Tony Christie the King. Tony Christie Tony Christie (born 25 April 1943) is an English musician, singer and actor. He is best known for his recording of "(Is This The Way To) Amarillo", a double UK chart success. He lived for many years in Sheffield where his wife, Sue, was born. He used to be a frequent artist on the stage at many working men's clubs like his contemporary, Joe Cocker. Discovered and managed by Harvey Lisberg, he had three hits in 1971, beginning with "Las Vegas" which reached number 21 in the UK, and went on to have two Top Twenty
(Is This the Way to) Amarillo Bungle, Emu, as well as Tony Christie himself. Within the first few cameos, Max and Paddy from "Peter Kay's Phoenix Nights" and its spin-off appear together, arguing and eventually fighting in the Granada studios' corridor. This is one of many appearances of characters from Kay's TV series, including Paddy's tennis playing cell mate Cliff from "Max and Paddy's Road to Nowhere", and both a football team for people with dwarfism and Brian Potter from "Phoenix Nights". The video consists almost entirely of Kay walking towards the camera flanked by different pairings of the celebrities, in front of increasingly bizarre and