Anthony Newley in his day was an international star and screen. Perhaps I'm being unfair, but now when you listen to his stuff it seems most notable as the formative guiding influence for the early style and persona of David Bowie. Hearing the spoken sections on Pop Goes the Weasel below for example and the resemblance is uncanny.
His straighter, love related stuff seems less of interest now than his comic, mock cockney stuff, but this is where The Laughing Gnome came from. And I'd have to say, that's a good thing.
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