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Charlie Chaplin wrote the song "This is my song" and sung by Petula Clark.
Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin KBE was an English comic actor, filmmaker, and composer who rose to fame in the era of silent film.
He became a worldwide icon through his screen persona, "The Tramp", and is considered one of the
most important figures in the history of the film industry.
Charlie Chaplin wrote the song "This is my song" and sung by Petula Clark.
Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin KBE was an English comic actor, filmmaker, and composer who rose to fame in the era of silent film.
He became a worldwide icon through his screen persona, "The Tramp", and is considered one of the
most important figures in the history of the film industry.
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Reading the song title I immediately thought of David Boon 
Much loved Tasmanian batsman David Boon is said to have claimed the record of 52 beers consumed on Australia’s plane trip to London ahead of the 1989 Ashes series.
Rod Marsh had originally broke Walters’ record, setting the bar at 51 cans, in an effort that saw the wicketkeeper carried off the plane. Legend has it that Boony was stuck on 49 cans as the plane approached Heathrow Airport, until the pilot was told to make a couple of loops to ensure the record was broken.
But Walters revealed on Fox Cricket’s The Cricket Tragic, that he doesn’t count Boon or Marsh’s record, due to the pair having a head start due to living in different states.
“I think 44 (beers) was my record,” Walters told cricket tragic Gus Worland.
“And Marshy went over and had 45 but as I say, you only set the bar for someone to jump over. Marshy I say to him, I don’t give you the record. I started from Sydney, you started from Melbourne. You went Melbourne (to) Sydney, to London.
“And I don’t give credit to Boony either because he started in Launceston. He went Launceston, Melbourne, Sydney to London.
“We didn’t count the ones we had on ground. We only called those practice sessions, so we were in a pretty good mood by the time we got there.”