The 'King of the Buskers' performs his hit single 'Blue Eyes' on Top of the Pops (6th June 1968). The record reached No.3 and was his second and biggest release. Don Partridge was born on October 27th, 1941 in Bournemouth. He made his chart debut in March 1968 with 'Rosie'. He saw brief continued success with all Acoustic band 'Accolade', forming in 1969. After splitting in 1971, Partridge returned to busking. Don Partridge died of a heart attack in Peacehaven on 21 September 2010. He was just over a month shy of his birthday, passing away at the age of 68. It happens every spring I hear this bluebird sing Love is here again to stay But now that I've found you I know this time it's true Love is really here to stay Blue eyes look my way Make today my lucky day Blue eyes looking at me Hope you're liking what you see Hope you're liking what you see Nobody ever saw This deep deep blue before Bluebells look up in surprise The sky admits defeat The sea will kiss your feet I could drown in those blue eyes Blue eyes shining down Everything is right somehow Blue eyes stay here with me Find my world in those blue eyes Find my world in those blue eyes It happens every spring I hear this bluebird sing Love is here again to stay But now that I've found you I know this time it's true Love is really here to stay Blue eyes look my way Make today my lucky day Blue eyes looking at me Hope you're liking what you see Hope you're liking what you see Copyright of the BBC, 1968.. + Informações

The funeral of Don Partridge, King of The Buskers, at Woodvale Crematorium, Lewes Road, Brighton, England on Monday 4th October 2010. Playing "San Francisco Bay Blues" to greet the arrival of Don's free-spirited hearse are Vic Ellis, Stompie, Chucklefoot, Woody Woodham and Alan Young. (Apologies, I'm not sure who's on jews harp. Perhaps someone could say. Thanks. Update - It was Lawrence Glaister - thanks to alanabit for the info). Don's coffin had his familiar snake design on the lid, similar to that often on his drums, and was quite magnificent. I failed to photo it. The legend associated most often with Don's drums "Inter Galactic Overlord of The Wide Open Spaces" was along both sides of the coffin above a painting of the Seven Sisters chalk cliffs as seen from Seaford Head. It was carried into chapel by family members accompanied by piper Dave Hodge who at the end appropriately played "The Minstrel Boy". The order of service was very skillfully conducted by Barbara Hayes who was keen to find room for as many as possible inside the chapel. With every nook and cranny taken, the service was also relayed outside for those who couldn't quite get in. As Barbara observed, Don always liked strange and unsual people, and here we all were. Jerusalem, Don's favourite hymn, was never sung with such passion. The unique service was a mixture of laughter, sadness, reminiscence and long applause for every speaker. Alan Young told of the early days when he and Don went busking for the .... + Informações

Don Partridge (27 October 1941 -- 21 September 2010)was an English singer and songwriter, known as the "king of the buskers". He performed from the early 1960s as a busker and one-man band, and achieved unexpected commercial success in the UK in the late 1960s with the songs "Rosie" and "Blue Eyes". Partridge died of a heart attack on 21 September 2010 in the town of Peacehaven in the south-east of England, where he spent most of his later life. + Informações

Nice archive footage of the late Don Partridge, King of the Buskers, from the Swedish site svt.se recounting how Stockholm came to introduce a new law on busking, the "lex Partridge". See the original high quality version at svt.se The interview with Don was by Liselott Persson in August 2005 and the video was first published in September 2005 on a News Program called "ABC" on Swedish Television. Don died on 21st Sept 2010 at Peacehaven, East Sussex and video of his unique funeral is at www.youtube.com Links ------- NEW BOOK "Don Partridge and Company". See Rod Warner's page soundsandtexts.blogspot.com Don on Top of the Pops (6th June 1968) www.youtube.com Don busking at Tunbridge Wells in 1993 www.youtube.com BBC Radio 4's "The Last Word" with short sound clips of Don talking. It needs the BBC IPLAYER so I'm not sure if it's accessible outside UK www.bbc.co.uk Like hundreds of others I have small personal memories of Don and this year kept thinking I should go see him next time I'm in Sussex but put it off til too late. I first met him at The Shades coffee bar / folk club in Reading in 1964 and he taught me words/chords to the tongue twisting music-hall song "What I Want is a Proper Cup of Coffee" by Weston & Lee. He was extremely funny and a spell-binding storyteller going off at surreal tangents and suddenly stopping to sing a song. We used to get regular updates from London about his escapades like flying off a London bridge with a pair of wings. I remember his snake .... + Informações

erschienen 1968, Musik mit Platten- Cover Don Partridge- "Rosie" Rosie, oh Rosie I'd like to paint your face up in the sky Sometimes when I'm busy Relaxing I look up and catch your eye Your eyes when they're widening Bring thunder and lightning And sunset strokes the colour of your skin Your eyes are so blue I just think of a blue sky And bumble bees buzzing on the wing Rosie, oh Rosie It's raining when you look the other way Rosie, oh Rosie Your laughter brings the sunshine out to play And though I just met you Will I silhouette you Or high-light golden shadows in your hair I'd paint in your mind's eye Up there in the blue sky Summer birds swinging through the air Rosie, oh Rosie I'd paint your face for all the world to see Rosie, oh Rosie I'd like to paint your face eternally. + Informações

