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The Rag Trade (Lynsey de Paul song)
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"'The Rag Trade'" was the theme song to the 1977 revival of 'The Rag Trade','The Kaleidoscope British Christmas Television Guide 1937-2013' by Chris Perry, a British TV comedy made by the London Weekend Television (LWT) production company for ITV and ranked as one of the top 50 best British sitcoms of the 1970s. The song was written by Lynsey de Paul, but the vocals are credited to Joan Brown singing "It's the rag trade" over a quirky tune, sounding remarkably like de Paul. Indeed, some sources credit the vocal performance of the song to de Paul.'Obituaries in the Performing Arts', 2014, by Harris M. Lentz III, The recording was arranged by John Bell and the conductor was Denis King. It was released on an album of TV themes on the DJM Records subsidiary label Weekend Records. The DVD set featuring all 22 episodes of the LWT episodes, with the theme music at the beginning and ending of every episode, was released by Network. The original version of "The Rag Trade" can be heard on de Paul's official website.
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Category:1977 songs
Category:Songs written by Lynsey de Paul
Category:Comedy television theme songs
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