"not of broadcast quality, but are included as extras on the series 1 DVD. Because ""It Ain't Half Hot"" Mum was a sitcom about a concert party, many old music hall, musical and traditional songs were performed by the actors, including: Don Estelle and Windsor Davies released two in-character performances as singles. The first, ""Whispering Grass"" reached number one in the British singles chart for three weeks from 7 June 1975. The second ""Paper Doll"" reached number forty one later that year.. They also recorded a top 10 LP called ""Sing Lofty"" It Ain't Half Hot Mum It Ain't Half"
"Davies and Don Estelle (from the TV comedy It Ain't Half Hot Mum) singing Whispering Grass, Ronnie Corbett, Lynn Rogers, Peter Hudson, Ian Lavender, Bill Pertwee (both from Dad's Army), John Inman, Mike Read and Radio 1 DJs David Hamilton, Tony Blackburn (and his wife Tessa Wyatt) featuring New Edition. 16 August 1975 <br> Location - BBC1 Big Top which this week visited Torbay<br> guests - New Edition sing & dance to ""The Main Attraction"", ""Be A Clown"" & ""Funky Gibbon"", Dailey & Wayne ""Keep The Customer Satisfied"" ""Hey There"", Des Lane ""Yellow Rose of Texas"" & ""Long Way to"
"D.I.V.O.R.C.E. ""D.I.V.O.R.C.E."" is a 1975 UK number-one single by Scottish folk singer and comedian Billy Connolly. A comedy song, it reached No. 1 for one week in November 1975, and was one of the few songs of its genre to reach this milestone. The song is a parody of the Tammy Wynette song ""D-I-V-O-R-C-E"", and Connolly's version to date has been his only No. 1 UK single, though in the late 1970s he had a further two UK hits which parodied contemporary songs. He later dropped musical performances from his act. ""D.I.V.O.R.C.E."" has a similar theme to Wynette's original in"
"Papers"", released in 1975, reached number one in the UK Album charts. Welsh historian Martin Johnes describes ""Live at Treorchy"" as 'important to an understanding of Welshness as anything Dylan Thomas or Saunders Lewis wrote.' The songs on the album were mostly of a rugby theme, including ""9-3"" which celebrates Llanelli RFC's 1972 win over New Zealand, ""The Outside Half Factory"" and the song with which Boyce is now most associated, ""Hymns and Arias"". The chorus of ""Hymns and Arias"", 'And we were singing/ hymns and arias/ Land of my Fathers/ Ar Hyd y Nos' has attained folk song status"
"it bore an unlikely title (picked up from a radio talk show), ""Life Is a Minestrone"" (1975) was another UK Top 10 placing, peaking at No.7. Their biggest success came with the dreamy ""I'm Not in Love"", which gave the band their second UK No. 1 in June 1975. The song provided them with their first US chart success when the song reached No. 2. A collaborative effort built around a title by Stewart, ""I'm Not in Love"" is notable for its innovative production, especially its richly overdubbed choral backing. Godley stated:If I was to pick one track from everything"
"1965, becoming the biggest hit single in Britain that year and selling over a million copies in the UK alone. The recording is the third best selling song of the 1960s in Britain; at the time it was the UK's biggest selling single by a solo artist, and remains one of the biggest selling singles of all time. Dodd was selected to perform the song on ""A Jubilee of Music"" on BBC One on 31 December 1976, a celebration of the key pop successes of the Queen's first 25 years as Britain's monarch. Dodd had two further UK top ten"
"1975 Tavares hit ""It Only Takes a Minute"", which peaked at number seven on the UK Singles Chart. This success was followed by ""I Found Heaven"", then by the first Barlow ballad ""A Million Love Songs"", which also reached number seven. Their cover of the Barry Manilow hit ""Could It Be Magic"" gave them their first big success, peaking at number three in the UK. Their first album, ""Take That & Party"", was released in 1992, and included all the hit singles to date. 1993 saw the release of ""Everything Changes"", based on Barlow's original material. It peaked at number"
"1972). Davies is often at his most affecting when he sings of giving up worldly ambition for the simple rewards of love and domesticity (""This is Where I Belong"", 1966; ""Two Sisters"", 1967; ""The Way Love Used to Be"", 1971; ""Sweet Lady Genevieve"", 1973; ""You Make It All Worthwhile"", 1974), or when he extols the consolations of friendship and memory (""Days"", 1968; ""Do You Remember Walter?"", 1968; ""Picture Book"", 1968; ""Young and Innocent Days"", 1969; ""Moments"", 1971; ""Schooldays"", 1975). Yet another perennial Ray Davies theme is the championing of individualistic personalities and lifestyles (""I'm Not Like Everybody Else"", 1966; ""Johnny"
