It Ain't Half Hot Mum not of broadcast quality, but are included as extras on the series 1 DVD. Because "It Ain't Half Hot" Mum was a sitcom about a concert party, many old music hall, musical and traditional songs were performed by the actors, including: Don Estelle and Windsor Davies released two in-character performances as singles. The first, "Whispering Grass" reached number one in the British singles chart for three weeks from 7 June 1975. The second "Paper Doll" reached number forty one later that year.. They also recorded a top 10 LP called "Sing Lofty" It Ain't Half Hot Mum It Ain't Half
Don Estelle of "Linda Smith's A Brief History of Timewasting" as "Little Don" of the "East End Art Mafia". In his autobiography "Sing Lofty: Thoughts Of A Gemini", Estelle was extremely bitter about modern-day entertainment, attacking those who refused to rerun "It Ain't Half Hot Mum" as "tight-crutched, white-trousered morons". According to his obituary in "The Independent", "in recent years Estelle cut a slightly sorry figure, dressed in his "Lofty" outfit, setting out a stall of his tapes and singing to passers-by in shopping centres. He played a dirty old man in the promotional video for "The Sun" Page Three Girl Jo