Will the nation gurn again for George Formby?

A resurgence in the popularity of the ukulele could rekindle our bizarre affection for the oddball singer-comedianBritain has apparently gone mad for ukuleles. An extraordinary resurgence in the popularity of the instrument must surely revive memories of that extraordinary figure in British pop history, George Formby. (To be exact, Formby played the banjo-ukulele.) It's easy to assume that Formby was a marginal comedy figure comparable to, say, Peter Glaze on the BBC children's TV show Crackerja...

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