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Neil Innes

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Neil James Innes (born 9 December 1944) is an English writer, comedian and musician. [1]

94 relations: Ade Edmondson, Adrian Henri, All You Need Is Cash, Andy Roberts (musician), Archaeology (album), Arista Records, BBC, BBC Radio 4, Bob Dylan, Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, Brian Patten, Central School of Art and Design, Comedy rock, Concert for George, Dada, Danbury, Essex, Death Cab for Cutie, Death Cab for Cutie (song), Do Not Adjust Your Set, Douglas Adams, Eric Idle, Fatso (band), George Harrison, Goldsmiths, University of London, Grimms, Grimms (album), Gus Dudgeon, How Sweet to Be an Idiot, I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue, I'm the Urban Spaceman, Ian Wallace (drummer), ITV (TV network), ITV Anglia, ITV Yorkshire, Ivor Novello Awards, Jabberwocky (film), John Cleese, John Gorman (entertainer), John Lennon, Magical Mystery Tour (film), Mike McGear, Mods & Rockers Film Festival, Monty Python, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Monty Python Live at City Center, Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl, Monty Python's Life of Brian, Monty Python's Previous Record, Musical film, Nigel Planer, ..., Norwich University of the Arts, Oasis (band), Off the Record (Neil Innes album), Ollie Halsall, Parody music, Patient Abuse, Paul McCartney, Paul Whitehouse, Phill Jupitus, Polydor Records, Puddle Lane, Record Collector, Rockin' Duck, Roger McGough, Rowland Rivron, Rutland Weekend Television, Serfdom, Simon Brint, Squib (writing), Taking Off (Neil Innes album), Terry Gilliam, The Beatles, The Beatles Anthology, The Comedy Store (London), The Comedy Store Players, The Flirtations (R&B musical group), The Innes Book of Records, The Liberty Bell (march), The Monty Python Matching Tie and Handkerchief, The Raggy Dolls, The Riddlers, The Ronettes, The Rutland Weekend Songbook, The Rutles, The Rutles (album), The Secret Policeman's Ball, The Seventh Python, Thorpe St Andrew School, Tiswas, United Artists Records, Vivian Stanshall, Warner Bros., Warner Bros. Records, Whatever (Oasis song). Expand index (44 more) »

Ade Edmondson

Adrian Charles Edmondson (born 24 January 1957) is an English comedian, actor, writer, musician, television presenter and director.

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Adrian Henri

Adrian Henri (10 April 1932 – 20 December 2000) was a British poet and painter best remembered as the founder of poetry-rock group the Liverpool Scene and as one of three poets in the best-selling anthology The Mersey Sound, along with Brian Patten and Roger McGough.

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All You Need Is Cash

All You Need Is Cash (also known as The Rutles) is a 1978 television film that traces (in mockumentary style) the career of a fictitious British rock group called the Rutles.

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Andy Roberts (musician)

Andrew "Andy" Roberts (born 12 June 1946, Harrow, Middlesex) is an English musician.

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Archaeology (album)

Archaeology is the second album by parody band The Rutles.

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Arista Records

Arista Records, Inc. was a major American record label.

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BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster.

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BBC Radio 4

BBC Radio 4 is a radio station owned and operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) that broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes including news, drama, comedy, science and history.

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Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan (born Robert Allen Zimmerman, May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter, author, and painter who has been an influential figure in popular music and culture for more than five decades.

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Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band

The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band (also known as The Bonzo Dog Band) was created by a group of British art-school students in the 1960s.

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Brian Patten

Brian Patten (born 29 February 1946) is an English poet and author.

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Central School of Art and Design

The Central School of Art and Design was a public school of fine and applied arts in London, England.

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Comedy rock

Comedy rock is rock music mixed with comedy, often satire and parody.

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Concert for George

The Concert for George was held at the Royal Albert Hall in London on 29 November 2002 as a memorial to George Harrison on the first anniversary of his death.

