Colonel Bogey March
Popular march that was written in 1914 by Lieutenant F. J. Ricketts / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The "Colonel Bogey March" is a British march that was composed in 1914 by Lieutenant F. J. Ricketts (1881–1945) (pen name Kenneth J. Alford), a British Army bandmaster who later became the director of music for the Royal Marines at Plymouth. The march is often whistled. Featuring in films since it first appeared in The Lady Vanishes in 1938, Empire magazine included the tune in its list of 25 of Cinema's Catchiest Earworms.[1]
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Colonel Bogey March | |
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March by F. J. Ricketts | |
Composed | 1914 (1914) |
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The "Colonel Bogey March", by Kenneth J. Alford, performed by the United States Navy Band | |
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