Biography
"Kinky Boots" is a 1960s song written by Herbert Kretzmer and David Lee, and recorded by Patrick Macnee and Honor Blackman, stars of the television series The Avengers.
The music was commissioned by Ned Sherrin for the satirical TV series That Was the Week That Was and used in a sequence featuring the titular footwear (then fashionable). Lyrics were later added for a recording by Macnee and Blackman, released by Decca in February 1964. The song was not initially a hit, but a 1990 re-release reached the top ten of the British Singles Chart in December of that year, after the song was promoted by BBC Radio One DJ Simon Mayo. The single peaked at No.5 (on Deram records label KINKY 1) and remained on the chart for seven weeks. The song is quite short: just one minute and thirty-seven seconds long.
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From 1962-1964 Honor Blackman played Cathy Gale alongside Patrick MacNee in the hit show 'The Avengers for the fledgling english station ITV .
So cool and hip were they, as well as Honor bringing the first emancipated female to life on the small screen and Patrick Macnee re-inventing the Edwardian gent for 60's swinging London - they cut a disc.
Due to their popularity and that of the programme, the 'novelty' record soared. Rumour had it that both actors were a tad inebriated when adding the vocals as they ended up in the studio after an evening down the pub.
It gave the oppressed Brits an unusual slice of camp, kitsch tuneage and the thing that scares the English most 'sexual liberation '. Surprised it wasn't banned, thoroughly enjoyable and annoyingly memorable.
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