Biography:
William Edward "Billy" Cotton (6 May 1899 – 25 March 1969) was an English band leader and entertainer, one of the few whose orchestras survived the British dance band era. Cotton is now mainly remembered as a 1950s and 1960s radio and television personality, but his musical career had begun in the 1920s. In his younger years Billy Cotton was also an amateur footballer (soccer player) for Brentford F.C. (and later, for the then Athenian league club Wimbledon F.
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Song: Freddy The Freshman (The Freshest Kid in Town)
Written by Cliff Friend and Dave Oppwnheim
This is 1931 classic from many sources including Looney Tunes where Foghorn Leghorn's college pal
arrives and plays it on the ukulele. A fun, funny song- particularly suited to the ukulele.
From Raw! Raw! Rooster: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3hR1MwB9uU
[Verse]
F Bb
Who's got all the girlies chasing him a-round?
C F
Freddy the Freshman, the freshest kid in town!
F Bb
Now, who wrecks all the parties, and turns them upside-down?
C F
Freddy the Freshman, the freshest kid in town!
[Bridge]
Bb F
He plays the ukulele, he plays the saxo-phone,
F C
And the pretty babies just won't leave him a-lone!
[Verse]
F Bb
Who got bounced at Harvard, Princeton, Yale and Brown?
C F
Freddy the Freshman, the freshest kid in town!
[Bridge]
Bb F
Oh, here's to old Virginia, Ohio and Pur-due,
F C
And here's to you, professor! A great big kiss for you!
[Verse]
F Bb
Beta! Theta! Kappa! Let's pass the cake a-round,
C C7 F
To Freddy the Freshman, the freshest kid in town!
Written by Cliff Friend and Dave Oppwnheim
This is 1931 classic from many sources including Looney Tunes where Foghorn Leghorn's college pal
arrives and plays it on the ukulele. A fun, funny song- particularly suited to the ukulele.
From Raw! Raw! Rooster: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3hR1MwB9uU
[Verse]
F Bb
Who's got all the girlies chasing him a-round?
C F
Freddy the Freshman, the freshest kid in town!
F Bb
Now, who wrecks all the parties, and turns them upside-down?
C F
Freddy the Freshman, the freshest kid in town!
[Bridge]
Bb F
He plays the ukulele, he plays the saxo-phone,
F C
And the pretty babies just won't leave him a-lone!
[Verse]
F Bb
Who got bounced at Harvard, Princeton, Yale and Brown?
C F
Freddy the Freshman, the freshest kid in town!
[Bridge]
Bb F
Oh, here's to old Virginia, Ohio and Pur-due,
F C
And here's to you, professor! A great big kiss for you!
[Verse]
F Bb
Beta! Theta! Kappa! Let's pass the cake a-round,
C C7 F
To Freddy the Freshman, the freshest kid in town!
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