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Statement of Ernie Harburg on 'Ding Dong' and Thatcher's Passing

Adam Jung | Posted 17.04.2013 | UK Politics
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Adam Jung

Ernie Harburg is the son of the late Yip Harburg - the lyricist of "DIng Dong! The Witch Is Dead" (and all the songs in the "Wizard Of Oz") - and President of the Yip Harburg Foundation. He has released a statement passed on through Ian Baldry, the creator of the facebook campaign to make the track number one.

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The Ding Dong Is Over: Anti-Thatcher Song Denied Number One

The Huffington Post UK/PA | Sarah Dean | Posted 14.04.2013 | UK Entertainment
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'Ding Dong The Witch Is Dead' has failed to reach number one, after an online campaign by opponents of late former prime minister Margaret Thatcher pr...

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Anne Hathaway's Surprising Chart Success

The Huffington Post UK | Sarah Dean | Posted 17.01.2013 | UK Entertainment
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'Les Miserables' star Anne Hathaway looks set for her first chart hit after her version of 'I Dreamed A Dream' from the film climbed into the Top 40. ...

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From Strawberry Jam to the Biggest Music Format of All Time

Martin Talbot | Posted 01.12.2012 | UK Entertainment
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Martin Talbot

The first time many of us will have seen the shiny little five inch disc was on Tomorrow's World, a year before the format's launch, when Kieran Prendiville spread strawberry jam on a Bee Gees CD and told us all that it would still play. It didn't.

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