Naughty Naughty Naughty / Letters Of Love

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The Arsenal squad which won the double in 1971 released ‘ Good Old Arsenal‘ with words by a certain Jimmy Hill to the tune of ‘ Rule Brittania.

It may not be the greatest song ever released and it may still be an inexplicable hit and irritating to many but I still have a soft spot for it and I defy anyone to start humming the tune in their head and it to not still be there hours, or even days, later. As is often the case, however, a further exploration of the record unravels a rather interesting MOR backstory (at least, to the likes of me…). Given that David Parton took the song, ripped the soul, the guts, the sophistication and the personal element from it qualifies it, in my book anyway, as a completely rubbish hit or at least an utterly awful version of a classic song. Their appearance on TOTP was particularly excruciating, all the players looking suitably embarrassed to be there.At the time CCCC it was the longest song ever to reach the top spot, which, I suppose, is some minor claim to fame. Firstly, and probably most importantly, a record producer somewhere will see the main chance of making a stack of cash for a minimal amount of work on someone who is ‘hot’.

I’d really like to meet those people, see what they look like, find out what makes them tick, ask them to articulate what it was that motivated them to commit such an act of wanton cultural vandalism and then berate them publicly for their appalling lack of taste and intelligence (Yes, I mean you Queen fans). Had that version not been around maybe Waldo De Los Rios might have made it to Numero Uno and he might not have committed suicide in 1977, poor soul. A few DJs in the UK also began to play it and it was Noel Edmonds, of all people, who gave it a regular push on his radio show. The most intriguing interpretation of the lyrics was one from an ‘anonymous’ contributor to an internet message board discussing the song. Neil Diamond, Tony Christie and Perry Como all figured prominently but also in the top 30 were top class artists such as Free ( My Brother Jake), The Temptations ( Just My Imagination), Smoky Robinson, R.Sarney was born in Liverpool and started out as a folk/comedy performer in the Liverpool trio The Crabtrees in the mid-1960s, with her brother Hal and Derek Marsden. And his penchants for lollipops, which apparently were, in real life, a way of trying to get him to curb his smoking. Initially, the lead singer of Sweet Sensation, Marcel King, was supposed to do the vocal but reportedly couldn’t get to grips with the song, leaving the door open for producer David Parton to do his own version. The penny-whistle, the plinky-plinky piano, the growling repetitive vocals, the melody that just parks itself in your head. Telly’s career slowly declined and he even narrated a British travelogue series entitled ‘ Telly Savalas Looks at.

That’s not to say it’s particularly awful as 70s singles go, but it does takes you back to a certain time and place, but not necessarily in a good way.Next, they were performing it on TOTP and everyone was talking about the old wifie on the piano, which is what really gave it its ‘novelty’ status. Naughty Naughty Naughty" was engineered by Chris Tsangarides at Morgan Studios in Willesden, North London. Middle of the Road went on have four more top 20 hits over the next year, Tweedle Dum, Tweedle Dee (No. It’s noticeable that Nicholas’s three hits were of a similar nature, unchallenging, slightly melodic and allowing him to perform his schtick with the bowler hat and cane. Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep stayed at the top spot for 5 whole weeks being replaced by the monumental and game changing Get It On by T.

The Best of The Seekers LP knocked The Beatles (white album) off the top of the album charts and stopped the Rolling Stones getting to No. of Alaska’s releases this record also did not chart but it’s an interesting reminder of one of the ubiquitous personalities of the 70s. He’s straining so much to hit the notes Stevie Wonder hits so effortlessly, it looks like he might to shit himself. His version of Eine Kleine Nachtmusik was adopted as the theme for BBC Radio 4‘s long-running Brain of Britain, prompting presenter Robert Robinson to sniffily describe it as ‘ Mozart plus sacrilege.Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep took the charts by storm in June 1971, rising a massive 18 places to oust equally as middle of the road (lower case) Tony Orlando and Dawn with Knock Three Times off the top spot. To be fair, most of their songs were written by ace tunesmith Tom Springfield, brother of the amazing Dusty and ex-member of The Springfields. Released just after the zenith of punk, it tried to jump on the bandwagon and made a pretty damn poor job of it.