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1. Flanders & Swann: At the Drop of a Hat CD () Uk Check Availability The combination of Michael Flanders (the words) and Donald Swann (the music) resulted in many memorable comic songs and a few serious ones, broadly gently satirical and in sharp contrast to the new wave of satire which followed them, led by Beyond The Fringe and David Frost.

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2. Michael Henry Flanders OBE (1 March – 14 April ) was an English actor, broadcaster, and writer and performer of comic songs. He is best known for his stage partnership with Donald Swann.. As a young man Flanders seemed to be heading for a successful acting career. He contracted polio in while serving in the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve and for the rest of his life was reliant.

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3. THE COMPLETE FLANDERS & SWANN is also available as 3 separate CD's: AT THE DROP OF A HAT (), AT THE DROP OF ANOTHER HAT () and THE BESTIARY OF FLANDERS AND SWANN (). Personnel: Michael Flanders (vocals); Donald Swann (vocals, piano). Includes liner notes by John Amis. AT THE DROP OF A HAT producer: George Martin.

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4. Flanders and Swann are the product of a bygone age, long gone but, fortunately, not forgotten through the medium of their recordings. A number of the individual songs will be well known to those growing up in the 50's and 60's, but it is wonderful to have what is claimed as their complete oeuvre and discover further proof of their unique talent/5().

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5. The British duo, properly known as Michael Flanders & Donald Swann, was composed of the actor and singer Michael Flanders and the composer, pianist and linguist Donald Swann, who collaborated in writing and performing comic ibepchipsibenreuclearlucamcopotu.coinfors and Swann's songs are characterised by wit, gentle satire, complex rhyming schemes, and memorable choruses.

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6. Flanders & Swann – CDs. For the serious collector there are two Box Sets of Flanders & Swann material; THE COMPLETE FLANDERS & SWANN () and HAT-TRICK: FLANDERS & SWANN COLLECTOR'S EDITION (). Between them they reissue all the material released in the vinyl era plus many private and off-air recordings.

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8. All the lyrics and translations to the album The Complete Flanders & Swann by Flanders & Swann. Type song title, artist or lyrics. Top lyrics Community Contribute. Sign in Sign up. The Complete Flanders & Swann Flanders & Swann. - 62 songs. 1. A Transport of Delight. 1 0. 2. Song of Reproduction. 1 0. 3. The Gnu Song. 0 0. 4.

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9. Album: The Complete Flanders & Swann Recorded live with Donald Swann on piano and both men sharing the vocals - as ever - this is a par for the course Flanders & Swann classic, although not as well known as some of their other efforts, like "The Hippopotamus" or .

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