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Dada

Dada or Dadaism was an art movement of the European avant-garde in the early 20th century, with early centers in Zürich, Switzerland, at the Cabaret Voltaire (circa 1916); New York Dada began circa 1915, and after 1920 Dada flourished in Paris.

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Danbury, Essex

Danbury is a village in the City of Chelmsford, in the county of Essex, England.

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Death Cab for Cutie

Death Cab for Cutie is an American alternative rock band, formed in Bellingham, Washington in 1997.

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Death Cab for Cutie (song)

"Death Cab for Cutie" is a song composed by Vivian Stanshall and Neil Innes and performed by the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band.

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Do Not Adjust Your Set

Do Not Adjust Your Set (DNAYS) was a television series produced originally by Rediffusion, London, then, by the fledgling Thames Television for British commercial television channel ITV from 26 December 1967 to 14 May 1969.

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Douglas Adams

Douglas Noel Adams (11 March 1952 – 11 May 2001) was an English author, scriptwriter, essayist, humorist, satirist and dramatist.

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Eric Idle

Eric Idle (born 29 March 1943) is an English comedian, actor, voice actor, author, singer-songwriter, musician, writer and comedic composer.

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Fatso (band)

Fatso was a band from the 1970s, who featured regular in the TV series Rutland Weekend Television.

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George Harrison

George Harrison (25 February 1943 – 29 November 2001) was an English guitarist, singer-songwriter, and producer who achieved international fame as the lead guitarist of the Beatles.

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Goldsmiths, University of London

Goldsmiths, University of London, is a public research university in London, England, specialising in the arts, design, humanities, and social sciences.

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Grimms

GRIMMS was an English pop rock, comedy and poetry group, originally formed as a merger of The Scaffold, the Bonzo Dog Band, and the Liverpool Scene for two concerts in 1971 at the suggestion of John Gorman.

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Grimms (album)

Grimms combines pop music and poetry, recorded at St.

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Gus Dudgeon

Angus Boyd "Gus" Dudgeon (30 September 1942 – 21 July 2002) was an English record producer, most notable for production of many of Elton John's most acclaimed recordings.

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How Sweet to Be an Idiot

How Sweet to Be an Idiot is the first solo album by Neil Innes, formerly of The Bonzo Dog Band and later of The Rutles, and was released in 1973.

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I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue

I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue is a BBC radio comedy panel game.

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I'm the Urban Spaceman

"I'm the Urban Spaceman" was the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band's most successful single, released in 1968.

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Ian Wallace (drummer)

Ian Russell Wallace (29 September 1946 – 22 February 2007) was an English rock and jazz drummer, most visibly as a member of progressive rock band, King Crimson, a member of David Lindley's El Rayo-X and as Don Henley's drummer.

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ITV (TV network)

ITV is a British commercial TV network.

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ITV Anglia

ITV Anglia, previously known as Anglia Television or Anglia, is the ITV franchise holder for the East of England.

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ITV Yorkshire

ITV Yorkshire is the British television service provided by ITV Broadcasting Limited for the Yorkshire franchise area on the ITV network.

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Ivor Novello Awards

The Ivor Novello Awards, named after the entertainer Ivor Novello, are awards for songwriting and composing.

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Jabberwocky (film)

Jabberwocky is a 1977 British fantasy film co-written and directed by Terry Gilliam.

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John Cleese

John Marwood Cleese (born 27 October 1939) is an English actor, voice actor, comedian, screenwriter, and producer.

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John Gorman (entertainer)

John Gorman (born 4 January 1936 in Birkenhead, Cheshire), is an English comedian, vocalist and comedy musician.

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John Lennon

John Winston Ono Lennon (9 October 19408 December 1980) was an English singer, songwriter, and peace activist who co-founded the Beatles, the most commercially successful band in the history of popular music.

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Magical Mystery Tour (film)

Magical Mystery Tour is a 52-minute-long British surreal comedy television film starring the Beatles (John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr) which originally aired on BBC1 on Boxing Day, 26 December 1967, in a monochrome transmission at 8:35 PM.

