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Also in 1972, Nat Joseph produced Connolly's first solo album, Billy Connolly Live!, a mixture of comedic songs and short monologues that hinted at what was to follow. In late 1973, Joseph produced the breakthrough album that propelled Connolly to British stardom.
I'm Asking You Sergeant, Where's Mine" (also known by the shorter title "Sergeant, Where's Mine") is a folk song written and first performed in the mid-1970s by Scottish comedian, actor and singer Billy Connolly. [1] It was later popularized by The Dubliners.
A comedy song, it reached No. 1 for one week in November 1975, [3] and was one of the few songs of its genre to reach this milestone. The song is a cover of Sheb Wooley 's [ 4 ] parody of the Tammy Wynette song " D-I-V-O-R-C-E ", [ 5 ] and Connolly's version to date has been his only No. 1 UK single, [ 3 ] though in the late 1970s he had a ...
Musical Tour of Scotland is a collection of traditional and original songs and tunes which accompanied Billy Connolly's 1994 television series World Tour of Scotland. It was released in 1995. [2] Connolly provides vocals on "The Waltzing Fool", "I Wish I Was in Glasgow" and "Irish Heartbeat".
Connolly co-founded the band with Tam Harvey in 1965, and played in the pubs and clubs around Glasgow, most notably the Old Scotia Bar. Connolly sang, played banjo and guitar, and entertained the audience with his humorous introductions to the songs. Harvey was an accomplished bluegrass guitarist.
The Pick of Billy Connolly is a Billy Connolly compilation album. Track listing ... "C and W Super Song" "In Appreciation (The Welly Boot March)"
Cover of the 2002 reissue celebrating Connolly's 60th birthday. Transatlantic Years is a double compilation album by Billy Connolly, released in 2001 on Sanctuary Records.It includes material recorded between 1969 and 1974, both with Connolly as a solo act and also as a member of the Humblebums, either with Gerry Rafferty or Tam Harvey (or, for a short period, both).
His mother taught him both Irish and Scottish folk songs when he was a boy; later, he was influenced by the music of the Beatles and Bob Dylan. He joined the folk-pop group the Humblebums (of which Billy Connolly was a member) in 1969. After they disbanded in 1971, he recorded his first solo album, Can I Have My Money Back?