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	Charlie Drake - Free Music Downloads, Videos, CDs, MP3s, Bio, Merchandise and Links
		Charlie Drake (born Charles Edward Spungall) went from the poverty of London's south East End to becoming one of the United Kingdom's truly loved comedians.
		The star of the BBC show Charlie Drake from 1959 to 1960, Drake went on to star on the Ronald Marsh-produced Charlie Drake Show from 1960 to 1963 and 1967 to 1968.
		Drake's autobiography, -Drake's Progress, was published by Century Benham, Ltd., in 1986.
	www.artistdirect.com /nad/music/artist/bio/0,,554559,00.html (436 words)

	Drake - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Drake Passage or Drake Strait between Cape Horn and Antarctica
		Drake equation, a speculative formula for the number of civilizations in our galaxy with which we might be able to communicate
		Drake University and Drake Stadium in Des Moines, Iowa
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Drake (252 words)

	Charlie Drake - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Charlie Drake (born Charles Edward Springall, on 19 June 1925, in South London) is an English comedian, actor, writer and singer.
		He returned to TV in 1963 with "The Charlie Drake Show" again, a compilation of which won an award at the Montreux Festival in 1968.
		Charlie sang the theme song himself, using an old music hall number which naturally became famous in its own right.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Charlie_Drake (643 words)

	The Charlie Drake Show - Nostalgia Central (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-08)
		Drake also starred in The Worker from 1965 - 1970 and then in the early 70's had a show called Slapstick and Old Lace in which he involved viewers in singalongs and madcap sketches in a Vaudeville style (7 x 30 minute episodes).
		Charlie Drake was no stranger to accidents, but his narrowest escape was in the first of a new series entitled Bingo Madness.
		The plot called for Drake to be hurled through a bookcase by two villains, feign unconsciousness, fall to the floor and then be picked up and thrown out of a window.
	www.nostalgiacentral.com /tv/comedy/charliedrake.htm (400 words)

	Drake will rule you
		Drake has read your letter repeatedly, and regrets to inform you that it appears you are wrong.
		Drake believes that you may have some sort of inferiority complex, and that you are taking it out on everyone around you.
		Drake does think that if you have to take out your aggression on babies, a good way is to steal baby food.
	www.geocities.com /bob301.geo/drake.htm (695 words)

	Charlie Drake \| Archie Andrews \| Playing the Field
		Drake first came to the attention of Britain's kiddies as a member of Mick and Montmorency, a comedy team which paired the diminutive Drake with the rather taller (6'5") Jack Edwardes as a pair of bumbling blokes who stumble and crash through a never ending series of jobs from which they always get sacked.
		Drake, on the other hand, had graduated to entertaining the kiddies mums and dads.
		Drake's first full solo series was 1957-8's "Drakes Progress" which co-starred, during it's first season, the prolific Irene Handle and Warren Mitchell.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/british_television/30960 (466 words)

	Drake v Lockheed (Vol I, No 4, Oct 91)
		In 1984, Drake, like all the other Level 2 satellite operators at Lockheed, he expected a promised raise and a promotion to Level 3 under a department-wide reorganization.
		Then, according to his attorney, Bill Woodson of Palo Alto, California, "Drake's troubles really began." Drake's security clearance was pulled, so that he could no longer be a satellite operator, and he was "busted" to the level of a security guard.
		Drake's supervisor, Charlie Musser, had let the investigators know that although Drake wouldn't "deliberately" divulge classified information, he might do it inadvertently.
	www.mdcbowen.org /p2/rm/drake.html (1370 words)

	Amazon.com: Honeymoons Can Be Murder (Charlie Parker Mysteries (Paperback)): Books: Connie Shelton (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-08)
		Charlie Parker and her new husband, fellow pilot Drake, are in Taos, New Mexico, mixing a honeymoon with the dangerous job of flying heli-skiers to remote peaks.
		Private investigator Charlie Parker has definitely had a tumultuous year as she almost was killed during her last case, had half her house burned down, and even married.
		Charlie is an engaging female character, one who is less intimidated by piloting a helicopter than by having to attend a gallery opening frequented by movie stars.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0373264275?v=glance (1474 words)

