Leaning on a Lamp-post
| "Leaning on a Lamp-post" | |
|---|---|
Regal Zonophone | |
| Songwriter(s) | Noel Gay |
"Leaning on a Lamp-post" is a
popular song written by Noel Gay and best known in the version by George Formby
.
It was first performed in the 1937 film master disc and substituting his own voice.[1] Formby recorded the song for Regal Zonophone Records on 5 September 1937, and it became one of his most popular and best-remembered songs. The sheet music for the song was published by Cinephonic Music Co Ltd. of London, at two shillings.[2]
A version by
Hot 100 in 1966.[3] The song was added into the 1985 production of Me and My Girl, but was not in the original 1937 version of the musical.[4]
References
- ^ Feather Your Nest at GeorgeFormby.co.uk. Retrieved 14 December 2013
- ^ "Leaning on a Lamp-post" at Songfacts.com. Retrieved 14 December 2013
- ISBN 0-89820-155-1.
- ^ Raphael Samuel, Theatres of Memory: Past and Present in Contemporary Culture, p.398
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