tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190903519028956778.post7518073558466462661..comments2024-02-23T08:40:24.961+00:00Comments on Yes It's Number One: Those who also entertainedUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190903519028956778.post-35988816956890924622013-06-27T16:04:42.291+01:002013-06-27T16:04:42.291+01:00Somewhat after the event, look what Steve W has tu...Somewhat after the event, look what Steve W has turned up - <a href="http://imgp.pars03.fr.topfoto.co.uk/imageflows/preview/t=topfoto&f=0157897" rel="nofollow">a Glamourpuss press shot with caption</a>, not that I'm entirely sure it's accurate (it misses out Stephanie Lawrence) but the names are there. For the record a Chrissie Kendall has dancer/showgirl credits in Rock Follies, The Goodies and Absolute Beginners.Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05834265575179460764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190903519028956778.post-73610425345719192162012-07-09T23:32:07.377+01:002012-07-09T23:32:07.377+01:00And still the surprises emerge - Boney M covering ...And still the surprises emerge - <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbTF4-FbpxA" rel="nofollow">Boney M covering The Calendar Song</a>Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05834265575179460764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190903519028956778.post-42065113605361397292012-07-09T21:14:32.870+01:002012-07-09T21:14:32.870+01:00Simon, many thanks for the credit. I really wasn’t...Simon, many thanks for the credit. I really wasn’t expecting that.<br /><br />In fairness, Bus Stop co-owner Peter Callander and songwriters David Martin and Geoff Morrow have been brilliant, all getting back to me rapidly and answering my queries in a friendly and highly co-operative manner, especially Geoff, who’s offered to check his files for any more info. Imagine asking some of the movers and shakers of today for similar info and you wouldn’t have got anything like the same polite and engaging response.<br /><br />Without Simon knowing, I did say that, if Arnold, Martin and Morrow had any albums out that needed a plug I’d try to help as a thank-you (after all, I did unwittingly unearth Brendon’s latest venture), so Angel Air Records have recently released the following:<br /><br />Rescue Company Number 1 – “Life’s Too Short -. The Singles Anthology 1971/1975”<br />Butterscotch – “Don’t You Know It’s Butterscotch”<br />AMMO – “The Can’t Smile Without You Years 1966/1977” (AMMO was Arnold, Martin and Morrow’s own label)<br />Bell & Martin – “Together Again”Arthur Nibblenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190903519028956778.post-41407405614418348522012-06-30T10:28:11.294+01:002012-06-30T10:28:11.294+01:00The Mick Robertson album is somewhat notorious for...The Mick Robertson album is somewhat notorious for its title track, Then I Change Hands, which was a song about - and I'm sorry if any ladies are reading - masturbation.THXnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190903519028956778.post-87287987151017963692012-06-28T22:44:16.280+01:002012-06-28T22:44:16.280+01:00Although it was a major hit in comparison reaching...Although it was a major hit in comparison reaching number 43, I'm annoyed they wiped the edition with Dick Emery singing "You Are Awful" a.k.a. "Do The Conga". To each their own!Arthur Nibble (again)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190903519028956778.post-67333551589673594062012-06-28T22:29:46.639+01:002012-06-28T22:29:46.639+01:00Thanks for the links Simon.
