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David Croft
1922-2011 GB
Producer of Children's Music
A.k.a. David John Andrew Sharland (aka David John Croft)
David Croft, OBE (born 7 September 1922, Sandbanks, Dorset, England – died 27 September 2011, Tavira, Algarve, Portugal) was an English writer, producer, director and actor. He is particularly noted for producing and co-writing a string of popular BBC sitcoms with Jimmy Perry which included Dad's Army, It Ain't Half Hot Mum and Hi-de-Hi! and in collaboration with Jeremy Lloyd Are You Being Served? and 'Allo 'Allo!.
Popular Tracks 
The Mikado, Act II: On a tree by a river, "Willow titwillow" (Arr. For orchestra) on Music for Bird Lovers by Various Artists The Mikado, Act 1: No. 5a "As some day it may happen (I've Got a Little List)" on Summer Classics - English Gardens by Various Artists The Mikado, Act 2: No. 4 "Here's a how-de-do" on I Like Singing! by Johann Strauss II & Various Artists The Mikado, Act 2: No. 9, "The Flowers That Bloom in the Spring" on Gilbert & Sullivan: Highlights from: The Pirates of Penzance, The Mikado & The Gondoliers by Arthur Sullivan, Hamburg Radio Symphony Orchestra & The Linden Singers The Mikado, Act 1: No. 10, "I Am So Proud" on Gilbert & Sullivan: Highlights from: The Pirates of Penzance, The Mikado & The Gondoliers by Arthur Sullivan, Hamburg Radio Symphony Orchestra & The Linden Singers The Mikado, Act 2: No. 7, "The Criminal Cried as He Dropped Him Down" on Gilbert & Sullivan: Highlights from: The Pirates of Penzance, The Mikado & The Gondoliers by Arthur Sullivan, Hamburg Radio Symphony Orchestra & The Linden Singers The Mikado, Act 2: No. 12, "There Is Beauty in the Bellow of the Blast" on Gilbert & Sullivan: Highlights from: The Pirates of Penzance, The Mikado & The Gondoliers by Arthur Sullivan, Hamburg Radio Symphony Orchestra & The Linden Singers The Gondoliers, Act 1: No. 3, "In Enterprise of Martial Kind" on Gilbert & Sullivan: Highlights from: The Pirates of Penzance, The Mikado & The Gondoliers by Arthur Sullivan, Hamburg Radio Symphony Orchestra & The Linden Singers The Gondoliers, Act 1: No. 2, "From the Sunny Spanish Shore" on Gilbert & Sullivan: Highlights from: The Pirates of Penzance, The Mikado & The Gondoliers by Arthur Sullivan, Hamburg Radio Symphony Orchestra & The Linden Singers The Mikado, Act 1: No. 5, "Behold, the Lord High Executioner" on Gilbert & Sullivan: Highlights from: The Pirates of Penzance, The Mikado & The Gondoliers by Arthur Sullivan, Hamburg Radio Symphony Orchestra & The Linden SingersTrack list and 30sec audio provided by 
Discography
| Title | Artist | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Beatrix Potter Stories 2 | Vivien Leigh, Cyril Ornadel, David Croft | 1971 | Album |
| Aladdin | Cyril Ornadel, David Croft, Norman Evans, Dickie Henderson, Norma Evans, Jean Metcalfe, Alan Jones | 1958 | Single |
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