Colonel Bogey March from the River Kwai

This is the original recording of "Colonel Bogey" by Major F. J. (Frederick Joseph) Ricketts R.M. aka the "British March King" Kenneth J. Alford. The pseudonym was used because servicemen were discouraged from having a professional outside the military. Kenneth was his son's name, the J was for the major's middle name and Alford was Ricketts' mother's maiden name. This was written in 1914. It's played by the Band of HM Royal marines, Plymouth Division and conducted by the major himself. Inspiration for the tune came from a military golfer and is a reference to the term "bogey' as in one over par.

Sir Malcolm Arnold added a "counter-march" for the 1957 Oscar winning film "The Bridge On the River Kwai" and the two were recorded together by Mitch Miller as "March From the River Kwai - Colonel Bogey" which peaked in Billboard's top twenty.

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