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Walter William "Max" Bygraves (16 October 1922 – 31 August 2012) was an English comedian, singer, actor and variety performer. He appeared on his own television shows, sometimes performing comedy sketches between songs.
The memorable title song, "Fings Ain't Wot They Used T'be", was recorded by Max Bygraves, [2] albeit with heavily bowdlerised lyrics. An original cast recording was made, and was later re-released by Hallmark Records (710032). Reviews were mixed.
Cowpuncher's Cantata" is a song that was released by Max Bygraves in 1952. It peaked at number 6 on the UK Singles Chart and spent a total of eight weeks in the top 12. Background
The Best Selling and Most Performed Song of the Year "Trudie" – Written and performed by Joe Henderson "You Need Hands" – Written and performed by Max Bygraves; The Year's Outstanding Composition in Jazz or Beat Idiom "Rock Bottom" – Written by Tommy Watt and Jock Bain "The Colonel's Tune" – Written by Tommy Watt and Jock Bain
"Tulips from Amsterdam" is a popular romantic song, best known in the 1958 hit version by British entertainer Max Bygraves. Most English versions of the song credit its composition to Klaus Günter Neumann, Ernst Bader, Ralf Arnie, and Gene Martyn.
Max Bygraves released a popular version in 1972 which had another track from the film on the B-side "Close Every Door To Me". This may have been the most popular version released. Joe Cuddy's version was a number-one hit in Ireland in 1974. The song was voted Broadway Song of the Year in 1981, and won an Ivor Novello Award in 1991. [1]
The best-known version in the United Kingdom is by Max Bygraves, with his performance recorded on 23 June 1954, with a children's chorus and orchestra directed by Frank Cordell, [6] and released in the UK by HMV in September 1954 [4] as catalog number B 10734. [7] It entered the UK Singles Chart on 10 September 1954.