Four Bucketeers
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The Four Bucketeers were an ad-hoc music/water-throwing group from the ITV children's programme Tiswas. Officially the Four were Chris Tarrant, Sally James, John Gorman and Bob Carolgees. Sometimes Lenny Henry contributed as well. Gorman was the musical talent in the group, having been part of The Scaffold and the Grimms. The musicians backing them up were Ollie Halsall (guitar), John Halsey (drums), Morgan Fisher (keyboards) and Clive Griffiths (bass).
The Four Bucketeers' best-known number is "The Bucket of Water Song", which made the British Top 30 in 1980. The song has an uptempo marching rhythm and is an ode to the joys of open-containerised dihydrogen monoxide. The theme was carried through into a less successful follow-up single, the anthemic waltz-time "Water is Wonderful", which eulogised
Water is wonderful, water's superb Water's too powerful to conquer or curb Water's at its best when you can chuck it Over yourself from out of a bucket
An album, Tiswas Presents the Four Bucketeers, was also released. This included both singles together with other skits from the TV series. Contrary to the impression given by the singles, these were not all concerned with pailborne aquatic antics. All of the Four Bucketeers' records were produced by Neil Innes.