The Beatnik (2)

The Beatnik was recent UK immigrant to New Zealand, Patrick Flynn (3) who recorded a novelty single on Zodiac in 1959. At the time of recording he was on the run from the NZ navy, from which he had recently deserted, hence the pseudonym (he was arrested for this in 1964 and spent 42 days in jail). Despite this, he would go onto a stellar career as a composer, producer, conductor and showman in NZ, Australia and then the USA where he passed away in 2008.