Flanagan and Allen

Flanagan and Allen
MediumMusic hall, film, television, recording
GenresComedy music
Former membersBud Flanagan and Chesney Allen

Flanagan and Allen were a British singing and comedy double act most active during the 1930s and 1940s. Its members were Bud Flanagan (1896 – 1968, born Chaim Weintrop) and Chesney Allen (1894–1982).[1] They were first paired in a Florrie Forde revue, and were booked by Val Parnell to appear at the Holborn Empire in 1929.[2]

  1. ^ Colin Larkin, ed. (2002). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Fifties Music (Third ed.). Virgin Books. p. 140/1. ISBN 1-85227-937-0.
  2. ^ "Flanagan and Allen (The Crazy Gang)". Turnipnet.com. Retrieved 15 November 2007.