Bill Bailey (born Mark Bailey; 13 January 1965) is an English comedian, musician, actor, TV and radio presenter and author. Bailey is well known for his role in Black Books and for his appearances on Never Mind the Buzzcocks, Have I Got News for You, and QI as well as his extensive stand-up work.
Bailey was listed by the Observer as one of the 50 funniest acts in British comedy in 2003. In 2007 and again in 2010, he was voted the 7th greatest stand-up comic on Channel 4's 100 Greatest Stand-Ups.
Personal life
Bailey was born in Bath, Somerset, and spent most of his childhood in Keynsham, a town situated between Bath and Bristol in the West of England. His father was a medical practitioner and his mother was a hospital ward sister. His maternal grandparents lived in an annexe, built on the side of the house by his maternal grandfather who was a stonemason and builder. Two rooms at the front of the family house were for his father's surgery.
Bailey was educated at King Edward's School, an independent school in Bath where he was initially a highly academic pupil winning most of the prizes. At about the age of 15, he started to become distracted from school work when he realised the thrill of performance as a member of a school band called Behind Closed Doors, which played mostly original work. He was the only pupil at his school to study A-level music and he passed with an A grade. He also claims to have been good at sport (captain of KES 2nd XI cricket team 1982), which often surprised his teachers. He would often combine music and sport by leading the singing on the long coach trip back from away rugby fixtures. It was here that he was given his nickname Bill by his music teacher, Ian Phipps, for being able to play the song "Won't You Come Home Bill Bailey" so well on the guitar.
No Matter How Much You Promise to Cook or Pay the Rent You Blew It Cauze Bill Bailey Ain't Never Coming Home Again
No Matter How Much You Promise to Cook or Pay the Rent You Blew It Cauze Bill Bailey Ain't Never Coming Home Again is a 2003 novel by Edgardo Vega Yunqué. The author has called it a "jazz novel."
Bill Bailey is set in New York City in the 1980s, and tells the saga of Billy Farrell and his daughter Vidamía. Billy is a lackluster Irish-American who gave up music after losing two fingers, and some of his sanity, in Vietnam. Billy and Vidamía first meet when she is 12 years old. Her mother is a social-climbing, assimilation-minded Puerto Rican who has married a wealthy CPA and is raising Vidamía in the suburbs. But Vidamía finds herself strongly attracted to her father, her father's family, and the Lower East Side.
The novel's title is a play on the title and lyrics of the jazz classic, "Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home?". The song and the relevant lyrics are explicitly mentioned in the novel.
As a merchant seaman, Bailey stole the swastika that flew from the bow of the German ship Bremen docked in Manhattan in 1935. The Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels issued an angry statement, so New York's mayor, La Guardia, sent ten detectives to the German consulate. These were all Jewish detectives - with names the like of Goldfarb and Ginsburg. Goebbels thought this was the biggest insult. He said, "We don't want these inferior bastards to guard any of our people."
Samuel Cook (January 22, 1931– December 11, 1964), known professionally as Sam Cooke, was an American singer, songwriter, and entrepreneur.
Influential as both a singer and composer, he is commonly known as the King of Soul for his distinctive vocals and importance within popular music. His pioneering contributions to soul music contributed to the rise of Aretha Franklin, Bobby Womack, Al Green, Curtis Mayfield, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, and Billy Preston, and popularized the likes of Otis Redding and James Brown.AllMusic biographer Bruce Eder wrote that Cooke was "the inventor of soul music", and possessed "an incredible natural singing voice and a smooth, effortless delivery that has never been surpassed".
Cooke had 30 U.S. top 40 hits between 1957 and 1964, plus three more posthumously. Major hits like "You Send Me", "A Change Is Gonna Come", "Cupid", "Chain Gang", "Wonderful World", and "Twistin' the Night Away" are some of his most popular songs. Cooke was also among the first modern black performers and composers to attend to the business side of his musical career. He founded both a record label and a publishing company as an extension of his careers as a singer and composer. He also took an active part in the civil rights movement.
Sam Cooke (born 19 November 1985) is an English glamour model and Page 3 girl from Manchester. Cooke has appeared in numerous British "lads' mags", including FHM, FRONT, Maxim, Loaded, Zoo and Nuts in the UK, as well as on several covers around the world.
She is most famous for being a Page 3 girl in The Sun, and was the winner of the newspaper's annual Page 3 Idol competition in 2006. Cooke has also appeared in the Hot Shots Calendar.
