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Help remembering a song from the sixties I think.....

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  • March51March51
    Have just found my old book: 'British Record Charts 1955 to 1975'. It gives the top 30 for every week of those years. I'll start looking from 1965 but it could take some time as I'll have to hum a bit of each one and see if there's a ship's hooter in it. I'll keep you posted on progress. Getting worried Big Rob?
  • Curb_ItCurb_It
    lol March.
  • LincsaddickLincsaddick
    Procol Harum .... A Salty Dog
  • hh
    Free Four - Pink Floyd.
  • Henry IrvingHenry Irving
    There is a "woo woo" in sympathy for the devil".

    Or funky like a train by the Equals
  • Bournemouth AddickBournemouth Addick
    Not as much fun but some stations publish a track listing for the show don't they?
  • March51March51
    Yes BA, suggested that to Oakster early on but don't know if he thought about it.
  • seth plumseth plum
    Was it a male singer...'cos skimming this brings to mind Those Were The Days, by Mary Hopkin.
  • BIG_ROBBIG_ROB
    edited October 2012
    Sharpening me tin snips, but I ain't too worried tbh...
  • OaksterOakster
    edited October 2012
    Trouble is I cant remember which radio station :(

    Its not any of the popular beat combos of the time, as i said its a Mungo Jerry type male singer was it a novelty song I dont think so, but that bass note is so unusual and the song was built around it - gonna google a few suggestions above

    Oh and i dont think its anything with a nautical theme, just the bass note has that ships horn kind of deep sound....
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  • BIG_ROBBIG_ROB
    edited October 2012
    So it's not a Phil Specter type wall of sound job then, more folky?
  • OaksterOakster
    BIG_ROB said:

    So it's not a Phil Specter type wall of sound job then, more folky?

    Kind of quirky folky, the sound of 67-70 i would say. Its none of the above but seriously impressed that there are songs referenced that contain actual ships horns....

  • Off_itOff_it
    This thread is hilarious.

    I've just thought of a song. Can anyone guess what it is? If you do I'll eat an aircraft carrier.
  • BIG_ROBBIG_ROB
    Off_it said:

    This thread is hilarious.

    I've just thought of a song. Can anyone guess what it is? If you do I'll eat an aircraft carrier.

    Happy Birthday?
  • LincsaddickLincsaddick
    edited October 2012
    Walk Right In .. The Rooftop Singers
    One Wheel on my Wagon .. New Christy Minstrels
    The Eve of Destruction .. Barry McGuire (?)
  • LincsaddickLincsaddick
    Big Bad John .. Tennessee Ernie Ford
  • Off_itOff_it
    BIG_ROB said:

    Off_it said:

    This thread is hilarious.

    I've just thought of a song. Can anyone guess what it is? If you do I'll eat an aircraft carrier.

    Happy Birthday?
    Shit!
  • sralansralan
    Back Street Love by Curved Air ????
  • BIG_ROBBIG_ROB
    Off_it said:

    BIG_ROB said:

    Off_it said:

    This thread is hilarious.

    I've just thought of a song. Can anyone guess what it is? If you do I'll eat an aircraft carrier.

    Happy Birthday?
    Shit!
    Bon appetit!
  • LincsaddickLincsaddick
    But you're in Kanarda .. it's probably some obscure piece of US rubbish that never saw the light of day over here
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  • sralansralan
    Ah, Klondike Pete and the banjo pluckers with " There's gold in them hills". Classic !
  • LincsaddickLincsaddick
    sralan said:

    Ah, Klondike Pete and the banjo pluckers with " There's gold in them hills". Classic !

    THAT's the one ...lmao
  • LincsaddickLincsaddick
    edited October 2012
    sralan said:

    Back Street Love by Curved Air ????

    Sonja Cristina (what a FOX) , Darryl Way, violin maestro and Stuart Copeland, drummer extraordinaire .. I last saw them circa 1976 at an allnighter in the Lyceum, Strand .. ah .. the good old days
  • SouthAfricaAddickSouthAfricaAddick
    Dont you get Shazam in Canada ?

    This is driving us all crazy, You know we are all going to be really disappointed when you tell us what it is .!
  • creepyaddickcreepyaddick
    Could it be this
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kK62tfoCmuQ
  • creepyaddickcreepyaddick
    or this!
    http://www.kahlenberg.com/indust.html
  • BangkokaddickBangkokaddick
    Just had a listen to a couple of suggestions and from the clues it must be Urban Spaceman. Not exactly Mungo Jerry-like though. Now listening to the rest of my Bestiality Of The Bonzos album.
  • fastforwardfastforward
    rolf harris... sun arise..
  • StigStig
    look at this. Mungo Jerry is still going: http://www.mungojerry.com/
  • SouthAfricaAddickSouthAfricaAddick
    As someone else mentioned, its not likely to be an English(british) band if played on Canadian Radio.
    Blood Sweat and Tears was a good call.
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