Discussion:
Where's this old chart from 1971 gone? Nowhere, it's here.
(too old to reply)
Chris Brown
2020-06-14 17:27:35 UTC
Permalink
Conveniently ten years away from the 1981 chart last weekend, this is
also notable as the debut Top 50 week for one of the biggest acts of the
decade. And we can celebrate that Tom Jones is 80 years and a week old
today. Also, one of the tracks in this chart has recently been
re-recorded by the person who's singing it here and some sort of virtual
choir for charity. Indeed this chart includes two of the
longest-charting singles of the vinyl era.

Playlists are here, with the usual warning that I've included everything
I could even if some of the content has... not aged well, or if one of
the performers turned out to be a sex offender.
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6WfCVKA94BMbtjxDOZU3CZ?si=ZUgjVrK1Ty2W6QrlDeWqQg
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdiUvgvgpgNrDlsKZ0HGdzhY8ixsT_lB7

Chart dated: 19th June 1971

1. (17) Middle Of The Road Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep
2. (1) Dawn Knock Three Times
3. (2) Tony Christie I Did What I Did For Maria
4. (9) Blue Mink Banner Man
5. (8) Tami Lynn I'm Gonna Run Away From You
6. (7) Mungo Jerry Lady Rose
7. (15) John Kongos He's Gonna Step On You Again
8. (5) The Elgins Heaven Must Have Sent You
9. (4) Neil Diamond I Am... I Said
10. (3) R. Dean Taylor Indiana Wants Me
11. (6) Free My Brother Jake
13. (12) Peter Noone Oh You Pretty Things
14. (11) McGuinness Flint Malt And Barley Blues
15. (17) Perry Como I Think Of You
16. (10) The Rolling Stones Brown Sugar/Bitch/Let It Rock
17. (25) The Temptations Just My Imagination
18. (50) Hurricane Smith Don't Let It Die
19. (33) The Sweet Co-Co
20. (18) Waldo De Los Rios Mozart Symphony No 40
21. (14) East Of Eden Jig-A-Jig
22. (32) Smokey Robinson And The Miracles I Don't Blame You At All
23. (24) Jonathan King Lazy Bones
24. (22) The Hollies Hey Willy
25. (21) Bruce Ruffin Rain
26. (29) Three Dog Night Joy To The World
27. (43) Bob And Marcia Pied Piper
28. (23) Severine Un Banc, Un Arbre, Une Rue
29. (27) Gerry Monroe It's A Sin To Tell A Lie
30. (26) Dave And Ansel Collins Double Barrel
31. (20) Ringo Starr It Don't Come Easy
32. (49) White Plains When You Are A King
33. (19) Sakkarin Sugar Sugar
34. (35) Chairmen Of The Board Pay The The Piper
35. (41) Frank Sinatra My Way
36. (31) Stevie Wonder We Can Work It Out
37. (37) Lynn Anderson Rose Garden
38. (46) Judy Collins Amazing Grace
39. (28) Diana Ross Remember Me
40. (38) Perry Como It's Impossible
41. (NE) Mac And Katie Kissoon Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep
42. (30) Andy Williams (Where Do I Begin) Love Story
43. (NE) Gordon Lightfoot If You Could Read My Mind
44. (NE) Lobo Me And You And A Dog Named Boo
45. (NE) Slade Get Down And Get With It
46. (39) Keith Michell I'll Give You The World (Tous Les Bateaux, Tous
Les Oiseaux)
47. (36) Arsenal First Team Squad Good Old Arsenal
48. (34) T. Rex Hot Love
49. (NE) St. Cecilia Leap Up And Down (Wave Your Knickers In The Air)
50. (RE) Tom Jones Puppet Man/Resurrection Shuffle

Chris
Mark Goodge
2020-06-14 19:44:59 UTC
Permalink
Post by Chris Brown
Conveniently ten years away from the 1981 chart last weekend, this is
also notable as the debut Top 50 week for one of the biggest acts of the
decade. And we can celebrate that Tom Jones is 80 years and a week old
today. Also, one of the tracks in this chart has recently been
re-recorded by the person who's singing it here and some sort of virtual
choir for charity. Indeed this chart includes two of the
longest-charting singles of the vinyl era.
Playlists are here, with the usual warning that I've included everything
I could even if some of the content has... not aged well, or if one of
the performers turned out to be a sex offender.
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6WfCVKA94BMbtjxDOZU3CZ?si=ZUgjVrK1Ty2W6QrlDeWqQg
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdiUvgvgpgNrDlsKZ0HGdzhY8ixsT_lB7
Chart dated: 19th June 1971
I don't really remember much of this from the time. A lot of it probably
seeped in via the radio that my parents listened to, but there are only
a handful that I have genuine memories from at the time. And they are,
possibly unsurprisingly, mostly the sort of songs that you might expect
to catch the ear of a child.

I've never seen any of the acts in this chart play live. But I did cross
the Channel on a ferry with two of them, and subsequently went on to
drink bucks fizz at a French champagne chateau with one of them - and in
the course of that conversation, came to the conclusion that he was a
complete knob.
Post by Chris Brown
1. (17) Middle Of The Road Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep
You may not be surprised to hear that this is one that I do remember
from the time.
Post by Chris Brown
2. (1) Dawn Knock Three Times
I have vague recollections of this, but I'm not sure if they date all
the way back to 1971.
Post by Chris Brown
3. (2) Tony Christie I Did What I Did For Maria
Rather dark subject matter for such an up-tempo song.
Post by Chris Brown
4. (9) Blue Mink Banner Man
Don't remember this at all, either from the time or subsequently.
Post by Chris Brown
5. (8) Tami Lynn I'm Gonna Run Away From You
Or this, as it happens.
Post by Chris Brown
6. (7) Mungo Jerry Lady Rose
Not their best remembered song.
Post by Chris Brown
7. (15) John Kongos He's Gonna Step On You Again
You're twisting my melon, man. Oops, sorry, wrong version!
Post by Chris Brown
8. (5) The Elgins Heaven Must Have Sent You
I vaguely remember this. But only vaguely.
Post by Chris Brown
9. (4) Neil Diamond I Am... I Said
I quite like this, oddly enough.
Post by Chris Brown
13. (12) Peter Noone Oh You Pretty Things
Not the best version of this song. Although, oddly enough, it was the
first version to be released, and David Bowie played piano on this
version as well as his own.
Post by Chris Brown
16. (10) The Rolling Stones Brown Sugar/Bitch/Let It Rock
Classic song, of course. Not that I remember it from the time.
Post by Chris Brown
35. (41) Frank Sinatra My Way
One of the worst songs ever to become a classic.
Post by Chris Brown
37. (37) Lynn Anderson Rose Garden
I used this in the music round of a quiz I did a while ago, where all
the songs in the round had a flower-related title. Nobody got it. Which
surprises me a little, as this is one of the songs in this chart that I
definitely remember from the time. But then, I'm not sure I'd be able to
remember who sang it without prompting or looking it up.
Post by Chris Brown
41. (NE) Mac And Katie Kissoon Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep
The other version of the number one song. Apparently this was recorded
first, and was more successful in the US, but less successful in the UK.

