of growing old). In 2007 and again in 2010, he was voted the greatest stand-up comic on Channel 4's 100 Greatest Stand-Ups. He once again topped the list on Channel 5's Greatest Stand-Up Comedians, broadcast on New Year's Eve 2013. Since the 1980s, Connolly has worn a custom-made black T-shirt with a shirt-tail as part of his on-stage attire. Steve Brown was his manager from 1986 until his death in 2017. Comics writing Between 1973 and 1977 Connolly wrote a newspaper gag-a-day comic with cartoonist Malky McCormick, titled The Big Yin. Art Connolly has published six collections of humorous black-and-white drawings. His method is similar to that of the Surrealist Automatism movement, whereby the artist allows their hand to move randomly across the paper or canvas without a specific intent. In April 2019, to celebrate World Parkinson's Day, his art was projected onto MacLellan's Castle in Kirkcudbright. His first sculpture, which is inspired by his past as a welder, was released in March 2020. Discography Below is a partial list of Connolly's solo musical and comedic recordings. For his releases with the Humblebums, see here. 1972 – Billy Connolly Live 1974 – Cop Yer Whack for This 1974 – Solo Concert 1975 – Get Right Intae Him! (#80 AUS 1975 – Words and Music 1975 – The Big Yin 1976 – Atlantic Bridge 1977 – Billy Connolly 1977 – Raw Meat for the Balcony! 1978 – Anthology 1979 – Riotous Assembly 1981 – The Pick of Billy Connolly (compilation) (#34 AUS) 1983 – A Change Is as Good as Arrest 1983 – In Concert 1984 – Big Yin Double Helping (compilation) 1985 – An Audience with Billy Connolly 1985 – Wreck on Tour 1987 – Billy & Albert 1991 – Live at the Odeon Hammersmith London 1995 – Musical Tour of Scotland 1995 – Live DownUnder 1995 (#23 AUS>) 1996 – World Tour of Australia 1997 – Two Night Stand 1999 – Comedy and Songs (compilation) 1999 – One Night Stand Down Under 2002 – Live in Dublin 2002 2002 – The Big Yin – Billy Connolly in Concert (compilation) 2003 – Transatlantic Years (compilation of material recorded between 1969 and 1974) 2003 – Humble Beginnings: The Complete Transatlantic Recordings 1969–74 2005 – Billy Connolly's Musical Tour of New Zealand 2007 – Live in Concert 2010 – The Man: Live in London (recorded January 2010) 2011 – Billy Connolly's Route