"that the record companies said would never get airplay!"" Eventually the unedited single was released, with ""I'm in Love with My Car"" as the B-side. Following Everett's escapade in October 1975, Eric Hall, a record plugger, gave a copy to David ""Diddy"" Hamilton to play on his weekday Radio One show. Hall stated ""Monster, Monster! This could be a hit!"" The song became the 1975 UK Christmas number one, holding the top position for nine weeks. ""Bohemian Rhapsody"" was the first song ever to get to number one in the UK twice with the same version, and is also the"
"a minor UK Singles Chart hit, reaching number 54. They followed this with ""Save the Last Dance for Me"", which was also a hit, reaching number 75, and ""Stop That Train"". Their collaborations were collected together on the 1995 album ""Time on the Move"". He has recorded several albums since, recorded a version of the Bee Gees's ""Islands in the Stream"" with J. C. Lodge, and performed at the Bob Marley Day Festival in Long Beach, California in 2003. Don Campbell (musician) Don Campbell is a British reggae singer from north-west London, best known for his lovers rock records released"
"Billboard Top Hits: 1975 Billboard Top Hits: 1975 is a compilation album released by Rhino Records in 1991, featuring 10 hit recordings from 1975. The track lineup includes seven songs that reached the top of the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart, including the No. 1 song of 1975, ""Love Will Keep Us Together"" by Captain & Tennille. The other three songs all reached the top 10 of the Hot 100. Starting with the 1975 volume, Rhino dubbed each of its mainstream pop top hits volumes ""Billboard Top Hits."" The volumes issued for the years 1955 through 1974 are titled ""Billboard Top"
"1975; Vesta Williams, who made a rendition of ""Make It with You"" in 1988; the band CAKE, which covered ""The Guitar Man"" in 2004; Ray Parker Jr, who also recorded ""The Guitar Man"" in 2006; and Boy George, who took ""Everything I Own"" to No. 1 on the UK chart, when he covered the Ken Boothe reggae version of Gates's song, which itself had been a UK No. 1 in 1974. Jack Jones recorded a Bread tribute album, ""Bread Winners"" (1972) including the Gates' standard, ""If"", which has long been a staple of Jones' live performances. According to a 1996"
"Ever"" topped the charts in several countries in 1973. It was No. 1 in the UK Singles Chart in 1976. Other hits by Roussos included ""My Friend the Wind"", ""My Reason"", ""Velvet Mornings"", ""Goodbye My Love, Goodbye"", ""Someday Somewhere"" and ""Lovely Lady of Arcadia"". His first UK single to chart was in 1975: ""Happy to Be on an Island in the Sun"" written by a Northern Irishman David Lewis with the record reaching No. 5 on the charts. His popularity in the rest of Europe, but not the UK, came to fascinate BBC TV producer John King who made a"
"Rock'n'Roll Hits"". Billboard Top Hits: 1975 Billboard Top Hits: 1975 is a compilation album released by Rhino Records in 1991, featuring 10 hit recordings from 1975. The track lineup includes seven songs that reached the top of the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart, including the No. 1 song of 1975, ""Love Will Keep Us Together"" by Captain & Tennille. The other three songs all reached the top 10 of the Hot 100. Starting with the 1975 volume, Rhino dubbed each of its mainstream pop top hits volumes ""Billboard Top Hits."" The volumes issued for the years 1955 through 1974 are titled"
"Let's Do It Again (1975 film) Let's Do It Again is a 1975 American action crime comedy film directed by and starring Sidney Poitier and co-starring Bill Cosby and Jimmie Walker, among an all-star black cast. The film, directed by Poitier, is about blue-collar workers who decide to rig a boxing match to raise money for their fraternal lodge. The song of the same name by The Staple Singers was featured as the opening and ending theme of the movie, and as a result, the two have become commonly associated with each other. The production companies include Verdon Productions and"
"she won for six consecutive weeks in 1975. Her participation resulted in the most recorded votes ever on the show. This produced her biggest hit, ""Let Me Try Again"", which reached #5 on the UK Singles Chart. In 1975, Jones was the best selling UK female artist of the year based on her international record sales. In 1976, Jones released a single entitled ""Love's A Carousel"", a song that she performed in BBC TV's at the Royal Albert Hall, a competition to select the UK's representative for the Eurovision Song Contest. Competing against Frank Ifield and Tony Christie, Jones finished"
"Let's Do It Again (song) ""Let's Do It Again"" was a hit song for The Staple Singers. Written by Curtis Mayfield, it was part of the soundtrack for the Bill Cosby/Sidney Poitier movie, ""Let's Do It Again"". The single reached the top of the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 singles chart on December 27, 1975, the day before Roebuck ""Pops"" Staples' 61st birthday, and also spent two non-consecutive weeks at the top of the Hot Soul Singles chart. It was the last major hit by the group. The song was covered by George Benson for his 1988 album, ""Twice the Love"", and"
