Q:Facts: - instrument: drums - death place: holland-on-sea , essex , england - years active: 1950s -- 2007 - caption: alf bigden playing on the bbc in 1978 - birth name: alfred william bigden - death date: 12 october 2007 - genre: lounge , jazz , big band - birth date: 1 march 1932 - image size: 300px - background: non_vocal_instrumentalist - image: alf bigden 2.jpg - birth place: stepney , london , england - associated acts: the geoff love orchestra the ray davies orchestra the edmundo ros ronnie orchestra ronnie aldrich , his two pianos and orchestra hazlehurst orchestra the london festival orchestra the - occupation: musician Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of alf bigden .
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alfred '' alf '' william bigden -lrb- 1 march 1932 -- 12 october 2007 -rrb- was a british drummer mainly active from the 1960s to the early 2000s .bigden had been '' drummer for such stars as tom jones , cilla black , shirley bassey , sir cliff richard , kylie minogue , eartha kitt , lionel richie , andy williams and tony bennett '' , as well as for stephane grappelli on at least one of his albums .