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'''The Alberts''' were a British music/comedy troupe of the mid-1950s to mid-1960s, featuring brothers Anthony "Tony" and Douglas "Dougie" Gray, along with [[Bruce Lacey]]. They were notable for their surreal performances.<ref>((Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bDYuDwAAQBAJ&q=the+temperance+seven+surreal&pg=PA116 |title = Pop Art and Design|isbn = 9781474226202|last1 = Massey|first1 = Anne|last2 = Seago|first2 = Alex|date = 30 November 2017))</ref>

==Career==
Educated at the Oratory School (Kensington), they were evacuated during World War II to [[Penzance]]. They left school after the war and performed their National Service in [[Egypt]]. They appeared on several of [[Spike Milligan]]'s television series.<ref name="thealberts">((Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/talent/a/alberts_the.shtml|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060913080302/http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/talent/a/alberts_the.shtml|url-status=dead|title=BBC comedy guide: The Alberts|archivedate=13 September 2006|accessdate=21 July 2020))</ref> They intended to inaugurate the fledgling [[BBC2]] on 20 April 1964, but a power failure delayed the launch until the following day. For almost the entire year of 1963, beginning January 1963, in the [[West End theatre|West End]], The Alberts, along with [[Joyce Grant]], [[Ivor Cutler]], [[Michael Codron]] and [[William Donaldson]], presented ''An Evening of British Rubbish'', which [[Princess Margaret]] attended twice, and which was released on an [[LP record]] by [[George Martin]], head of [[Parlophone]] at the time.<ref name="martin">George Martin: ''All You Need Is Ears'' (1983), p. 99. St. Martin's Press, New York.<!-- ISBN needed --></ref> Several members of The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band have publicly said they were hugely influenced by The Alberts.

The Gray brothers appeared in several films directed by [[Ken Russell]], including ''[[Dante's Inferno (1967 film)|Dante's Inferno]]'' and ''[[The Music Lovers]]''. They toured the world with the Royal Opera house with non-singing roles in [[Benjamin Britten]]'s ''[[Peter Grimes]]'' and released a single in May 1962, produced by George Martin at [[Abbey Road Studios|Abbey Road]], called "Morse Code Melody", with "Sleepy Valley" on the flip side.<ref name="martin"/> Another single, "Goodbye Dolly (Gray)" / "Blaze Away" and credited to The Massed Alberts, an expanded version of the group again featuring Bruce Lacey, was also released on Parlophone in July 1964 but similarly failed to chart.

The Alberts (including Lacey) adapted [[Alexandre Dumas père]]'s novel, ''The Three Musketeers Ride Again!'', at the [[Royal Court Theatre]], with [[Rachel Roberts (actress)|Rachel Roberts]], [[Valentine Dyall]], Colin Phillips, Alexei Jawdokimov and Jill Bruce in the cast, directed by [[Eleanor Fazan]].<ref>((IMDb name|1553015|Dougie Gray))</ref><ref>((IMDb name|0340702|Tony Gray))</ref>

Anthony "Tony" Gray (22 December 1927 – 14 April 2014) died at age 86 in the UK. He was twice married and had six children.<ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/10768247/Tony-Gray-obituary.html Tony Gray obituary], Telegraph.co.uk; accessed 21 April 2014.</ref>

Douglas Gray (28 September 1930 - 18 June 2020) died aged 89 in Norfolk. He had two children, Pandora and Gideon, a musician. In later, life Gray turned up for the service at his local church every Sunday dressed as a Cossack.<ref>((Cite web|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/douglas-gray-obituary-6lcb8mxmv|title=Douglas Gray obituary|accessdate=21 July 2020|website=Thetimes.co.uk))</ref>

==Discography==
* ''[[The Alberts, The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band, The Temperance Seven]]'', singles compilation album, 1971
* ''[[By Jingo It's British Rubbish]]'' (1998 CD: HUX 015), singles compilation

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