‘Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life’, 1991 Despite releasing nine albums, changing the face of British comedy, creating (both as a group, and as individual members) some of the most memorable television comedy, and enjoying a string of hit movies, most people remember Monty Python for this one song. Sung by Eric Idle at the end of Monty Python & The Life Of Brian (1979 – the song was ...
(Vocals, 1917–2001) Compere, comedian, song and dance man with the Rabbit Foot Minstrels in the 1930s. Thomas sang Sun Records’ first national hit ‘Bear Cat’ in 1953, and repeated the feat regionally for Stax in 1960 on a duet with daughter Carla, ‘Cause I Love You’. He had a number of novelty dance hits from then until the early 1970s, including ‘Walking The Dog’ and ‘Do The Funky Chicken’, which reflected ...
Straddling genres from pop to rock, country to dance, novelty songs tell humorous stories using satire, wackiness or a topical link with television, film or a popular craze. Though often musically dubious, they have enjoyed massive, but generally fleeting, success in the modern era. Music and comedy have been bed fellows since the days of music hall and vaudeville, when many singers doubled as comedians, incorporating burlesque and innuendo into their ...
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