Stairway to Heaven

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Ellie Walker-Arnott (13 September 2012). "Rolf Harris to present new animal show on Channel 5". Radio Times . Retrieved 7 June 2014. Adams, Stephen (10 November 2008). "Rolf Harris re-records Two Little Boys to mark 90th anniversary of end of WWI". Telegraph.co.uk. Archived from the original on 11 January 2022 . Retrieved 17 January 2011. At Southwark Crown Court on 4 July 2014, Mr Justice Sweeney sentenced Harris to a total of five years and nine months in prison. [122] When passing sentence, the judge said to Harris: "You have shown no remorse for your crimes at all. Your reputation now lies in ruins, you have been stripped of your honours but you have no one to blame but yourself." [123] [124] Some sentences were expected to run consecutively, and Harris was expected to serve half of his sentence in prison. He was told he must pay prosecution costs, though not compensation to the victims. [125] The sentence was referred to the Attorney General Dominic Grieve after complaints that it was too lenient. [126] On 30 July 2014, the new Attorney General, Jeremy Wright, announced that he would not be referring the sentence to the Court of Appeal for review "as he did not think they would find it to be unduly lenient and increase it. The sentencing judge was bound by the maximum sentence in force at the time of the offending." [127] Murrells, Joseph (1978). The Book of Golden Discs (2nded.). London, UK: Barrie and Jenkins Ltd. p. 260. ISBN 0-214-20512-6. The Grammy Hall of Fame Award". National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 22 January 2011 . Retrieved 18 August 2007.

Victims lawyer: Rolf Harris 'woodworm' prison song 'must affect parole' ". BBC News. 14 June 2015 . Retrieved 14 June 2015. In 2014, Vanessa Feltz alleged that Harris sexually assaulted her while she interviewed him live on the bed during an edition of Channel 4 morning programme The Big Breakfast, [139] and Linda Nolan alleged that he groped her when she was 15 when the Nolan Sisters were his support act in South Africa. [140]Pop CD of the week: Kate Bush, Aerial". The Guardian. 18 February 2017 . Retrieved 29 October 2005. a b "Media Notes AO" (PDF). The Australian Honours Secretariat. 6 June 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 June 2012 . Retrieved 30 June 2014.

Vernon Silver (15 May 2014). "Stairway to Heaven: The Song Remains Pretty Similar". Bloomberg Businessweek. Archived from the original on 16 May 2014 . Retrieved 29 May 2014. Rolf Harris will be stripped of BAFTA Fellowship and could lose CBE from Queen". Belfast Telegraph. 30 June 2014 . Retrieved 7 April 2015. Harris created one of his best known characters in the 1960s, Jake the Peg, but his biggest success in terms of record sales was in 1969, with his rendering of the American Civil War song " Two Little Boys", originally written in 1902. Harris later discovered a personal poignancy to the song, as the story bears such a resemblance to the World War I experiences of his father Crom, and Crom's beloved younger brother Carl, who died aged 19 after being wounded in battle in France two weeks before the Armistice of November 1918. [44] "Two Little Boys" was the Christmas Number One song in the UK charts for six weeks in 1969. It sold over one million copies and was awarded a gold disc. [45] That line he used to title his memoir, “Can you tell what it is yet?”, was the catchphrase he used while speed-painting huge canvases on stage or on TV shows. But very few people could tell what Rolf Harris was. In 1985, for instance, he made a film warning about sexual abuse, called Kids Can Say No (1985), which was released on video. In it, he managed to include a sing-song element: “My body’s no body’s body but mine/ You take care of your body/ I’ll look after mine.”

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Harris served his sentence at HM Prison Stafford, which is specifically for men convicted of sex offences. [141] He was released on 19 May 2017, after serving three years of his sentence. [142] Further charges Rolf Harris' 'revolting' song insulting his victims should 'affect his parole' says lawyer". 14 June 2015 . Retrieved 8 February 2017. Harris was the presenter of Hi There and Hey Presto it's Rolf in 1964. [40] By the time The Rolf Harris Show was broadcast in 1967, lasting until 1974, on BBC1, he had gained a high profile on British television. [41] [42] He was the commentator for the United Kingdom in the 1967 Eurovision Song Contest. [43] Rolf Harris facing three fresh sex assault charges". ABC News (Australia). 23 December 2013 . Retrieved 23 December 2013.

The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time – November 2003". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 21 November 2004 . Retrieved 10 February 2009. In August 2013, Harris was again arrested by Operation Yewtree officers and charged with nine counts of indecent assault dating to the 1980s, involving two girls between 14 and 16 years old, and four counts alleging production of indecent child images in 2012. [98] [105] [106] [107] The Crown Prosecution Service's Alison Saunders explained to the media: Harris was the subject of episodes of This Is Your Life in 1971 and 1995. [47] In 1973, Harris performed the first concert in the Concert Hall of the newly completed Sydney Opera House. [48] In 1974, he released the single "Papillon" on EMI. [49] He played the didgeridoo on two albums by English pop singer Kate Bush, entitled The Dreaming (1982) and Aerial (2005); he also contributed vocals to the songs "An Architect's Dream" and "The Painter's Link" on Aerial. [50] Christmas Night with the Stars (1968)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 5 October 2019 . Retrieved 23 May 2023. Harris became renowned for the speed with which he painted on live telly. On his first adult Saturday night TV series, The Rolf Harris Show, accompanied by the Young Generation dance troupe, he would draw huge landscapes on 4 x 3 metre canvases, having practised creating the paintings against a stopwatch earlier so he could produce them live. He became so famous for his painting that in one poll he was ranked the best known artist in Britain: 38% of respondents knew his work, while only 23% knew Constable.

Bowcott, Owen (30 July 2014). "Rolf Harris's prison sentence will not be increased despite complaints". The Guardian . Retrieved 30 July 2014. Brooks, Richard (19 October 2008). "Rolf Harris unearths own family's tale of 'two little boys' in Somme cemetery". The Sunday Times . Retrieved 4 February 2010.

Harris was narrator of the 2010 Australian documentary series Penguin Island, a six-part natural history documentary about the life of the little penguin. [71] From September 2010 to October 2010, he took part in Jamie's Dream School, teaching art to a class of 20 students, [72] followed by an appearance as himself on the Christmas special of My Family, which aired on 24 December 2010. [73] ITV commissions Rolf Harris documentary produced by Optomen Television for ITV X". ITV Press Centre. 4 August 2022 . Retrieved 4 August 2022.

December 1963: The Beatles' Christmas Show begins". The Beatles Bible. 24 December 1963 . Retrieved 19 April 2013. National Recording Registry Inducts Music from Madonna, Mariah Carey, Queen Latifah, Daddy Yankee". Library of Congress . Retrieved 12 April 2023. Sentencing remarks of Mr Justice Sweeney" (PDF). Judiciary.gov. 4 July 2014 . Retrieved 18 August 2014. a b "Rolf Harris facing three further sexual assault charges". BBC News. 23 December 2013 . Retrieved 23 December 2013.