Mark
Chris Brown
2020-06-14 22:43:28 UTC
Permalink
Post by Mark Goodge
Post by Chris Brown
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6WfCVKA94BMbtjxDOZU3CZ?si=ZUgjVrK1Ty2W6QrlDeWqQg
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdiUvgvgpgNrDlsKZ0HGdzhY8ixsT_lB7
Chart dated: 19th June 1971
I don't really remember much of this from the time. A lot of it probably
seeped in via the radio that my parents listened to, but there are only
a handful that I have genuine memories from at the time. And they are,
possibly unsurprisingly, mostly the sort of songs that you might expect
to catch the ear of a child.
I was going to say, one of the interesting things about this chart is
that there doesn't seem to be much aimed at what we tend to think of as
the typical pop audience - there's a lot that seems likely to appeal to
older buyers, there's representation for "cult" scenes like Northern
soul and ska and one or two records that could even be called childish.
But glam is only just starting to happen.
Post by Mark Goodge
I've never seen any of the acts in this chart play live. But I did cross
the Channel on a ferry with two of them, and subsequently went on to
drink bucks fizz at a French champagne chateau with one of them -
Was this one of the same two?
Post by Mark Goodge
and in
the course of that conversation, came to the conclusion that he was a
complete knob.
That doesn't narrow it down much!
(well, I suppose saying "he" rules out the women. And possibly anyone
you already knew was a complete knob.)
Post by Mark Goodge
Post by Chris Brown
1. (17) Middle Of The Road Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep
You may not be surprised to hear that this is one that I do remember
from the time.
Even when I was a child in the early 80s it was one of songs that people
played to children because they thought we'd like them. Even though they
seemed prehistoric to us. Of course it was only about 10-12 years before.
Post by Mark Goodge
Post by Chris Brown
2. (1) Dawn Knock Three Times
I have vague recollections of this, but I'm not sure if they date all
the way back to 1971.
It was certainly the sort of oldie that got played in the early days of
Capital Gold etc.
Post by Mark Goodge
Post by Chris Brown
3. (2) Tony Christie I Did What I Did For Maria
Rather dark subject matter for such an up-tempo song.
People just seemed to accept that in those days.
Post by Mark Goodge
Post by Chris Brown
4. (9) Blue Mink Banner Man
Don't remember this at all, either from the time or subsequently.
I think I've only heard it in contexts like this.
Post by Mark Goodge
Post by Chris Brown
5. (8) Tami Lynn I'm Gonna Run Away From You
Or this, as it happens.
It was a hit again in 1975 when there seemed to be a bit of a Northern
Soul revival.
Post by Mark Goodge
Post by Chris Brown
6. (7) Mungo Jerry Lady Rose
Not their best remembered song.
That's hard to dispute.
Post by Mark Goodge
Post by Chris Brown
7. (15) John Kongos He's Gonna Step On You Again
You're twisting my melon, man. Oops, sorry, wrong version!
Ccccall the Ccccoops.
Post by Mark Goodge
Post by Chris Brown
8. (5) The Elgins Heaven Must Have Sent You
I vaguely remember this. But only vaguely.
Like Tami Lynn, this was a Sixties track belatedly big because of
Northern Soul (and presumably Tony Blackburn). But ulike that it was on
Motown.
Post by Mark Goodge
Post by Chris Brown
9. (4) Neil Diamond I Am... I Said
I quite like this, oddly enough.
I can just about admit now that I sort of like it, but I probably admore
it more than enjoy it.
Post by Mark Goodge
Post by Chris Brown
13. (12) Peter Noone Oh You Pretty Things
Not the best version of this song. Although, oddly enough, it was the
first version to be released, and David Bowie played piano on this
version as well as his own.
Although Rick Wakeman helped on the latter version.
Post by Mark Goodge
Post by Chris Brown
16. (10) The Rolling Stones Brown Sugar/Bitch/Let It Rock
Classic song, of course. Not that I remember it from the time.
Even the A-side isn't really suitable for children.
Post by Mark Goodge
Post by Chris Brown
35. (41) Frank Sinatra My Way
One of the worst songs ever to become a classic.
Even he didn't like it much, apparently.
Post by Mark Goodge
Post by Chris Brown
37. (37) Lynn Anderson Rose Garden
I used this in the music round of a quiz I did a while ago, where all
the songs in the round had a flower-related title. Nobody got it. Which
surprises me a little, as this is one of the songs in this chart that I
definitely remember from the time. But then, I'm not sure I'd be able to
remember who sang it without prompting or looking it up.
Depends on the age too I suppose.
But yeah, if you weren't familiar with the song you'd be unlikely to
recognise her voice from anywhere else.
Post by Mark Goodge
Post by Chris Brown
41. (NE) Mac And Katie Kissoon Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep
The other version of the number one song. Apparently this was recorded
first, and was more successful in the US, but less successful in the UK.
Which seems to have been a bit of luck of the draw in both cases.

Chris
Mark Goodge
2020-06-15 14:49:06 UTC
Permalink
Post by Chris Brown
Post by Mark Goodge
Post by Chris Brown
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6WfCVKA94BMbtjxDOZU3CZ?si=ZUgjVrK1Ty2W6QrlDeWqQg
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdiUvgvgpgNrDlsKZ0HGdzhY8ixsT_lB7
Chart dated: 19th June 1971
I don't really remember much of this from the time. A lot of it probably
seeped in via the radio that my parents listened to, but there are only
a handful that I have genuine memories from at the time. And they are,
possibly unsurprisingly, mostly the sort of songs that you might expect
to catch the ear of a child.
I was going to say, one of the interesting things about this chart is
that there doesn't seem to be much aimed at what we tend to think of as
the typical pop audience - there's a lot that seems likely to appeal to
older buyers, there's representation for "cult" scenes like Northern
soul and ska and one or two records that could even be called childish.
But glam is only just starting to happen.
It wasn't a vintage year for popular music, that's for certain.
Post by Chris Brown
Post by Mark Goodge
I've never seen any of the acts in this chart play live. But I did cross
the Channel on a ferry with two of them, and subsequently went on to
drink bucks fizz at a French champagne chateau with one of them -
Was this one of the same two?
Yes, it was.
Post by Chris Brown
Post by Mark Goodge
and in
the course of that conversation, came to the conclusion that he was a
complete knob.
That doesn't narrow it down much!
(well, I suppose saying "he" rules out the women. And possibly anyone
you already knew was a complete knob.)
It's someone that I've mentioned before when his name has cropped up in
a chart. If it helps, the reason we were crossing the Channel together,
and were drinking at a French chateau, was because we were both on a TV
quiz show. He was a presenter, I was one of the contestants.