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Hit single for busker Don in 1969. + Informações

Busker Don Partridge had 3 chart hits in 1968/69 this is the B.Side to Rosie which reached number 4 in feb 68.. + Informações

This is my tribute to Don Partridge the king of the street singers and his classic song 'Rosie'Don was a great influence on me when i was kid learning to play the guitar,i blame him for everything, i seemed to have had an affinity to Don maybe it was the one man band thing and the lone struggle in the big bad world or maybe it was just his drum i liked who knows? the drum im using here used to belong to Don by the way, he sold it to me for 50 pence and a pint of larger. Anyway Don this ones for you mate.. + Informações

B-Side From 1969...The Late Great Don Partridge "King Of The Buskers". + Informações

Don was a street-artist. A one-man-band (like Dick Van Dyke in "Mary Poppins"?) who composed. But he occasionally flirted with "legitimate" performing. This was, for him, a rare entry into a recording studio - and it resulted in a UK number 4. Getting on for 70, he performs to this day. [UPDATE: Don PASSED today (21st September, 2010) from a heart attack, just short of his 69th birthday - he will be missed.]. + Informações

our)This is a small tribute to the king Of The Buskers: Don Partridge and his farewell send off. We had a great one man band opening comprising Of Chucklefoot and his partner Stompie on tea chest base, Alan Young on banjo, Woody Woodham doing a great rendition of San Francisco Bay Blues, Vic Ellis rigged out and getting into the spirit... looking almost caricature, not sure who the guy with jewsharp is. A brief shot of Don's wonderfully decorated casket being carried into the chapel carried by his family to the tune of scotish bagpipes, Look out for a top jolly musical wake afterwards at the bray tree hotel in Seaford and especially a brilliant tribute by Chucklefoot (Rog Butler} and his song Troubadour which he wrote especially for Don only two weeks prior to the funeral, a great tune that is still going round in my head even now, it should be released, the guy is a pure musician and gives so much of himself, i believe these buskers are the salt of the earth brightening this planet with their great street entertainment. The video is finished with a sing along with Alan Young and his twirling sausage. See more. + Informações

Rare recordings of both 1969 A & B side.. + Informações

Don Partridge hit from 1968,Don played with some of the biggest stars of the time and then turned his back on the fame and went back to busking.My attempt at being a one man band.. + Informações

Don Partridge 'One Man Band' sings Dire Straits. + Informações

The king of the buskers and maybe the most famous one man band in England Don Partridge (1941-2010) was very popular in Sweden in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and this is a recording from the outdoor museum Skansen in Stockholm. The stage there is called "Solliden" and during the late 1960s and early 1970s there were live performances on radio and television under the name of "Opopoppa". He is introduced by the host Anders Gellner (who also was a member of the pop band "Science Poption" at the time) and he is also joined by bass player Sture Åkerberg. This is a live album recorded in 1968 and it was was sold and around half of the benefits went to the people who suffered in the war between Nigeria and Biafra.. + Informações

This is my third song in a tribute to One man band legend Don Partridge. When i had the privilege of meeting Don some time back i did a few of his old songs for him and he asked me if could play some of my own, well here is one of my own, this is the lichfield Rd inspired by trips shoping up and down it with my mother all those years ago, hope you all enjoy it.. + Informações

Laura Coddington singing with Don Partridge and the Country Feelin' Band sometime around 1994. + Informações

Rodda's miming to Don Partridge's hit song Blue Eyes,which got to no 3 in the charts in 1968. I did a 30 second mime to this song in 1997 which is already on youtube,decided to do a another mime 10 years on but the full version.(because i like the song.) anyway its now a better quality picture.. + Informações

a great version of the otis redding track by don partridge.from the CD -Rosie and other hits. + Informações

This was the theme tune to the prog of the same title from 1968. It wasn't that funny but I do remember the theme.. + Informações

Happy music from the sixties. + Informações

rodda's at home miming to a hit song by Don Partridge from 1968.Blue Eyes.take 2. + Informações

I don't normally upload songs, but I've searched all over Youtube and I still haven't found anyone who has uploaded this. So, for your listening pleasure, I give you Don Partridge's "Breakfast on Pluto." No copyright infringement intended. My apologies, but this video has been blocked in some countries.. + Informações

This is the second song of three in my tribute to the one man band legend Don Partridge, this was Don's second hit after Rosie reaching i think No 3 in the charts in 1968 and if i remember it was only the rolling stones that kept him from the No one spot that year. Hope you all enjoy my rendition, not my best singing and harmonica playing unfortunately but a great little song all the same.. + Informações