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The Goodies Sing Songs From the Goodies was the 1974 debut LP record released by The Goodies.It was initially issued in January 1974 as The Goodies Sing Songs From the Goodies (Decca catalogue number SKL 5175), and was then later reissued in May 1975, retitled as The World of the Goodies with a different cover picture (Decca catalogue number SPA 416), as part of Decca's extensive World Of ...
The Goodies is a British television comedy series shown in the 1970s and early 1980s. The series, which combines surreal sketches and situation comedy , was broadcast by the BBC, initially on BBC2 but soon repeated on BBC1, [ 1 ] from 1970 to 1980.
The Goodies were a trio of British comedians: Tim Brooke-Taylor (17 July 1940 – 12 April 2020), Graeme Garden (b. 18 February 1943) and Bill Oddie (b. 7 July 1941). The trio created, wrote for and performed in their eponymous television comedy show from 1970 until 1982, combining sketches and situation comedy.
The Goodies Sing Songs From The Goodies, (reissued as The World of the Goodies) LP — 1975 The World of the Goodies (reissue of The Goodies Sing Songs From The Goodies) LP — 1975 The New Goodies LP: LP: 25 (UK) 1976 Nothing To Do With Us: LP — 1978 Beastly Record: LP —
Nothing to Do with Us was the third LP record released by The Goodies. [2] All songs were written by Bill Oddie. As with their previous albums, the music was performed mainly by session musicians. For this album, The Goodies were signed to Island Records which had worldwide distribution rights except for the United States. [3]
Garden's best known television work is freeform sitcom The Goodies, which he wrote and performed along with Tim Brooke-Taylor and Bill Oddie from 1970 to 1982. The three appeared in the Amnesty International show A Poke in the Eye (With a Sharp Stick) (during which they sang their hit song "Funky Gibbon").
The Complete Goodies" — Robert Ross, B T Batsford, London, 2000 "The Goodies Rule OK" — Robert Ross, Carlton Books Ltd, Sydney, 2006 "From Fringe to Flying Circus — 'Celebrating a Unique Generation of Comedy 1960-1980'" — Roger Wilmut, Eyre Methuen Ltd, 1980 "The Goodies Episode Summaries" — Brett Allender
Later he was co-writer and performer in the comedy series Broaden Your Mind with Tim Brooke-Taylor and Graeme Garden, for which he became a cast member for the second series. Oddie, Brooke-Taylor and Garden then co-wrote and appeared in their television comedy series The Goodies (1970–1982).