Who had a top ten hit in 1962 with Right Said Fred?
Right Said Fred (song) on his dome" prior to the others having a final teabreak and going home. Dicks said that he was inspired to write the song by incidents that took place when he employed men to move a grand piano he had bought. The British band Right Said Fred is named after the song. "Right Said Fred" was famously recorded as a single by Bernard Cribbins and released by Parlophone in 1962. It reached number 10 in the UK Singles Chart. Cribbins recorded it at the Abbey Road Studios with musical accompaniment directed by Johnnie Spence. Sound effects were added by the
Right Said Fred the Fairbrass brothers, was also a top 10 hit in Germany and reached number one in Japan. The track became a popular anthem for sport channels, such as SuperSport in South Africa and sports teams including The Cincinnati Bengals (NFL), Borussia Dortmund FC, Manchester United FC and Saracens RC, a top English rugby team. It also featured at the Super Bowl in the United States. Jay-Z refers to Right Said Fred in his hit "The Ruler’s Back" in the line "I’m too sexy for jail like Right Said Fred". Due to family ill-health, Fred and Richard took some time out