"an instrumental version on ""Non-Stop Dancing No. 7"" (also 1969). It was also covered by Luke Kelly of The Dubliners. A version of the song recorded by Elvis Costello appeared on the soundtrack of the 1991 Wim Wenders film, ""Until the End of the World"". It is also featured on his 1995 covers album ""Kojak Variety"". ""Days/This Time Tomorrow"" - Ray Davies and Mumford & Sons is featured on Ray Davies solo album ""See My Friends"". The song was also covered by Flo & Eddie on the album ""Flo & Eddie"", which was originally released in 1974 and was re-released"
"the UK Singles Chart in 1974. The song, written by David Gates, was given a sympathetic light reggae feel and it received airplay and an appreciative audience in the West Indies and was regularly played on the radio stations of the UK due to its ""crossover"" appeal. David Gates' own group, Bread, had had a minor UK hit with the song in the spring of 1972, but it had only reached No. 32. Boothe's reggae version of the song ""Everything I Own"" reached Number One in the UK Singles Chart on 26 October 1974, and stayed at the top of"
"and ""If I Could Reach You"". In 1975, McCoo and Davis left the 5th Dimension and began performing as a duo. Landing a contract with ABC Records, they recorded their 1976 debut album, ""I Hope We Get to Love in Time"". The first single was the title track, which was a mid-chart hit. Their follow up, ""You Don't Have to Be a Star (To Be in My Show)"" was an even bigger hit, reaching No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in January 1977. McCoo and Davis were awarded a gold single and a gold album as well as a"
"and other famous African-American stars to be in the films. Let's Do It Again (1975 film) Let's Do It Again is a 1975 American action crime comedy film directed by and starring Sidney Poitier and co-starring Bill Cosby and Jimmie Walker, among an all-star black cast. The film, directed by Poitier, is about blue-collar workers who decide to rig a boxing match to raise money for their fraternal lodge. The song of the same name by The Staple Singers was featured as the opening and ending theme of the movie, and as a result, the two have become commonly associated"
"capitalise on the song's popularity in the Northern soul subculture and 'put Northern Soul on the music map for the industry', Russ Winstanley met up with a pop group from Wigan called Sparkle, who renamed themselves Wigan's Ovation and covered the song (with slightly modified lyrics) in 1975. On 20 March 1975, the band performed the song on Top of the Pops, and went on to perform on the show 13 times. They appeared in baggy trousers decorated with Northern soul badges, and the performance was widely derided as 'uncool' and 'an imitation'. This recording was extremely controversial and was"
"album, ""Sweet Memories"" was a Top 40 hit, reaching No. 32. Their duet partnership would last into the next year, with another Top 10 hit, but they never recorded another album together. This album reached No. 21 on the ""Top Country Albums"" chart in 1969. Album – Billboard (North America) Singles – Billboard (North America) Dottie and Don Dottie and Don is the name of a country music album by Country singers Don Gibson and Dottie West, released in 1969. This album was successful. Two singles from this album were also successful. The most successful was ""Rings of Gold"", which"
"sessions. As songwriters, the duo had a hit song with ""Who Do You Think You Are?"", which was covered by the UK band Candlewick Green in 1974. The song was further covered in the U.S. by Bo Donaldson and The Heywoods (this version made the U.S. charts), and again in 1993 by Saint Etienne. The song was also on Jigsaw's 1974 album ""I’ve Seen The Film, I’ve Read The Book"". However, the band's own single from the album ""You’re Not The Only Girl"" was not a chart success. Early in 1975, the single ""Baby Don't Do It"" received heavy airplay"
"the Davies' childhood. ""Muswell Hillbillies"", despite positive reviews and high expectations, peaked at number 48 on the ""Record World"" chart and number 100 on the ""Billboard"" chart. It was followed in 1972 by a double album, ""Everybody's in Show-Biz"", which consisted of both studio tracks and live numbers recorded during a two-night stand at Carnegie Hall. The record featured the ballad ""Celluloid Heroes"" and the Caribbean-themed ""Supersonic Rocket Ship"", their last UK Top 20 hit for more than a decade. ""Celluloid Heroes"" is a bittersweet rumination on dead and fading Hollywood stars (Mickey Rooney was still alive), in which the"
