Tuesday, December 3, 2019

Rockin' Funnies: Older Woman (1973)

British entertainer Benny Hill wrote his own songs, and even released an album or three, though I don't think they were ever imported to the US.

I was first exposed to Hill and his Thames variety show when it was imported to the US in the late 70's. His bawdy comedy was one thing, punctuated at the end of the show with Boots Randolph's "Yakety Sax", among other things. However, Hill demonstrated he could sing with the best of them. I can picture my late father having a few chuckles over tracks such as 1973's "Older Woman":



American audiences were introduced to Hill via appearances in movies such as "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" (w/Dick Van Dyke) and the original "Italian Job" (w/Michael Caine) before The Benny Hill Show made its way to US TV in 1976.

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