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Artist: Norman Wisdom & Willoughby Goddard
Author: Leslie Bricusse/Anthony Newley
Label: Columbia
Year: 1964
As Cocky & Sir in British original cast of musical The Roar Of The Greasepaint - The Smell Of The Crowd. First staged in Nottingham but never made it to London's West End.
Covers:
Shirley Bassey [first recording (Columbia); no hit but wait until her next one: Goldfinger, another Bricusse/Newley collaboration]
Tony Bennett [first American version]
Anthony Newley [in Broadway cast]
Not to be confused with the Tommy Dorsey hit featuring Jo Stafford ('41). Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley also cowrote musical Stop The World I Want To Get Off and the song Candy Man from film Willie Wonka And The Chocolate Factory (see there). They both wrote the music for film Dr. Doolittle. See also: Feeling Good.
If you noticed blunt omissions, mis-interpretations or even out-and-out errors,
please let me know:
Arnold Rypens
Rozenlaan 65
B-2840 Reet (Rumst)