Peter Sellers
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Biography
[Edit]On an international level, Peter Sellers is most famous as a screen comedian, starring in Dr. Strangelove, The Pink Panther, Being There, and other films. Actually, he was an all-around performer who was a household name in England long before Dr. Strangelove made him a big star overseas. Although his film career was well underway by the end of the 1950s, he first rose to prominence as a radio performer on The Goon Show (collaborating with other comedians, especially Harry Secombe and Spike Milligan). His radio success almost immediately led to solo comedy recordings (many of the Goon Show broadcasts were eventually issued on record as well, especially on the BBC's own label).
Sellers' most active period as a recording artist was the late '50s and early '60s. These albums and singles represent a central foundation of British comedy, and a source for many of the ideas and approaches that were expounded upon in later years by Monty Python, the Bonzo Dog Band, and others. The unsurpassed master of accents, Sellers mimicked — to accurate and hilarious effect — all British classes (and regions), as well as a good many foreign tones. His sketches contain many of the situations that are taken for granted as staples of British comedy — satires of stuffy BBC interviews, screeching frumpy women, Cockney bastards, and droll portraits of political crackpots. Like the best of Monty Python, the best of Sellers' work has proven surprisingly timeless — the silliness is so droll, sophisticated, and brilliantly executed that the humor has dated barely or not at all.
Sellers often employed musical satire, and these again were prototypes for the sort of wackiness displayed by Monty Python, the Bonzos, and more specific send-ups like the Rutles and Spinal Tap. His early rock & roll, swing jazz, skiffle, and folk satires still rate among the best ever done. Although some topical references have dated these slightly, they remain basically hilarious. You don't need to be a pop scholar to appreciate the boozy anarchy of his Irish folk satire, or the overstuffed egos of the overnight rock & roll sensations he imitates. In the early '60s, he even had a couple of British hit singles via musical duets with Sophia Loren.
Sellers' early albums and singles were produced by George Martin, who was still several years away from meeting the Beatles when he began to work with the comedian. With their overlapping dialogue and sound effects, Sellers' sketches required (by the standards of the time) considerable production sophistication and ingenuity. Martin's experience with Sellers no doubt came in handy when the Beatles' arrangements and production techniques became increasingly sophisticated in the later part of the 1960s. In fact, one of the reasons that the Beatles and Martin hit it off so well from their very first meeting was that the Fab Four were big Goon Show fans, and consequently very impressed by Martin's credentials. Sellers, for his part, paid the Beatles back by recording some affectionate spoken-word parodies of Lennon-McCartney classics in the mid-'60s (produced, like the original versions, by Martin). One of these, a Shakespearean reading of "A Hard Day's Night," actually made the British Top 20 in the mid-'60s. Sellers became friendly with the Beatles themselves, resulting in Ringo Starr's co-starring role with Peter in the 1969 movie The Magic Christian.
Sellers' activities in recording studios began to decline during the mid-'60s, when filming commitments took up the bulk of his time. He did continue to record sporadically right up until his death in 1980, as both a solo artist and a guest, making unexpected cameos on records by the Hollies and Steeleye Span. His best records were very hard to come by in North America, but that situation was rectified in 1993 with the release of EMI's A Celebration of Sellers box set.
Title: Songs for Swingin' Sellers... And a Little Bit More
Artist: Peter Sellers
Title: The Goon Show: The Last Tram (from Clapham)
Artist: Peter Sellers, Harry Secombe, Spike Milligan, Max Geldray
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Title: The Goon Show: The Spanish Suitcase
Artist: Peter Sellers, Harry Secombe, Spike Milligan, Max Geldray
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Title: The Goon Show: The Canal
Artist: Peter Sellers, Harry Secombe, Spike Milligan, Max Geldray
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Title: The Best of the Goon Shows No.2
Artist: Peter Sellers, Harry Secombe, Spike Milligan
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: The Goon Show: Dishounoured or the Fall of Neddie Seagoon
Artist: Peter Sellers, Harry Secombe, Spike Milligan, Max Geldray
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Title: The Goon Show: The Mystery of the Marie Celeste (solved)
Artist: Peter Sellers, Harry Secombe, Spike Milligan, Max Geldray
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Title: The Goon Show: Forog
Artist: Peter Sellers, Harry Secombe, Spike Milligan, Max Geldray
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Title: The Goon Show: Lurgi Strikes Britain!
Artist: Peter Sellers, Harry Secombe, Spike Milligan, Max Geldray
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Title: The Goon Show: The Whistling Spy Enigma
Artist: Peter Sellers, Harry Secombe, Spike Milligan, Max Geldray
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Title: The Goon Show: The Booted Gorilla (found?)
