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  When Engelbert Humperdinck beat the Beatles

  When Engelbert Humperdinck beat the BeatlesMusic | Obituaries and birthdays | Culture wars | Royal yacht | Cats Engelbert Humperdinck kept the Beatles off the top of the charts in 1967. Photograph: Trinity Mirror/Mirrorpix/Alamy

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  How Dylan’s UK chart run ended in Tears

  How Dylan’s UK chart run ended in TearsKen Dodd | ID cards | Typos | Boris Johnson | Birthday wishes Ken Dodd at London airport in 1965 when his record Tears topped the charts. Photograph: Stroud/Getty Images

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  Cilla Black and Sir Ken Dodd’s gravestones defaced with ‘offensive graffiti’

  The gravestones of Cilla Black and Sir Ken Dodd have been vandalised.The headstones, both in Liverpool’s Allerton Cemetery, were defaced with graffiti overnight, a spokesman for the city council said on Tuesday.

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  Gravestones of Cilla Black and Sir Ken Dodd vandalised

  The headstones are both in Allerton Cemetery in Liverpool.

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  Sir Ken Dodd’s widow pledges £700k to Shakespeare North Playhouse project

  The new theatre will create a 'Shakespeare Triangle' with London and Stratford-upon-Avon when completed.

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  Gyles Brandreth: ‘I regularly dream about the Queen – millions do’

  Gyles Brandreth: ‘I regularly dream about the Queen – millions do’The writer, broadcaster, standup, actor and former Conservative MP on the things that make him laugh the most

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  Solutions for tracing and making contacts

  Solutions for tracing and making contactsRecruiting tracers | Rules for contact | Men in tights | A ghastly mix-up | Cuckoo calling

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  Ken Dodd: the sad story behind his marriage to Anne Jones

  Sir Ken Dodd was a remarkable and much-loved TV personality, who was perhaps best known for his stand-up routines which will be celebrated on BBC Two's Ken Dodd: How Tickled We Were on Monday night. The comedian, who passed away in 2018, was in a 40-year relationship with his partner, Anne Jones, but only married her two days before his death, aged 90. Find out more about the sad story of their marriage. Ken sadly passed away in 2018Despite being in two long-term relationships over the course of

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  Ricky Tomlinson and friends sing cover of Ken Dodd's Happiness to raise money for the NHS

  The Royle Family star Ricky Tomlinson has emulated Madonna by singing a tribute for the NHS from his bathtub.The actor and comedian has taken part in a tribute cover of Sir Ken Dodd’s hit Happiness for the NHS, with stars such as Glenda Jackson, Rick Astley and Jimmy Tarbuck also taking part.

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  Ricky Tomlinson records Ken Dodd tune from the bath to pay tribute to NHS

  Sir Ken Dodd's signature tune Happiness has been re-recorded by Ricky Tomlinson, Glenda Jackson and NHS workers as a "tribute" to the health service.The much-loved star, famous for his epic stand-up shows and his tickling sticks, died aged 90 in 2018.Before he died he praised the care he received from the "marvellous" NHS, saying "it all makes me cry with gratitude".【ギャラリー】Famous faces lost to coronavirus5Now his 1964 single has been re-recorded with the chorus rewritten and Royle Family star To

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