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Chas Hodges (of Chas & Dave fame) has passed away at the age of 74 from organ failure.
Hodges was part of a double act with Dave Peacock where they had many early to mid 1980s appearances on Top of the Pops that I remember, singing their trademark Cockney songs about having more Rabbit than Sainsbury's, songs about sideboards, trips to Margate in the rain (seen in Courage Best adverts from around 1982), and the fact that there ain't no pleasing you. And he partly sung the theme tune to the Alf Garnett sitcom In Sickness and in Health - did they not?
The fact that Chas & Dave was Cockney Rhyming Slang for having a shave was ironic considering the facial hair that they had, not to mention the Cockney connection that they had themselves.
I know that he was one half of the double act and his partner Dave is still with us, but it obviously means that that the double act has come to an end as a result of Hodges' death.
It would be great if Channel 5 would repeat that 1982 edition of Chas & Dave's Knees Up that they have shown on Christmas Day in the past as a tribute.
Hodges was part of a double act with Dave Peacock where they had many early to mid 1980s appearances on Top of the Pops that I remember, singing their trademark Cockney songs about having more Rabbit than Sainsbury's, songs about sideboards, trips to Margate in the rain (seen in Courage Best adverts from around 1982), and the fact that there ain't no pleasing you. And he partly sung the theme tune to the Alf Garnett sitcom In Sickness and in Health - did they not?
The fact that Chas & Dave was Cockney Rhyming Slang for having a shave was ironic considering the facial hair that they had, not to mention the Cockney connection that they had themselves.
I know that he was one half of the double act and his partner Dave is still with us, but it obviously means that that the double act has come to an end as a result of Hodges' death.
It would be great if Channel 5 would repeat that 1982 edition of Chas & Dave's Knees Up that they have shown on Christmas Day in the past as a tribute.
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