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Michael Ashley Ball (born 27 June 1962, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire) is an English actor, singer, and radio and TV presenter who is best known for the song "Love Changes Everything" and musical theatre roles such as Marius in Les Misérables, Alex in Aspects of Love, Caractacus Potts in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and Edna Turnblad in Hairspray for which he won the 2008...

Ivor Cutler (15 January 1923 – 3 March 2006) was a Scottish poet, songwriter and humorist. He became known for his regular performances on BBC radio, and in particular his numerous sessions recorded for John Peel's influential radio programme, and later for Andy Kershaw's programme. He appeared in the Beatles' Magical Mystery Tour film in 1967 and on Neil Innes' television...

The Rutles was a fictional band jointly created by Eric Idle and Neil Innes that was an affectionate pastiche of The Beatles. The group is best known because of the 1978 mockumentary television film about them, titled All You Need Is Cash (often referred to as just The Rutles). The film was written by Idle, who co-directed it with Gary Weis. It prominently featured 20 songs...

The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band (also known as The Bonzo Dog Band, The Bonzo Dog Dada Band and, colloquially, as "The Bonzos") are a band created by a group of British art-school denizens of the 1960s. Combining elements of music hall, trad jazz, psychedelic rock, and avant-garde art, the Bonzos came to the attention of a broader British public through a children's television...

Sleepy Sleepers is a Finnish pop/rock/punk band. The band released 19 albums between 1975 and 1989. Sakke Järvenpää and Mato Valtonen were the main members of the band. Later, Valtonen and Järvenpää founded Leningrad Cowboys. Members Sakari EerolaKari KajalaPekka LaaksoSakari "Sakke" JärvenpääTimo JärvinenOlli PalkamoJukka KäyhköAri PänttönenMarkku "Mato"...

Monty Python, or The Pythons, is the collective name of the creators of Monty Python's Flying Circus, a British television comedy sketch show that first aired on the BBC on 5 October 1969. A total of 45 episodes were made over four series (seasons). The Python phenomenon developed from the original television series into something much larger in scope and impact, spawning touring...

Lapinlahden Linnut (founded in the spring of 1983) is a Finnish band which plays humorous rock/pop music. The band started as roadside musicians. In the beginning, the band used some original instruments such as a ring binder, and they still use an empty beer crate nowadays in their music. Lapinlahden Linnut have made 7 TV-series, and when third of them, Maailman kahdeksan...

Bad News are a spoof rock band, created for the Channel 4 television series The Comic Strip Presents.... Its members are Vim Fuego (aka Alan Metcalfe), vocals and lead guitar (played by Adrian Edmondson); Den Dennis, rhythm guitar (Nigel Planer); Colin Grigson, bass (Rik Mayall); and Spider Webb, drums (Peter Richardson). Biography Bad News made their television debut during...

Loudon Snowden Wainwright III (born September 5, 1946) is an American songwriter, folk singer, humorist, and actor. He is the father of musicians Rufus Wainwright and Martha Wainwright, and the former husband of folk singer Kate McGarrigle. Biography Early life Wainwright was born in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, the son of Martha Taylor, a yoga teacher, and Loudon Wainwright,...