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Mike McGear

Peter Michael McCartney (born 7 January 1944), known professionally as Mike McGear, is a British performing artist and rock photographer who is best known as being the younger brother of Paul McCartney.

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Mods & Rockers Film Festival

The Mods & Rockers Film Festival was a Los Angeles film festival that celebrated rock culture.

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Monty Python

Monty Python (also collectively known as The Pythons) were a British surreal comedy group who created their sketch comedy show Monty Python's Flying Circus, which first aired on the BBC in 1969.

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Monty Python and the Holy Grail

Monty Python and the Holy Grail is a 1975 British slapstick comedy film concerning the Arthurian legend, written and performed by the Monty Python comedy group of Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin, and directed by Gilliam and Jones.

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Monty Python Live at City Center

Monty Python Live at City Center is a US-only live album by Monty Python, recorded at the New York City Center in April 1976 and rush released by Arista records the following month.

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Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl

Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl is a 1982 British concert comedy film directed by Terry Hughes (with the film segments by Ian MacNaughton) and starring the Monty Python comedy troupe (Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin) as they perform many of their sketches at the Hollywood Bowl.

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Monty Python's Life of Brian

Monty Python's Life of Brian, also known as Life of Brian, is a 1979 British religious satire comedy film starring and written by the comedy group Monty Python (Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin).

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Monty Python's Previous Record

Monty Python's Previous Record is the third album by Monty Python.

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Musical film

The musical film is a film genre in which songs sung by the characters are interwoven into the narrative, sometimes accompanied by dancing.

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Nigel Planer

Nigel George Planer (born 22 February 1953) is an English actor, comedian, novelist and playwright who is best known for his role as Neil in the cult BBC comedy The Young Ones and as Ralph Filthy in Filthy Rich & Catflap.

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Norwich University of the Arts

Norwich University of the Arts (NUA) is a public university, based on a single site in the centre of Norwich, in the United Kingdom.

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Oasis (band)

Oasis were an English rock band formed in Manchester in 1991.

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Off the Record (Neil Innes album)

Off The Record is the fourth solo album by Neil Innes and was released in 1982 featuring songs from the second and third BBC television series of "The Innes Book of Records".

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Ollie Halsall

Peter John 'Ollie' Halsall (14 March 1949 – 29 May 1992) was an English guitarist best known for his role in The Rutles, the bands Timebox, Patto and Boxer, and for his contribution to the music of Kevin Ayers.

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Parody music

Parody music, or musical parody, involves changing or copying existing (usually well known) musical ideas or lyrics, or copying the particular style of a composer or artist, or even a general style of music.

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Patient Abuse

Patient Abuse is a sketch from the final episode of Monty Python's Flying Circus, "Party Political Broadcast".

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Paul McCartney

Sir James Paul McCartney (born 18 June 1942) is an English singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and composer.

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Paul Whitehouse

Paul Julian Whitehouse (born 17 May 1958) is a British actor, writer and comedian.

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Phill Jupitus

Phillip Christopher Jupitus (born 25 June 1962) is an English stand-up and improv comedian, actor, performance poet, cartoonist and podcaster.

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Polydor Records

Polydor is a British record label and company, that operates as part of Universal Music Group.

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Puddle Lane

Puddle Lane (or Tales from Puddle Lane) is a 1980s British pre-school children's television programme written by Rick Vanes with animated stories written by Sheila K. McCullagh, author of Tim and the Hidden People.

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Record Collector

Record Collector is a British monthly music magazine.

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Rockin' Duck

Grimms' Rockin' Duck combines pop music and poetry, recorded at Island Studios, London, England (and at Strawberry Studios, Stockport, England).

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Roger McGough

Roger McGough CBE, FRSL (born 9 November 1937) is an English poet, performance poet, broadcaster, children's author and playwright.

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Rowland Rivron

Rowland J. Rivron (born 1958) is a British musician, writer, and television presenter.

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Rutland Weekend Television

Rutland Weekend Television (RWT) was a television sketch show on BBC2, written by Eric Idle with music by Neil Innes.

