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JACK WILD (1952-2006) was an actor, singer and entertainer, best known for his iconic roles as the Artful Dodger in the musical film Oliver! and as Jimmy in the popular television series H R Pufnstuf. |
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In 1969, following his success in Oliver! and his signing to do H R Pufnstuf, Jack was put under contract by Capitol Records, and Brian Lane produced his first album.Capitol decided to play it safe and called it ‘The Jack Wild Album. Jack’s first single, ‘Some Beautiful’/ ‘Picture of You’ was released in the UK in spring 1970 and charted for 2 weeks, reaching number 46 in the top fifty. His second and third albums were ‘Everything’s Coming Up Roses’ and ‘Beautiful World’ (called ‘Punch and Judy’ in some countries), and were released by Buddah Records.
THE JACK WILD ALBUM (1970, Capitol: ST 22545)
Produced: Brian Lane
Arrangements by Don Gould, John Cameron and Gene Page
Engineer: Bob Auger
| Side 1: | Sugar and Spice |
| Early in the Morning | |
| Fish ‘n’ Chips | |
| Some Beautiful | |
| Flying Machine | |
| Side 2: | Wait for Summer |
| Maxwell’s Silver Hammer | |
| Melody | |
| When I’m Sixty-Four | |
| I was Lord Kitchener’s Valet | |
| Lazy Sunday |
EVERYTHING’S COMING UP ROSES (1971, Buddah: BDS 5083)
Producer: Brian Lane
Engineer: Martin Rushent
| Side 1: | (Holy Moses!) Everything’s Coming Up Roses |
| Push Bike Song | |
| Cotton Candy | |
| Bring Yourself Back to Me | |
| Hello (Jack) | |
| Side 2: | The Old Man Song (Na Na Na Na) |
| Apeman | |
| Takin’ it Easy | |
| Ob-La-Di Ob-La Da | |
| What Have They Done To My Song Ma | |
BEAUTIFUL WORLD (1972, Buddah: BDS 5110)
Produced by Biddu
| Side 1: | A Beautiful World |
| Punch and Judy | |
| Sweet Sweet Lovin’ | |
| Bird in the Hand | |
| The Lord | |
| Side 2: | Beggar Boy |
| Songs of Freedom | |
| Being With You | |
| E.O.I.O. | |
| Bunny Bunny | |
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JACK WILD (1952-2006) was an actor, singer and entertainer, best known for his iconic roles as the Artful Dodger in the musical film Oliver! and as Jimmy in the popular television series H R Pufnstuf. |
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