Mark
Chris Brown
2020-06-15 23:16:04 UTC
Permalink
Post by Mark Goodge
Post by Chris Brown
Post by Mark Goodge
Post by Chris Brown
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6WfCVKA94BMbtjxDOZU3CZ?si=ZUgjVrK1Ty2W6QrlDeWqQg
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdiUvgvgpgNrDlsKZ0HGdzhY8ixsT_lB7
Chart dated: 19th June 1971
I don't really remember much of this from the time. A lot of it probably
seeped in via the radio that my parents listened to, but there are only
a handful that I have genuine memories from at the time. And they are,
possibly unsurprisingly, mostly the sort of songs that you might expect
to catch the ear of a child.
I was going to say, one of the interesting things about this chart is
that there doesn't seem to be much aimed at what we tend to think of as
the typical pop audience - there's a lot that seems likely to appeal to
older buyers, there's representation for "cult" scenes like Northern
soul and ska and one or two records that could even be called childish.
But glam is only just starting to happen.
It wasn't a vintage year for popular music, that's for certain.
Ironically, David Hepworth wrote a book claiming that 1971 was the best
year ever, although he would have been including prog rock, folk, jazz
etc that wouldn't have made the chart. He also tries to claim three
Bowie albums for the year.
Post by Mark Goodge
Post by Chris Brown
Post by Mark Goodge
I've never seen any of the acts in this chart play live. But I did cross
the Channel on a ferry with two of them, and subsequently went on to
drink bucks fizz at a French champagne chateau with one of them -
Was this one of the same two?
Yes, it was.
That does narrow it down a little then, I can't imagine the Rolling
Stones have travelled on a cross-channel ferry for a very long time, not
since you would have been old enough to drink.
Post by Mark Goodge
Post by Chris Brown
Post by Mark Goodge
and in
the course of that conversation, came to the conclusion that he was a
complete knob.
That doesn't narrow it down much!
(well, I suppose saying "he" rules out the women. And possibly anyone
you already knew was a complete knob.)
It's someone that I've mentioned before when his name has cropped up in
a chart. If it helps, the reason we were crossing the Channel together,
and were drinking at a French chateau, was because we were both on a TV
quiz show. He was a presenter, I was one of the contestants.
Blimey, quiz show budgets used to be pretty big then.

Chris
Mark Goodge
2020-06-16 14:22:37 UTC
Permalink
Post by Chris Brown
Post by Mark Goodge
Post by Chris Brown
Post by Mark Goodge
I've never seen any of the acts in this chart play live. But I did cross
the Channel on a ferry with two of them, and subsequently went on to
drink bucks fizz at a French champagne chateau with one of them -
Was this one of the same two?
Yes, it was.
That does narrow it down a little then, I can't imagine the Rolling
Stones have travelled on a cross-channel ferry for a very long time, not
since you would have been old enough to drink.
Post by Mark Goodge
Post by Chris Brown
Post by Mark Goodge
and in
the course of that conversation, came to the conclusion that he was a
complete knob.
That doesn't narrow it down much!
(well, I suppose saying "he" rules out the women. And possibly anyone
you already knew was a complete knob.)
It's someone that I've mentioned before when his name has cropped up in
a chart. If it helps, the reason we were crossing the Channel together,
and were drinking at a French chateau, was because we were both on a TV
quiz show. He was a presenter, I was one of the contestants.
Blimey, quiz show budgets used to be pretty big then.
The show didn't last long, possibly because it was expensive to make and
the broadcasters pulled the plug.

I may as well tell the story, anyway. The show was called Ultra Quiz,
and it was a UK remake of a format that was popular in Japan. The way it
worked was that it started out with a whole load of contestants (I
think, over a thousand) who were gradually eliminated questionn by
question - those who got it right stayed in, those who got it wrong
left, thus halving the number (or thereabouts) every time. It wasn't
just quiz style questions, some of the rounds required contestants to
accurately predict whether a performer would succeed in some kind of
challenge, while others required contestants to solve a puzzle of some
sort. It all started on the seafront at Brighton, where we were
gradually whittled down to a few hundred, who then were taken for a ride
on a preserved railway answering questions along the way, and those
still remaining at the end of the journey got on the ferry to France.

This is the first part of the anecdote, above. On the ferry, one of the
challenges was to go around the ship looking for clues to the identity
of a celebrity. The celebrity in question was Peter Noone, and it turned
out that he was actually on the ship with us, but nobody had recognised
him. Which was part of the plan - he was dressed as a member of the
ship's crew, and played the part of a deckhand busy with his duties
while we roamed the ship looking for the clues, and he occasionally
interact with contestants by asking them how they were getting on with
solving the puzzle.

Anyway, for those of us who successfully got past that set of questions,
our next stop was a champagne chateau in France. That turned out to be
the end of the road for me, as I got a question wrong and was out of the
quiz. But, of course, I was still in France, and, like the other losers
of the day, had to wait until the coaches returned to the UK in order to
get home (successful contestants went on to Amsterdam and Dubai).

Now, there's a general principle, apparently, on TV quiz shows that the
contestants are mostly kept apart from the crew when not actually
recording, because of the risk that a crew member may inadvertently (or,
worse, deliberately) leak useful information to a contestant that halps
them to win. That's particularly an issue if the crew have rehearsed
some of the parts beforehand with dummy contestants. So, on our epic
journey, we travelled separately, ate separately and, at the hotels we
stayed at en route, were accomodated separately.

However, after each round from the ferry onwards, there were a number of
losing contestants who couldn't simply go home straight away, as they
were still on the ferry/in France. On the ferry they were allowed to
head for the bar (where they could drown their sorrows!). But on the
trip across France, there wasn't really anywhere to let us go. Now that
we were out, though, we were no longer needed for the recordings and
they didn't want us hanging around the contestants who were still in. So
the solution was to simply shift us into the crew side of things, as
there was no longer any need to keep us apart. Which is how I ended up
drinking champagne at a French chateau with Jonathan King, and thus
concluded that he was a complete knob. Because he was one of the two
presenters of the show, and hence was, like the rest of the crew,
backstage at the chateau in between recordings.

