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Arthur Askey

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Arthur Askey CBE (June 6, 1900 – November 16, 1982) was a prominent English comedian. His recording career included "The Bee Song" and his theme tune, "Big-Hearted Arthur", (which was also his nickname). During the 1950s and 1960s he appeared in many sitcoms including Love and Kisses, Arthur's Treasured Volumes and The Arthur Askey Show. Of his many hits, 'I Want A Banana' has become something of an anthem for the bar staff of the Truck Festival, and can, of an evening, be heard sung in The Bear Inn, Oxford.

Top songs

  1. The Bee Song
  2. I'm Sending A Letter To Santa Claus
  3. It's A Hap-Hap-Happy Day - 1940 Recording
  4. Kiss Me Goodnight, Sergeant Major
  5. Get in Your Shelter
  6. Kiss Me Goodnight Sergeant Major
  7. Adolf - 1939 Recording
  8. The Thing-Ummy-Bob
  9. We're Going to Hang Out the Washing On the Siegfried Line
  10. I Wanna Banana
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  1. The Christening
  2. I Want a Banana
  3. Knitting
  4. It's Spring Again
  5. Busy Bee
  6. (We're Gonna Hang Out) The Washing On The Siegfried Line
  7. The Bee Song - 1938 Recording
  8. We're Gonna Hang Out The Washing On The Siegfried Line
  9. The Worm
  10. All to Specification
  11. Ding Dong Bell
  12. The Pixie
  13. I’m Sending A Letter To Santa Claus
  14. The Cuckoo
  15. Blacking Out The Flat
  16. Chirrup!
  17. Adolf
  18. Follow the White Line
  19. I Pulled Myself Together
  20. We're Going To Hang Out The Washing On The Siegfried Line - 1939 Recording
  21. Hang out the Washing on the Siegfried Line
  22. Kiss Me Goodnight, Sergeant Major - 1939 Recording
  23. Early in the Morning
  24. How Ashamed I Was
  25. Sarah! Sarah!
  26. The Bee Song (Remastered)
  27. What A Nice Lot Of Nazis - 1942 Recording
  28. The Seagull Song
  29. Give A Little Whistle
  30. A Ballad
  31. More Chestnut Corner
  32. The Thing-Ummy-Bob - 1942 Recording
  33. Bee Song
  34. Big and Stinker's Parlour Games
  35. The Bee Song (1938 Recording)
  36. We’re Gonna Hang Out The Washing On The Siegfried Line
  37. When That Man Is Dead And Gone - 1941 Recording
  38. Adolf (1939 Recording)
  39. The Thing-Ummy Bob
  40. The Channel Swimmer
  41. Ev'ry Little Piggy's Got a Curly Tail
  42. It's a Hap-Hap-Happy Day
  43. They've Blown All The Feathers Off The Nightingale In Berkeley Square
  44. Hello to the Sun
  45. Have a Bit of Pity on the Crooner
  46. Kiss Me Goodnight, Sergeant Major (1939 Recording)
  47. Thanks For Dropping In Mr Hess - 1941 Recording
  48. We're Gonna Hang the Washing on the Siegfried Line
  49. Thanks For Dropping In Mr Hess
  50. Hang Out The Washing
  51. It’s Spring Again
  52. Turn On The Old Music Box
  53. The Washing On The Siegfried Line
  54. We're Going To Hang Out The Washing On The Siegfried Line (1939 Recording)
  55. Get In Your Shelter (1940 Recording)
  56. The Budgerigar
  57. Chirrup
  58. Medley: Band Waggon/Mrs Bagwash/Ernie Bagwash: The Bells
  59. The Bee Song - [Digitally Re-Mastered 2011]
  60. Get In Your Shelter - 1940 Recording
  61. She Was Very, Very Shy
  62. The Flu Germ
  63. I Wanna Banana - 1942 Recording
  64. Sarah Sarah!
  65. She Was Very Very Shy
  66. The Thing-Ummy-Bob (1942 Recording)
  67. Thanks For Dropping In Mr Hess (1941 Recording)
  68. Only A Glass Of Champagne
  69. Signature Tune: How Band Waggon Started
  70. She Was Very, Vert Shy
  71. We're Gonna Hang the Washing on the Seigfried Line
  72. I'm Sending A Letter To Santa
  73. The Proposal
  74. What A Nice Lot Of Nazis (1942 Recording)
  75. She Was Very very very Shy
  76. Kiss Me Goodnight Seargant Major
  77. Hold Your Hats On
  78. The Death Watch Beetle
  79. The Proposal - 1940 Recording
  80. We're Gonna Hang The Washing On The Seigried Line
  81. Kiss Me Goodnight
  82. Sarah, Sarah
  83. Moment Musical - 1940 Recording
  84. I Wanna Banana (1942 Recording)
  85. The Seaside Band
  86. Ta Ever So (from Bet Your Life)
  87. When That Man Is Dead And Gone (1941 Recording)
  88. More Chestnut Corner (sketch)
  89. Big & Stinker's Parlour Games - 1939 Recording
  90. Band Waggon (Pt 1) (1939 Recording)

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