	Television Heaven
		A to Z of TV When we were first introduced to The Worker on 27th February 1965, he had already been found, and dismissed from 980 jobs over a period of 20 years, much to the frustration of local Labour Exchange counter clerk Mr.
		Diminutive comedian Charlie Drake (born Charles Springall in South London on 19th June 1925) had been a TV regular since 1954 (having made his radio debut in 1951), when he first appeared as a children's entertainer alongside Jack Edwardes on Jigsaw.
		Drake, whose catchphrase was, "hello my darlings", also had a string of top-ten comedy records in the early sixties including Please, Mr Custer and My Boomerang Won't Come Back.
	www.televisionheaven.co.uk /worker.htm (263 words)

	The Albuquerque Tribune: Local
		In the book, Charlie is hired to protect Rachel Fairfield, a balloon pilot attempting to set an altitude record during the Albuquerque balloon fiesta.
		In 1996's "Vacations Can Be Murder," the second Charlie Parker mystery, Charlie falls in love with Drake Shelton, a helicopter-tour pilot she meets while on vacation in Hawaii.
		Charlie and Drake get married a few books later in the series.
	www.abqtrib.com /albq/nw_local/article/0,2564,ALBQ_19858_4125071,00.html (997 words)

	THE MYSTERY READER reviews: Honeymoons Can Be Murder by Connie Shelton (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-08)
		Drake is offered a chance to pilot charter trips from the Taos Ski Valley to the higher elevations for some extreme skiing experiences.
		Charlie agrees that this is an opportunity for a romantic Christmas honeymoon as well as a chance to build Drake's business.
		Charlie and Drake are enjoyable characters, but not fully developed.
	www.themysteryreader.com /shelton-honeymoons.html (356 words)

	At the Races (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-08)
		Although Drake did not have a lot of experience with children, he guessed that the kid was between the ages of eight and ten.
		Drake sat back down at the bleachers next to the little boy, who had spent the time while Drake was gone purchasing a warm pretzel, which he was now chewing rhythmically.
		Charlie never looked up from his pretzel as the horse he picked defeated its competitor by a nose.
	www.bol.ucla.edu /~tmasters/At_the_Races.htm (5479 words)

	AnotherThink
		Its father was Frank Drake, a little-known researcher who suggested that it ought to be possible to find other civilizations by listening for the electromagnetic chatter produced by technology.
		It was at Green Bank that Frank Drake unveiled what became known as the Drake Equation to a small conference of enthusiastic astronomers.
		The Drake Equation is designed to estimate the number of civilizations that might be out there making electronic noise.
	www.anotherthink.com (1828 words)

	Charlie Drake
		Charlie Drake was a singer turned comedian- turned singer- little wonder that his splendid novelty songs were so well crafted.
		Charlie had adopted his mother's maiden name before trying to make it into show business as a singer.
		Charlie's first recorded single was simply a rock and roll number- a cover of an early Bobby Darin song, but with Charlie singing, it was automatically taken as a comedy novelty- whether that was intended or not.
	www.45-rpm.org.uk /dirc/charlied.htm (506 words)

	PrillyCharmin's Doll Shop for Dolls Old & New (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-08)
		They are designed especially for the heads on Ashton Drake Charlie and Grace dolls.
		The Ashton Drake dolls have a fairly large neck hole inside that neck so it allows plenty of room to work.
		The groove is positioned just under the edge of Charlie's neck so the head will overlap the neck of the doll body a bit.
	www.prillycharmin.com /patterns/hnecks_ad.htm (810 words)

