caption website years_active birth_place label background birth_date instrument genre image article_title name occupation
harding at fairport 's cropredy convention in 2007 -lsb- http://www.mikeharding.co.uk/ official website -rsb- 1965 -- present crumpsall , manchester , lancashire , england -rsb- rubber records philips records moonraker records solo_singer 23 october 1943 vocals , ukulele , concertina , harmonica , hammer dulcimer , , autoharp , cittern , tin whistle guitar , piano , banjo , mandolin folk music easy listening mike harding -lrb- 1119941546 -rrb- . jpg mike harding
 mike harding singer , songwriter , author , poet , broadcaster
mike harding

mike harding -lrb- born 23 october 1943 -rrb- is an english singer , songwriter , comedian , author , poet , broadcaster and multi-instrumentalist .
he is known as ` the rochdale cowboy ' after one of his hit records .
in addition , at various times of his life , harding has been a stand-up comic , photographer , traveller , filmmaker , playwright and musician .
