Phil Harris

Wonga Philip Harris (June 24, 1904 – August 11, 1995) was an American musician, actor and comedian. He was an orchestra leader and a pioneer in radio situation comedy, first with The Jack Benny Program, then in The Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show in which he co-starred with his wife, singer-actress Alice Faye, for eight years. Harris is also noted for his voice acting in animated films. As a voice actor, he played Baloo in The Jungle Book (1967), Thomas O'Malley in The Aristocats (1970), Little John in Robin Hood (1973), and Patou in Rock-a-Doodle (1991). As a singer, he recorded a novelty hit record, "The Thing", which reached number 1 in the American Billboard charts.
== Links to Peel ==
Peel played Phil Harris' The Thing in 1995 after the musician's death and also played the track as one of the songs for the Peelenium 1950. He mentioned on his 31 August 1999 show that the record was given to him when he was a child by his grandfather as a 78rpm.
== Shows Played ==
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*18 August 1995: 'The Thing (LP-The Best Of Phil Harris)' (RCA International) (JP: 'When I was about 10 years old, that was the hugest thing in the entire world. Forget Blur, Oasis.')
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*16 September 1999: The Thing (Peelenium 1950)
== External Links ==
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