I Was Kaiser Bill's Batman I Was Kaiser Bill's Batman "I Was Kaiser Bill's Batman" was a hit single in 1967 composed by British songwriters Roger Cook and Roger Greenaway. It was a novelty record, performed mostly by whistling. The name Whistling Jack Smith, credited on the most commercially successful recording, was a play on the name of the baritone singer of the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s, Whispering Jack Smith. The tune was written by Greenaway and Cook and was originally titled "Too Much Birdseed". It was recorded as a single for Deram Records by record producer Noel Walker, using studio musicians together with the
SMS Kaiser (1874) ran aground on an uncharted rock. "Arcona" and "Cormoran" arrived to tow "Kaiser" off the rocks, after which Diederichs sent her back to Hong Kong for repairs. "Kaiser" remained overseas until 1899, when she returned to Germany. She was reduced to a harbor ship on 3 May 1904 and renamed "Uranus" on 12 October 1905. The ship was stricken from the naval register on 21 May 1906 and used as a barracks ship for in Flensburg. "Uranus" was ultimately broken up in 1920 in Harburg. SMS Kaiser (1874) SMS "Kaiser" was the lead ship of the s; was her sister