over 100 times since its 1975 release Sadie Bell was a digital news writer on the music team at PEOPLE. She ...
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Cockney Rebel singer Steve Harley, who had a hit with 'Make Me Smile,' dies at 73

LONDON (AP) — Steve Harley, a British musician whose glam-rock band Cockney Rebel had an enduring hit with the song “Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me),” has died. He was 73. Harley’s family said ...
Chicago Tribune

Say what? London’s cockney culture looks a bit different

The East End’s Eliza Doolittles have long since moved away–not to rural Hertford, Hereford and Hampshire, mind you, but to suburban Essex and Kent, where their cockney rhyming slang is hardly heard.
The New York Times

MANY ORIGINS OF " COCKNEY."; And He Is Not Necessarily One Who Drops His H's.

TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. About the Archive This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive, before the start of online ...
BBC

Do you need to be from London to be a cockney?

The pearly king of Woolwich and his mouse turned heads at the Modern Cockney Festival The Modern Cockney Festival concluded recently with the dialect being officially recognised as a community ...
Los Angeles Times

British glam singer Steve Harley, who had a hit with ‘Make Me Smile,’ dies at 73

LONDON — Steve Harley, a British musician whose glam-rock band Cockney Rebel had an enduring hit with the song “Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me),” has died. He was 73. Harley’s family said Sunday ...