Pearl Carr and Teddy Johnson
Pearl Lavinia Carr (2 November 1921 – 16 February 2020)[1] and Edward Victor "Teddy" Johnson (4 September 1919[2] – 6 June 2018) were English husband-and-wife entertainers who were best-known during the 1950s and early 1960s.Cochran show, and later joined the Three in Harmony singing group, which appeared in the revue Best Bib And Tucker starring Tommy Trinder at the London Palladium in November, 1942.During World War II, Johnson served in the merchant navy, working on the Queen Mary ship as a butcher on the transatlantic run.After the war, he was part of the resident band at the Locarno dance hall in Streatham, south London, and he also broadcast as a singer with the bandleader Jack Payne.The duo were part of a record-breaking season at the London Palladium with Bruce Forsyth, and were chosen to appear in the 1960 Royal Variety Performance."We had never heard of the Eurovision Song Contest before and were going to be booked as solo singers, but that consummated Pearl and Teddy as a double act.When we won, the BBC Head of Television Light Entertainment Eric Maschwitz said he was thrilled that Pearl and I would now represent our country in the Eurovision Song Contest in Cannes.Carr and Johnson continued to appear in summer seasons around the UK and on cruise ships for the Royal Viking Line.[15] After this, they appeared in the West End revival of the Stephen Sondheim musical Follies,[3] playing vaudeville couple Wally and Emily Whitman, singing "Rain on the Roof".
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