Cliff Twemlow

Cliff Twemlow was an English actor, nightclub bouncer, horror paperback author and library music composer.

Twemlow was born in Hulme, Manchester, the son of a merchant seaman. He became a nightclub bouncer, or Tuxedo Warrior, in 1950s Morecambe before this occupation would take him to Scotland and back to Manchester. Hoping to diversify Twemlow worked as an extra on the television series Coronation Street and attempted to break into the music industry by composing library music under the pen name Peter Reno. The latter was a hugely successful venture, with Twemlow penning more than two thousand compositions within the space of a few years. Musically selftaught, Cliff composed music using what he referred to as the De Dum Da Principle. I had discovered that with the aid of a tape recorder, I could assemble or compose lyric and tune. My voice would simulate orchestral sounds, giving me an insight as to how it could be arranged. God, the noises were appalling. Um Te Ta, Deeple, Dum Rump Pa Pa! I was in hysterics listening to the playback. he later claimed in his autobiography. Most of his Pete

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