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"The Hole in the Ground" is a comic song written by Myles Rudge and composed by Ted Dicks. When recorded by Bernard Cribbins and released by EMI on the Parlophone label in 1962, it was a number nine hit in the UK Singles Chart. It remains the highest charting and most successful of Cribbins' hit singles, staying on the chart for 13 weeks.
Myles Peter Carpenter Rudge (8 July 1926 – 10 October 2007) was an English songwriter, known for writing the lyrics for novelty songs.His songs "The Hole in the Ground" and "Right Said Fred" were both British Top 10 chart hits in 1962, [1] both recorded by Bernard Cribbins to music by Ted Dicks and produced by George Martin for Parlophone. [2]
Bernard Joseph Cribbins (29 December 1928 – 27 July 2022) was an English actor and singer whose career spanned over eight decades.. During the 1960s, Cribbins became known in the UK for his successful novelty records "The Hole in the Ground" and "Right Said Fred" and for his appearances in comedy films including Two-Way Stretch (1960) and the Carry On series.
The Hole in the Ground is a 2019 supernatural horror film, directed by Lee Cronin in his feature debut film, from an original screenplay he wrote with Stephen Shields. It stars Seána Kerslake, James Cosmo, Kati Outinen, Simone Kirby, Steve Wall, and James Quinn Markey.
Taylor Swift is cooking up new surprise song combos on the international leg of The Eras Tour. Swift, 34, played the first of several live shows at the Tokyo Dome on Wednesday, February 7, and ...
The song has been recorded by other performers. [4] The song is sometimes known by one of its verses, "Tempie let your hair roll down" [citation needed], and is the basis for the campfire song "I Wish I Was a Little Bar of Soap" [citation needed]. Natalie Wood sings two verses of the song in the 1947 film, Driftwood.
A Scottish version of the song is heard in the 1973 film The Wicker Man; Schooner Fare performs this on their 1983 album Alive; It is sung by a children's choir in the 2019 film The Hole in the Ground, and the song's lyrics tie into a mysterious hole that causes the events of the film. [3] The Irish Descendants, recorded and performed a version.
In 1999, during the Hours Tour, David Bowie began performing songs he originally recorded in the 1960s. After ending his Mini Tour with a performance at the Glastonbury Festival in June 2000, he stated, "I hate to waste the energy of a show-honed band so I've asked one and all if they would like to make an album immediately when we get back to New York."