It's difficult to...Thanks for the links Simon.<br /><br />It's difficult to tell given the wobbly sound quality of the clip, but 'So Long' is in a different key to the single version isn't it?<br />Nice costumes though.<br /><br />As for Lemon Tree, well, I'm no big fan of 60s psychedelic stuff, but I really enjoyed that.<br /><br />Such a shame that the Frankie Howerd performance is lost - I'm a huge fan!Noaxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190903519028956778.post-86752707749503298072012-06-28T22:04:48.655+01:002012-06-28T22:04:48.655+01:00"Fanny" appears to have been written by ..."Fanny" appears to have been written by Roger Cook of Cook and Greenaway fame and celebrated bassist Herbie Flowers, the latter also wrote "Grandad". the single was produced by Daniel Danzack and The Flying Scotsman!Arthur Nibblenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190903519028956778.post-52571473086908133692012-06-28T21:27:22.675+01:002012-06-28T21:27:22.675+01:00You can see Abba, it's very recently been foun...You can see <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vezKZ6GFLSw" rel="nofollow">Abba</a>, it's very recently been found.<br /><br />Ranee & Raj were "Sri Lankan/UK duo consisting of Nimal Mendis and Sandra Edema." <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajdRrY7eOH0" rel="nofollow">William Chalker's Time Machine</a> was written by one of The Move, produced by Andy Fairweather-Low and is, it's fair to say, as of its time as its title.Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05834265575179460764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190903519028956778.post-9152842097747749322012-06-28T21:13:12.254+01:002012-06-28T21:13:12.254+01:00Wow, thanks for that link, there's some really...Wow, thanks for that link, there's some really interesting stuff in there, including a Saint Etienne album title I notice!<br /><br />Is Ronnie Corbett's 'Fanny' (don't titter!) the Bee Gees song I wonder? Speaking of tittering, nice to see that Frankie Howerd was on doing the Up Pompeii theme! (the movie one presumably, no words in the TV one...)<br /><br />I'd also love to have seen ABBA doing 'So Long' as that's a great tune.<br /><br />For sheer madness, nothing beats the start of 1968 though. 'William Chalker's Time Machine' by Lemon Tree sounds fascinating but probably isn't, oh look - there's Blackburn in his "pretending to be a pop star" phase, plus Ranee & Raj (which I really hope wasn't two white people blacking up and doing a 'comedy' song but could have been for all I know) and also, ahem, Spanky & Our Gang.Noaxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190903519028956778.post-27543296385621284532012-06-28T20:39:18.916+01:002012-06-28T20:39:18.916+01:00Applejack - from what I remember of it as an 11 ye...Applejack - from what I remember of it as an 11 year old the American Bicentennial got quite a lot of airtime/publicity even in the UK so I suppose a TOTP "tribute" like the Silver Jubilee song was always on the cards.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190903519028956778.post-39032413239821111722012-06-28T13:00:32.682+01:002012-06-28T13:00:32.682+01:00the mick robertson single is actually on youtube:
...the mick robertson single is actually on youtube:<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAmEB4Npp58<br /><br />if that's really him singing then he can actually carry a tune after a fashion... but it's not a patch on the magpie theme though! apparently an album was also released but i can't find any trace of it on the internet...wilberforcehttp://www.gavinunderhill.co.uk/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190903519028956778.post-40603673521901937022012-06-28T10:46:12.833+01:002012-06-28T10:46:12.833+01:00"Fanny" by Ronnie Corbett can be found o..."Fanny" by Ronnie Corbett can be found on YouTube, as can Brucie's effort. I dare you to check them out. Mick Robertson was indeed presenting "Magpie" around this time and had a record deal with CBS, and Gilbert's certainly up there with Cilla Black and Cliff Richard as space wasters.Arthur Nibble (again)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190903519028956778.post-54331764318809418782012-06-28T09:22:02.764+01:002012-06-28T09:22:02.764+01:001776 was the strangest one of all these for me.
