Craig Strongman

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  1. Some more answers... Johnnie Walker used Time is tight on R1 in the 70's Jimmy Saville used The man i love and The in crowd (2 different shows) And finally (i think!) Just like that was used by non other than Terry Wogan!
  2. Spot on for Simon Bates, its what he uses/d for "Our Tune".........wrong for the others though........ Heres a couple more answers, Soul Serenade... Mike Raven, Pickin The Blues.......John Peel, used each night on his radio one show! and the pirate jock who used to shout his name over I spy for the fbi......................."Rosko.for the fbi!! the one and only Emperor Rosko, Michael Pasternak, remember the clue?........real name initials in his pseudonym?......eMPeror rosko!
  3. Ok....heres a few answers. Johnnie Walker....Because theyre young. Alan Freeman ....Sign of the swingin cymbal Stuart Henry...........Soul Finger DLT.............A touch of velvet Jimmy Saville...The in crowd.......................come on guess the rest!
  4. My fave on the original was B A B Y .great song!, Anyone else notice how odd the mix of Its A Wonder by Sam and Dave sounded on the original vinyl release?
  5. Ok then, it might be a tad hard, so a few names to match the themes to..... DLT Tony Blackburn Emperor Rosko Johnnie Walker Mike Raven Stuart Henry Alan Freeman Simon Bates.....................and a couple more,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
  6. Caz, you already guessed it was Noel whos theme song at one time was "The Kid", DLT is in there too, but guess which song was his..........................? As a clue, when he was on the pirates, the jingle would go...."From radio caroline south , its the Dave Lee Travis show!".and then into his theme song........"Bah Bow......doo doo doo dooo dooo doo...bah bada bah bah bow.......................Bow as in cow!!
  7. Well done Caz! odd thing tho', i have the same song thats called "The Kid" with a different title, mine says "Holiday"....not the Madonna one tho! Come on you lot!!! Answers!!!
  8. Well done, but there a lot of familiar names there to go along with the themes. Heres a clue, i got put into his famous gunge tank by Trojan the gladiator, where Tony Blackburn and whoo Gary Davis were also appearing......in fact maybe one of those 2 may be in the list..........
  9. And i thought it was Stevie Wonder who was the blind one......its obvious that Wilson is too, otherwise why is he singing with his back to the audience! PS, great album, i have it twice for some reason!
  10. The one featuring Jodie Kidd, M& S is it? they use the theme from The Avengers.
  11. Too much time on my hands, so.......link the DJ's to these tracks, they used them as signature tunes, dont cheat and use a search engine!!! A: A touch of velvet (a sting of brass) B: Sign of the swinging cymbal C: Because theyre young D:Soul finger E:The kid F: Soul serenade G: Time is tight H: Pickin the blues I: The man i love J: The in crowd K: Just like that L: Romeo and juliet As a clue, these were mainly from pirate, and early (ish) radio 1, when it was a good station! Just added......which pirate and later radio 1 dj would play "I spy for the fbi" and sing his name over th
  12. Only if its a soul and motown doo!, Let me know when it is, and ill look in my diary
  13. I told you who it was 2 hours before you remembered and Ayup, i honestly dont know why folk rave on about oriols, ive had lots of better biccies!.....also, i didnt really think their name had come from Uriels 1st name....Honest! its just so similar sounding isnt it. I have in my collection, both the Standing in the shadows of motown dvd, the Funk Brothers cd containing a lot of the dvd's content, with some outstanding backing track versions of motown classics, and the best of The Funks, which has their versions of more motown hits. I love em!
  14. Chris Clarke (maybe without an "e", she also covered Frank Wilsons Do i love you, and Smokies From head to toe, plus Loves gone bad. I wish id seen this posting about The Funk Brothers yesterday, and i could have showed off spouting all about them! Im wondering if The Oriols name was gleaned from Uriel Jones, one of the 2 drummers the Funks had in the line up? it sure sounds similar! Many Funk Brothers songs that were released on Motown were credited to other band names, for instance, Earl Van Dyke and the Soul Brothers, or The Motown Brass, thus not giving The Funks the recognition they
  15. Reggae reggae....in ah ya jeggae.....or words to that effect! that album was so good, pity i sold it or lost it or summat else!!
  16. " you are the dancing queen, feel the heat of the tangerine"..............Abba's fruity lyrics.........and........."just let me staple the vicar" from Sister Sledges We are family...... should be "feel the beat of the tambourine" and "just let me state for the record"
  17. Good old Google, with spell checker Did you mean: "Ezz Reco" "King of Kings" I think one of the original Red Red Wine (Reggae version) was by 'Dandy', on Tighten up Volume 'X' ? (about 1970) You sure it wasnt Tony Tribe? Cos i had a few of those samplers, and dont recall it being Dandy......but thats only from memory, and not Google!
  18. No Nurse!!!!!! I said prick his boil!!!!!!!
  19. Was it open till fairly late? i was taken to a cafe by a former school mate i used to hang around with, we'd go on a Friday night, before going on to hang around the Market square, incidentally, he'd just left school and had become a coalman, buying a fresh pair of trousers every Friday afternoon, wearing them for "best" over the weekend, and then to work all week, and then buy a new pair, using them for best, and then..................................you get the picture!
  20. Bet they wont be on Trent then, its sad that since the takeover by G Crap, they dont help promote local talent like they did n the good old days (as in when i was on! )
  21. Even puddywinks got abbreviated down to "Pudds!"
  22. The first record i ever bought, and i was still at primary school, was "Diamonds" by Jet Harris and Tony Meehan, formerly of The Shadows. The fact that we didnt even have a 45 playing radiogram didnt deter me, and i merrily spun the turntable of the 78 only machine , with my middle finger, not worrrying that it was not rotating at a constant speed!....Thankfully, my mum bought me a Phillips Disc Jockey portable record player shortly afterwards, the name of which seems prophetic dont you think! It being portable was great, and id sit on the front step listening to the songs in the charts of
  23. My mum used to say "wash your donnies" (hands) where did that come from eh? Just remembered seeing the one about the kids home, my auntie used to say if i didnt behave they'd put me in the orphanage!