So, you're probably wondering why I concluded that Jonathan King was a
knob. Having nothing else to do, our bunch of losers sat round a couple
of tables in the crew area enjoying the free food and drink, and talking
to anyone else who happened to be willing to have a conversation. Some
of the crew seemed to enjoy our company, possibly because it gave them
the opportunity to tell their in-crowd stories that all their colleagues
had already heard. But, also, two people who made a point of coming to
sit and chat with us were the other presenter, Sally James (of Tiswas
fame) and her personal make-up artist (the benefits of stardom, eh).
Both of them turned out to be warm, witty and convivial company, and
Sally in particular was happy to answer questions about her work (and
Tiswas!). They obviously had to come and go during the day when needed
on set, but mostly returned to our corner when not on duty.

At one point, though, we were also joined by Jonathan King. It was
pretty clear that he wasn't interested in talking to us, he was only
there to talk to a couple of crew members who happened to be present and
pretty much blanked everyone else (Sally included). But, nonetheless, a
few people tried to engage him in conversation. After a couple of
desultory replies, he glared back at one questioner and said "If you
want an interview, call my agent", and stalked off. At which point I
caught Sally's make-up artist rolling her eyes, and behind me, sotto
voce, one of the crew muttered "knob". I got the feeling that none of
them really liked him, and could see why.

Mark
Robbie
2020-06-16 20:23:54 UTC
Permalink
Post by Mark Goodge
Post by Chris Brown
Post by Mark Goodge
Post by Chris Brown
Post by Mark Goodge
I've never seen any of the acts in this chart play live. But I did cross
the Channel on a ferry with two of them, and subsequently went on to
drink bucks fizz at a French champagne chateau with one of them -
Was this one of the same two?
Yes, it was.
That does narrow it down a little then, I can't imagine the Rolling
Stones have travelled on a cross-channel ferry for a very long time, not
since you would have been old enough to drink.
Post by Mark Goodge
Post by Chris Brown
Post by Mark Goodge
and in
the course of that conversation, came to the conclusion that he was a
complete knob.
That doesn't narrow it down much!
(well, I suppose saying "he" rules out the women. And possibly anyone
you already knew was a complete knob.)
It's someone that I've mentioned before when his name has cropped up in
a chart. If it helps, the reason we were crossing the Channel together,
and were drinking at a French chateau, was because we were both on a TV
quiz show. He was a presenter, I was one of the contestants.
Blimey, quiz show budgets used to be pretty big then.
The show didn't last long, possibly because it was expensive to make and
the broadcasters pulled the plug.
I may as well tell the story, anyway. The show was called Ultra Quiz,
and it was a UK remake of a format that was popular in Japan. The way it
worked was that it started out with a whole load of contestants (I
think, over a thousand) who were gradually eliminated questionn by
question - those who got it right stayed in, those who got it wrong
left, thus halving the number (or thereabouts) every time. It wasn't
just quiz style questions, some of the rounds required contestants to
accurately predict whether a performer would succeed in some kind of
challenge, while others required contestants to solve a puzzle of some
sort. It all started on the seafront at Brighton, where we were
gradually whittled down to a few hundred, who then were taken for a ride
on a preserved railway answering questions along the way, and those
still remaining at the end of the journey got on the ferry to France.
This is the first part of the anecdote, above. On the ferry, one of the
challenges was to go around the ship looking for clues to the identity
of a celebrity. The celebrity in question was Peter Noone, and it turned
out that he was actually on the ship with us, but nobody had recognised
him. Which was part of the plan - he was dressed as a member of the
ship's crew, and played the part of a deckhand busy with his duties
while we roamed the ship looking for the clues, and he occasionally
interact with contestants by asking them how they were getting on with
solving the puzzle.
Anyway, for those of us who successfully got past that set of questions,
our next stop was a champagne chateau in France. That turned out to be
the end of the road for me, as I got a question wrong and was out of the
quiz. But, of course, I was still in France, and, like the other losers
of the day, had to wait until the coaches returned to the UK in order to
get home (successful contestants went on to Amsterdam and Dubai).
Now, there's a general principle, apparently, on TV quiz shows that the
contestants are mostly kept apart from the crew when not actually
recording, because of the risk that a crew member may inadvertently (or,
worse, deliberately) leak useful information to a contestant that halps
them to win. That's particularly an issue if the crew have rehearsed
some of the parts beforehand with dummy contestants. So, on our epic
journey, we travelled separately, ate separately and, at the hotels we
stayed at en route, were accomodated separately.
However, after each round from the ferry onwards, there were a number of
losing contestants who couldn't simply go home straight away, as they
were still on the ferry/in France. On the ferry they were allowed to
head for the bar (where they could drown their sorrows!). But on the
trip across France, there wasn't really anywhere to let us go. Now that
we were out, though, we were no longer needed for the recordings and
they didn't want us hanging around the contestants who were still in. So
the solution was to simply shift us into the crew side of things, as
there was no longer any need to keep us apart. Which is how I ended up
drinking champagne at a French chateau with Jonathan King, and thus
concluded that he was a complete knob. Because he was one of the two
presenters of the show, and hence was, like the rest of the crew,
backstage at the chateau in between recordings.
So, you're probably wondering why I concluded that Jonathan King was a
knob. Having nothing else to do, our bunch of losers sat round a couple
of tables in the crew area enjoying the free food and drink, and talking
to anyone else who happened to be willing to have a conversation. Some
of the crew seemed to enjoy our company, possibly because it gave them
the opportunity to tell their in-crowd stories that all their colleagues
had already heard. But, also, two people who made a point of coming to
sit and chat with us were the other presenter, Sally James (of Tiswas
fame) and her personal make-up artist (the benefits of stardom, eh).
Both of them turned out to be warm, witty and convivial company, and
Sally in particular was happy to answer questions about her work (and
Tiswas!). They obviously had to come and go during the day when needed
on set, but mostly returned to our corner when not on duty.
At one point, though, we were also joined by Jonathan King. It was
pretty clear that he wasn't interested in talking to us, he was only
there to talk to a couple of crew members who happened to be present and
pretty much blanked everyone else (Sally included). But, nonetheless, a
few people tried to engage him in conversation. After a couple of
desultory replies, he glared back at one questioner and said "If you
want an interview, call my agent", and stalked off. At which point I
caught Sally's make-up artist rolling her eyes, and behind me, sotto
voce, one of the crew muttered "knob". I got the feeling that none of
them really liked him, and could see why.
Yes, Jonathan King always came across as being full of his own self
importance and has a history of annoying people. I'm glad to hear that
Sally James was good company.

