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"Kinky Boots" is a song recorded by
Patrick MacneePatrick Macnee is an English actor, best known for his role as the secret agent John Steed in the series The Avengers.-Early life:...
and
Honor BlackmanHonor Blackman is an English actress, who is perhaps best known for the roles of Cathy Gale in The Avengers and as Bond girl Pussy Galore in Goldfinger.-Early life:...
, stars of the 1960s
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series
The AvengersThe Avengers is a British television adventure series about secret agents in 1960s Britain. The programmes were made by TV company ABC Weekend Television , and created by its Head of Drama Sydney Newman...
, based on their characters in the program. The song, which referred to Ms. Blackman's footwear on the show, was commissioned by
Ned SherrinEdward George "Ned" Sherrin CBE was an English broadcaster, author and stage director. He qualified as a barrister and then worked in independent television before joining the BBC....
for the satirical TV series
That Was The Week That WasThat Was The Week That Was, also known as TW3, is a satirical television comedy programme on BBC Television in 1962 and 1963, devised, produced and directed by Ned Sherrin and presented by David Frost....
in 1963. The song was not a hit upon its initial release, but twenty-seven years later (thanks mainly to the promotion of DJ
Simon MayoSimon Andrew Hicks Mayo is an English radio presenter, who has worked for BBC Radio since 1981. Mayo has been presenter of a BBC Radio Five Live weekday afternoon programme since May 2001....
), it finally entered British single charts, peaking at #5 in December 1990. The song is quite short: just one minute and thirty-seven seconds long.
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