I...1776 was the strangest one of all these for me.<br /><br />I've been looking at that list of non-hits as well, but only up to 'now'.<br /><br />Observations:<br /><br />1974 clearly wasn't the year when John Christie was going to be massive either. <br /><br />Fanny by Ronnie Corbett. I can only wonder...<br /><br />Ditto Bruce Forsyth<br /><br />Mick Robertson? The guy off Magpie?<br /><br />Gilbert O'Sullivan racked up a fair few of these, didn't he?Old Applejacknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190903519028956778.post-50128923830865934612012-06-28T06:51:27.658+01:002012-06-28T06:51:27.658+01:00i had a look at that list... but only up until &qu...i had a look at that list... but only up until "now" as i don't want to spoil any future surprises!wilberforcehttp://www.gavinunderhill.co.uk/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190903519028956778.post-15612581909884969592012-06-28T06:36:58.195+01:002012-06-28T06:36:58.195+01:00I did think about the Chanter Sisters but as Arthu...I did think about the Chanter Sisters but as Arthur says that was relatively a big hit, and they did loads of backing vocal work in their careers. Oddie lost out because we didn't see it and for Bill's success in a group.<br /><br />If you're interested in all this <a href="http://www.ukmix.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=71126" rel="nofollow">someone on UK Mix forums has made a list</a> of all the songs that ever appeared on TOTP without making the charts.Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05834265575179460764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190903519028956778.post-91215123776119844662012-06-27T23:18:00.248+01:002012-06-27T23:18:00.248+01:00We've made a glaring omission, but only becaus...We've made a glaring omission, but only because the edition was wiped so we never saw them on video, and this is at least topical...surely we must include Bill Oddie and the Superspike Squad.Olympic Nibblenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190903519028956778.post-47272959650250109152012-06-27T23:12:18.301+01:002012-06-27T23:12:18.301+01:00But Noax, The Chanter Sisters made number 43, whic...But Noax, The Chanter Sisters made number 43, which almost makes them hit material for this list, plus they got both a performance and a play-out, which is actually impressive on the face of it.Arthur Nibblenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190903519028956778.post-63014993579150178742012-06-27T21:42:57.495+01:002012-06-27T21:42:57.495+01:00Simon, I'm disappointed that you didn't in...Simon, I'm disappointed that you didn't include my favourite 'bad but entertaining act with a non-hit', The Chanter Sisters!Noaxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190903519028956778.post-56326606536939554462012-06-27T15:32:02.882+01:002012-06-27T15:32:02.882+01:00Excellent addition. There's another connection...Excellent addition. There's another connection between TOTP77 and Eurovision '80: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6DfIG-klc8Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05834265575179460764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190903519028956778.post-55976579990549945902012-06-27T13:48:47.731+01:002012-06-27T13:48:47.731+01:00The Trinidad Oil Company, or Dutch Rhythm Steel &a...The Trinidad Oil Company, or Dutch Rhythm Steel & Showband, went on to perform the interval act at the 1980 Eurovision Song Contest in The Hague, accompanied by dancers with memorable costumes!<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcfDFXTINisDarrennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190903519028956778.post-2569478254216819242012-06-26T22:55:03.790+01:002012-06-26T22:55:03.790+01:00Email submitted to the PRS. Fingers crossed.Email submitted to the PRS. Fingers crossed.Arthur Nibblenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190903519028956778.post-18465282201066838952012-06-26T20:53:57.753+01:002012-06-26T20:53:57.753+01:00Arthur's mentioned to me he's trying to ch...Arthur's mentioned to me he's trying to chase up Glamourpuss, first through their label, then the PRS. Meanwhile, if anyone's interested in <a href="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/GLAMOURPUSS-YOU-ONE-1976-UK-DEMO-7-BUS-STOP-/190612681282" rel="nofollow">what their other single might have been like</a>...Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05834265575179460764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190903519028956778.post-34805181244556586442012-06-26T08:01:38.703+01:002012-06-26T08:01:38.703+01:00don't forget the tarney-spencer band!don't forget the tarney-spencer band!wilberforcehttp://www.gavinunderhill.co.uk/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190903519028956778.post-32950639363341471192012-06-25T23:47:24.963+01:002012-06-25T23:47:24.963+01:00Sorry, mis-read the detail on The Surprise Sisters...Sorry, mis-read the detail on The Surprise Sisters, who reached the 50 with a different song. I'll use the "It's late" excuse if you'll allow it.Arthur Nibble (again)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190903519028956778.post-4598586701544990742012-06-25T23:45:28.194+01:002012-06-25T23:45:28.194+01:00Sorry to be picky, Simon, but three of these acts ...Sorry to be picky, Simon, but three of these acts made the top 50, not two - "Calendar Song" spent five weeks in the chart peaking at 34. Apart from that, a sublime 'best of' listing of those who tried and failed in the re-run thus far. I still can't believe the paucity of info on Glamourpuss - they'll never be my specialist subject on "Mastermind" at this rate.Arthur Nibblenoreply@blogger.com