at #30 in the UK Singles Chart in March 1966. His albums The World of Kenneth McKellar (1969), and Eco Di Napoli (1970), had a total of ten weeks presence in the UK Albums Chart. He recorded an album in Afrikaans, entitled Kuier By Ons, which was released just before his tour of South Africa in October 1970. On 31 December 1973, the first Scottish commercial radio station Radio Clyde began broadcasting to Glasgow. The first record they played was "Song of the Clyde" sung by Kenneth McKellar. The same recording featured over the opening titles of the 1963 film Billy Liar. McKellar lived in Lenzie, Glasgow in the house called "Machrie Mhor". Outside music, McKellar wrote a sketch which was performed by the Monty Python team at The Secret Policeman's Ball. This was the only time that a sketch written by a non-member was performed by them. McKellar made the majority of his recordings on the Decca Records label. He also recorded several classical works, including Handel's Messiah alongside Joan Sutherland in a performance conducted by Sir Adrian Boult. After he left Decca in the 1970s he then recorded from 1983 to 1996 for Lismor records, recording several albums for them, including Songs of the Jacobite Risings, before retiring in the late 1990s. McKellar also recorded the musical Kismet with Robert Merrill. He was also notable for his recordings of Gaelic songs in translation such as the Songs of the Hebrides arrangements by Marjory Kennedy-Fraser. Death McKellar died of pancreatic cancer, at the age of 82, at his daughter's home near Lake Tahoe in the United States, on 9 April 2010. His funeral was in Paisley. Selected discography Songs of Ireland 1964 TW 91321 References External links Kenneth McKellar – Lost in the white heather Kenneth McKellar dies Kenneth McKellar – Daily Telegraph obituary 1927 births 2010 deaths Scottish male singers Eurovision Song Contest entrants for the United Kingdom Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 1966 Alumni of the University of Aberdeen Alumni of the Royal College of Music Musicians from Paisley, Renfrewshire Musicians from Lenzie Deaths from pancreatic cancer Deaths from cancer in California Scottish tenors 20th-century Scottish male singers