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Rolf Harris -- Sun Arise video

Rolf Harris and his Sun Arise is a well loved song from my youth. So in the slide show there are images of the sun rising ... Rolf ... a few Australian animals and of course, some of Rolfies fantastic art ... though there is a Monet popped in there. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Apparently the Kangaroo Paws that Rolf mentions in the third verse are flowers native to Australia not as I pictured the paws of Kangaroos. They can be seen on this site www.anbg.gov.au Thank you ronnie758day for educating me :~) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Rolf has had a long career on tv mostly BBC. He had his own The Rolf Harris Show on BBC in 1967, and through the 70's and early 80's when he had Rolf on Saturday OK? Between 88 and 92 he presented Rolf's Cartoon Club, a children's show which combined Harris' love of art with showings of kids cartoons. The show also gave out tips to children. He had a Christmas Number One single titled "Two Little Boys" in 1969 He was also commissioned to paint a portrait of HM Queen Elizabeth II for her 80th birthday, which was unveiled by Rolf Harris on 19 December 2005 at Buckingham Palace. In 1959 he recorded his hit "Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport". The song was recorded on a single microphone placed above him in the TV studio. The song was sent to record company EMI in Sydney and it was soon released. The song was originally titled "Kangalypso" and featured the distinctive sound of the "wobble board" In 2006 Rolf expressed his regret about the ...

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