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Sir Kenneth Arthur Dodd (8 November 1927 – 11 March 2018) was an English comedian, singer and occasional actor.He was described as "the last great music hall entertainer" and was primarily known for his live stand-up performances.
In the United Kingdom, the song is best known in the version by comedian and singer Ken Dodd. Dodd's recording, arranged by Ivor Raymonde and released on EMI's Columbia label, reached number 31 on the UK Singles Chart in 1964. Although not one of Dodd's biggest chart hits, it became known as the comedian's signature song. [2] [3]
Although best known as a comedian, Ken Dodd was a prolific recording artist throughout the 1960s, and most of his music recordings were serious, not comic. His debut single "Love is like a Violin" reached No. 8 in 1960. [2]
The Diddy Men are a mythical race whose invention is often attributed to the Liverpudlian comedian Ken Dodd.However, they have existed in Merseyside mythology for much longer and, along with the Treacle and Jam Butty Mines of Knotty Ash, had been referred to in the earlier act of another Liverpool comedian, Arthur Askey.
Ken Dodd (pictured in 2007) achieved the biggest-selling single of 1965 with his cover version of "Tears". The song spent seventeen weeks in the UK top 10 - five of those at the top spot - and went on to rank as the 3rd best-selling single of the 1960s. Dodd had a second top 10 later in the year with "The River", which peaked at number three.
It should only contain pages that are Ken Dodd songs or lists of Ken Dodd songs, as well as subcategories containing those things (themselves set categories). Topics about Ken Dodd songs in general should be placed in relevant topic categories .
The episodes available were hosted by Harry Hill, Billy Connolly, Bob Monkhouse, Sir Cliff Richard, Jimmy Tarbuck, Ken Dodd, Kenneth Williams, Peter Ustinov, Ronnie Corbett, Shirley Bassey and Victoria Wood. An Audience with Adele was the first to be made available on ITVX. [18]
In the 1960s, Knotty Ash was made famous in the United Kingdom by stand-up comedian and lifelong resident Ken Dodd, as the home of the dwarfish comic characters he called the Diddy Men. In his BBC children's television programme Ken Dodd and the Diddymen (1969), the fictitious Diddyland, boasting the highest sunshine rate in the world, was ...