Superb new collection of ALL George Formby's finest and funniest songs. 30 original recordings digitally remastered, including Happy Go Lucky Me (as recently featured in a Sainsbury's TV campaign), Leaning On A Lamp Post, When I'm Cleaning Windows and many more.
This CD is the perfect starting point for the Formby-curious, and a great collection for the committed fan.
George Formby, born George Hoy Booth, 26th May 1904, was a singer/ songwriter, British comedy actor and a comedian. His style was to sing light but comical songs, played on the banjolele (a ukulele-banjo). When he took his first steps into the limelight in the 1930s-40s he was a major star of both the stage and the screen.
The name of George Formby came after his father passed away in 1921. George went on to use this name after his father used it as his stage name throughout his career as a comedian in Lancashire. When George Formby was younger he had undergone two moves before he settled down in the home that he lived in when he later died in 1961. On the second move he had dropped his earlier career as a jockey, and decided to follow in his father’s footsteps as a performer/ comedian, performing his father’s material until he was settled in and knew what the audience liked to hear.
The songs in which he sung on his early days on stage were full of comic and double entendre played on a banjolele. This later on became his trademark as people enjoyed the catchy tune that accompanied the comical lyrics.
Although George Formby died at the young age of just 56, he is still known and appreciated today for his approach to and style of music, making him one of the more unique musicians that people love to listen to, to give a variety in genre and style.
The name of George Formby came after his father passed away in 1921. George went on to use this name after his father used it as his stage name throughout his career as a comedian in Lancashire. When George Formby was younger he had undergone two moves before he settled down in the home that he lived in when he later died in 1961. On the second move he had dropped his earlier career as a jockey, and decided to follow in his father’s footsteps as a performer/ comedian, performing his father’s material until he was settled in and knew what the audience liked to hear.
The songs in which he sung on his early days on stage were full of comic and double entendre played on a banjolele. This later on became his trademark as people enjoyed the catchy tune that accompanied the comical lyrics.
Although George Formby died at the young age of just 56, he is still known and appreciated today for his approach to and style of music, making him one of the more unique musicians that people love to listen to, to give a variety in genre and style.