"Do It"", which first attracted public attention when the song's suggestive lyrics caused it to be banned by the BBC. In Australia, the television show ""Countdown"" began playing the video clip, and exploited the British ban on playing the song. Over several months, Jones became a sensation and a sex symbol. The song was released as a single by EMI Records and spent eight weeks at number one on the singles chart from December 1976. In 1980, Jones fronted a mainly female band (with Flinn on lead guitar) that adopted her previous stage name of Pussyfoot, and the group entered"
"the United States during the early spring of 1975, and charted at number one for one week on the ""Billboard"" Top Soul Singles chart. Along with the track, ""What Can I Do for You?"", ""Lady Marmalade"" peaked at number seven on the disco/dance charts. The single was also a major hit in the United Kingdom, where it charted at number seventeen . ""Lady Marmalade"" replaced another Crewe/Nolan composition, Frankie Valli's ""My Eyes Adored You"", as the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 number-one single. This feat made Crewe and Nolan the third songwriting team in ""Billboard"" history (after Lennon–McCartney and Holland–Dozier–Holland) to replace"
"minutes for radio play, but once it charted, pressure from the public and the media caused the radio stations to revert to playing the full version. Released in May 1975, ""I'm Not in Love"" became the band's second number-one, staying atop the UK singles chart for two weeks from 28 June. In the US, the record peaked at number two on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 for three weeks, deprived of the top spot by a different number-one each week (Van McCoy's ""The Hustle"", The Eagles' ""One of These Nights"", and the Bee Gees' ""Jive Talkin'""). In the UK the single"
"1975 and was impressive enough to see release in Jamaica by Gussie Clake. Several of Louisa Mark's subsequent titles, including ""All My Loving"" (Safari) and ""Six Sixth Street"" (Bushays), repeated the success and have remained favourites at revive sessions ever since. Mark's hit was followed by Ginger Williams' ""Tenderness"" (Third World), and a genre was born-essentially Philly/Chicago soul ballads played over fat reggae basslines. The style was consolidated by the husband-and-wife team of Dennis and Eve Harris who had a big hit with the white singer T.T. Ross's massively popular ""Last Date"" (Lucky), another key record, and set up a"
"by Ray Charles, who took it to #2 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart in 1962, after releasing the song on his #1 album ""Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music"". It was kept from the #1 spot by Sheila by Tommy Roe. This version also topped the ""Easy listening"" chart for three weeks in 1962, and was used in the 1993 comedy film ""Groundhog Day"". The song was the 12th number one country hit for Mickey Gilley in 1981. The song has been performed or recorded by hundreds of artists, including Elvis Presley, Bob Dylan, and Willie Nelson. Charles"
"Footsee ""Footsee"", credited to Wigan's Chosen Few, was a British hit single in 1975, reaching # 9 on the UK Singles Chart. It is notable as being one of the first commercially successful remixes of a previously released recording. By late 1974, the Northern soul music and dance scene centered on the Wigan Casino club in Lancashire, England, was attracting increasing attention from mainstream media in the UK, at the same time as original American R&B recordings which met the musical criteria of its fans, and which were new to listeners, were becoming more difficult to find. According to most"
"pundits, the song became a smash solo hit for Valli, and was the #1 chart-topping song of the year. ""Lady Marmalade"", recorded by Labelle, became notorious for its sexually provocative, New Orleans-inflected chorus, """" The song became a radio and dance club sensation. It achieved status as the #1 chart-topper of 1975 and has since been used in numerous motion pictures, including ""Cheech and Chong's The Corsican Brothers"", ""Beethoven"", ""Carlito's Way"", ""The Birdcage"", ""The Long Kiss Goodnight"", and ""Semi-Pro"". In 1984, a collaboration by Crewe and writers Jerry Corbetta and Bob Gaudio produced another Billboard Top 100 success with the"
"release two ""true"" disco songs: ""Last Train To London"" and ""Shine A Little Love"". In 1975, American singer and songwriter Donna Summer recorded a song which she brought to her producer Giorgio Moroder entitled ""Love to Love You Baby"" which contained a series of simulated orgasms. The song was never intended for release but when Moroder played it in the clubs it caused a sensation. Moroder released it and it went to number 2. It has been described as the arrival of the expression of raw female sexual desire in pop music. A 17-minute 12 inch single was released. The"