Some serious talent here.

I'm totally lost on some of these, but it all makes complete sense when it's explained to dunderheads like me .

I think I'll go back to servicing and setting up the Y/M/D calibrations on a Seiko perpetual calendar quartz movement.

It's easier than some of these puzzles (but not by much!).

 

Well played @TasMike , good solve

 

And now for something completely different...well, not really...

 

How about:

Chopin

 

Workings: Showboat pan

 

minus:

 

An Ant minus Mr T
Dee Wallace
Dee Snider
Vine

Andy Devine

 

Willlld Billll Hickok rides again! For old radio fans. Well done @TasMike .

 

Hernán Cortés de Monroy y Pizarro Altamirano, 1st Marquess of the Valley of Oaxaca.

 

I was going to say that, but @JimInOz best me to it. (Snicker!)

 

Minus:

 

Vanessa Shaw
knife/dagger/letter opener/shank
Red Buttons
Emma Roberts
-(M)a Barker.
Rejection

Shawshank Redemption

 

It no sooner came off my finger tips…bravo!

 

The whole caboodle! Well done

 

Can you guess what I’ve been listening to?

You’re looking for a composer, a composition, and the suite it’s taken from.

 

Claire De Lune, Suite Bergamasque, by Claude deBussy.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suite_bergamasque

Thread:

Clawed = CLAUDE
Dee= DE
Gary Bussey = BUSSEY
Eclaire = CLAIRE
Dee = DE
Loon = LUNE
Candy = SUITE
Burger = BERGA
Mask = MASQUE

Therefore, CLAUDE DeBUSSEY, CLAIRE de LUNE, SUITE BERGAMASQUE?

 

Good solve @Canuck , well played.

 

The only reason it was me that answered that one, rather than almost anyone else that might have viewed it, is because I lucked out, and got there first. It was MUCH easier than some of the contributions to this thread! Good rebus!