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==Folk singing career== In 1954, Kelly-Bootle helped found the St. Lawrence Folk Song Society at [[Cambridge University]]. As a folk singer-songwriter, he performed under the name '''Stan Kelly'''. He wrote some of his own tunes and lyrics set to traditional tunes, made over two hundred radio and television appearances and released several recordings, as well as having his songs recorded by others.<ref name="obituary"/> ===Discography=== Solo releases include: *''I Chose [[Friden, Inc.|Friden]] β Songs for Cybernetic Lovers''. Computer humour songs recorded in 1963. *''Liverpool Packet'', Topic Records release TOP 27, 1958. Songs about Liverpool. *''Songs for Swinging Landlords To'', Topic Records release TOP 60. Rent protest and anti-landlord songs of both varieties. *Wrote and produced a sound and song depiction of [[Merseyside]] called ''Echoes of Merseyside'' (LPDE 101) for the [[Liverpool Echo]] newspaper. *''O Liverpool We Love You'', Transatlantic Records XTRA 1076, released 1976. This album was a tribute to [[Liverpool F.C.]], prepared with the team's cooperation. While creating the album, Kelly travelled with the team for both UK and European games for several years, and also for two seasons managed several players, including [[Kevin Keegan]] and [[Tommy Smith (footballer, born 1945)|Tommy Smith]].{{citation needed|date=April 2014}} Other audio recordings include: *Kelly performed the part of "The Rambler" in the [[British Broadcasting Corporation|BBC]]'s 1958 production ''The Ballad of [[John Axon]]''. This broadcast won the [[Italia Prize]], and excerpts were subsequently released on a highlights LP. This was the first BBC [[radio ballad]]. *Two tracks ("Liverpool Town" and "The Ould Mark II") on ''Revival in Britain, Vol 1'', produced by Ewan MacColl, Folkways Records FW 8728, Library of Congress R62-1246. *One track ("The Young Sailor Cut Down in His Prime") on ''Topic Sampler No. 2'', Topic Records, TPS 145, 1966<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Various-Folk-Songs-Topic-Sampler-No-2/release/3385988 |title=Various - Folk Songs - Topic Sampler No. 2 (Vinyl, LP) at Discogs |publisher=Discogs|access-date=2014-05-15}}</ref> *Performing on [[Stan Hugill]]'s ''Shanties from the Seven Seas'', HMV 1970
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