- Pearl Carr & Teddy Johnson
Pearl Lavinia Carr (born
2 November 1923 , Exmouth,Devon ) and Edward Victor Johnson (born4 September 1920 ,Surbiton ) were a popular English husband-and-wife team of entertainers during the 1950s and early 1960s.Early days
They were both successful solo
singer s before theirmarriage in 1955. Pearl Carr had been lead singer with The Keynotes, who had two UK hits in 1956 withDave King : "Memories Are Made Of This " (#5) and "You Can't Be True To Two" (#11)cite book
first= David
last= Roberts
year= 2006
title= British Hit Singles & Albums
edition= 19th
publisher= Guinness World Records Limited
location= London
pages= p. 302
id= ISBN 1-904994-10-5] . She also was a popularradio singer and comedienne onBernard Braden 's "Bedtime With Braden" radio show [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1104826/bio] .Teddy Johnson had led his own teenage band, was a professional
drummer and a recording artist for Columbia in the early fifties. He also was a DJ on Radio Luxembourg and had appeared in TV shows like the BBC's children's favourite, "Crackerjack ".Joint success
Together they had some music success, as well as acting honours.
Carr and Johnson were frequently on UK television
light entertainment programmes, such as "The Winifred Atwell Show" as well as "Big Night Out" and "Blackpool Night Out". They represented theUnited Kingdom in theEurovision Song Contest 1959 and finished second with thesong , "Sing, Little Birdie ". This peaked at #12 on theUK Singles Chart cite book
first= David
last= Roberts
year= 2006
title= British Hit Singles & Albums
edition= 19th
publisher= Guinness World Records Limited
location= London
pages= p. 95
id= ISBN 1-904994-10-5] . They also tried to represent United Kingdom again in 1960 entering two songs into the pre-selection, however only one, "Pickin' Petals", made the final. It was up against Teddy's own brother, Bryan Johnson. In the end Bryan won through, duly representing the UK in theEurovision Song Contest 1960 . He also came second, with the song "Looking High, High, High."Carr and Johnson released another single the following year entitled, "How Wonderful To Know", which charted at #23 in the UK.
In 1986, the two featured on a dedicated episode of "
This Is Your Life " [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0721885/] .After this success finished they appeared in a West End revival of the
Stephen Sondheim musical, "Follies ".ee also
*
United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest
*List of British pop musicians of the 1950s
*List of British pop musicians of the 1960s External links
* [http://www.esctoday.com/annual/songinfo.php?contest=276&song=10 Biography and "Sing, Little Birdie" song lyrics]
* [http://www.diggiloo.net/?info.1959uk Eurovision Song Contest details website]References
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