Billy Connolly

Billy Connolly

(2012)
Biografia
Nasimènto	(en) William Connolly 24 de novenbre del 1942 (82 ani) Glasgow (Scòsia)
Dati personałi
Rełijon	Ateismo
Formasion	St. Gerard's RC Secondary (en) St Peter's Boys School, Stewartville St, Glasgow (en)
Atività
Ocupasion	ator, ator de teatro, cantante, conpozitor, chitarista, senezador, monologhista còmego, ator, comediante, sonador de banjo, ator de tełevixion
Atività	1965  –
Instrumento muzicałe	Banjo (it) , armònega e chitara
Targheta discogràfega	Polydor Records (it)
Fameja
Cògnuze	Iris Pressagh (en) (1969–1985), Divòrsio Pamela Stephenson (it) (1989–)
(2012)  British Academy Scotland Awards  Commendatore dell'Ordine dell'Impero Britannico (it)  knight Bachelor (it)  Chortle Awards (en)
Sito web	billyconnolly.com

Sir William Connolly, mejo conosesto cofà Billy Connolly (Glasgow, 24 de novenbre 1942), el ze un ator, còmego e mùzego scosezo.

Conosesto col soranome de The Big Yin (The Big One) in pàtria el ze considerà uno dei pì grandi esponenti del stand-up comedy britànego^[1][2][3][4]. El soranome el ghe zera sta dazesto co el zera adołesente par difarensiarlo dal nome de so pare, William Connolly, Sr. Cofà intèrprete de folk music el ze sta autor de na parodia de zènare talking blues.

El ze sta spozà dal 1969 al 1985 co l'aredatora d'interni Iris Pressagh, da ła cuała el ga vesto do fiołi: Jamie (1969) e Cara (1973). Dal 1989 el ze sposà co l'atora Pamela Stephenson, da ła cuała el ga vesto tre fiołi: Daisy (31 de disenbre 1983); Amy (7 de lujo 1986) e Scarlett (28 de lujo 1988). Inte el setenbre del 2013, el ga subio un picenin intervento chirùrzego par un tumore de ła prostata inte el stàdio de scumìsio^[5], e inte el febraro del 2014 el ga declarà che ła ghe ze sta diagnostegada ła małatia de Parkinson^[6].

Lista parsiałe de ła discografia:

• 1972 – Billy Connolly Live
• 1974 – Cop Yer Whack for This
• 1974 – Solo Concert
• 1975 – Get Right Intae Him! (#80 AUS^[7]
• 1975 – Words and Music
• 1975 – The Big Yin
• 1976 – Atlantic Bridge
• 1977 – Billy Connolly
• 1977 – Raw Meat for the Balcony!
• 1978 – Anthology
• 1979 – Riotous Assembly
• 1981 – The Pick of Billy Connolly (compilation) (#34 AUS^[7])
• 1983 – A Change Is as Good as Arrest
• 1983 – In Concert
• 1984 – Big Yin Double Helping (compilation)
• 1985 – An Audience with Billy Connolly
• 1985 – Wreck on Tour
• 1987 – Billy & Albert
• 1991 – Live at the Odeon Hammersmith London
• 1995 – Musical Tour of Scotland
• 1995 – Billy Connolly – Live Down Under 1995
• 1996 – World Tour of Australia
• 1997 – Two Night Stand
• 1999 – Comedy and Songs (compilation)
• 1999 – One Night Stand Down Under
• 2002 – Live in Dublin 2002
• 2002 – The Big Yin – Billy Connolly in Concert (compilation)
• 2003 – Transatlantic Years (compilation of material recorded between 1969 and 1974)
• 2003 – Humble Beginnings: The Complete Transatlantic Recordings 1969–74
• 2005 – Billy Connolly's Musical Tour of New Zealand
• 2007 – Live in Concert
• 2010 – The Man: Live in London (recorded January 2010)
• 2011 – Billy Connolly's Route 66

Ła sevente lista, ła ze ła lista de premi dei cuałi Billy Connolly ghe ze sta conferio.

Inte ła so vita i premi risevesti i ze stai 4 .

• (2012)  British Academy Scotland Awards
•  Commendatore dell'Ordine dell'Impero Britannico ^(it)
•  knight Bachelor ^(it)
•  Chortle Awards ^(en)

1. ↑ Billy Connolly 'most influential comedian of all time', in BBC News, 30 de zenaro 2012.
2. ↑ Billy Connolly is best ever stand-up comedian, say Digital Spy readers, Digital Spy, 17 de novenbre 2011.
3. ↑ Episode 1.1 The 100 Greatest Stand-Ups 2007, Comedy.co.uk.
4. ↑ Billy Connolly retains top spot in C4 poll, Comedy.co.uk.
5. ↑ (EN) Billy Connolly has cancer surgerybbc.com, 16 de setenbre 2013. entrada il 23 de lujo 2015.
6. ↑ (EN) Launceston surgeon Gary Fettke diagnoses Billy Connolly’s Parkinson’s in hotel lobby encounterthemercury.com, 28 de febraro 2014. entrada il 23 de lujo 2015.
7. ↑ ^{7,0 7,1} David Kent, Australian Chart Book 1970–1992, illustrated, St Ives, N.S.W., Australian Chart Book, 1993.

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