By the time you see this, dear reader, Madam Acarti, Baby Steve, Houseboy Alex and I should already be in an Addison Lee cab on our way to Our Sal's pub The Shaston Arms in the West End for our traditional bacon-butties-and-champagne breakfast, and get our outfits sorted - for it is indeed the first Gay Pride in London for three years today!!
There's only our traditional anthem left to play...
Have a great Pride day/weekend!
Another day, another new addition to Fabulon, the "Valhalla of the Stars" - the multi-talented Bea Lillie protégé, composer, lyricist and playwright Mr Leslie Bricusse.
Most famous for his long professional partnership with fellow "triple threat" Anthony Newley, the mass of "standards" in the great man's repertoire include Nina Simone's Feeling Good [a version of which I posted just the other day], What Kind of Fool Am I?, The Joker [used later as the theme song for Kath & Kim], The Candy Man and Pure Imagination from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, London Is London, A Wonderful Day Like Today, Talk to the Animals, Who Can I Turn To?...
...and these!
...and our "Gay Pride March" anthem, to boot!
RIP, Leslie Bricusse OBE (29th January 1931 – 19th October 2021)