I vaguely recall that quiz though whether it was the 1983, 1984 or 1985
version I recall I don't know. Looking at imdb.com yours has a broadcast
date of 9 July 1983. Michael Aspel is also listed along with JK and SJ.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1710869/
Post by Mark Goodge
Mark
Mark Goodge
2020-06-16 21:38:59 UTC
Permalink
Post by Robbie
Post by Mark Goodge
At one point, though, we were also joined by Jonathan King. It was
pretty clear that he wasn't interested in talking to us, he was only
there to talk to a couple of crew members who happened to be present and
pretty much blanked everyone else (Sally included). But, nonetheless, a
few people tried to engage him in conversation. After a couple of
desultory replies, he glared back at one questioner and said "If you
want an interview, call my agent", and stalked off. At which point I
caught Sally's make-up artist rolling her eyes, and behind me, sotto
voce, one of the crew muttered "knob". I got the feeling that none of
them really liked him, and could see why.
Yes, Jonathan King always came across as being full of his own self
importance and has a history of annoying people. I'm glad to hear that
Sally James was good company.
I vaguely recall that quiz though whether it was the 1983, 1984 or 1985
version I recall I don't know. Looking at imdb.com yours has a broadcast
date of 9 July 1983. Michael Aspel is also listed along with JK and SJ.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1710869/
It was the 1983 version. Michael Aspel was the anchor host, based in the
studio, while Jonathan King and Sally James were on location with the
contestants. Russell Grant was also in the studio; as contestants we
knew nothing about that as he was edited in after the episodes were
recorded.

More info here:

http://www.ukgameshows.com/ukgs/Ultra_Quiz

According to that, there were 2,000 contestants to start with and only
50 left by the time the French segment started. So I did pretty well,
despite not winning any actual prize money. Although I did come out of
it with a nicely enhanced bank balance (and several bottles of champagne
to the good) due to very generous expenses.

Mark
Chris Brown
2020-06-18 19:33:41 UTC
Permalink
Post by Mark Goodge
Post by Chris Brown
Post by Mark Goodge
Post by Chris Brown
Post by Mark Goodge
I've never seen any of the acts in this chart play live. But I did cross
the Channel on a ferry with two of them, and subsequently went on to
drink bucks fizz at a French champagne chateau with one of them -
Was this one of the same two?
Yes, it was.
That does narrow it down a little then, I can't imagine the Rolling
Stones have travelled on a cross-channel ferry for a very long time, not
since you would have been old enough to drink.
Post by Mark Goodge
Post by Chris Brown
Post by Mark Goodge
and in
the course of that conversation, came to the conclusion that he was a
complete knob.
That doesn't narrow it down much!
(well, I suppose saying "he" rules out the women. And possibly anyone
you already knew was a complete knob.)
It's someone that I've mentioned before when his name has cropped up in
a chart. If it helps, the reason we were crossing the Channel together,
and were drinking at a French chateau, was because we were both on a TV
quiz show. He was a presenter, I was one of the contestants.
Blimey, quiz show budgets used to be pretty big then.
The show didn't last long, possibly because it was expensive to make and
the broadcasters pulled the plug.
{some snippage of interesting story here}
Post by Mark Goodge
This is the first part of the anecdote, above. On the ferry, one of the
challenges was to go around the ship looking for clues to the identity
of a celebrity. The celebrity in question was Peter Noone, and it turned
out that he was actually on the ship with us, but nobody had recognised
him. Which was part of the plan - he was dressed as a member of the
ship's crew, and played the part of a deckhand busy with his duties
while we roamed the ship looking for the clues, and he occasionally
interact with contestants by asking them how they were getting on with
solving the puzzle.
I'm not sure how many people would recognise him even if he wasn't
dressed as a deckhand.
Post by Mark Goodge
Now, there's a general principle, apparently, on TV quiz shows that the
contestants are mostly kept apart from the crew when not actually
recording, because of the risk that a crew member may inadvertently (or,
worse, deliberately) leak useful information to a contestant that halps
them to win.
And presumably it has to be seen to be fair etc.
Post by Mark Goodge
That's particularly an issue if the crew have rehearsed
some of the parts beforehand with dummy contestants. So, on our epic
journey, we travelled separately, ate separately and, at the hotels we
stayed at en route, were accomodated separately.
However, after each round from the ferry onwards, there were a number of
losing contestants who couldn't simply go home straight away, as they
were still on the ferry/in France. On the ferry they were allowed to
head for the bar (where they could drown their sorrows!). But on the
trip across France, there wasn't really anywhere to let us go. Now that
we were out, though, we were no longer needed for the recordings and
they didn't want us hanging around the contestants who were still in.
For the same reasons as above, presumably?
Post by Mark Goodge
So
the solution was to simply shift us into the crew side of things, as
there was no longer any need to keep us apart. Which is how I ended up
drinking champagne at a French chateau with Jonathan King, and thus
concluded that he was a complete knob. Because he was one of the two
presenters of the show, and hence was, like the rest of the crew,
backstage at the chateau in between recordings.
It did cross my mind he might be involved. In fact I even wondered
whether it was a trick question and the two acts were "Jonathan King"
and "Sakkarin"
Post by Mark Goodge
So, you're probably wondering why I concluded that Jonathan King was a
knob.
Well, I wasn't exactly wondering, because I already thought that and
I've never met him. But carry on.
Post by Mark Goodge
Having nothing else to do, our bunch of losers sat round a couple
of tables in the crew area enjoying the free food and drink, and talking
to anyone else who happened to be willing to have a conversation. Some
of the crew seemed to enjoy our company, possibly because it gave them
the opportunity to tell their in-crowd stories that all their colleagues
had already heard. But, also, two people who made a point of coming to
sit and chat with us were the other presenter, Sally James (of Tiswas
fame) and her personal make-up artist (the benefits of stardom, eh).
Both of them turned out to be warm, witty and convivial company, and
Sally in particular was happy to answer questions about her work (and
Tiswas!). They obviously had to come and go during the day when needed
on set, but mostly returned to our corner when not on duty.
I don't really have memories of Tiswas... I think my Dad used to sit me
down in front of it on Saturday mornings but it would have been before I
was really old enough to unerstand what was going on.
Post by Mark Goodge
At one point, though, we were also joined by Jonathan King. It was
pretty clear that he wasn't interested in talking to us, he was only
there to talk to a couple of crew members who happened to be present and
pretty much blanked everyone else (Sally included). But, nonetheless, a
few people tried to engage him in conversation. After a couple of
desultory replies, he glared back at one questioner and said "If you
want an interview, call my agent", and stalked off.
I always assumed he wouldn't have an agent.
Post by Mark Goodge
At which point I
caught Sally's make-up artist rolling her eyes, and behind me, sotto
voce, one of the crew muttered "knob". I got the feeling that none of
them really liked him, and could see why.
I suppose he wasn't much more likeable on screen either.
Mark Goodge
2020-06-18 21:06:24 UTC
Permalink
Post by Chris Brown
Post by Mark Goodge
This is the first part of the anecdote, above. On the ferry, one of the
challenges was to go around the ship looking for clues to the identity
of a celebrity. The celebrity in question was Peter Noone, and it turned
out that he was actually on the ship with us, but nobody had recognised
him. Which was part of the plan - he was dressed as a member of the
ship's crew, and played the part of a deckhand busy with his duties
while we roamed the ship looking for the clues, and he occasionally
interact with contestants by asking them how they were getting on with
solving the puzzle.
I'm not sure how many people would recognise him even if he wasn't
dressed as a deckhand.
Well, I certainly wouldn't. And didn't.
Post by Chris Brown
Post by Mark Goodge
Now, there's a general principle, apparently, on TV quiz shows that the
contestants are mostly kept apart from the crew when not actually
recording, because of the risk that a crew member may inadvertently (or,
worse, deliberately) leak useful information to a contestant that halps
them to win.
And presumably it has to be seen to be fair etc.
Yes, indeed. There's a pretty strict rulebook that production companies
have to follow when it comes to competitive programmes involving members
of the public, particularly if there is any significant prize money
involved. One of those rules, fairly obviously, is that there must be no
opportunities for collusion between crew and contestants, and that all
contestants have to be treated fairly.
Post by Chris Brown
Post by Mark Goodge
However, after each round from the ferry onwards, there were a number of
losing contestants who couldn't simply go home straight away, as they
were still on the ferry/in France. On the ferry they were allowed to
head for the bar (where they could drown their sorrows!). But on the
trip across France, there wasn't really anywhere to let us go. Now that
we were out, though, we were no longer needed for the recordings and
they didn't want us hanging around the contestants who were still in.
For the same reasons as above, presumably?
Probably. Although, also, the rounds got more complex as the number of
contestants involved got smaller, and I suspect we'd have just been in
the way if we'd wanted to go along to watch.
Post by Chris Brown
Post by Mark Goodge
So
the solution was to simply shift us into the crew side of things, as
there was no longer any need to keep us apart. Which is how I ended up
drinking champagne at a French chateau with Jonathan King, and thus
concluded that he was a complete knob. Because he was one of the two
presenters of the show, and hence was, like the rest of the crew,
backstage at the chateau in between recordings.
It did cross my mind he might be involved. In fact I even wondered
whether it was a trick question and the two acts were "Jonathan King"
and "Sakkarin"
No, I wasn't being that clever.
Post by Chris Brown
Post by Mark Goodge
So, you're probably wondering why I concluded that Jonathan King was a
knob.
Well, I wasn't exactly wondering, because I already thought that and
I've never met him. But carry on.
Post by Mark Goodge
Having nothing else to do, our bunch of losers sat round a couple
of tables in the crew area enjoying the free food and drink, and talking
to anyone else who happened to be willing to have a conversation. Some
of the crew seemed to enjoy our company, possibly because it gave them
the opportunity to tell their in-crowd stories that all their colleagues
had already heard. But, also, two people who made a point of coming to
sit and chat with us were the other presenter, Sally James (of Tiswas
fame) and her personal make-up artist (the benefits of stardom, eh).
Both of them turned out to be warm, witty and convivial company, and
Sally in particular was happy to answer questions about her work (and
Tiswas!). They obviously had to come and go during the day when needed
on set, but mostly returned to our corner when not on duty.
I don't really have memories of Tiswas... I think my Dad used to sit me
down in front of it on Saturday mornings but it would have been before I
was really old enough to unerstand what was going on.
I was more of a Swap Shop viewer, actually. But I'd watched enough
Tiswas to be interested in what Sally had to say about it.
Post by Chris Brown
Post by Mark Goodge
At one point, though, we were also joined by Jonathan King. It was
pretty clear that he wasn't interested in talking to us, he was only
there to talk to a couple of crew members who happened to be present and
pretty much blanked everyone else (Sally included). But, nonetheless, a
few people tried to engage him in conversation. After a couple of
desultory replies, he glared back at one questioner and said "If you
want an interview, call my agent", and stalked off.
I always assumed he wouldn't have an agent.
I can't imagine him doing the legwork himself.
Post by Chris Brown
Post by Mark Goodge
At which point I
caught Sally's make-up artist rolling her eyes, and behind me, sotto
voce, one of the crew muttered "knob". I got the feeling that none of
them really liked him, and could see why.
I suppose he wasn't much more likeable on screen either.
I think he thought he was.

