Lindley Evans

Lindley Evans CMG (18 November 1895 – 2 December 1982) was a South African-born Australian composer, pianist and teacher. He is best known for his collaboration with Frank Hutchens in a famous piano duet, which lasted 41 years, and as the ABC's "Mr Melody Man" for 30 years. Biography Harry Lindley Evans was born in Cape Town, South Africa in 1895, to English parents. He had already become an organist and chorister before moving to Sydney at the age of 17.