Cooke has spent time as a house and dance DJ, and has appeared in clubs around the world, including Egypt, Malaysia and Ibiza. She also worked extensively with the UK dance label Hed Kandi.
William F. Bailey (April 12, 1888 – November 2, 1926) was an American left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played for the St. Louis Browns, Baltimore Terrapins, Chicago Whales, Detroit Tigers, and St. Louis Cardinals. He had a career record of 38–76 with a 3.57 earned run average. Despite his poor overall record, in the inaugural Federal League season of 1914, Bailey struck out more than one batter per inning (131 strikeouts in 1282⁄3 innings, or 9.2 strikeouts per 9 innings), a virtually unheard-of feat in that era. In the 1910–19 decade no other pitcher with at least 100 innings pitched even approached that level, with Rube Marquard (7.7 strikeouts per 9 innings in 1911) being second. Nonetheless, Bailey had a losing record (7–9) in that season.
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Bill Bailey (Live) · Sam Cooke
Sam Cooke At The Copa
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published: 01 Jul 2021
Sam Cooke - Bill Bailey (at the Copa)
published: 05 Apr 2011
Sam Cooke - Bill Bailey (Live)
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Bill Bailey (Live) · Sam Cooke
Sam Cooke At The Copa
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Sam Cooke Bill Bailey
published: 04 Feb 2022
Try A Little Tenderness / (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons / You Send Me (Live)
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Try A Little Tenderness / (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons / You Send Me (Live) · Sam Cooke
Sam Cooke At The Copa
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Composer Lyricist: Sam Cooke
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BILL ROSS BILL BAILEY feat SAM COOKE
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SAM COOKE BILL BAILEY feat BILL ROSS
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SAM COOKE - Bring It On Home To Me (Live at Harlem Square Club, 1963)
"I want my baaaaby, oooooh,
I want my baby!
I wanna tell you that: Darling, yooooou, ooooooooohhh!!!!
You send me, oooooohhh, yoooouu!!!!
Ooooooohhhhh!!! You send me!!!
Oooooooooohhhh, youuu!!!
Oooooooooooooooooooohhhhh, you send me!
Lord have mercy! Ahahah!
Ooooouooou! Ahah! Ooooooooooooouooooou,
Honest you do!"
published: 29 Jul 2013
Bill Bailey
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Bill Bailey · Johnny Hallyday
Feel So Fine
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Lyricist: Hughie Cannon
Lyricist: Sam Cooke
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published: 21 May 2020
Bill Bailey at The Royal Variety Performance 2021 (HD) (Subtitles)
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Bill Bailey (Live) · Sam Cooke
Sam Cooke At The Copa
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Released on: 1964-01-01...
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Bill Bailey (Live) · Sam Cooke
Sam Cooke At The Copa
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Bill Bailey (Live) · Sam Cooke
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Bill Bailey (Live) · Sam Cooke
Sam Cooke At The Copa
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Bill Bailey (Live) · Sam Cooke
Sam Cooke At The Copa
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Try A Little Tenderness / (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons / You Send Me (Live) · Sam Cooke
Sam Cooke At The ...
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Try A Little Tenderness / (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons / You Send Me (Live) · Sam Cooke
Sam Cooke At The Copa
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Composer Lyricist: Woods
Composer Lyricist: Campbell
Composer Lyricist: Connelly
Composer Lyricist: Watson
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Composer Lyricist: Sam Cooke
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Try A Little Tenderness / (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons / You Send Me (Live) · Sam Cooke
Sam Cooke At The Copa
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Composer Lyricist: Campbell
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Composer Lyricist: Watson
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Composer Lyricist: Sam Cooke
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"I want my baaaaby, oooooh,
I want my baby!
I wanna tell you that: Darling, yooooou, ooooooooohhh!!!!
You send me, oooooohhh, yoooouu!!!!
Ooooooohhhhh!!! You s...
"I want my baaaaby, oooooh,
I want my baby!
I wanna tell you that: Darling, yooooou, ooooooooohhh!!!!
You send me, oooooohhh, yoooouu!!!!
Ooooooohhhhh!!! You send me!!!
Oooooooooohhhh, youuu!!!
Oooooooooooooooooooohhhhh, you send me!
Lord have mercy! Ahahah!
Ooooouooou! Ahah! Ooooooooooooouooooou,
Honest you do!"