Mark
Chris Brown
2020-06-18 22:35:54 UTC
Permalink
Post by Mark Goodge
Post by Chris Brown
Post by Mark Goodge
This is the first part of the anecdote, above. On the ferry, one of the
challenges was to go around the ship looking for clues to the identity
of a celebrity. The celebrity in question was Peter Noone, and it turned
out that he was actually on the ship with us, but nobody had recognised
him. Which was part of the plan - he was dressed as a member of the
ship's crew, and played the part of a deckhand busy with his duties
while we roamed the ship looking for the clues, and he occasionally
interact with contestants by asking them how they were getting on with
solving the puzzle.
I'm not sure how many people would recognise him even if he wasn't
dressed as a deckhand.
Well, I certainly wouldn't. And didn't.
Maybe in 1971.
Post by Mark Goodge
Post by Chris Brown
Post by Mark Goodge
So, you're probably wondering why I concluded that Jonathan King was a
knob.
Well, I wasn't exactly wondering, because I already thought that and
I've never met him. But carry on.
Post by Mark Goodge
Having nothing else to do, our bunch of losers sat round a couple
of tables in the crew area enjoying the free food and drink, and talking
to anyone else who happened to be willing to have a conversation. Some
of the crew seemed to enjoy our company, possibly because it gave them
the opportunity to tell their in-crowd stories that all their colleagues
had already heard. But, also, two people who made a point of coming to
sit and chat with us were the other presenter, Sally James (of Tiswas
fame) and her personal make-up artist (the benefits of stardom, eh).
Both of them turned out to be warm, witty and convivial company, and
Sally in particular was happy to answer questions about her work (and
Tiswas!). They obviously had to come and go during the day when needed
on set, but mostly returned to our corner when not on duty.
I don't really have memories of Tiswas... I think my Dad used to sit me
down in front of it on Saturday mornings but it would have been before I
was really old enough to unerstand what was going on.
I was more of a Swap Shop viewer, actually. But I'd watched enough
Tiswas to be interested in what Sally had to say about it.
Yeah, it does seem interesting in retrospect.
Post by Mark Goodge
Post by Chris Brown
Post by Mark Goodge
At one point, though, we were also joined by Jonathan King. It was
pretty clear that he wasn't interested in talking to us, he was only
there to talk to a couple of crew members who happened to be present and
pretty much blanked everyone else (Sally included). But, nonetheless, a
few people tried to engage him in conversation. After a couple of
desultory replies, he glared back at one questioner and said "If you
want an interview, call my agent", and stalked off.
I always assumed he wouldn't have an agent.
I can't imagine him doing the legwork himself.
I just have this idea of him insisting on control.
I suspect he has to now anyway.
Post by Mark Goodge
Post by Chris Brown
Post by Mark Goodge
At which point I
caught Sally's make-up artist rolling her eyes, and behind me, sotto
voce, one of the crew muttered "knob". I got the feeling that none of
them really liked him, and could see why.
I suppose he wasn't much more likeable on screen either.
I think he thought he was.
Definitely. I presume somebody else did, as they kept hiring him, but I
always found him quite creepy. Even though I obviously didn't know what
we know now.

