Slim pickings at the bootsale today although I did find this oddity which is on the Toby label from early 70's I imagine judging by some of the impersonations Mr. Dee is attempting pictured on the back of the sleeve - like Tiny Tim, Rolf Harris and Frankie Vaughn. This sounds like a live show in front of an enthusiastic audience at Pontins Holiday camp as they get a name check on the back in the sleeve notes which state-
"Roger was born in Pontins - the son of a lady and gentleman - obviously a marriage of convenience. He merrily tap danced his way up the Ladder of Fame, to become the famous tap dancing window cleaner that he is today!!"
No mention of him on the internet so assume he went back to window cleaning after this record was made!
Roger Dee - The Motorist
Roger Dee - Never Had A Girl Like This
Roger Dee - The Supermarket
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a marriage of convenience?
did they get married in the local toilets then?
Ha, Michael...a catchy tune "never met a girl like that". lol at cocaine's comment. could just imagine Roger Dee walking up to some strange lady sayin "Hello...is it convenient for you to get married today?"
Hi to all...Tell Hazel if she eats her spinach she will get all the iron she needs! ;-)
Thanks CJ and Syl. Glad you are enjoying these. We did have some spinach yesterday infact , baked in the oven with eggs and a crunchy breadcrumb and cheesy topping. Yum! I made some humus too with tinned chick peas, tahini and juice of two lemons. The iron in tonight's meal was provided by some tofu in a spaghetti and tomatoe sauce.
Oh, you have totally got me starving now! That spinach casserole sounds sooo good...will see if I can't come up with some version. Thanks for all the music/history...interesting reading!
PS...Archie...your voice has deepened ;-D
Thanks for dropping by David. The internet never ceases to amaze me in it's power to connect people. Sorry my information was so scant and rather tongue-in-cheek! Thanks for adding so much more to the Roger Dee story which was much appreciated.
Thanks David. I hope the blogging goes well. I have enjoyed it I must admit and it took me a while to get the hand of it and how to make links etc. Blogger Help is sometimes useful in that direction. I'm still very much a novice on the internet having started rather late in life and for years a bit of a luddite and technophobe.
hi,roger dee was my nans brother,i cant beliove you found this at a boot fair.i never knew him made a record,how great,david if you read this please please get in touch,i would love to talk to you.
Glad my humble blog is able to bring about this family reunion!
thanks for your reply,i have never heard roger sing,is there any way i can?
Oh my God, this has really taken me back! We saw Roger at Pontin's when i was a kid, and after the show we bought this album. He was signing them; he was still sweating so much from the show that he 'dripped' on his own name, and i can still vividly recall the smudged autograph on the album, which we had for years afterwards! I can even remember snatches of the tracks- there was one called 'Victor the Part-Time Vampire'. So sad to learn that he died so young. Thank you for this- as i get older, one of the bleakest things is having memories that, seemingly, belong only to you.Now, I somehow feel a bit more 'connected' to my past!!!
Thanks Kev. Glad to dredge up some of your past for you. Thanks for dropping by and making your positive comment. I will have to uplaod these tracks again if I can dig out the record. Watch this space.
Excuse me for being a little late, I've just found this page.
I well remember many weekends spent at Hotel Roger Dee in Angmering, my, then, partner used to appear with Roger in caberet on cruise liners. I also remember 'Creme de Menthe Frape's' made with large ice cubes.
Great times, thank you Roger & David.
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