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Max's great talent was that he could punch lines, which was absolutely great for us. We'd give him songs with very short lines and he'd punch them out marvellously. Give him a long line and he would stumble over it, although I just flipped when I was given "Gilly Gilly
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by the Sea". I thought, "Fabulous, fabulous, this is a major hit for us." I took it to Max and his wife, Blossom, said, "That's no good, what does it mean?" ... The song was absolutely perfect for Max and its whole secret was "What the hell does it mean?"
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724:Discography
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431:Pye Records
362:Ed Sullivan
349:Lionel Bart
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261:, starring
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1496:25 October
1422:30 January
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1237:Archived
1143:AllMusic
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351:musical
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235:Career
126:Spouse
104:singer
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