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Dog and Bone by Simon Lee and Mike Hodges is a charity record that was made to raise funds for Children In Need In 1985.

The subject of the song is The Robbie Vincent Telephone Programme, which was broadcast on BBC Radio London.

The backing track for the record was Tippa Iris’s Telephone a Reggae record. The duo Simon Lee and Mike Hodges rewrote the lyrics, changed the melody slightly and recorded it one take

The publisher of the record is Greensleeves Records. The record received its inaugural play on the Tony Blackburn Show on BBC Radio London and was subsequently played twice on Radio 1 by Steve Wright.

This was the only release by the duo. Simon Lee later went on to be a dj at Invicta Radio in Kent and also worked for Talk Sport, Classic FM. Simon also presented an independent chart show which was heard across Europe via Satellite.

Simon Lee now lives in Australia where he presents weekly shows on community radio station Heritage FM.

Mike Hodges lives in London and is now retired.