Paddington Bear Paddington Bear Paddington Bear is a fictional character in children's literature. He first appeared on 13 October 1958 in the children's book "A Bear Called Paddington" and has been featured in more than twenty books written by British author Michael Bond and illustrated by Peggy Fortnum and other artists. The friendly bear from Peru—with his old hat, battered suitcase (complete with a secret compartment, enabling it to hold more items than it would appear to), duffle coat and love of marmalade—has become a classic character from English children's literature. Paddington books have been translated into 30 languages across 70 titles
Lady Marmalade themselves at number-one. "Billboard" ranked it as the No. 22 song for 1975. Labelle performed "Lady Marmalade" on "Soul Train" on December 7, 1974. "Lady Marmalade" debuted at number 92 on the Canadian "RPM" singles chart on February 1, 1975. It subsequently peaked atop the chart on March 29, 1975, after five weeks on the chart. Labelle's version of "Lady Marmalade" was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2003. and was ranked number 479 on "Rolling Stone"s list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. The Labelle version also appears in several films, including "The Long Kiss