EarlOkin's Personal information

Name: Earl Okin

Age: 63

Gender: Male

Relationship: Single

About Me: Earl Okin began performing comedy in Folk Clubs during the 70s, alongside people such as Billy Connolly and Jasper Carrott and has been a headline act on the London comedy circuit since the early 80s, when invited to perform at the Comic Strip by Nigel Planer. Among the people who booked Earl as a headline act when they were starting out are Eddie Izzard and Sacha Baron Cohen. Earl is the most performed artiste at the Edinburgh Fringe, has performed at all the major venues in London from the Palladium to the Old Vic, etc., has performed his own one-man show not only around Europe but around the world and appeared on TV everywhere from the UK to Australia. He was one of the hits at the Montreal Comedy Festival in 2006. You can find two pages of clips of Earl on YouTube, while his SONY CD 'Musical Genius & Sex Symbol' can be downloaded from iTunes. In addition to all of this, Earl has another career as singer/songwriter and Jazz/Bossa Nova performer. As such, he has recorded at Abbey Road, performed Bossa Nova in Brazil, Jazz in New York (Birdland, The Apollo etc.,) and opened for Van Morrison and Paul McCartney. One of his earliest songs, recorded by Cilla Black in 1968, has now had a video added and has so far had over 30,000 hits. To see it, go to www.youtube.com and search for 'Abyssinian Secret'. To hear more of his current non-comedy songs and see his gig list, please go to... http://www.myspace.com/earlokin Earl holds a full US work visa and is currently seeking committed representation for career development both in the UK and world-wide. He can be contacted for work (or by would-be groupies) at... spats47@ntlworld.com or by 'phone... 0207.727 6375

Website: http://www.earlokin.com

EarlOkin's Location

Current City: London

Country: United Kingdom

Hometown: London

EarlOkin's Profile

Occupation: Musical-comedian, Singer-songwriter, Jazz and Bossa Nova singer/musician

Companies: Spats Music Ltd. (publishes my songs)

Schools: St. Marylebone Grammar School (deceased) and University of Kent at Canterbury (UKC)

Interests and Hobbies: Collecting old 78s of Grand Opera and Classic Jazz. OLD films...

Favorite Movies/Shows: Chaplin's Modern Times, City Lights and The Gold Rush. Some Like It Hot... Bogart in The Big Sleep etc... Favourite TV comedy? Porridge and Yes Minister. Favourite Radio comedy? The Goons.

Favorite Music: In Opera Puccini, Verdi, Moussorgsky etc... Singers such as Caruso, Chaliapin, Galli-Curci etc... In Jazz...Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong... Favourite singers...Peggy Lee, Mel Tormé, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday... Pop/Rock? The Beatles, Stevie Wonder.

Favorite Books: Sherlock Holmes.