Ken Dodd

Posted on October 31, 2011 by spikekalashnikov

So ‘hats off’  to Ken Dodd a 60’s British comedian. He sang  a song called ‘Happiness’ which was a big hit at the same time as,

The Beatles “Can’t Buy Me Love“ 2 April 1964 3
Peter & Gordon “A World Without Love“ 23 April 1964 2
The Searchers “Don’t Throw Your Love Away“ 7 May 1964 2
The Four Pennies “Juliet“ 21 May 1964 1
Cilla Black “You’re My World (Il Mio Mondo)“ 28 May 1964 4
Roy Orbison “It’s Over“ 25 June 1964 2
The Animals “House of the Rising Sun“ 9 July 1964 1
The Rolling Stones “It’s All Over Now“ 16 July 1964 1
The Beatles “A Hard Day’s Night“ 23 July 1964 3
Manfred Mann “Do Wah Diddy Diddy“ 13 August 1964 2
The Honeycombs “Have I the Right?“ 27 August 1964 2
The Kinks “You Really Got Me“ 10 September 1964 2
Herman’s Hermits “I’m Into Something Good“ 24 September 1964 2
Roy Orbison “Oh, Pretty Woman“ 8 October 1964 2
Sandie Shaw “(There’s) Always Something There to Remind Me“ 22 October 1964 3
Roy Orbison “Oh, Pretty Woman“ 12 November 1964 1
The Supremes “Baby Love“ 19 November 1964 2
The Rolling Stones “Little Red Rooster“ 3 December 1964 1
The Beatles “I Feel Fine“

If you under-stress the H and emphasize the ‘EE’ sound in Happiness  – you get A penis.

The lyrics went like this.

Happiness

Happiness, happiness, the greatest gift that I posses
I thank the Lord I’ve been blessed
With more than my share of happiness

To me this old world is a wonderful place
And I’m just about the luckiest human in the whole human race
I’ve got no silver and I’ve got no gold
Just a whole lot of happiness in my soul

Happiness, happiness, the greatest gift that I posses
I thank the Lord I’ve been blessed
With more than my share of happiness

Happiness to me is an ocean tide
Or a sunset fading on a mountain side
Or maybe a big old heaven full of stars up above
When I’m in the arms of the one I love

Happiness is a field of grain
Lifting its face to the falling rain
I can see it in the sunshine, I breathe it in the rain
Happiness everywhere

Happiness, happiness, the greatest gift that I posses
I thank the Lord I’ve been blessed
With more than my share of happiness

A wise old man told me one time
That happiness is nothing but a frame of mind
I hope when you go to measuring my success
That you don’t count my money count my happiness

Happiness, happiness, the greatest gift that I posses
I thank the Lord I’ve been blessed
With more than my share of happiness

Happiness, happiness, the greatest gift that I posses
I thank the Lord I’ve been blessed
With more than my share of happiness

Ken Dodd (1964)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ij08lEdA8hs

Anyway he was finally banned from the BBC for this joke:

“You know, men are hairier than women but women are hairier on the whole.”

This is a long intro to a happy day when Yamada san

https://quietripple.wordpress.com/2011/06/19/jamonjamon/

gave me a present.

Thanks

Strong Juju

Come in peace

This gift gives me great happiness. I admire Yamada san and I now own an original. Contemporary art.

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5 Responses to Ken Dodd

  1. Alf's avatar Alf says:
    October 31, 2011 at 10:09 PM

    I am *so* jealous! Congrats!

    Reply
  2. Mike Taylor's avatar Mike Taylor says:
    October 31, 2011 at 10:12 PM

    Ah, Ken Dodd. Like my great grandmother, he was from Knotty Ash. Not many people know that.

    Reply
  3. Alan's avatar Alan says:
    October 31, 2011 at 10:44 PM

    And then there was (possibly) Mme de Gaulle… http://www.snopes.com/quotes/degaulle.asp

    Reply

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