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

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  • March51
    March51 Posts: 3,256
    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_It
    Curb_It Posts: 21,232
    lol March.
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,361
    Procol Harum .... A Salty Dog
  • h
    h Posts: 144
    Free Four - Pink Floyd.
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,238
    There is a "woo woo" in sympathy for the devil".

    Or funky like a train by the Equals
  • Bournemouth Addick
    Bournemouth Addick Posts: 16,284
    Not as much fun but some stations publish a track listing for the show don't they?
  • March51
    March51 Posts: 3,256
    Yes BA, suggested that to Oakster early on but don't know if he thought about it.
  • seth plum
    seth plum Posts: 53,448
    Was it a male singer...'cos skimming this brings to mind Those Were The Days, by Mary Hopkin.
  • BIG_ROB
    BIG_ROB Posts: 5,274
    edited October 2012
    Sharpening me tin snips, but I ain't too worried tbh...
  • Oakster
    Oakster Posts: 6,812
    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_ROB
    BIG_ROB Posts: 5,274
    edited October 2012
    So it's not a Phil Specter type wall of sound job then, more folky?
  • Oakster
    Oakster Posts: 6,812
    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_it
    Off_it Posts: 28,885
    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_ROB
    BIG_ROB Posts: 5,274
    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?
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,361
    edited October 2012
    Walk Right In .. The Rooftop Singers
    One Wheel on my Wagon .. New Christy Minstrels
    The Eve of Destruction .. Barry McGuire (?)
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,361
    Big Bad John .. Tennessee Ernie Ford
  • Off_it
    Off_it Posts: 28,885
    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!
  • sralan
    sralan Posts: 2,031
    Back Street Love by Curved Air ????
  • BIG_ROB
    BIG_ROB Posts: 5,274
    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!
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,361
    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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  • sralan
    sralan Posts: 2,031
    Ah, Klondike Pete and the banjo pluckers with " There's gold in them hills". Classic !
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,361
    sralan said:

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

    THAT's the one ...lmao
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,361
    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
  • SouthAfricaAddick
    SouthAfricaAddick Posts: 242
    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 .!
  • creepyaddick
    creepyaddick Posts: 6,152
    Could it be this
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kK62tfoCmuQ
  • creepyaddick
    creepyaddick Posts: 6,152
    or this!
    http://www.kahlenberg.com/indust.html
  • Bangkokaddick
    Bangkokaddick Posts: 4,299
    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.
  • fastforward
    fastforward Posts: 55
    rolf harris... sun arise..
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,038
    look at this. Mungo Jerry is still going: http://www.mungojerry.com/
  • SouthAfricaAddick
    SouthAfricaAddick Posts: 242
    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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