Artist: Peter Sellers, Harry Secombe, Spike Milligan, Max Geldray
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Title: The Goon Show: The Phantom Head Shaver
Artist: Peter Sellers, Harry Secombe, Spike Milligan, Max Geldray
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Title: The Goon Show: The Affair of the Lone Banana
Artist: Peter Sellers, Harry Secombe, Spike Milligan, Max Geldray
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Title: The Goon Show: The Dreaded Batter Pudding Hurler
Artist: Peter Sellers, Harry Secombe, Spike Milligan, Max Geldray
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Title: Peter Sellers and the Hollywood Party (Early Years 1985-1988)
Artist: Peter Sellers, Hollywood Party
Genre: Alternative
Title: The Goon Show: The Lost Goldmine (Of Charlotte)
Artist: Peter Sellers, Harry Secombe, Spike Milligan, Max Geldray
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Collections
Title: The 1960 British Hit Parade: The B Sides, Pt. 3, Vol. 2
Genre: Pop
Title: Original Hits - Kids
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Title: Greatest Big Hits of 1961, Vol. 24
Genre: Pop
Title: Classic Comedy Records, Vol. 2
Genre: Humor
Title: British Comedy Classics
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Title: Simply British Comedy Songs
Genre: Humor
Title: Classic British Comedy & Humor
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Vintage British Comedy, Vol. 8
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Title: Vintage British Comedy, Vol. 10
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Title: The Classic Comedy Collection 4, Vol. 1
Genre:
Title: Playground Favourites, Vol. 2
Genre: Kids
Title: Graveyard Classics
Genre: Rock
Title: British Comedy Greats Vol. 1
Genre: Humor
Title: A Time to Remember, Vol. 1
Genre: Pop
Title: Big Hits & Highlights of 1959, Vol. 4
Genre: Pop
Title: Greatest Hits of 1960, Vol. 4
Genre: Pop
Title: Two Way Family Favourites, Vol. 1
Genre:
Title: The Driving Instructor - 20 Comedy Classics
Genre: Humor
Title: British Comedy - Diamond Jubilee Edition
Genre: Humor
Title: Ying Ting Song: Comedy Classics
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Title: Children's Songtime
Genre: Kids
Title: Greatest Hits of 1960, Vol. 27
Genre: Pop
Title: The Classic Comedy Collection 4
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Title: Girl Singers - The Greatest Hits of 1960, Vol. 3
Genre: Pop
Title: Greatest Hits of 1960, Vol. 7
Genre: Pop
Title: Big Hits & Highlights of 1957, Vol. 3
Genre: Pop
Title: The Greatest Hits of 1959, Vol. 4
Genre: Pop
Title: The Classic Comedy Collection 3, Vol. 3
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Title: The Classic Comedy Collection 3, Vol. 2
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Title: Greatest Hits of 1960, Vol. 11
Genre: Pop
Title: Fings Aint What They Used to Be
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Title: Big Hits & Highlights of 1959, Vol. 17
Genre: Pop
Title: The Memories CD 3
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Jazz, Pop
Title: 100 Songs - The Memories CD 3
Genre: Pop Rock
Title: From Latin To Jazz Dance Vol. 4
Genre: Jazz, Dancefloor, Disco
Title: Sounds Of The Sixties - 1960 (CD1)
Genre: Pop Rock
Title: Sounds Of The Sixties - 1960 (CD2)
Genre: Pop Rock
Title: A Time To Remember - 1957
Genre: Rock & Roll, Pop
Title: A Time To Remember - 1960
Genre: Rock & Roll, Pop
Title: A Time To Remember - 1965
Title: Halloween Mp3's Vol. 18 - Astro Zombies
Genre: Rock
Title: Why Don'T We Do It In The Road
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues, Jazz, Rock, Country, Pop, Pop Rock
Title: 100% Hit Records Vol. 2
Title: Midnight Jazz Sessions, Vol. 2
Genre: Jazz
Title: The Greatest Novelty Songs (CD2)
Genre: Pop
Title: The Greatest Novelty Songs (CD3)
Genre: Pop
Title: Kids - 140 Original Hits (CD3)
Genre: Pop
Title: Sunny Side Up, Vol. 15
Genre: Downtempo, Deep House, Soul, Funk
Title: Parlophone Originals The 60s
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop
Title: UK Chart Pop Hits Of 1965
Genre: Vocal Jazz, Pop, Pop Rock, Easy Listening
Title: Mastermix Classic Cuts 052 - Novelty
Genre: Pop
Title: Mastermix Classic Cuts 025 - Novelty
Genre: Pop
Title: Mastermix Classic Cuts 062 - Novelty
Genre: Pop
Title: The Greatest Hits Of The 60's (200 Classics Remastered) (CD4)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Jazz, Rock, Punk Rock, Pop
Featuring albums
Title: The Bobo (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Artist: Francis Lai
Genre: Rock, Pop, Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Jazz Journeys Presents Trad Jazz - The Temperance Seven
Artist: Temperance Seven, The
Genre: Jazz
Title: The Clarke, Hicks & Nash Years [The Complete Hollies April 1963 - October 1968]
Artist: The Hollies
Genre: Pop
Title: The Pink Panther Strikes Again (Original Soundtrack)
Artist: Henry Mancini
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Burt Bacharach's: 60 Greatest Hit Songs (CD2)
Artist: Burt Bacharach