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Serfdom

Serfdom is the status of many peasants under feudalism, specifically relating to manorialism.

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Simon Brint

Simon Tracey Brint (26 September 1950 – 29 May 2011) was a British musician, best known for his role as part of the comedy duo Raw Sex with Rowland Rivron.

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Squib (writing)

A squib is a brief satirical or witty piece of writing or speech, like a lampoon, or a short, sometimes humorous piece in a newspaper or magazine, used as a filler.

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Taking Off (Neil Innes album)

Taking Off is the second solo album by Neil Innes and was released in 1977.

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Terry Gilliam

Terrence Vance Gilliam (born 22 November 1940) is an American-born British screenwriter, film director, animator, actor, comedian and member of the Monty Python comedy troupe.

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The Beatles

The Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960.

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The Beatles Anthology

The Beatles Anthology is the name of a television documentary, a three-volume set of double albums, and a book focusing on the history of the Beatles.

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The Comedy Store (London)

The Comedy Store is a comedy club located in Soho, London, England, opened in 1979 by Don Ward and Peter Rosengard.

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The Comedy Store Players

The Comedy Store Players is a group of improvisational comedians known for their performances at The Comedy Store in London.

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The Flirtations (R&B musical group)

The Flirtations (previously The Gypsies) are an all-female musical group who have recorded since the early 1960s.

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The Innes Book of Records

The Innes Book of Records is the third solo album by Neil Innes and was released in 1979 to accompany the BBC television series of the same name.

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The Liberty Bell (march)

"The Liberty Bell" (1893) is an American military march composed by John Philip Sousa.

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The Monty Python Matching Tie and Handkerchief

The Monty Python Matching Tie and Handkerchief is the fourth album by the comedy group Monty Python, released in 1973.

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The Raggy Dolls

The Raggy Dolls is a 1980s–1990s British cartoon series which originally aired on ITV from 1986 until 1994.

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The Riddlers

The Riddlers is a British children's programme produced by Yorkshire Television for ITV between 1989 and 1998.

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The Ronettes

The Ronettes were an American girl group from New York City.

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The Rutland Weekend Songbook

The Rutland Weekend Songbook, sometimes referred to as Rutland Times, is a 1976 album by Eric Idle and Neil Innes featuring songs from the BBC comedy series Rutland Weekend Television.

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The Rutles

The Rutles are a rock band known for their visual and aural pastiches and parodies of the Beatles.

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The Rutles (album)

The Rutles is a soundtrack album to the 1978 telemovie All You Need Is Cash.

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The Secret Policeman's Ball

The Secret Policeman's Ball is the name informally used for the long-running series of benefit shows staged initially in the United Kingdom to raise funds for the human rights organisation Amnesty International.

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The Seventh Python

The Seventh Python is a 2008 musical documentary film about the career, music and philosophy of pop satirist and songwriter Neil Innes, who has been known as the "seventh" member of the six-man Monty Python comedy troupe.

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Thorpe St Andrew School

Thorpe St.

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Tiswas

Tiswas ("Today Is Saturday Watch And Smile") is a children's British television series which originally aired on Saturday mornings from 5 January 1974 to 3 April 1982 and was produced for the ITV network by ATV Network Limited.

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United Artists Records

United Artists Records was a record label founded by Max E. Youngstein of United Artists in 1957 to issue movie soundtracks.

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Vivian Stanshall

Vivian Stanshall (born Victor Anthony Stanshall; 21 March 1943 – 5 March 1995) was an English singer-songwriter, musician, author, poet and wit, best known for his work with the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, for his exploration of the British upper classes in Sir Henry at Rawlinson End (as a radio series for John Peel, as an audio recording, as a book and as a film), and for acting as Master of Ceremonies on Mike Oldfield's album Tubular Bells.

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Warner Bros.

Warner Bros.

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Warner Bros. Records

Warner Bros.

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Whatever (Oasis song)

"Whatever" is a song and single by the English rock band Oasis, and initially credited as being written by the band's lead guitarist Noel Gallagher.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Innes

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