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  • | label = [[Decca Records|Decca]] | caption = 1975 reissue in Decca's ''The World of..'' series
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  • | label = [[Decca Records|Decca]] ...ds|Philips Records]], he did not sing on any of the Goons' [[Decca Records|Decca]] recordings of the 1950s, including this song, only speaking his words.<re
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  • Recording for Decca, The Stargazers enjoyed considerable commercial success during the 1950s, i | publisher= Guinness World Records Limited
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  • | label = [[Decca Records|Decca]] ...arranged many film scores, recording prolifically for the [[Decca Records|Decca]] label (including their subsidiaries ''London'' and ''Phase 4''). Beginnin
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  • ...g)|The Story of My Life]]" (No. 20, 1958).<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{cite book | title= British Hit Singles & Albums
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  • ...in 2003. He later sang with [[Digby Fairweather]]'s band. He released six albums in the 1970s including ''Nuts'' in 1972 and ''Son of Nuts'' the next year.< ...ankie and Johnny (song)|Frankie and Johnny]]" b/w "I'm Down in the Dumps" (Decca 45-F 10457) (1952)
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  • ...me came from record producer [[Wally Ridley]], who also produced Bygraves' records during the 1950s.<ref name=leigh/> ...edleys of familiar songs aimed at an older audience. The albums, for [[Pye Records]], sold millions of copies and led to spinoff shows and more recordings.<re
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  • ...ritical and commercial success, the album reached number three in the [[UK Albums Chart]] and Martin's elaborate production has been cited as an artistic for ...le:George Martin obit.webp|thumb|right|[[George Martin]] moved into comedy records as an "act of desperation"<ref name="bestofsellers">{{cite web |title=Georg
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  • ...ing critical acclaim and reaching number three in the [[UK Albums Chart|UK Albums Chart]]. ...ng|publishers]], leading the Goons to leave Parlophone for [[Decca Records|Decca]].<ref name="tunein"/><ref name="womack">{{cite book |last1=Womack |first1=
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  • ...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 === Albums ===
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  • ...ly as ''[[Derek and Clive (Live)]]'' (1976). Two further "Derek and Clive" albums, ''[[Derek and Clive Come Again]]'' (1977) and ''[[Derek and Clive Ad Nause ...n nightclub, the [[The Establishment (club)|Establishment]]. Amongst other albums, they recorded ''[[The Dudley Moore Trio]]'', ''Dudley Moore plays The Them
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  • ...Guard: Obit" /> In 1958 Terry-Thomas released the first of two solo comedy records, ''Strictly T-T''; the same year he also appeared as [[Bertie Wooster]] in '''Albums'''
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  • ...s Deputising for the Bull" (1952), [[Columbia Graphophone Company|Columbia Records]], written by [[Eric Sykes]], acc. by Billy Ternent and His Orchestra<ref>{ *"All's Going Well"/"[[Nymphs and Shepherds]]" (1953), [[Philips Records]] PB214, with [[Margaret Rutherford]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.45world
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  • ...mances, and during the 1960s he earned a place in ''[[The Guinness Book of Records]]'' for the world's longest ever joke-telling session: 1,500 jokes in three ...uding his first single "Love Is Like a Violin" (1960), produced on [[Decca Records]] by [[Alex Wharton]], which charted at number 8 (UK). His version of [[Bil
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  • | label = {{hlist|[[EMI|EMI]]|[[Parlophone|Parlophone]]|[[Apple Records|Apple]]}} ...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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  • ...rd-upon-Avon]], of a prominent Devonshire family traced back to 1440),<ref>Records and Pedigree of the Wreford Family, George Wreford, second edition, 1909</r ...try)|Hollywood]] star would be undermined. Two further ''Derek and Clive'' albums were released, the last accompanied by a film.
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  • * ''Kenneth Williams on Pleasure Bent'' 1967, Decca LK 4856. Music by [[Ted Dicks]], lyrics by [[Myles Rudge]]. Arrangements an * ''The World of Kenneth Williams'' 1970, Decca SPA 64. Stereo edition of recordings from the 1950s and 1960s.
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  • ...],{{sfn|Rigelsford|2004|p=186}} the album reached number three in the [[UK Albums Chart]];<ref name="PS-A" /> The same year, Sellers made his first film with ...n' Sellers]]'', which—like his first record—reached number three in the UK Albums Chart.<ref name="PS-A" /> Sellers's last film of the fifties was ''[[The Ba
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