Editing Rolf Harris (section)

===Musical recordings and experimentation===
{{further|Rolf Harris discography}}
[[File:Rolf Harris playing the accordion.jpg|thumb|upright|Harris playing the [[accordion]] in 2008]]
Harris released 30 studio albums, two live albums and 48 singles.<ref>{{cite news|last=Edgar|first=James|title=Rolf Harris: A household name for 50 years|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/rolf-harris-a-household-name-for-50-years-8580035.html|work=The Independent|date=19 April 2013|access-date=11 January 2020}}</ref> In 1960 his single "Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport" reached number 1 in Australia, and in 1969 "Two Little Boys" reached number 1 on both the Irish and UK charts.<ref>{{cite news|last=Hawke Bryant|first=Lyndall|title=Rolf Harris guilty: Verdict marks fall from grace for once-beloved Australian entertainer|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-07-01/rolf-harris-timeline-australian-entertainer-falls-from-grace/5518248|publisher=ABC News|date=4 July 2014|access-date=11 January 2020}}</ref> His 1992 ''Rolf Rules OK?'' album was nominated for the [[ARIA Music Awards|ARIA Music Award]] for Best Comedy Release.<ref>{{cite web|last=Stickler|first=Jon|title=Rolf Harris Re-Arrested By Operation Yewtree Police Over New Sex Offence Allegations|url=https://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/180594/9|publisher=Stereoboard|date=5 August 2013|access-date=11 January 2020}}</ref>

Harris is credited with inventing a simple homemade instrument called the wobble board.<ref name="Walk">{{cite news|author1=Peter Walker|title=Rolf Harris tells court: I betrayed everybody|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/may/27/rolf-harris-relationship-with-daughters-friend?CMP=EMCNEWEML6619I2|access-date=7 June 2014|work=[[The Guardian]] |agency=Guardian News and Media Limited|date=27 May 2014}}</ref> As well as his [[beatboxing]], similar to [[eefing]], Harris went on to use an array of unusual instruments in his music, including the didgeridoo (the sound of which was imitated on "[[Sun Arise]]" by four double basses), the [[Jew's harp]] and later, the [[Stylophone]] (for which he also lent his name and likeness for advertising).<ref>{{cite web|last=McNamee|first=David|title= Hey, what's that sound: Stylophone |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/jul/06/whats-that-sound-stylophone|work=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=9 April 2016 |date=6 July 2009}}</ref>

His version of [[Led Zeppelin]]'s "[[Stairway to Heaven]]", featuring didgeridoo and wobble board, reached the UK top ten in 1993.<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| isbn= 1-904994-10-5| page= 244}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=White|first=Jim|title= Led Zeppelin done with a didgeridoo: A surprised Rolf Harris talks... |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/led-zeppelin-done-with-a-didgeridoo-a-surprised-rolf-harris-talks-to-jim-white-about-his-hit-remake-1470601.html|work=The Independent|access-date=20 November 2017 |date=3 February 1993}}</ref> Harris also recorded a version of [[Queen (band)|Queen]]'s "[[Bohemian Rhapsody]]" and performed [[the Divinyls]]' "[[I Touch Myself]]", accompanied only by his wobble board, for "Denton's Musical Challenge" on [[Triple M Sydney]]'s ''[[Andrew Denton]] Breakfast Show''<ref>{{cite web|title=Triple M Archive: Rolf Harris Sings 'I Touch Myself'.|url=http://www.triplem.com.au/adelaide/shows/the-one-percenters/blog/triple-m-archive-rolf-harris-sings-i-touch-myself/|website=[[Triple M Sydney]]|access-date=8 June 2014|date=28 May 2014|archive-date=8 June 2014|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140608014552/http://www.triplem.com.au/adelaide/shows/the-one-percenters/blog/triple-m-archive-rolf-harris-sings-i-touch-myself/|url-status=dead}}</ref> (the recording was released on the first Musical Challenge compilation album in 2000).<ref>{{cite web|title=Various – The Andrew Denton Breakfast Show Musical Challenge|url=http://www.discogs.com/Various-The-Andrew-Denton-Breakfast-Show-Musical-Challenge/release/702841|website=Various on Discogs|publisher=Discogs|year=2014}}</ref> Harris also recorded an Australian Christmas song called "Six White Boomers", about a joey kangaroo trying to find his mother during the Christmas period. The song describes how Santa Claus used six large male [[kangaroo]]s ("boomers"), instead of [[reindeer]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Aussie News |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PSAEAAAAMBAJ |last=Collins |first=John T. |pages=9, 50|newspaper=Billboard |date=31 October 1960}}</ref> In October 2008 Harris announced he would re-record his popular 1969 song "Two Little Boys", backed by North Wales' [[Froncysyllte Male Voice Choir]], to mark the 90th anniversary of the end of World War I.<ref name="BBCWales">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/7669707.stm|title=Rolf remakes Two Little Boys hit|date=15 October 2008|publisher=BBC News: Wales|access-date=15 October 2008}}</ref> Proceeds from the release were donated to the [[Poppy Appeal]].<ref name="TPA1">{{cite web|title=Rolf Harris to re-release Two Little Boys|url=http://metro.co.uk/2008/11/11/rolf-harris-to-re-release-two-little-boys-124002/|website=Metro|access-date=8 June 2014|date=11 November 2008}}</ref> Harris was inspired to make the recording after participating in ''My Family at War'', a short series of programmes that aired during the BBC's "Remembrance" season, broadcast in November 2008. He discovered that the experiences of his father and uncle during the Great War mirrored the lyrics of the song.<ref>{{cite web|last=Adams|first=Stephen|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/australiaandthepacific/australia/3416040/Rolf-Harris-re-records-Two-Little-Boys-to-mark-90th-anniversary-of-end-of-WWI.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/australiaandthepacific/australia/3416040/Rolf-Harris-re-records-Two-Little-Boys-to-mark-90th-anniversary-of-end-of-WWI.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Rolf Harris re-records Two Little Boys to mark 90th anniversary of end of WWI |work=Telegraph.co.uk |date=10 November 2008|access-date=17 January 2011}}{{cbignore}}</ref>