Roger McGough of The Scaffold, who had the 1968 UK Xmas number one with "Lily the Pink" (which is the reason he's on there).
― partyin' maskless with Rudy G. and Vanilla Ice, it's a gas gas gas (breastcrawl), Thursday, 14 January 2021 21:39 (three years ago) link
Thanks. i sense i will get sucked into watching the whole thing.
― stirmonster, Thursday, 14 January 2021 21:48 (three years ago) link
Interesting to me to see Showaddywaddy's approximation of 50s garb (updated drape coat and brothel creepers) vs. Sha Na Na's Brylcreem and black leather jackets a la Fonzie.
There was a Teddy Boy revival in the 70s
― visiting, Thursday, 14 January 2021 22:03 (three years ago) link
Yeah, I love Crazy Cavan. That white suit above looks like disco Teddy Boy though.
― Three Rings for the Elven Bishop (Dan Peterson), Thursday, 14 January 2021 23:05 (three years ago) link
Seven of the top 50 and four of the next 50 held prominent places in my heart when I was aged 3-7 playing my parents singles on their aging Technics turntable. Billy Don't Be a Hero, Chick-a-Boom, Playground In My Mind, Spiders and Snakes, Cowboy's Work, Monster Mash (which shouldn't count, but does), and The Streak, plus Which Way You Goin' Billy, The Way We Were, My Girl Bill, and that version of The Lord's Prayer were all in their collection. So were The Joker, Won't Get Fooled Again, and Rocket Man, but they didn't make the impact of the Sonny & Cher tune, for example, which got my vote because I didn't think anyone else would care for it.
― Iannis Xenakis double fisting Cutty Sark (Tom Violence), Friday, 15 January 2021 03:29 (three years ago) link
re: "monster mash," the spin counts used for this feature were collected over a seven-day period, so obviously the fact that the table on the link shows zero spins for the song reflects that the data collection was done over a non-halloween week
weirdly, in addition to being reissued in 1973 and becoming a big hit again, it had apparently seen a reissue in 1970, but that time only went to #91
― dyl, Friday, 15 January 2021 06:04 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JP1bg1R5XQc
― Bidh boladh a' mhairbh de 'n láimh fhalaimh (dowd), Friday, 15 January 2021 14:55 (three years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Wednesday, 20 January 2021 00:01 (three years ago) link
Went for "Tubular Bells" but actually probably think of the album rather than the single.
― The GeirBot (Geir Hongro), Wednesday, 20 January 2021 22:43 (three years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Thursday, 21 January 2021 00:01 (three years ago) link
I'm pretty certain I never heard the single edit of "Tubular Bells" on my local stations (Hey, Geir.) And I always thought "Ben" was kind of barfy even back then. Otherwise all the other multiple vote getters are ace.
― Three Rings for the Elven Bishop (Dan Peterson), Thursday, 21 January 2021 18:20 (three years ago) link
4 Helen Reddy hits / 0 votes
a Reddy reappraisal should start about now
― Josefa, Thursday, 21 January 2021 18:31 (three years ago) link
Words get in the way: top two are instrumentals, #3 is essentially an instrumental, and #4 is close.
― clemenza, Thursday, 21 January 2021 18:55 (three years ago) link