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Sheet music to "On Mother Kelly's Doorstep", Australian National Library; Sheet music to "Down, Down, Down In Devonshire", written by Stevens for Florrie Forde, Australian National Library; Biblioz.com entry; St. Pierre, Paul Matthew (2004). A Portrait of the Artist as Australian: L'Oeuvre Bizarre de Barry Humphries. p. 88. ISBN 9780773526440.
While his best-known song (though first performed by Fred Barnes) [5] was "On Mother Kelly's Doorstep", this was never recorded commercially, but private recordings were made and subsequently released on commercial compilations, [6] including one recorded as late as January 1969, shortly before his death.
In 1968 his version of "On Mother Kelly's Doorstep" reached number 33 in the UK singles chart; La Rue later adopted the song as his theme tune. [ 4 ] He had a starring role in the film Our Miss Fred in 1972, and also appeared in Every Day's a Holiday , The Frankie Howerd Show , Twiggs , Decidedly Dusty , Entertainment Express , Blackpool ...
Barbara Windsor - "On Mother Kelly's Doorstep" Frankie Howerd - "It's All Right with Me" Kenneth Williams (as Rambling Syd Rumpo) - "Green Grow My Nadgers Oh" Joan Sims - "Spring Song" Side 2. Kenneth Connor - "The Ugly Duckling" Jim Dale - "Piccadilly Line" Dora Bryan - "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend" Frankie Howerd - "Song and Dance Man ...
His other successful songs included "Give Me the Moonlight" (1917) and "On Mother Kelly's Doorstep". [1] Private life. Barnes was openly gay. [2]
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When Humphries was a guest on the BBC's Desert Island Discs radio programme in 2009, he made the following choices: "Mir ist die Ehre widerfahren" from Strauss' Der Rosenkavalier; Gershwin's "Things are Looking Up" sung by Fred Astaire; "Love Song" composed by Josef Suk; "On Mother Kelly's Doorstep" sung by Randolph Sutton; "Der Leiermann" from ...
George Alex Stevens (1875–1954), composer of "On Mother Kelly's Doorstep" sung by Randolph Sutton. [84] Bennett Scott (1875–1930), composer of "When I Take My Morning Promenade" sung by Marie Lloyd, and "Ship Ahoy! All the Nice Girls Love a Sailor" sung by Ella Retford. [85]