Chris
Mark Goodge
2020-06-19 20:18:59 UTC
Permalink
Post by Chris Brown
Post by Mark Goodge
Post by Chris Brown
Post by Mark Goodge
This is the first part of the anecdote, above. On the ferry, one of the
challenges was to go around the ship looking for clues to the identity
of a celebrity. The celebrity in question was Peter Noone, and it turned
out that he was actually on the ship with us, but nobody had recognised
him. Which was part of the plan - he was dressed as a member of the
ship's crew, and played the part of a deckhand busy with his duties
while we roamed the ship looking for the clues, and he occasionally
interact with contestants by asking them how they were getting on with
solving the puzzle.
I'm not sure how many people would recognise him even if he wasn't
dressed as a deckhand.
Well, I certainly wouldn't. And didn't.
Maybe in 1971.
But not in 1983.
Post by Chris Brown
Post by Mark Goodge
Post by Chris Brown
Post by Mark Goodge
At which point I
caught Sally's make-up artist rolling her eyes, and behind me, sotto
voce, one of the crew muttered "knob". I got the feeling that none of
them really liked him, and could see why.
I suppose he wasn't much more likeable on screen either.
I think he thought he was.
Definitely. I presume somebody else did, as they kept hiring him, but I
always found him quite creepy. Even though I obviously didn't know what
we know now.
I presume his agent was good at getting him work.

Mark

Chris Brown
2020-06-14 21:39:56 UTC
Permalink
Post by Chris Brown
Conveniently ten years away from the 1981 chart last weekend, this is
also notable as the debut Top 50 week for one of the biggest acts of the
decade. And we can celebrate that Tom Jones is 80 years and a week old
today. Also, one of the tracks in this chart has recently been
re-recorded by the person who's singing it here and some sort of virtual
choir for charity. Indeed this chart includes two of the
longest-charting singles of the vinyl era.
I meant to mention that of course Steve Priest from The Sweet (or were
they just called Sweet?) has recently died.
Turns out it's also Jim Lea from Slade's birthday today.

Chris
Vidcapper
2020-06-15 13:48:30 UTC
Permalink
Post by Chris Brown
Conveniently ten years away from the 1981 chart last weekend, this is
also notable as the debut Top 50 week for one of the biggest acts of the
decade. And we can celebrate that Tom Jones is 80 years and a week old
today. Also, one of the tracks in this chart has recently been
re-recorded by the person who's singing it here and some sort of virtual
choir for charity. Indeed this chart includes two of the
longest-charting singles of the vinyl era.
Playlists are here, with the usual warning that I've included everything
I could even if some of the content has... not aged well, or if one of
the performers turned out to be a sex offender.
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6WfCVKA94BMbtjxDOZU3CZ?si=ZUgjVrK1Ty2W6QrlDeWqQg
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdiUvgvgpgNrDlsKZ0HGdzhY8ixsT_lB7
Chart dated: 19th June 1971
35. (41) Frank Sinatra My Way
Just one song I know! :o
--
Paul Hyett, Cheltenham
Chris Brown
2020-06-16 19:40:20 UTC
Permalink
Post by Vidcapper
Post by Chris Brown
Conveniently ten years away from the 1981 chart last weekend, this is
also notable as the debut Top 50 week for one of the biggest acts of the
decade. And we can celebrate that Tom Jones is 80 years and a week old
today. Also, one of the tracks in this chart has recently been
re-recorded by the person who's singing it here and some sort of virtual
choir for charity. Indeed this chart includes two of the
longest-charting singles of the vinyl era.
Chart dated: 19th June 1971
35. (41) Frank Sinatra    My Way
Just one song I know! :o
But I wouldn't want to "disappoint" by omitting the list of songs with
other familiar versions.

This was later covered, but the cover is the more famous version these days:
7. (15) John Kongos He's Gonna Step On You Again

These could also reasonably be described as covers:
1. (17) Middle Of The Road Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep
Waldo De Los Rios Mozart Symphony No 40
Bob And Marcia Pied Piper
Sakkarin Sugar Sugar
35. (41) Frank Sinatra My Way
36. (31) Stevie Wonder We Can Work It Out
38. (46) Judy Collins Amazing Grace
41. (NE) Mac And Katie Kissoon Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep
45. (NE) Slade Get Down And Get With It
50. (RE) Tom Jones Resurrection Shuffle

These are new lyrics to existing tunes:
42. (30) Andy Williams (Where Do I Begin) Love Story
46. (39) Keith Michell I'll Give You The World (Tous Les Bateaux, Tous
Les Oiseaux)

And this of course predates the songwriter's own recording, yet the
latter is far more famous now:
13. (12) Peter Noone Oh You Pretty Things

Chris
James Heaton
2020-06-14 21:08:16 UTC
Permalink
Conveniently ten years away from the 1981 chart last weekend, this is also
notable as the debut Top 50 week for one of the biggest acts of the
decade. And we can celebrate that Tom Jones is 80 years and a week old
today. Also, one of the tracks in this chart has recently been re-recorded
by the person who's singing it here and some sort of virtual choir for
charity. Indeed this chart includes two of the longest-charting singles of
the vinyl era.
Playlists are here, with the usual warning that I've included everything I
could even if some of the content has... not aged well, or if one of the
performers turned out to be a sex offender.
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6WfCVKA94BMbtjxDOZU3CZ?si=ZUgjVrK1Ty2W6QrlDeWqQg
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdiUvgvgpgNrDlsKZ0HGdzhY8ixsT_lB7
Chart dated: 19th June 1971
Week of my parent's wedding anniversary.
5. (8) Tami Lynn I'm Gonna Run Away From You
One of the songs that got me into Northern Soul when it was used in No
Angels
7. (15) John Kongos He's Gonna Step On You Again
I remember the Madchester cover version better
10. (3) R. Dean Taylor Indiana Wants Me
A Northern Soul icon with a distinctively non-NS track here!
30. (26) Dave And Ansel Collins Double Barrel
Superb echo on the piano
33. (19) Sakkarin Sugar Sugar
Isn't this Jonathan King's 2nd appearance in this one?
43. (NE) Gordon Lightfoot If You Could Read My Mind
Definitely prefer Sundown, but this is a good track.
44. (NE) Lobo Me And You And A Dog Named Boo
Mum and Dad remember this as their honeymoon song. Falmouth, in a hotel
that is now a nursing home. Sadly one is in a nursing home and one in
hospital but we managed to link them up on the phone for their anniversary.
46. (39) Keith Michell I'll Give You The World (Tous Les Bateaux, Tous Les
Oiseaux)
I didn't realise he had any non-Captain Beaky hits

