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"The Funky Gibbon" is a novelty song by Bill Oddie and recorded by The Goodies. It was arranged by Tom Parker ("with interference from Bill Oddie") with the musical backing provided by members of the R&B band Gonzalez and released as a single in February 1975.
In 1974–75, they chalked up five hit singles in twelve months: "The Inbetweenies", "Black Pudding Bertha", "Nappy Love" and "The Funky Gibbon" (all performed during the episode "The Goodies – Almost Live"), and "Make a Daft Noise for Christmas". "The Funky Gibbon" was their biggest hit, reached number 4 in the UK Singles Chart.
In the Amnesty International show A Poke in the Eye (With a Sharp Stick), Oddie, Brooke-Taylor and Garden sang their hit song "Funky Gibbon". They also appeared on Top of the Pops with the song. Together with Garden (who is a qualified medical doctor), Oddie co-wrote many episodes of the television comedy series Doctor in the House , including ...
Nothing To Do With Us: LP — 1978 Beastly Record: LP — Compilation albums. Year Title ... Funky Gibbon – The Best of the Goodies: CD — EPs. Year Title
The Goodies Sing Songs From the Goodies was the 1974 debut LP record released by The Goodies.It was initially issued in January 1974 as The Goodies Sing Songs From the Goodies (Decca catalogue number SKL 5175), and was then later reissued in May 1975, retitled as The World of the Goodies with a different cover picture (Decca catalogue number SPA 416), as part of Decca's extensive World Of ...
Other episodes featured parodies of contemporary pop music composed by Oddie, some of which went on to substantial commercial success in the British charts, among them the hit single "Funky Gibbon" as well as character-based comedy. Some early episodes were interrupted by spoofs of contemporary TV commercials.
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"What Am I Gonna Do with You" Barry White: 5 22 March 1975: 2 5 "Fancy Pants" Kenny: 4 5 April 1975: 1 4 "Girls" The Moments & The Whatnauts: 3 29 March 1975: 2 4 "I Can Do It" The Rubettes: 7 5 April 1975: 1 29 March 1975: 6 "Fox on the Run" Sweet: 2 12 April 1975: 2 5 "The Funky Gibbon"/"Sick Man Blues" The Goodies: 4 12 April 1975: 1 5 April ...