Home > Andy Stewart (musician)

Andy Stewart ( 1933 - 1994) was a Scottish singer and entertainer.

The use of tartan patriotism and stereotype Scottish humour goes back to Sir Harry Lauder and music hall songs. In the 1960s this strand continued in the entertainer Andy Stewart. He was born in Glasgow in 1933, the son of a teacher. He had several hit singles - "Come in-Come in", "Donald where's yer troosers?", "A Scottish Soldier" (36 weeks in the chart in 1961), "Campbeltown Loch", "Muckin' O' Geordies Byre", "Tunes of Glory", and "Dr. Findlay". He is also remembered for being the compere of " The White Heather Club ". This was a BBC television program that existed as an annual New Year's Eve party (1957 - 1968) and also as a weekly early evening series (1960 - 1968). "Donald Where's Yer Troosers?" was a hit in 1961 and again in 1989. Andy does an Elvis impersonation half way through the song. On the strength of this comedy hit, Andy troured AustraliaAustralia is the sixth-largest country in the world (geographically), the only one to occupy an entire continent, and the largest in the region of Australasia. Australia includes the island of Tasmania, which is an Australian State. Its neighbouring count and appeared on the Ed Sullivan show in 1968Events Undated Booker Prize for Fiction is established by Booker plc. 1968 is known as the year of the Prague Spring and also the year of the Paris riots. The ASCII character code is standardized as ANSI Standard X3. Nauru adopt his national anthem of the, doing impersonations of Dean MartinDean Martin ( June 7, 1917 December 25, 1995) was an American film actor and singer. Biography Born Dino Paul Crocetti into an Italian-American family in Steubenville, Ohio, he left school at age sixteen and had a variety of jobs including that of prizefi. He died in ArbroathArbroath or Aberbrothock (archaic) is the largest town in the county of Angus in Scotland, and has a population of approximately 23,000 people ( 2001 census). It lies on the North Sea coast, around 17 miles north-east of Dundee and 51 miles south of Aberd in 1994.