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Michael Henry Flanders OBE (1 March 1922 – 14 April 1975) was an English actor, broadcaster, and writer and performer of comic songs. He is best known for his stage partnership with Donald Swann.
Flanders and Swann were a British comedy duo and musicians. Michael Flanders (1922–1975) was a lyricist, actor, and singer. He collaborated with Donald Swann (1923–1994), a composer and pianist, in writing and performing comic songs .
Das britische Duo Flanders and Swann bestand aus dem Schauspieler und Sänger Michael Flanders (1922–1975) und dem Komponisten, Pianisten und Sprachwissenschaftler Donald Swann (1923–1994), die von 1948 bis 1967 Couplets und musikalische Parodien schrieben und aufführten.
8. Aug. 2014 · – Michael Flanders, introduction to “The Gnu,” At the Drop of a Hat (1960) As Michael Flanders says, the animal songs made him and his partner Donald Swann famous. The duo’s best-known such number may be “The Hippopotamus,” with its cheerful, waltzing chorus of. Mud, mud, glorious mud! Nothing quite like it for cooling the blood.
28. Feb. 2024 · Michael Flanders and Donald Swann were a musical duo who wrote humorous and satirical songs, such as 'The War of 14-18' and '20 Tons of TNT'. They were influenced by their wartime experiences and their friendship with Anthony Wedgwood Benn, a pacifist politician.
Flanders and Swann were a British comedy duo. Actor and singer Michael Flanders OBE (1922–1975) and composer, pianist and lyricist Donald Swann (1923–1994) collaborated in writing and performing comic songs. They first worked together at a school revue in 1939 and wrote more than a hundred comic songs together.
A biography of Michael Flanders, a British actor, writer and lyricist who collaborated with Donald Swann on several musical revues and operas. Learn about his life, career, achievements and legacy in the world of theatre and music.
