radfordred 6,284 Posted November 11, 2022 Report Share Posted November 11, 2022 Wow 1986 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DJ360 6,759 Posted November 12, 2022 Report Share Posted November 12, 2022 A week or so back I was at friends and they played this: Despite my undying teen lust after the gorgeous Michelle Phillips.. I pointed out to my friends that the original hit was recorded by the fabulous Shirelles around1960: However... I was wrong (DJ 360 wrong? Surely not!!!) Surely yes.. So here it is.. the original.. Credit where it's due I say.. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DJ360 6,759 Posted November 12, 2022 Report Share Posted November 12, 2022 On 10/28/2022 at 2:25 PM, radfordred said: Not a patch on the original, but love the dance moves I've misjudged you Red!! Not a bad rendition and yes, the dance moves are fab and groovy, but they don't trump the Impressions: One of my favourite 'non Motown' bands, whose history goes back to at least 1958,with this: Jerry Butler went on to have his own solo career..recording this well before the Walker Bros. And this brilliant recording with Betty Everett in 1964: Meanwhile the Impressions had hits such as: And: I useter play the Impressions a lot dahn the360... obviously..because I was cool.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted November 13, 2022 Report Share Posted November 13, 2022 Incredible guitarist RIP Keith x Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,280 Posted November 19, 2022 Report Share Posted November 19, 2022 Always loved London........first went when i was 5 with my Grandparents for the day.......was always prepared to work there both in Retail and Security.......even had an office in Tooting for a time.......wife just bid me Tat ta for a few days down there...........so its Micro-wave...chip shop...and Breakfast in Bulwell for a time......... 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted November 23, 2022 Report Share Posted November 23, 2022 RIP guitar genius Wilko Johnson x 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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Cliff Ton 10,547 Posted November 24, 2022 Report Share Posted November 24, 2022 I never saw the film back in the day, but I have the DVD and have watched it several times. I'm not normally interested in jazz, but the music is by Johnny Dankworth and it works really well as the soundtrack. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mary1947 2,107 Posted November 26, 2022 Report Share Posted November 26, 2022 If you find it hard to exercise then i dare you to watch these two video's on You-Tube if these don't get you off the sofa well nothing will. 1st one Hillbilly Girl Lisa Mchugh it starts in a small town centre but when Lisa starts singing every one joins in I DARE YOU TAKE A LOOK. 2nd DVD/video Now if you have rubber legs this is the one for you, Even when he goes to the loo. Dire Straits WALK OF LIFE never ever have you seen legs like this man has got. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
IAN FINN 829 Posted November 27, 2022 Report Share Posted November 27, 2022 Did Johnny Dankworth and Cleo Laine do a gig together way back? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
David sheridan 159 Posted November 27, 2022 Report Share Posted November 27, 2022 Not listening, but watching an old French movie short which brought back memories of my childhood, the film Ballon Rouge, or rather The Red Balloon , lovely views of France in the old days too. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mary1947 2,107 Posted November 27, 2022 Report Share Posted November 27, 2022 I remember the Red Balloon flim Did the balloon just keep going and going. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,547 Posted November 27, 2022 Report Share Posted November 27, 2022 For the Red Balloon, look at this post from a few months ago...... https://nottstalgia.com/forums/topic/7576-visiting-the-grandparents/?page=4&tab=comments#comment-694458 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,617 Posted November 27, 2022 Report Share Posted November 27, 2022 I’ve just watched the film again… it’s quite surreal isn’t it! I started thinking about the song - 99 red balloons from the 80s 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieM 9,539 Posted November 27, 2022 Report Share Posted November 27, 2022 9 hours ago, IAN FINN said: Did Johnny Dankworth and Cleo Laine do a gig together way back? Yes often. We’ve seen them perform at The Stables in Wavendon, Milton Keynes, which was their home. A good friend of ours hired The Stables for his 50th Birthday party, 20+ years ago, and we were entertained by The Bootleg Beatles, a brilliant night. It was a great venue but not sure if it’s still open. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DJ360 6,759 Posted November 28, 2022 Report Share Posted November 28, 2022 I haven't seentheRed Balloon since probably the 50s or 60s. Didn't it end with the little boy floating away on a big collection of balloons? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DJ360 6,759 Posted November 28, 2022 Report Share Posted November 28, 2022 There's a song being played in TV ads for 'Meta', which I don't think I've heard before, but do like. A little research revealed that it was this one by Ivory Joe Hunter. Previous to this the only song I knew by Ivory Joe was this.. probably his best known song in the UK. released 1956 and a big hit in the US, but I don't think it charted here and an original 7" copy is worth several hundred pounds. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivory_Joe_Hunter Enjoy! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DJ360 6,759 Posted November 28, 2022 Report Share Posted November 28, 2022 Been listening to another of the compilations that Picko does, mostly on music we played back in the day at the 360 etc. A nice little sequence of songs by Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels. Mitch and the Wheels were an improbable bunch. All white and playing in Detroit, the home of Motown and at the time when Motown was conquering charts the World over. To add insult to injury, they did a sort of mostly high energy 'blue eyed soul', with many of their songs being 'lifted' from the black R&B tradition. Yet they had a few notable hits, and are still much loved by the 'Northern' crowd. Their career was pretty short, and Mitch himself faded, largely due to rotten management I think, because he could sing. He continues to tour I believe.: Dig! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,280 Posted November 29, 2022 Report Share Posted November 29, 2022 What a great pair of movers Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,280 Posted December 2, 2022 Report Share Posted December 2, 2022 Old Ricky Nelson...big favourite of mine in the early to mid 60s..........always think of the pubs on Carlton road/hill from juke boxes to live bands......White hart juke box .......March Hare live bands.......Topless barmaids...name of pub ive forgot......Toby jug and then down to the Earl of Chesterfield and Duke of Windsor or Windsor castle...great nights lots of memories of all kinds.........39 trolley bus ?? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,547 Posted December 2, 2022 Report Share Posted December 2, 2022 1 hour ago, benjamin1945 said: .....March Hare live bands.......Topless barmaids...name of pub ive forgot...... I went in the March Hare a few times when I worked nearby for a couple of years. Was the topless pub the Clinton Arms on Shakespeare Street ? 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,280 Posted December 2, 2022 Report Share Posted December 2, 2022 No Kev...this was on Carlton road (town end ) Lady i knew well worked there and the Clinton arms.... Wife was offered a job at the Carlton road one with her........£11 per hour.....mid 80s..........she turned it down......i was gutted............lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,273 Posted December 2, 2022 Report Share Posted December 2, 2022 The Clinton Arms did have topless barmaids- or so I was told! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
denshaw 2,879 Posted December 2, 2022 Report Share Posted December 2, 2022 Duke of Cambridge (someone just told me) 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mary1947 2,107 Posted December 2, 2022 Report Share Posted December 2, 2022 2 hours ago, philmayfield said: The Clinton Arms did have topless barmaids- or so I was told! You'r right The Clinton Arms did have topless barmaids it was on a Sunday lunch time. Not sure but i think this was one of the first pubs to have them. The date would be around 1967/69/72? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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