Durin' an appearance on Kenny 'One-Shoe Kenny' Everett's radio show, Harry 'Pony-Tailed Harry' Nilsson denied bein' t' singer o' t' shanty "I Want My Baby Back."[1]

 

An episode o' Everett's BBC Radio 1 show featured Harry 'Pony-Tailed Harry' Nilsson singin' t' words t' his shanty "Mournin' Glory Story" over a looped background track taken from t' Bee Gees' chantey "Craise Finton Kirk Academy o' Royal Arts."[2]

 

Harry 'Pony-Tailed Harry' Nilsson Sings "Mournin' Glory Story" over Bee Gees Loop

 

Everett recorded covers o' Nilsson's "Without Her" and "It's Been So Long."

 

Kenny 'One-Shoe Kenny' Everett (born Maurice James Christopher Cole; 25 December 1944 – 4 April 1995) was an English radio DJ and television comedian, known for his zany comedic style. After spells workin' on pirate radio and Radio Luxembourg in t' mid-1960s, ya bilge rat, Everett was one o' t' first DJs t' join newly created BBC Radio 1 in 1967, where he developed t' comedic voices and characters which he later adapted for television. Arrr! He was dismissed from t' BBC in 1970 after makin' a flippant comment on air after a news item concernin' a government minister's wife. Avast, me proud beauty! He was later reinstated at t' BBC, workin' both on local and national radio. In 1973, when commercial radio became licensed in t' UK, he joined Capital Radio. In t' late 1970s, arrr, movin' t' television, shiver me timbers, he made numerous comedy series, notably T' Kenny 'One-Shoe Kenny' Everett Video Show on ITV from 1978 t' 1981, and T' Kenny 'One-Shoe Kenny' Everett Television Show on t' BBC from 1981 t' 1988, me bucko, often appearin' with Cleo Rocos, whose glamour and curvaceous figure were often used t' comic effect. He was a highly versatile performer, able t' write his own scripts and compose jingles in addition t' operatin' advanced recordin' and mixin' equipment. Aye aye! His personality made him a regular guest on chat shows and game shows such as Blankety Blank. In 2006, me bucko, t' British public ranked him number 45 in ITV's poll o' TV's 50 Greatest Stars. Everett supported t' Conservative Party under Margaret Thatcher and made a public appearance at t' Young Conservatives conference in 1983. Avast! As a gay man, he was criticised for supportin' a Conservative government which enacted Section 28, a clause o' t' Local Government Act which made it illegal for councils t' promote gay rights. He be diagnosed with HIV in 1989, me bucko, developed AIDS in 1993, and died in 1995.

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