Who am I? not from Les Mis...

[Seagull on the wing]

Watched the family play this game and wondered how the great metropolis of NSC would get on....
I was born in Liverpool...
Was in the Merchant Navy...
I had 2 No1 singles in the UK charts...
Sang the theme tune to a Childrens TV programme...
My time was the 50s to early 60s...

 

[Uncle Spielberg]

Cilla Black ?

 

[£1.99]

Freddy and the dreamers?

 

[Seagull on the wing]

No...give you another clue...male singer...not Freddy...

 

[wunt be druv]

Gotta be Ken Dodd if I am not mistaken.

 

[Norman Potting]

[h=1]Michael Holliday??[/h]
Thank you Wikipedia! Too young to remember the kiddies programme but know it was one of the first from the legendary Gerry Anderson.

 

[Meade's Ball]

Are you Mr Chips?

 

[Seagull on the wing]

[h=1]Michael Holliday??[/h]
Thank you Wikipedia! Too young to remember the kiddies programme but know it was one of the first from the legendary Gerry Anderson.

Correct Sir....the TV programme he sang the title tune to was 'Four Feather Falls.'

 

[Seagull on the wing]

Thanks for your great try at this....here is another one...
Born in London...Elephant and Castle...
First public show was in the 2i's coffee bar...
Recording contract with Decca...
One of the first to appear on the 6.5 Special...
Called up for National Service...
Became an evangelist...
His last recording was 2007...
Full marks to anyone who can honestly say they did not use Wikipedia for this...

 

[happypig]

Tommy Steele

 

[smileyweb]

Terry Dene?

 

[Seagull on the wing]

Terry Dene?

Yes correct again...there was a joke going around that he had written a book....seeing as he spent days in the service...called My Army Memories...by Terry Dene.

 

[Seagull on the wing]

HHmmm! still reckon Wiki is being used...however next one is...
I was born in California...
Sang with Frankie Laine...
My second cousin was Sergeant York ...a hero of the Great War.
I was the first female to top the UK charts...remember when the first charts were made...?

 

[smileyweb]

HHmmm! still reckon Wiki is being used...however next one is...
I was the first female to top the UK charts...remember when the first charts were made...?

Jo Stafford - and didn't need Wiki for this one....

 

[atfc village]

jo Stafford ?

 

[Norman Potting]

Will it work with a sixties song? I'll give it a go

From a film of the era, starring a well know American actor, the title song was performed by one of the cast not known for their acting but still a celebrity today. The song was a no.1 in the States (which perhaps explains why Al Green did a cover of it) but only released in the UK as a "B" side. And the song is................