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Colonel Bogey March
The "Colonel Bogey March" is a British march composed in 1914 by Lieutenant Kenneth J. Alford (1881–1945), a British Army bandmaster who later became the Director of Music of the Royal Marines at Plymouth. The melody is often whistled. During the Second World War, British soldiers sang the lyrics "Hitler Has Only Got One Ball" to accompany the tune.
The march first appeared in film in 1938 when it was hummed by Michael Redgrave in Alfred Hitchcock's The Lady Vanishes. For David Lean's 1957 film The Bridge on the River Kwai, set during World War II, English composer Malcolm Arnold added an orchestral march, which he titled "The River Kwai March", to accompany the Colonel Bogey march. Empire magazine included the melody in its list of 25 of Cinema's Catchiest Earworms.
In 1914, at a time in which service personnel were encouraged not to have professional lives outside the armed forces, British Army bandmaster F. J. Ricketts published "Colonel Bogey" and his other compositions under the pseudonym Kenneth J. Alford. One supposition is that the tune was inspired by a British military officer who "preferred to whistle a descending minor third" rather than shout "Fore!" when playing golf. It is this descending interval that begins each line of the melody.
The name "Colonel Bogey" was adopted by golfers in the late 19th century as an imaginary "standard opponent" in assessing a player's performance. By Edwardian times Colonel Bogey had been adopted by the as the presiding spirit of the course. Edwardian golfers on both sides of the Atlantic often played matches against "Colonel Bogey". Bogey is now a golfing term meaning "one over par".
At the start of World War II, "Colonel Bogey" became a British institution when a popular song was set to the tune: "Hitler Has Only Got One Ball" (originally "Göring Has Only Got One Ball" after the Luftwaffe leader suffered a groin injury), essentially exalting rudeness.
In 1951, during the first computer conference held in Australia, the "Colonel Bogey March" was the first music played by a computer, by CSIRAC, a computer developed by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation.
The march first appeared in the film No Lady (1931), then when it was hummed by Michael Redgrave (playing the cad Gilbert in his film debut) in Alfred Hitchcock's The Lady Vanishes in 1938.
The 1957 David Lean epic film The Bridge on the River Kwai popularized "The River Kwai March", an orchestral march to accompany the Colonel Bogey March.
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Colonel Bogey March
The "Colonel Bogey March" is a British march composed in 1914 by Lieutenant Kenneth J. Alford (1881–1945), a British Army bandmaster who later became the Director of Music of the Royal Marines at Plymouth. The melody is often whistled. During the Second World War, British soldiers sang the lyrics "Hitler Has Only Got One Ball" to accompany the tune.
The march first appeared in film in 1938 when it was hummed by Michael Redgrave in Alfred Hitchcock's The Lady Vanishes. For David Lean's 1957 film The Bridge on the River Kwai, set during World War II, English composer Malcolm Arnold added an orchestral march, which he titled "The River Kwai March", to accompany the Colonel Bogey march. Empire magazine included the melody in its list of 25 of Cinema's Catchiest Earworms.
In 1914, at a time in which service personnel were encouraged not to have professional lives outside the armed forces, British Army bandmaster F. J. Ricketts published "Colonel Bogey" and his other compositions under the pseudonym Kenneth J. Alford. One supposition is that the tune was inspired by a British military officer who "preferred to whistle a descending minor third" rather than shout "Fore!" when playing golf. It is this descending interval that begins each line of the melody.
The name "Colonel Bogey" was adopted by golfers in the late 19th century as an imaginary "standard opponent" in assessing a player's performance. By Edwardian times Colonel Bogey had been adopted by the as the presiding spirit of the course. Edwardian golfers on both sides of the Atlantic often played matches against "Colonel Bogey". Bogey is now a golfing term meaning "one over par".
At the start of World War II, "Colonel Bogey" became a British institution when a popular song was set to the tune: "Hitler Has Only Got One Ball" (originally "Göring Has Only Got One Ball" after the Luftwaffe leader suffered a groin injury), essentially exalting rudeness.
In 1951, during the first computer conference held in Australia, the "Colonel Bogey March" was the first music played by a computer, by CSIRAC, a computer developed by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation.
The march first appeared in the film No Lady (1931), then when it was hummed by Michael Redgrave (playing the cad Gilbert in his film debut) in Alfred Hitchcock's The Lady Vanishes in 1938.
The 1957 David Lean epic film The Bridge on the River Kwai popularized "The River Kwai March", an orchestral march to accompany the Colonel Bogey March.