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Sir Kenneth Arthur Dodd (8 November 1927 – 11 March 2018) was an English comedian, singer and occasional actor.He was described as "the last great music hall entertainer" and was primarily known for his live stand-up performances.
In the United Kingdom, the song is best known in the version by comedian and singer Ken Dodd. Dodd's recording, arranged by Ivor Raymonde and released on EMI's Columbia label, reached number 31 on the UK Singles Chart in 1964. Although not one of Dodd's biggest chart hits, it became known as the comedian's signature song. [2] [3]
Although best known as a comedian, Ken Dodd was a prolific recording artist throughout the 1960s, and most of his music recordings were serious, not comic. His debut single "Love is like a Violin" reached No. 8 in 1960. [2]
Ken Dodd (pictured in 2007) achieved the biggest-selling single of 1965 with his cover version of "Tears". The song spent seventeen weeks in the UK top 10 - five of those at the top spot - and went on to rank as the 3rd best-selling single of the 1960s. Dodd had a second top 10 later in the year with "The River", which peaked at number three.
The Diddy Men are a mythical race whose invention is often attributed to the Liverpudlian comedian Ken Dodd.However, they have existed in Merseyside mythology for much longer and, along with the Treacle and Jam Butty Mines of Knotty Ash, had been referred to in the earlier act of another Liverpool comedian, Arthur Askey.
Topics about Ken Dodd songs in general should be placed in relevant topic categories: Pages in category "Ken Dodd songs" The following 3 pages are in this category ...
The serial features guest appearances by Ken Dodd, Don Henderson, Hugh Lloyd, Morgan Deare, Richard Davies, and American stage and screen actor Stubby Kaye. [ 3 ] [ 9 ] Morgan Deare later played Senator Waldo Pickering in the audio play Minuet in Hell and Arthur in the new series episode " Rosa ". [ 10 ]
Workers' Playtime was a British radio variety programme transmitted by the BBC between 1941 [1] and 1964. [2] Originally intended as a morale-booster for industrial workers in Britain during World War II, the programme was broadcast at lunchtime, three times a week, live from a factory canteen "somewhere in Britain".