John Kettley is a Weatherman

John Kettley is a Weatherman

Infobox musical artist
Name = A Tribe of Toffs


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Origin = Sunderland, UK
Genre = pop
Years_active = 1986 - 1990
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A Tribe of Toffs were a Novelty pop band from Sunderland in the UK. They are best remembered for their single "John Kettley is a Weatherman" which peaked at #21 in the UK Singles Chart in 1988.

The John Kettley in question is a cult BBC weather forecaster - famous for his absurd hair.

Extracts from The lyrics to John Kettley (Is A Weatherman)

cquote|OOOOhhhhhhhh
Ayrton Senna's got the voice of a tenor /
Peter Snow sings very low /
Mark Barano is a soprano /and John Kettley, John Kettley, John Kettley /is a weatherman

John Kettley is a weatherman /a weatherman /a weatherman /John Kettley is a weatherman /and so is Michael Fish


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