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Music Appreciation

ultralite001

(895 posts) Sun Aug 28, 2022, 12:24 AM Aug 2022

Time for a sing-song... Flanders & Swann -- The Hippopotamus Song...

An unusual feature of their act was that both men remained seated for their shows:
Swann behind his piano and Flanders in a wheelchair, having contracted poliomyelitis
in 1943.

Enjoy!!!

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Time for a sing-song... Flanders & Swann -- The Hippopotamus Song... (Original Post) ultralite001 Aug 2022 OP

Favorites of mine: thucythucy Oct 2022 #1

Love, love, love it!!! ultralite001 Oct 2022 #2

another of my favorites: thucythucy Oct 2022 #3

thucythucy

(8,114 posts)

1. Favorites of mine:

Reply to ultralite001 (Original post)

Fri Oct 21, 2022, 02:07 PM

Oct 2022

The Bedstead Men:

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And in a more serious vein:

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Fun fact: Their producer was none other than George Martin, before his stint with the Beatles.

ultralite001

(895 posts)

2. Love, love, love it!!!

Reply to thucythucy (Reply #1)

Fri Oct 21, 2022, 05:33 PM

Oct 2022

That is all...

thucythucy

(8,114 posts)

3. another of my favorites:

Reply to ultralite001 (Reply #2)

Sat Oct 22, 2022, 12:44 PM

Oct 2022

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