Editing Bill Kenwright (section)

==Music==
Kenwright had his own record label (Bill Kenwright Records), which released a number of albums: the [[London Palladium]] cast recording of ''Scrooge'' (starring [[Tommy Steele]]) and the 2006 Lyric Theatre Recording of ''Cabaret'' were joined in February 2008 by the debut album of Kenwright's new boy group Dream On. BK Records also released [[Joe McElderry]]'s 4th album [[Saturday Night at the Movies (album)|Saturday Night at the Movies]],<ref>{{cite web | url=https://westendwilma.com/news-joe-mcelderry-album-2017/ | title=JOE MCELDERRY to release new album SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE MOVIES - West End Wilma | date=25 May 2017 }}</ref> and a soundtrack of Joe singing Joseph and His Technicolour Dreamcoat.

Dream On, comprising five runners up from the BBC's ''[[Any Dream Will Do (TV series)|Any Dream Will Do]]'' – Craig Chalmers, Lewis Bradley, Chris Crosby, Chris Barton and [[Antony Hansen]] was formed in January 2008.

Kenwright began his music career in a band known as the Chevrolets.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/interview-bill-kenwright-white-knight-with-blue-blood-1189575.html|title=White knight with blue blood|date=6 December 1998|newspaper=The Independent | location=London | first=Andrew | last=Longmore | access-date=26 April 2010}}</ref> Perhaps less known is Kenwright's recording career both solo and with a group
Bill Kenwright and the Runaways:
* "I want to go back there again"/"Walk through dreams" Columbia DB8239 (August 1967)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.radiolondon.co.uk/rl/scrap60/fabforty/aug67/fab060867.html |title=Field's Final Fab Forty – 6th August 1967 |publisher=Radio London |access-date=6 August 2014}}</ref>

and solo, as Bill Kenwright:
* "Love's Black & White"/"Giving Up" MGM 1430 (July 1968)
* "Tiggy"/"House That Fell on its Face" MGM 1463 (November 1968)
* "Baby I Could Be So Good at Loving"/"Boy & a Girl" MGM 1478 (January 1969)
* "Sugar Man"/"Epitaph"/"When Times Were Good" Fontana TF 1065 (October 1969)

Kenwright tried his hand at record production in 1969, producing two singles for Manchester band Money, who also worked as his backing band for several cabaret gigs in [[Oldham]] and at Allinson's, Liverpool.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.manchesterbeat.com/groups/money/money.php |title=Money on Manchesterbeat – the group and music scene of Manchester in the '60s |publisher=Manchesterbeat.com |access-date=6 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141122041020/http://www.manchesterbeat.com/groups/money/money.php |archive-date=22 November 2014 |url-status=dead  }}</ref> The first record, "Come Laughing Home", was the title music for Kenwright's first foray into theatrical production, with [[Reginald Marsh (actor)|Reginald Marsh]] (also a star of ''[[Coronation Street]]'') as co-producer. The show starred [[Anne Reid]], who at the time was playing Valerie Barlow in ''Coronation Street''. It was the first time a ''Coronation Street'' star had worked in live theatre whilst still acting in the series. The show opened at [[Blackpool]]'s [[Grand Theatre, Blackpool|Grand Theatre]]. The single was also released in [[Argentina]].{{citation needed|date=August 2013}}