George Formby: A troubled genius

March 18, 2008

George Formby: A troubled genius by David Bret - 1999

George and wife Beryl went to South Africa - insisted on playing to black audiences. Father of apartheid Daniel Francois Malan phoned them up - Beryl told him to “piss off” (?)

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