Billy Connolly
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Connolly's trade, in the early 1960s, was that of a welder (specifically a boilermaker) in the Glasgow shipyards, but he gave it up towards the end of the decade to pursue a career as a folk singer. He first sang in the folk rock band The Humblebums with Gerry Rafferty and Tam Harvey, with whom he stayed until 1971, before beginning singing as a solo artist. In the early 1970s, Connolly made the transition from folk singer with a comedic persona to fully-fledged comedian, for which he is now best known. In 1972, he made his theatrical debut, at the Cottage Theatre in Cumbernauld, with a revue called ''Connolly's Glasgow Flourish''. He also played the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. In 1972, Connolly's first solo album, ''Billy Connolly Live!'', was produced, with a mixture of comedic songs and short monologues. In 1975 he topped the UK Singles Chart with "D.I.V.O.R.C.E."
As an actor, Connolly has appeared in various films, including '' Water'' (1985), ''Indecent Proposal'' (1993), ''Pocahontas'' (1995), ''Muppet Treasure Island'' (1996), ''Mrs Brown'' (1997) (for which he was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role), ''The Boondock Saints'' (1999), ''The Last Samurai'' (2003), ''Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events'' (2004), ''The X-Files: I Want to Believe'' (2008), ''Brave'' (2012), and ''The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies'' (2014). On his 75th birthday in 2017, three portraits of Connolly were made by leading artists Jack Vettriano, John Byrne, and Rachel Maclean. These were later turned into part of Glasgow's official mural trail. In October that year, he was knighted at Buckingham Palace by Prince William, for services to entertainment and charity.
Connolly announced his retirement from comedy in 2018, and in recent years he has established himself as an artist. In 2020, he unveiled the fifth release from his ''Born on a Rainy Day'' collection in London, followed by another instalment later that year and has subsequently issued another five collections. During the filming of the ITV documentary ''Billy Connolly: It's Been a Pleasure'', he described how art had given him "a new lease of life". Provided by Wikipedia
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Billy Connolly's tracks across America by Connolly, Billy
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Tall tales and wee stories by Connolly, Billy
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Billy Connolly's Route 66 : the Big Yin on the ultimate American road trip by Connolly, Billy
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Five fables
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Brave
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Extreme bears
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Extreme bears
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Gabriel & me
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Five fables by Aesop
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Mrs. Brown
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Wild oats
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Brave read-along storybook and CD by Richards, Kitty
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