Golden Oldies

Enjoy a trip down memory lane by dipping into the past for the answers to this crossword!

Solutions on opposite page

ACROSS

1 — on My Mind, song written in 1930 and most famously recorded by Ray Charles 30 years later (7)

4 — White Band, funk collective known for their mostly instrumental 1975 track Pick Up the Pieces (7)

7 Late actor who starred in the title role of the Stanley Kubrick blockbuster Spartacus (4, 7)

9 — in the Clowns, acclaimed song from Stephen Sondheim’s A Little Night Music (4)

10 — Davis, Best Actress Oscar winner for Dangerous and Jezebel in the 1930s (5)

11 — Hackman, screen star best known for playing Jimmy Doyle in The French Connection (4)

14 Ray —, songwriter who topped the UK charts in 1974 with novelty record The Streak (7)

15 Reworking of a record by Otis Redding that became Aretha Franklin’s signature number (7)

16 Part played by Jean Simmons in Laurence Olivier’s 1948 adaptation of Hamlet (7)

18 Vegetable from which classic cartoon character Popeye derives his strength (7)

20 Don’t — Now, 1973 thriller with Donald Sutherland and Julie Christie that is based on a short story by Daphne du Maurier (4)

21 Forever —, 1947 romantic drama directed by Otto Preminger (5)

22 — Laurel, one half of a classic comedy duo with Oliver Hardy (4)

25 Actress who played

Ahme in Beatles movie Help! and appeared alongside Alan Bates in Women in Love (7, 4)

26 Their — Majesties Request, psychedelic album by the Rolling Stones (7)

27 — Goose, 1960 hit for Johnny and the Hurricanes that spent 11 consecutive weeks in the top 10 (7)

DOWN

1 Progressive rock band fronted by Phil Collins following Peter Gabriel’s departure in 1975 (7)

2 Funny —, 1969 Barbra Streisand film adapted from the Broadway musical of the same name (4)

3 Eamonn —, original host of This Is Your Life (7)

4 Jenny —, co-star of 1970 family drama The Railway Children (7)

5 — Fitzgerald, iconic jazz singer who is often referred to as the ‘First Lady of Song’ (4)

6 The Importance of Being —, Bafta-nominated 1952 adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s celebrated work that features Michael Redgrave in the lead role (7)

7 Actor who portrayed flying ace Douglas Bader in Reach for the Sky (7, 4)

8 American funnyman who co-wrote and starred in 1980 movie The Jerk (5, 6)

12 — Savalas, bald-headed actor seen in 1960s war movies Battle of the Bulge and The Dirty Dozen (5)

13 A Dandy in —, 1968 spy flick that was Anthony Mann’s last film (5)

16 Terry Lightfoot and His New — Jazzmen,

1960s ensemble fronted by the late clarinettist (7)

17 Autumn —, 1967 top 5 hit for the Kinks (7)

18 Moira —, ballerina who starred in Powell and Pressburger’s The Red Shoes (7)

19 Picnic at — Rock, award-winning 1976 mystery film set in Australia (7)

23 James —, star of Rebel Without a Cause and East of Eden who died in 1955 at the age of 24 (4)

24 — Porter, actor who played the lead role in the 1967 BBC adaptation of The Forsyte Saga novels (4)