Don Estelle

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Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Sing Lofty
  UK 10 
silver
silver
01/10/1976 (8 weeks)
Singles
Whispering grass
  UK 1Template: Infobox chart placements / maintenance / NR1 link 
gold
gold
05/17/1975 (12 weeks)
Paper doll
  UK 41 October 25, 1975 (4 weeks)

Don Estelle (actually Ronald Edwards ; born May 22, 1933 in Manchester , † August 2, 2003 in Rochdale ) was a British actor and singer.

Life

He toured the UK for a long time with fellow actor Windsor Davies . But he was best known for series roles, e.g. B. as Gunner "Lofty" Sugden in the comedy series It Ain't Half Hot Mum .

He also had his greatest singing success with Windsor Davies with the number one hit Whispering Grass , which sold over a million copies. Estelle and Davies sang the song in their role characters Lofty and BSM Williams .

Discography

Albums

  • 1975: Sing Lofty (with Windsor Davies)
  • 1976: Lofty Sings
  • 1977: Beautiful Dreamer
  • 1978: Bless You for Being an Angel (with Windsor Davies)
  • 1979: Time After Time
  • 1979: Sings Songs for Christmas
  • 1985: Lonely Wine
  • 2003: With a Song in My Heart

Singles

  • 1975: Whispering Grass (with Windsor Davies)
  • 1975: Paper Doll (with Windsor Davies)
  • 1976: I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire (with Windsor Davies)
  • 1976: Nagasaki (with Windsor Davies)
  • 1976: If You'd Really Cared
  • 1977: Only You (with Harry Robinson and the Mike Sammes Singers)
  • 1978: Java Jive (with Windsor Davies)
  • 1979: Cool Water (with Windsor Davies)
  • 1980: The Green Cross Code Song ( David Prowse and the Green Cross Kids feat.Don Estelle)
  • 1980: Walk On By
  • 1980: Whispering Grass
  • 1981: Beautiful Dreamer
  • 1981: Little Donkey (with The Mold Green Junior Folk Group Choir)
  • 1982: Rule Britannia (with Jack Douglas )
  • 1983: Ecoutez ma chanson
  • 1989: Not so Much Waste

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b UK chart data
  2. ↑ Music Sales Awards: UK
  3. ↑ David Roberts (ed.): Guinness World Records - British Hit Singles and Albums , 2006 19 , ISBN 1904994105 , p. 187
personal data
SURNAME Estelle, Don
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Edwards, Ronald (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British actor and singer
DATE OF BIRTH May 22, 1933
PLACE OF BIRTH Manchester , England
DATE OF DEATH August 2, 2003
Place of death Rochdale , England