Editing Jim Dale (section)

===Music===
At the age of 22, Dale became the first pop singer to work with [[Parlophone]] head [[George Martin]]. He achieved four hits on the [[UK singles chart]]; "Be My Girl" (1957, UK No. 2), "Just Born (To Be Your Baby)" (1958, UK No. 27), "Crazy Dream" (1958, UK No. 24), and "Sugartime" (1958, UK No. 25).<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{cite book|first=David|last=Roberts|year=2006|title=British Hit Singles & Albums|edition=19th|publisher=Guinness World Records Limited|location=London, UK|isbn=1-904994-10-5|page=138}}</ref> Dale recorded an album with Martin, ''[[Jim!]]'' (1958), and appeared contemporaneously as a presenter and performer on [[BBC Television]]'s ''[[Six-Five Special]]'', but he was vocal about comedy aspirations and his career as a [[teen idol]] was ultimately short-lived.<ref name=allmusic/><ref name="tunein">{{cite book |last1=Lewisohn |first1=Mark |title=The Beatles – All These Years, Volume One: Tune In |date=2013 |publisher=Little, Brown and Company |isbn=978-1-4000-8305-3 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ibk1AAAAQBAJ |access-date=24 May 2022 |archive-date=3 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220603212113/https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/The_Beatles_All_These_Years_Extended_Spe/Ibk1AAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0 |url-status=live }}</ref>

As a songwriter, Dale is best remembered as the lyricist for the film theme "[[Georgy_Girl_(song)|Georgy Girl]]", for which he was nominated for the [[Academy Award for Best Original Song]]<ref name="BFI"/> and the [[Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song]] in 1966. The song (performed by [[the Seekers]]) reached number 2 in the US [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] [[record chart|chart]] the following year, it also made number 3 in Dale's native UK and Number 1 in Australia, going on to sell over 11 million records around the world. He also wrote lyrics for the title songs of the films ''The Winter's Tale'', ''[[Shalako (film)|Shalako]]'', ''[[Lola (1969 film)|Twinky]]'' (''Lola'' in the United States) and ''[[Joseph Andrews (film)|Joseph Andrews]]''. He also wrote and recorded the song "Dick-a-Dum-Dum (King's Road)", which became a hit for [[Des O'Connor]] in 1969.<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums 2">{{cite book|first=David|last=Roberts|year=2006|title=British Hit Singles & Albums|edition=19th|publisher=Guinness World Records Ltd|location=London, UK|isbn=1-904994-10-5|page=403}}</ref>

Between 1957 and 1958, Dale was the compère for [[Stanley Dale's National Skiffle Contest]], a touring music competition.<ref name="rootsradicals">{{cite book |last1=Bragg |first1=Billy |title=Roots, Radicals and Rockers: How Skiffle Changed the World |date=2017 |publisher=Faber & Faber |isbn=9780571327768 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5EBHDgAAQBAJ |access-date=23 December 2022}}</ref><ref name="IGN">{{cite web |last1=P. |first1=Ken |title=An Interview with Jim Dale |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2003/06/16/an-interview-with-jim-dale |website=IGN |date=16 June 2003 |access-date=10 July 2022 }}</ref>