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  • | longtype = [[w:Comedy|Comedy]] ...isher=The Goon Show Site|accessdate=26 August 2014}}</ref> It was produced by [[George Martin]] for [[w:EMI|EMI]]'s [[w:Parlophone|Parlophone]] Records.
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  • ...or3=Jon Kutner |title=The Complete Book Of The British Charts: Singles and Albums, 3rd edition|year=2004|publisher=Omnibus Press|isbn=1844490580}}</ref> ==Studio albums==
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  • | alt = <!-- descriptive text for use by speech synthesis (text-to-speech) software --> ...1992<!-- https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0213372/fullcredits --> and for four albums of humorous, smutty songs. Currently resident in [[Suffolk]], he is active
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  • | nationality = British ...ancer, presenter, singer, and writer, who first came to national attention by winning the television talent show ''[[New Faces]]'' in 1975, and went on t
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  • | birth_place = [[Dhaka]], [[Bengal Presidency|Bengal Province]], [[British India]] | citizenship = British
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  • ...y performer. He appeared on his own television shows, sometimes performing comedy sketches between songs. He made twenty ''[[Royal Variety Performance]]'' ap ...I just flipped when I was given 'Gilly Gilly Ossenfeffer Katzenellen Bogen By The Sea'. I thought, 'Fabulous, fabulous, this is a major hit for us.' I to
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  • ...in [[Woolwich]], for which he was paid eight [[shilling]]s and [[Sixpence (British coin)|sixpence]] (42½p). He also played in [[working men's club]]s, pubs a
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  • ...review in ''[[Gramophone (magazine)|The Gramophone]]'' of one of his 1957 albums containing recordings of his old "concert party" songs commented, "what a f |By John C. Holloway. from ''[[The Co-Optimists]]''
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  • ...<!-- per [[MOS:MAJORWORK]] - major works include TV series, films, books, albums and games --> ...ritish]] 1950s comedy radio programme ''[[The Goon Show]]''. He was voiced by [[Peter Sellers]]. In the episode "[[Who is Pink Oboe?]]", [[Valentine Dya
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  • '''Stanley Black''' [[Order of British Empire|OBE]] (14 June 1913 – 27 November 2002) was an English bandleader, ...s for a [[Charles B. Cochran|C.B. Cochran]] 1930 theatrical revue followed by winning a ''[[Melody Maker|Melody Maker]]'' competition for his arrangement
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  • ...s remembered for screen roles such as the corrupt policeman 'Parky' in the British gangster film ''[[The Long Good Friday]]'' (1980)<ref name="Stevens"/> and ...V with ''The Dave King Show''<ref name="Leigh"/> which was song, dance and comedy with famous guests of the day.
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  • | honorific_suffix = [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]] ...1960s. At the time, he was among the few [[black people|black]] singers in British pop music.<ref name="AMG">{{cite web|title=Kenny Lynch Biography|url=https:
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  • ...nment, including film, radio and theatre. He appeared in the [[BBC Radio]] comedy series ''[[The Goon Show]]'', recorded a number of hit comic songs and beca ...ily.{{sfn|Sikov|2002|p=9}} During his career, he also released a number of albums containing sketches and comic songs;{{sfn|Hall|2006|p=254}} the songs were
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  • | genre = {{hlist|[[Parody music|Parody]]|satire|[[comedy rock]]}} ...er, comedian and musician. He first came to prominence in the pioneering [[comedy rock]] group [[Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band]] and later became a frequent collabo
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  • | medium = Stand-up comedy, theatre, radio, television and music ...music hall]] entertainer", and was primarily known for his live [[stand-up comedy|stand-up]] performances.
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  • | distributor = [[United Artists]] ...ts, all of whom are obsessed with obtaining a sacrificial ring sent to him by a fan.<ref name="Beatles.com">{{cite web|title=Help!|url=http://www.beatles
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  • ...lapstick, burlesque and [[double entendre]] in a format that included live comedy and filmed segments, with Hill at the focus of almost every segment. ...Variety Series#1980s|Outstanding Variety]]. In 2006, Hill was voted by the British public number 17 in [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]]'s poll of [[TV's 50 Greatest S
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  • | honorific_suffix = [[Order of the British Empire|CBE]] ...Performance]]. They worked together on other projects until the mid 1970s, by which time Moore had settled in Los Angeles to concentrate on his film acti
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  • ...usic|Rock]]|[[Pop music|pop]]|[[Classical music|classical]]|[[comedy music|comedy]]}} ...eference to his extensive involvement in each of [[the Beatles]]' original albums.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/1218833
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  • | alt = <!-- descriptive text for use by speech synthesis (text-to-speech) software --> |branch = [[British Army]]
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