Karl Denver

Most famous of these was a 1961 version of "Wimoweh", which showed off Denver's falsetto yodelling register.

[2] Denver was born Angus Murdo McKenzie in Springburn, Glasgow, and was well travelled by the time he took up singing, having had a previous career in the Norwegian Merchant Navy.

He also had a country music influence, having lived in Nashville, Tennessee, US, for a short time before being deported from there as an illegal immigrant in 1959.

In 1963, he appeared in the film Just for Fun, along with Bobby Vee, the Vernons Girls, and various other American and British pop music acts.

However, in 1989 he enjoyed a brief rise in profile after guesting on Madchester band, the Happy Mondays' single, "Lazyitis (One-Armed Boxer)", on Factory Records (FAC 222).

Karl Denver's wooden grave marker, Stockport Cemetery
The image shows an orange wooden cross, in front of which is a small 0.5m square grass area bounded by stones, with some flowers and a small photograph of Karl.
Karl Denver's grave in Stockport Cemetery, seen on 11 May 2019