by Paul
And now for something completely different… In 1972 Vicky Leandros had a European hit with “Après Toi” (After You), and I went on my first overseas trip from New Zealand, to the French Pacific colony of New Caledonia. All the time we were in Nouméa, its capital, we heard the song “Après Toi” again and […]
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by Paul
In 1970 English band Pickettywitch, with female lead singer Polly Brown (sometimes billed as Polly Browne) had a hit single with “Same Old Feeling”. It reached Number Five on the UK singles chart that year, and No. 67 in the United States on the Billboard Hot 100 in the summer of 1970. Pickettywitch only actually […]
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by Paul
“Indiana Wants Me” was a hit for Canadian-born Motown artist and songwriter R. Dean Taylor in 1970, going to Number One in his native Canada, No. 2 in the UK and reaching No. 5 in the United States on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. In addition to his own moderate success as an artist in […]
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by Paul
It’s my birthday today, so I thought for this post I’d pick a singer also having a birthday today: Roger Daltrey, lead singer of The Who, with “Giving It All Away”, from his first solo album “Daltrey” in 1973. I’ll feature supergroup The Who separately, this one’s just for Roger… And here it is, first […]
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by Paul
Lou Reed (of the Velvet Underground) was and still is a bit different, and “Take A Walk On The Wild Side” is no exception. Kinda weird, but sticks in your mind…. doop, de doop, de doop, de doop de doop, doop, de doop, de doop, de doop de doop, doooooop… :-). He did come to […]
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Tags: "Come What May", Après Toi, Europe, Eurovision Contest, Eurovision Song Contest, Eurovision song contest 1972, French Pacific, Germany, Hole In The Middle, L'amour est bleu, Les Mains, Love is blue, Luxembourg, Lyrics, Mon Amour, Music of the Seventies, Musician Father, New Caldedonia, New Zealand, Nouméa, Overseas Trip, Par, Paul Mauriat, Reason, Seven Languages, Vicky Leandros, Vides
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