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The Goodies Discography
This is a listing of official albums and singles released by the British comedy trio The Goodies, composed of Tim Brooke-Taylor (1940-2020), Graeme Garden (b.1943) and Bill Oddie (b.1941). Studio albums Compilation albums EPs Singles See also * The Goodies * The Goodies (TV series) * The Goodies videography — the Goodies on DVD and VHS * List of The Goodies episodes References {{DEFAULTSORT:Goodies discography, The The Goodies, Discography Discographies of British artists ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Goodies
The Goodies were a trio of British comedians: Tim Brooke-Taylor (17 July 1940 – 12 April 2020), Graeme Garden (b. 18 February 1943) and Bill Oddie (b. 7 July 1941). The trio created, wrote for and performed in their The Goodies (TV series), eponymous television comedy show from 1970 until 1982, combining sketch comedy, sketches and situation comedy. Beginnings The three actors met each other while undergraduates at the University of Cambridge, where Brooke-Taylor (Pembroke College, Cambridge, Pembroke) was a law student, Garden (Emmanuel College, Cambridge, Emmanuel) was studying medicine and Oddie (Pembroke) was reading English literature, English. Their contemporaries included Graham Chapman, John Cleese and Eric Idle, who later became members of Monty Python, and with whom they became close friends. Brooke-Taylor and Cleese studied together and swapped lecture notes, for they were both law students, but at different colleges within the university.''From Fringe to Flying Ci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Goodies Videography
''The Goodies'' is a British television comedy series shown in the 1970s and early 1980s, which starred Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden and Bill Oddie. The series, which combines surreal sketches and situation comedy, was broadcast by the BBC, initially on BBC2 but soon repeated on BBC1, from 1970 until 1980. The final seven-episode series was made by LWT and shown on ITV in 1981–1982. Since the death of Tim Brooke-Taylor from COVID-19 complications on 12 April 2020, Graeme Garden and Bill Oddie are the two surviving cast members. Series overview Episodes Series 1 (1970) Series 2 (1971–72) Specials (1972) Series 3 (1973) Series 4 (1973–74) Series 5 (1975) Series 6 (1976) Series 7 (1977) Series 8 (1980) Series 9 (1981–82) The Goodies episodes in DVD format DVD and pre-recorded VHS releases of episodes Series One Series Two '' BBC title "The Goodies B"'' Series Three '' BBC title "The Goodies Series ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Goodies (TV Series)
''The Goodies'' is a British television comedy series shown in the 1970s and early 1980s. The series, which combines surreal sketches and situation comedy, was broadcast by the BBC, initially on BBC2 but soon repeated on BBC1, from 1970 to 1980. One seven-episode series was made for ITV company LWT and shown in 1981–82. The show was co-written by and starred Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden and Bill Oddie (together known as "The Goodies"). Bill Oddie also wrote the music and songs for the series, while "The Goodies Theme" was co-written by Oddie and Michael Gibbs. Directors/producers of the series were John Howard Davies, Jim Franklin and Bob Spiers. An early title which was considered for the series was ''Narrow Your Mind'' (following on from '' Broaden Your Mind'') and prior to that the working title was ''Super Chaps Three''. Premise The series' basic structure revolved around the trio, always short of money, offering themselves for hire – with the tagline "We ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nappy Love
Nappy Love is a song by Bill Oddie and recorded by The Goodies. It was arranged by Tom Parker and released as a single in September 1975. The B-side was a version of " Wild Thing", arranged by Dave MacRae. Oddie originally wrote the song in 1973 for use in the radio series ''I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again'', where it was performed in the episode broadcast on 9 December of that year. It entered the UK Singles Chart on 27 September 1975 at #37, remaining in the chart for 6 weeks and peaking at #21. The Goodies performed the song live in ''The Goodies – Almost Live "The Goodies – Almost Live" is an episode of the British comedy television series ''The Goodies''. This episode, which takes the form of a pop concert, is also known as "The Goodies in Concert". The Goodies also appear as "Pan's Grannies". W ...''. References 1973 songs 1975 singles The Goodies albums Songs written by Bill Oddie {{1970s-single-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Funky Gibbon
"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. The B-side was "Sick-Man Blues", which had been written by Oddie for use in the radio series ''I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again''. It was the most successful single for The Goodies. It entered the UK Singles Chart on 15 March 1975 at no. 37, remaining in the chart for 10 weeks and peaking at no. 4. It also received considerable airplay in the United States on ''The Dr. Demento radio show'' and reached no. 79 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in 1976. The Funky Gibbon was released with multiple alternative codas at the end of the song including " Tie a Yellow Gibbon Round the Ole Oak Tree" plus " And for Me Some Scarlet Gibbons, Scarlet Gibbons for My Hair" which were randomly heard on the double grooved single; as well as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Inbetweenies
