Poole states that comedy duo Cannon and Ball persuaded him to return to music: “I went to see Cannon and Ball at Great Yarmouth and they saw me in the audience, stopped the show and said I should be back in the businesses where I belonged.
pˈuːl stˈeɪts ðæt kˈɑːmədi dˈuːoʊ kˈænən ænd bˈɔːl pɚswˈeɪdᵻd hˌɪm tə ɹᵻtˈɜːn tə mjˈuːzɪk: “aɪ wɛnt tə sˈiː kˈænən ænd bˈɔːl æt ɡɹˈeɪt jˈɑːɹməθ ænd ðeɪ sˈɔː mˌiː ɪnðɪ ˈɔːdiəns, stˈɑːpt ðə ʃˈoʊ ænd sˈɛd aɪ ʃˌʊd biː bˈæk ɪnðə bˈɪznəsᵻz wˌɛɹ aɪ bᵻlˈɔŋd.