BillF

Lucky indeed, Bev. Was that in the UK?

Robert Jordan Tom Jordan Postman Pat

William of Tyre Frankie Dunlop Loplop

Cheddar or overeating?

The Ugly Duckling Ugly Betty Betty Boop

Ross Russell Herman Lubinsky Norman Granz

Lady Gaga Dr Demento Demis Roussos

Billericay Dickie Dagenham Girl Pipers The Chingford Polecat

Elvis Costello Eddie Costa Costa-Gavras

Happy Birthday!

Yosser Hughes Yasser Arafat Fat Alberta Rotunda

Toyota La Toya Jackson Toy Boy

Keeter Betts Michael Winner Steve Race

For my sins Benny Green was one of my intros to jazz. He had a very good long-running BBC radio show on the Great American Songbook and latterly a jazz show on Jazz FM. Even at the time I found him a bit prejudiced in his tastes, but he was an engaging broadcaster and could be funny as well. My preference for mainstream jazz and swing stems from his shows I expect. I can see why someone just wanting jazz notes would be annoyed by his writing. He was a man of many interests (cricket, P.G. Wodehouse, stage musicals, George Bernard Shaw...) and would crowbar in references wherever possible. As he was a working-class Londoner with a strong Cockney accent I suspected he felt the need to prove his intelligence against the usual prejudices. BTW he wrote the original notes for Kind of Blue (!) and actually had a tune of his recorded by Miles (!!): So Near, So Far on Seven Steps to Heaven. My favourite liner note writers: Dan Morgenstern, Loren Schoenberg and Bob Blumenthal. I've learnt so much from their lucid, knowledgable writings. I thought I'd seen "So Near, So Far" credited to the British drummer Tony Crombie, but I may be wrong. Anyway, it was obviously Victor Feldman who carried this British jazz message so far.

Cracker Half Man Half Cookie Wookie

The Iron Man The Iron Lady The Ironing Lady

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/dec/08/jimi-hendrix-in-his-own-words

Jakob Thorn-Prikker Peter O'Toole M C Hammer

Christopher Columbus Chu Berry Chewy

Samantha the Panther Alfred Lion Pinocchio (geddit?)

Stan Tracey Interviewed in 2011: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBYwWhRcmNY

Vocal group that can sing bop beautifully. Hip lyrics, too!

Vladimir Putin Herbie Mann The Naked Civil Servant

Boris Badunov Hermone Baddeley The Bad Plus

Lizzie Borden Etherbored Giorgio Gaslini