"I want my baaaaby, oooooh,
I want my baby!
I wanna tell you that: Darling, yooooou, ooooooooohhh!!!!
You send me, oooooohhh, yoooouu!!!!
Ooooooohhhhh!!! You send me!!!
Oooooooooohhhh, youuu!!!
Oooooooooooooooooooohhhhh, you send me!
Lord have mercy! Ahahah!
Ooooouooou! Ahah! Ooooooooooooouooooou,
Honest you do!"
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Bill Bailey · Johnny Hallyday
Feel So Fine
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C...
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Bill Bailey · Johnny Hallyday
Feel So Fine
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Composer: Sam Cooke
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Lyricist: Sam Cooke
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Bill Bailey · Johnny Hallyday
Feel So Fine
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Composer: Hughie Cannon
Composer: Sam Cooke
Lyricist: Hughie Cannon
Lyricist: Sam Cooke
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Bill Bailey (Live) · Sam Cooke
Sam Cooke At The Copa
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Bill Bailey (Live) · Sam Cooke
Sam Cooke At The Copa
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Try A Little Tenderness / (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons / You Send Me (Live) · Sam Cooke
Sam Cooke At The Copa
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Composer Lyricist: Woods
Composer Lyricist: Campbell
Composer Lyricist: Connelly
Composer Lyricist: Watson
Composer Lyricist: Best
Composer Lyricist: Sam Cooke
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"I want my baaaaby, oooooh,
I want my baby!
I wanna tell you that: Darling, yooooou, ooooooooohhh!!!!
You send me, oooooohhh, yoooouu!!!!
Ooooooohhhhh!!! You send me!!!
Oooooooooohhhh, youuu!!!
Oooooooooooooooooooohhhhh, you send me!
Lord have mercy! Ahahah!
Ooooouooou! Ahah! Ooooooooooooouooooou,
Honest you do!"
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Bill Bailey · Johnny Hallyday
Feel So Fine
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Composer: Sam Cooke
Lyricist: Hughie Cannon
Lyricist: Sam Cooke
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Bill Bailey (born Mark Bailey; 13 January 1965) is an English comedian, musician, actor, TV and radio presenter and author. Bailey is well known for his role in Black Books and for his appearances on Never Mind the Buzzcocks, Have I Got News for You, and QI as well as his extensive stand-up work.
Bailey was listed by the Observer as one of the 50 funniest acts in British comedy in 2003. In 2007 and again in 2010, he was voted the 7th greatest stand-up comic on Channel 4's 100 Greatest Stand-Ups.
Personal life
Bailey was born in Bath, Somerset, and spent most of his childhood in Keynsham, a town situated between Bath and Bristol in the West of England. His father was a medical practitioner and his mother was a hospital ward sister. His maternal grandparents lived in an annexe, built on the side of the house by his maternal grandfather who was a stonemason and builder. Two rooms at the front of the family house were for his father's surgery.
Bailey was educated at King Edward's School, an independent school in Bath where he was initially a highly academic pupil winning most of the prizes. At about the age of 15, he started to become distracted from school work when he realised the thrill of performance as a member of a school band called Behind Closed Doors, which played mostly original work. He was the only pupil at his school to study A-level music and he passed with an A grade. He also claims to have been good at sport (captain of KES 2nd XI cricket team 1982), which often surprised his teachers. He would often combine music and sport by leading the singing on the long coach trip back from away rugby fixtures. It was here that he was given his nickname Bill by his music teacher, Ian Phipps, for being able to play the song "Won't You Come Home Bill Bailey" so well on the guitar.
I know why I waited know why I've been blue I've been praying for someone, baby exactly like you why should we spend money, on a show or two while no one does those love scenes, baby exactly like you you make me feel so grand I wanna give this world to you you seem to understand each foolish little dream I'm dreaming and the schemes I'm scheming now I know why mother taught me to be true she meant me for someone, baby exactly like you just like you, baby, oh just like you mother meant me for someone exactly like you I know why I waited know why I been blue I've been waiting for someone, baby exactly like you why should we spend money on a show or two while no one does those love scenes, baby exactly like you you make me feel so grand I wanna give this world to you you seem to understand each foolish little dream I'm dreaming and the schemes I'm scheming now I know why mother taught me to be true she meant me for someone exactly like you just like you, baby, just like you mother meant me for someone exactly like you just like you, baby, pretty just like you mother meant me for someone exactly like you