The Goons - Bluebottle Blues

One of the fourteen singles released by Peter Sellers, Harry Secombe and Spike Milligan a.k.a. 'The Goons'. From June 1956.
It was partly as a result of the shelving of their first record that The Goons decided to secure a recording contract with Decca in the spring of 1956. Their first recording session took place on 24th May 1956, soon after the sixth series of The Goon Show had finished.
"Im Walking Backwards for Christmas" had originally made its debut in the programme "The Great Tuscan Salami Scandal" (recorded on 21st February 1956) during which The Goons were without their usual orchestra and musical interlude performances from Max Geldray and The Ray Ellington Quartet due to a strike called by the Musicians' Union. To fill in the three minute interludes from the storyline, Spike Milligan performed this classic song accompanied by Peter Sellers' "unique" piano playing.
The song proved a highlight of the show and prompted its re-recording for Decca. As a B-side to the single, the equally splendid "Bluebottle Blues" provided the young cub scout from East Finchley with his first vocal outing on record.
Released on 25th June 1956, the record soon entered the UK singles chart, reaching a height of number 4. Surprisingly, Decca's US subsidiary London Records also released the single in August 1956, but it failed to make any impression on the American charts.

[@theesbband]

Harry Secombe and Peter Sellers at their very best! I’ve loved this for 65 years. Wonderful.

[@frenchhornwoman]

Who doesn't love Bluebottle? I wan't he has fallen in the water but it seems invisable.. Sad face...

[@johnvallett5515]

Absolute Gold! Can't Get enough of Peter sellers voice! Bluebottle, Genius

[@weegerri1sm]

They say harm can come to a young man like that! o.O

[@stevedoggart2805]

it's utter brilliance (after 1 min 30)

[@sM-ww9zb]

The beatles have been awful quiet since this dropped

[@bigmeuprudeboy]

fúcking genuis

[@dennisdivine7448]

A wonderful mimic/dialectician, Peter Sellars had a terrific story of how he came up with the "Bluebottle" voice (based on meeting a scout leader in real life): kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZqTaen1_pZ6UpZI.

[@happydude6713]

chunky

[@daryllee7984]

Larkin Poe

[@daryllee7984]

Larkin Poe live

[@simonbroberg969]

Ah so they cut the last bit.. the song is I am walking backwards for Christmas... OVER THE IRISH SEA! They probablt took that out because it might be seen as racist, Anyway I love the Irish they partied quite well with the Swedish doing the pogo over the world cup a few years ago... but should remind them that theiy invented the sheleighly for battle , when we invented the Gripen E and the kzbin.info/www/bejne/gmOZg42aorZlpKc Reagen (Irish name eh? I know I traveled with the Irish learned their ways too

[@stevebrown3559]

No, they didn't cut anything. This song always ended with, "I'm walking backwards for Christmas...oh no, no, that's the other side, isn't it?" And the next line of "I'm Walking Backwards for Christmas is actually "ACROSS the Irish Sea" (not OVER).