James
Chris Brown
2020-06-16 20:30:50 UTC
Permalink
Post by James Heaton
Post by Chris Brown
Conveniently ten years away from the 1981 chart last weekend, this is
also notable as the debut Top 50 week for one of the biggest acts of
the decade. And we can celebrate that Tom Jones is 80 years and a week
old today. Also, one of the tracks in this chart has recently been
re-recorded by the person who's singing it here and some sort of
virtual choir for charity. Indeed this chart includes two of the
longest-charting singles of the vinyl era.
Playlists are here, with the usual warning that I've included
everything I could even if some of the content has... not aged well,
or if one of the performers turned out to be a sex offender.
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6WfCVKA94BMbtjxDOZU3CZ?si=ZUgjVrK1Ty2W6QrlDeWqQg
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdiUvgvgpgNrDlsKZ0HGdzhY8ixsT_lB7
Chart dated: 19th June 1971
Week of my parent's wedding anniversary.
My parents' wedding was... somewhat closer to my own birth.
Post by James Heaton
Post by Chris Brown
5.   (8) Tami Lynn I'm Gonna Run Away From You
One of the songs that got me into Northern Soul when it was used in No
Angels
Was that a hospital programme, or am I thinking of something else?
Post by James Heaton
Post by Chris Brown
7.  (15) John Kongos He's Gonna Step On You Again
I remember the Madchester cover version better
I think most people do. Especially as arguably the most memorable part
of the Mondays track is that piano riff which isn't really part of the
original.
That said, I do like this version in its own right and in fact I have
the 7".
Post by James Heaton
Post by Chris Brown
10.  (3) R. Dean Taylor Indiana Wants Me
A Northern Soul icon with a distinctively non-NS track here!
Well, Indiana isn't really the North, so that checks out.
Post by James Heaton
Post by Chris Brown
30. (26) Dave And Ansel Collins Double Barrel
Superb echo on the piano
And the vocal.
This must have sounded like it was from another planet to a lot of
British people when they first heard it.
Post by James Heaton
Post by Chris Brown
33. (19) Sakkarin Sugar Sugar
Isn't this Jonathan King's 2nd appearance in this one?
Yep, and he produced the St Cecilia track as well.
Post by James Heaton
Post by Chris Brown
43. (NE) Gordon Lightfoot If You Could Read My Mind
Definitely prefer Sundown, but this is a good track.
This is one of those songs I think I might have grown into.
Post by James Heaton
Post by Chris Brown
44. (NE) Lobo Me And You And A Dog Named Boo
Mum and Dad remember this as their honeymoon song.  Falmouth, in a hotel
that is now a nursing home.  Sadly one is in a nursing home and one in
hospital but we managed to link them up on the phone for their anniversary.
I'm glad you were able to do something.
We had to cancel my Grandad's 90th party which would have been last
weekend (he's OK, we just couldn't do the party).
Post by James Heaton
Post by Chris Brown
46. (39) Keith Michell I'll Give You The World (Tous Les Bateaux, Tous
Les Oiseaux)
I didn't realise he had any non-Captain Beaky hits
Turns out he had quite a career. Wikipedia says he co-wrote this
(presumably the English lyric)

Chris
Robbie
2020-06-16 21:27:30 UTC
Permalink
Post by Chris Brown
Post by James Heaton
Post by Chris Brown
Chart dated: 19th June 1971
5.   (8) Tami Lynn I'm Gonna Run Away From You
One of the songs that got me into Northern Soul when it was used in No
Angels
Was that a hospital programme, or am I thinking of something else?
There was a BBC1 programme called Angels which was set in a hospital
which was shown in the early 80s. Might that be the one you're thinking of?
Post by Chris Brown
Post by James Heaton
Post by Chris Brown
30. (26) Dave And Ansel Collins Double Barrel
Superb echo on the piano
And the vocal.
This must have sounded like it was from another planet to a lot of
British people when they first heard it.
It's an excellent record.
Post by Chris Brown
    Chris
James Heaton
2020-06-17 09:03:09 UTC
Permalink
Post by Chris Brown
Post by James Heaton
Post by Chris Brown
Chart dated: 19th June 1971
5. (8) Tami Lynn I'm Gonna Run Away From You
One of the songs that got me into Northern Soul when it was used in No
Angels
Was that a hospital programme, or am I thinking of something else?
There was a BBC1 programme called Angels which was set in a hospital which
was shown in the early 80s. Might that be the one you're thinking of?
Different programme.

No Angels was a deliberate pun on the earlier title, as the writers felt it
wasn't a realistic view of young nurses' lives and made them too perfect.

In the latter programme their chaotic home lives - getting pissed and
shagging round - was as much a focus as the hard work on the wards

James
James Heaton
2020-06-17 09:01:23 UTC
Permalink
Post by Chris Brown
Post by James Heaton
Post by Chris Brown
Conveniently ten years away from the 1981 chart last weekend, this is
also notable as the debut Top 50 week for one of the biggest acts of the
decade. And we can celebrate that Tom Jones is 80 years and a week old
today. Also, one of the tracks in this chart has recently been
re-recorded by the person who's singing it here and some sort of virtual
choir for charity. Indeed this chart includes two of the
longest-charting singles of the vinyl era.
Playlists are here, with the usual warning that I've included everything
I could even if some of the content has... not aged well, or if one of
the performers turned out to be a sex offender.
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6WfCVKA94BMbtjxDOZU3CZ?si=ZUgjVrK1Ty2W6QrlDeWqQg
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdiUvgvgpgNrDlsKZ0HGdzhY8ixsT_lB7
Chart dated: 19th June 1971
Week of my parent's wedding anniversary.
My parents' wedding was... somewhat closer to my own birth.
Post by James Heaton
Post by Chris Brown
5. (8) Tami Lynn I'm Gonna Run Away From You
One of the songs that got me into Northern Soul when it was used in No
Angels
Was that a hospital programme, or am I thinking of something else?
Yes, about a house-share group of young nurses in Leeds

James
Loading...