Jackie Dennis RIP

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Jackie Dennis, who has died aged 77, was a Leith-born apprentice plumber who was catapulted to fame aged 15, when his debut single La Dee Dah reached No 4 in the charts, briefly trumping Elvis Presley’s You Ain’t Nothin’ But a Hound Dog.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/ ... -hit-aged/

"The youngster, who was pulling in around £1,000 a week, made history on the Perry Como show in New York, becoming the first British artist to appear on American television.

Forever proud of his Scots heritage, Jackie almost always wore a kilt or tartan trews on stage, earning him the moniker, ‘the kilt with the lilt’.

Among his numerous musical achievements was a four-week residence at the Desert Inn in Las Vegas, where he became well-acquainted with Sammy Davis Jnr and met Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra."

https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/ ... 77-2986316

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Now put up the Francis and Josie Version of the La De Dah song. Give our non Scottish members some class action.