	CHARLIE DRAKE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-08)
		In 1975, Drake recorded a very unusual single for Charisma, unusual in that it is a novelty record with connections to the world of progressive rock.
		Apparently Charlie Drake who was a huge comedy star of the 50's and 60's wanted to make a record.
		On the day Charlie, who was quite small, turned up with a brand new denim outfit for his rock debut....it was quite touching to see him at it.
	www.charismalabel.com /Artists/drake.htm (321 words)

	Gaming Nexus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-08)
		Then you just might be a candidate for Drake, the worst game to come out this year and quite possibly the worst game to come out in this millennium.
		From the start it was apparent that the guys at Idol FX were going all out with this one, even going so far as to make up a comic to coincide with the game’s storyline.
		In a manner that isn’t clearly explained, Drake is brought back to life by some higher beings.
	www.gamingnexus.com /Review.asp?ID=396 (736 words)

	screenonline: Worker, The (1965, 1969-70) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-08)
		, whose portrayal of Charlie, an inept and unskilled labourer who cannot hold down a job, is probably his best remembered comic performance.
		The duo's comic sparring became the focus of the show and as a result the hapless but well-intentioned Charlie was once again pitted against Mr Pugh when the show returned for a third series in 1969.
		This batch of episodes includes the show's strangest script - Charlie encounters an alien resembling a person in a large white sack, an image borrowed from a TV advert of the time featuring dancing teabags.
	www.screenonline.org.uk /tv/id/793512 (350 words)

	Page Title (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-08)
		When Charlie's former best friend, the one who eloped with her fiancé ten years earlier, hires RJP Investigations to help locate a missing watch, Charlie wonders why on earth she'd want to help Stacy.
		When Charlie and her friend Sally visit the small northern New Mexico town of Valle Escondido, they learn that a friend has died of a miscarriage.
		A pushy female lawyer demands that Charlie find her missing father in time for their family reunion, and Charlie soon learns that there's a lot more to the old man's willing disappearance.
	www.connieshelton.com /page2.html (281 words)

	DEANNA SPENCER
		The start of the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta is only three days from lift-off, and the offices of RJP Investigations, owned by Charlie Parker and her brother Ron, are not expecting a lot of business.
		Drake is out of town on a job, and Charlie is at loose ends and looking for something to do until he returns.
		Charlie almost loses her life as she gets closer to the person who is threatening Rachael.
	www.iloveamysterynewsletter.com /deanna_spencer.htm (1222 words)

	Danny Blue, The Comedian
		Charlie played "Baron Hard On" in Jim Davidson's adult pantomime.
		I would bring Charlie from his hotel to the theatre while we were at the Pavillion Bournemouth.
		Charlie would give me some great advice about timing and presenting myself as a comedian while we both enjoyed a Jonny Walker in the hotel bar.
	www.balloondancer.co.uk /comicdb/drake.html (67 words)

	Mick and Montmorency
		A to Z of TV Charlie Drake and Jack Edwardes had originally met whilst serving in the RAF but didn't consider teaming up until years later when they both failed the same Windmill Theatre audition.
		Their disappointment however was soon turned to good fortune when Edwardes was appointed entertainment producer at a holiday camp and promptly booked himself and Drake as the double-act Mick and Montmorency, a clumsy duo set in the Laurel and Hardy mode, with Drake taking most of the pratfalls.
		At the end of the second run (May 1958) Drake decided he'd had enough of children's TV and wanted to aim his material at adults and he and Edwardes went their separate ways.
	www.televisionheaven.co.uk /mickandmont.htm (246 words)

	Shop eHarlequin: Book Detail
		Charlie Parker and her husband, Drake, leave sunny New Mexico for a lucrative contract in Scotland, flying helicopters to the North Sea oil rigs.
		The victim is the spoiled grandson of the wealthy but down-to-earth owners of Dunworthy Castle, on whose historic grounds Charlie and Drake are residing.
		Yet the real danger for both Charlie and Drake lies in the stormy gray waters of the Atlantic, where death is cold, lonely and the perfect stalking grounds for murder.
	store.eharlequin.com /t2_book_detail.jhtml;jsessionid=BQA5JYY4MGM4ZLAUEAKCAOQ?PRODID=10146&_requestid=972817 (224 words)

