Person Open DS/UK/10194 Blades; Jimmy (9 September 1901-19 May 1999); OBE; English percussionist Blades Jimmy 9 September 1901-19 May 1999 English percussionist Male (cisgender) Peterborough, England (born)

British Music | Percussion White No known disability No known religious affiliation Heterosexual James Blades OBE was an English percussionist. In 1954, Blades was appointed Professor of Percussion at the Royal Academy of Music. As a chamber musician he played with the Melos Ensemble and the English Chamber Orchestra. Blades' pupils included the rock drummers Max Sedgley, Carl Palmer, and Richard James Burgess as well as percussionist Evelyn Glennie. His most famous and widely heard performances were the sound of the drum playing "V-for-Victory" in Morse code, the introduction to the BBC broadcasts made to the European Resistance during World War II, and providing the sound of the gong seen at the start of films produced by the Rank Organisation. Blades played this sound on a tam-tam. On screen Blades's sound was mimed to by the "Gongman". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Blades (2023) International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 Yes RAHdroberts 12/13/2013 RAHAKirkbride 7/6/2023 43fdab3c-3440-40bf-823a-9255b17d1fdc