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Ian (@sirsnapalot) |
"Goodness Gracious Me" is a comedy song recorded by Peter Sellers and Sophia Loren. Released by Parlophone, it was a top 5 UK single in 1960. It features Sellers acting the role of an Indian doctor, and Loren of his wealthy Italian patient – who fall in love
The song was conceived and instigated by George Martin, who was the producer at that time of Peter Sellers's comedy recordings. Martin commissioned David Lee and Herbert Kretzmer to write the song. Martin himself produced the recording. Martin envisaged the song as a recording to be incorporated in the soundtrack of the film The Millionairess which was being filmed at that time starring Sellers and Loren. However, the film's producers did not share his enthusiasm for including the song in the film's soundtrack and did not utilize it. The studio was however happy to see the song released as a stand-alone single to promote the film. In becoming a chart hit it succeeded in publicizing the film.
hough the song did not feature in The Millionairess itself, some of the lyrics in the song refer to the film; for example, "There's nothing the matter with it; put it away please" referring to the scene when Epifania shows Dr. Kabir her tongue, pretending to be ill.
The song proved so popular in the United Kingdom that a follow-up song, "Bangers and Mash", was released. Sellers sang and spoke the part of a Cockney asking for plain and simple English cooking, Loren singing the part of his Italian wife wanting to serve him traditional Italian food. Both are featured on collections of Sellers' comedy recordings.
Since early 2010, videos have been created and posted using the scene of Sellers and Loren from the film, with the audio recording of the song as the soundtrack.
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Bev:
@sirsnapalot Good morning Ian, this sure brought a smile to my face. Loved my listen here. ♫♥♫
Nov 9th 2019, 4:57 am Report
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admin:
@sirsnapalot Good morning Ian. I really like this and it too made me smile this morning. Just awesome. Loved my listen!
Nov 9th 2019, 6:41 am Report
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Jay Dotson:
Jay455 Very nice great tune and performance.
Nov 9th 2019, 7:57 am Report
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Jerry:
@sirsnapalot: A wonderful and entertaining recording Ian!
Nov 9th 2019, 8:55 am Report
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James Fronck:
@sirsnapalot Ian, this was just wonderful
Nov 9th 2019, 10:31 am Report
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Jacksonsgrandma:
@sirsnapalot Fantastic job! I loved every moment. Thanks for posting and I loved my listen.
Nov 9th 2019, 9:14 pm Report
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Joe Huber:
@sirsnapalot Ejoyed thanks for sharing.
Nov 9th 2019, 10:01 pm Report
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Joe Huber:
@sirsnapalot Hi Ian enjoyed thanks for sharing.
Nov 9th 2019, 10:03 pm Report
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Ian:
@jacksonsgrandma it's an old one but still give me a smile every time I play it
Nov 10th 2019, 5:40 am Report
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