"The Inbetweenies" is a song by Bill Oddie and recorded by The Goodies The Goodies were a trio of British comedians: Tim Brooke-Taylor (17 July 1940 – 12 April 2020), Graeme Garden (b. 18 February 1943) and Bill Oddie (b. 7 July 1941). The trio created, wrote for and performed in their The Goodies (TV series), .... It was released as a single in October 1974 with "Father Christmas Do Not Touch Me" on the B-side. It entered the UK Singles Chart on 7 December 1974 at #41. It remained in the chart for 9 weeks, peaking at #7. In November 1974, the sides were reversed for the Christmas season with "Father Christmas Do Not Touch Me" released as a single with "The Inbetweenies" on the B-side. This technically made it a double A-side. The song peaked at number 87 in Australia in 1975. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Inbetweenies, The 1974 songs 1974 singles Songs written by Bill Oddie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billboard Hot 100
The ''Billboard'' Hot 100, also known as simply the Hot 100, is the music industry standard record chart in the United States for songs, published weekly by '' Billboard'' magazine. Chart rankings are based on sales (physical and digital), online streaming, and radio airplay in the U.S. A new chart is compiled and released online to the public by ''Billboard''s website on Tuesdays but post-dated to the following Saturday, when the printed magazine first reaches newsstands. The weekly tracking period for sales is currently Friday–Thursday, after being changed in July 2015. It was initially Monday–Sunday when Nielsen started tracking sales in 1991. This tracking period also applies to compiling online streaming data. Radio airplay is readily available on a real-time basis, unlike sales figures and streaming, but is also tracked on the same Friday–Thursday cycle, effective with the chart dated July 17, 2021. Previously, radio was tracked Monday–Sunday and, before Ju ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Compact Disc
The compact disc (CD) is a Digital media, digital optical disc data storage format co-developed by Philips and Sony to store and play digital audio recordings. It employs the Compact Disc Digital Audio (CD-DA) standard and was capable of holding of uncompressed stereo audio. First released in Japan in October 1982, the CD was the second optical disc format to reach the market, following the larger LaserDisc (LD). In later years, the technology was adapted for computer data storage as CD-ROM and subsequently expanded into various writable and multimedia formats. , over 200 billion CDs (including audio CDs, CD-ROMs, and CD-Rs) had been sold worldwide. Standard CDs have a diameter of and typically hold up to 74 minutes of audio or approximately of data. This was later regularly extended to 80 minutes or by reducing the spacing between data tracks, with some discs unofficially reaching up to 99 minutes or which falls outside established specifications. Smaller variants, such ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tim Brooke-Taylor
Timothy Julian Brooke-Taylor (17 July 194012 April 2020) was an English actor and comedian. He was best known as a member of The Goodies. Brooke-Taylor became active in performing in comedy sketches while at the University of Cambridge and became president of the Footlights, touring internationally with its revue in 1964. Becoming more widely known to the public for his work on BBC Radio with ''I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again'', he moved into television with ''At Last the 1948 Show'', working together with old Cambridge friends John Cleese and Graham Chapman. With Graeme Garden and Bill Oddie, he starred in ''The Goodies (TV series), The Goodies'' (1970–1982), picking up international recognition in Australia, Canada and New Zealand. He appeared as an actor in various sitcoms and was a panellist on BBC Radio's ''I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue'' for almost 50 years. Early life and education Timothy Julian Brooke-Taylor was born on 17 July 1940 in Buxton, Derbyshire, son of Edward B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beastly Record
''Beastly Record'' is the fourth and final studio album released by comedy trio The Goodies (Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden and Bill Oddie) on the EMI records EMI Records (formerly EMI Records Ltd.) is a British multinational record label owned by Universal Music Group. It was originally founded as a British flagship label by the music company EMI in 1972, and launched in January 1973 as the succes ... label in 1978 . It featured the “gentleman musicians of Le Hot Club de Cricklewood, the Cricklewood Rhythm Boys & The Finchley Funketeers with the Hendon Horns, all under the direction of Dave MacRae”.Original album sleeve notes Track listing :All songs written by Bill Oddie. Timings are actual timings taken from an original LP. :Side 1 #"Melody Farm" - 2:30 #"Taking My Oyster for Walkies" - 3:23 #"Spring Spring Spring" - 2:40 #"Terrapins" - 2:31 #"A Man’s Best Friend is His Duck" - 2:32 #"Spank That Hamster" - 2:52 :Side 2 #"Rastashanty" - 2:47 #"Ironing My Goldfish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nothing To Do With Us
''Nothing to Do with Us'' was the third LP record released by The Goodies. All songs were written by Bill Oddie. As with their previous albums, the music was performed mainly by session musicians. For this album, The Goodies were signed to Island Records which had worldwide distribution rights except for the United States. "She Wouldn't Understand" was recorded at Morgan Studios. Other rhythm tracks were recorded at Roundhouse and all other tracks recorded at Basing Street Studios. "Cactus In My Y-fronts" had originally been written for ''I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again'' and used in "The Goodies – Almost Live". "Elizabeth Rules UK" was released as a single. Track listing Personnel *Tim Brooke-Taylor – vocals *Graeme Garden – vocals *Bill Oddie – vocals, percussion, arranger, conductor *Jackie Sullivan – backing vocals * Joy Yates – backing vocals *Tony Burrows – backing vocals *Charlie Dore – backing vocals * Stevie Lang – backing vocals *Chas Mills – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
