Why was Michael Flanders in a wheelchair?
Michael Flanders, the British lyricist, humorist and actor who performed from a wheelchair because of the effects of polio, collapsed and died Monday night while on vacation in Wales.
Who wrote the hippopotamus song?
Donald Swann
Hippopotamus/Composers
When did Flanders and Swann write the hippopotamus song?
Written in the 1950s by the comedy duo Flanders and Swann, who had been working together since their school days in the 1930s, The Hippopotamus Song is probably the best-known of all their hits. It was the first in a series of animal novelty songs including The Gnu, The Rhinoceros and The Sloth.
Who sang Im a gnu?
Flanders and Swann
The Gnu Song/Artists
Are Flanders and Swann still alive?
Flanders and Swann were a British comedy duo. Lyricist, actor and singer Michael Flanders (1922–1975) and composer and pianist Donald Swann (1923–1994) collaborated in writing and performing comic songs.
What happened to the girl who sang I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas?
Biography. Peevey graduated from San Diego State University with a Bachelor of Education degree. She eventually left teaching and owned an advertising firm for 15 years. She is married to Cliff Henderson.
Who sings Christmas hippopotamus?
Gayla Peevey
I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas (Hippo the Hero)/Artists
Who composed Mud Mud glorious mud?
What year was the hippopotamus song?
1957
Hippopotamus/Released
What did the GNU advertise?
The Gnu was created and developed by Tony Cattaneo and Ron Wyatt at the animation studio Wyatt Cattaneo. This studio famously animated and produced adverts for the Tetley Tea Folk, Ribena’s Ribenaberries, Country Life’s Buttermen, and more iconic UK brands and their respective characters.
Was Donald Swann married?
In the 1970s, Swann became a Sponsor of the Peace Pledge Union. Donald Swann was married twice; he married Janet Oxborrow in 1955 and they were divorced in 1983; his second wife was the art historian Alison Smith.
Who sang Have some Madeira my dear?
The Limeliters
Have Some Madeira, M’Dear/Artists