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George Formby - The Very Best Of (CD) (UK Import)

George Formby - The Very Best Of (CD) (UK Import)

Artist: George Formby

Music Genre: World music

Cat No
REXX 111
Released
2006
Pressing
UK
Styles
Folk, World, & Country

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ArtistGeorge Formby
FormatCD
LabelRex Recordings
Catalogue no.REXX 111
GenreWorld music
Barcode0827565007929

George Formby — The Very Best Of George Formby - I'm The Ukelele Man
Format: CD • Label: Rex Recordings (2) (REXX 111) • Released: 2006 • Pressing: UK • Genre: Folk, World, & Country

Tracklist:
1. Leaning On A Lamp Post
2. I Don't Like
3. Auntie Maggie's Remedy
4. With My Little Stick Of Blackpool Rock
5. Andy The Handy Man
6. Grandad's Flannelette Nightshirt
7. When I'm Cleaning Windows
8. Chinese Laundry Blues
9. Why Don't Women Like Me
10. Bell Bottom George
11. I'm The Ukelele Man
12. Sitting On Top Of Blackpool Tower
13. Bless 'Em All
14. We All Share And Share Alike
15. With My Little Ukelele In My Hand
16. Do De O'Do
17. Baby
18. Fanlight Fanny
19. Levi's Monkey Mike
20. Riding In The T.T. Races
21. It's Turned Out Nice Again
22. Our Fanny's Gone All Yankee
23. Mr. Wu's A Window Cleaner Now
24. Hi-Tiddly-Hi-Ti Island
25. Sitting On The Ice In The Ice Rink

Imported from the UK.

About the artist

English singer & comedian, famous for playing the banjolele (banjo-ukulele hybrid) & performing a variety of light, comical songs. Eventually became a popular star of stage and screen.
His father, also named George Formby, also made records, all acoustic.
George Formby, Jr., OBE Born 26 May 1904 in Wigan, England. Died 6 March 1961.
Married to Beryl Formby (1924-1960, her death).
Formby never had been to school and couldn't read or write. His wife Beryl had to rehearse him through every line he ever spoke on the stage or on film, or sang in all songs too.
Formby first sand his best known song and the one that became his trademark, "Leaning on a Lamp Post", in his film []iFeather Your Nest (1937). He was top of the British box office from 1938-1944. He was inducted into the Ukulele Hall of Fame in 2004.

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