	Movie Database - [TV Guide Online] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-08)
		Charlie Drake is a crack locksmith, so good that he once was called to open a stuck lock at the Tower of London.
		At the beginning of this film, Charlie is persuaded by a con man into opening a locked car and safe, winding up in jail for a year.
		Drake now has an unwanted reputation as the top safe-cracker around.
	listings.tvguide.com /Movies/database/showmovie.asp?MI=13380 (140 words)

	DeathList Forum -> Charlie Drake: Out for a duck?
		It is on for the next couple of days and features the voice of Charlie Drake.
		Charlie Drake, it is said, has had to withdraw from performing with Jim Davidson in the new live version of sinderella due to ill health.
		Responding to an earlier post, Charles Drake, former casual labourer of Weighbridge, is alive and living in Crystal Palace, London.
	www.deathlist.net /forums/index.php?showtopic=186 (854 words)

	Charlie (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-08)
		Sculpted by Master Doll Artist Linda Webb, "Charlie" is so special that he's been nominated for both the 2005 Dolls Awards for Excellence and the 2005 DOTY Award!"Charlie's" perfect, little-boy body is handcrafted entirely of RealTouch™ vinyl skin, capturing every tiny wrinkle and crease, even his adorable "outtie" belly button!
		Charlie" is handcrafted entirely of RealTouch™ vinyl skin, capturing every nuance of Linda Webb's original sculpture - every wrinkle, every crease, even a realistic "outtie" belly button!
		"Charlie" is dressed in a soft blue, knitted vest, cap, and booties, and he wears a tiny diaper and a hospital bracelet
	www.mydollshouse.net /charlie.htm (279 words)

	Page Title
		Charlie and husband Drake take a job in Scotland, flying workers and supplies out to oil drilling rigs in the North Sea.
		Although they're doing the job as a favor to a friend, Charlie and Drake become the targets of repeated threats.
		He asks Charlie to investigate the disappearance of some lambs from his property, believing the sheep ranchers are behind it, although she insists she wouldn't know one lamb from another.
	www.connieshelton.com (168 words)

	Having fun packing with Llamas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-08)
		Drake, the one whose back is to you, is about 4 months younger than Charlie...they have grown up together.
		Drake scared me half to death one day, I was in the house and heard this blood curdling Llama Scream.
		I ran out just in time to see Charlie chasing Drake, not touching him anywhere, and Drake was letting out these screams.
	www.eskimo.com /~wallama/play.htm (200 words)

	BBC - Comedy Guide - The Charlie Drake Show
		A new series and a new writing collaborator for Drake: Richard Waring, who had appeared as an actor in Charlie Drake In...
		The show was being transmitted live, and a tricky slapstick sequence in which Drake was pulled through a bookcase and thrown through a window ended in disaster: the comedian fractured his skull and remained unconscious for three days.
		The screen, like Drake himself, was fled out when the production crew finally realised the seriousness of the situation.
	bbc.co.uk /comedy/guide/articles/c/charliedrakeshow_1299000984.shtml (370 words)

	[No title]
		Charlie Orr had also brought along his Morse 3-light that once belonged to Lou Lentz.
		Charlie's air compressor (See Issue 4) kept up a steady and reassuring 'thrumppp' throughout the day.
		Charlie's air compressor was backed up by Jocko Robinson's (Dive 'n' Surf in Redondo Beach) loan of 2 tanks of air and 'The Deck Apes' - Mom Orr, Rhonda Drake and Dorothy Barstad, packed sack lunches to feed those unable to break for lunch.
	www.calclassic.org /issue5 (2137 words)

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