Clinton Ford (born Ian George Stopford Harrison; 1931–2009) was a popular English singer and entertainer known for his versatile style spanning skiffle, trad jazz, country and western, and traditional music-hall comedy. He scored several UK chart hits during the late 1950s and 1960s, most notably his 1962 smash cover of George Formby’s “Fanlight Fanny”
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Fanlight Fanny
Wolverton Mountain
Clinton Ford and George Chisolm-The Old Bazaar In Cairo
Clinton Ford ‘Old Shep’ 45 RPM Original Version
El Paso
Clinton Ford sings “ MUSTAPHA” as Sheik Ali Bendhown
A very popular song from the 50s / 60s sung by Clinton Ford.
Clinton recorded this song as he said he fancied singing something in Arabic, so he asked a egyptian friend to translate a verse for him. It was played on Two- way - family favourites and Jean Metcalf had no idea it was him.
He recorded this number under the name of “ Ali Bendhown”.
As Clinton used to say It seemed a good idea at the time.
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