Hockridge appeared in several Gilbert Sullivan opera and also sung the roles of +Don Giovanni and +Peter Grimes as well as leading roles in London's West End productions of +Carousel, +Guys And Dolls, +Can Can and +The Pajama Game during the early 1950s. He began recording at this time and enjoyed three British hit singles, the biggest being his version of Young and Foolish, which hit the Top 10 in March 1956, his other hit singles being No Other Love and By the Fountains of Rome (both in 1956). Still, he never charted again after this, apart from two EPs in the separate EP charts -- Most Happy Fella and The Music Man in 1960 -- despite releasing over 20 singles for various labels and over 15 albums.
Working as a cabaret performer around the world, he invited his family, wife and two sons to join him on stage as the Hockridge Family Singers and continued to perform on stage until his retirement in the 1990s. EMI released a CD of his work from the early 1950s titled Songs From The Great American Musicals and they also released a 20 track compilation, The Best of Edmund Hockridge in 2003 and followed that with a 25 track compilation, The Ultimate Collection in 2007. ~ Sharon Mawer, Rovi