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| Number 11 : Gerry Monroe : Sally |
- 01 (13) Mungo Jerry - In The Summertime
- 02 (01) Christie - Yellow River
- 03 (02) The England World Cup Squad - Back Home
- 04 (07) Mr Bloe - Groovin' With Mr Bloe
- 05 (04) Glen Campbell - Honey Come Back
- 06 (03) The Moody Blues - Question
- 07 (12) The Beach Boys - Cottonfields
- 08 (10) The Supremes - Up The Ladder To The Roof
- 09 (06) Ray Stevens - Everything Is Beautiful
- 10 (08) The Jackson Five - ABC
- 11 (25) Gerry Monroe - Sally
- 12 (11) Roger Whittaker - I Don't Believe In 'If' Anymore
- 13 (17) Fleetwood Mac - Green Manalishi (With The Two-Prong Crown)
- 14 (14) Marvin Gaye - Abraham, Martin And John
- 15 (09) Norman Greenbaum - Spirit In The Sky
- 16 (05) Tom Jones - Daughter Of Darkness
- 17 (18) Butterscotch - Don't You Know (She Said Hello)
- 18 (15) The Move - Brontosaurus
- 19 (16) Frijid Pink - House Of The Rising Sun
- 20 (37) Cliff Richard - Goodbye Sam, Hello Samantha
Image: Gerry Monroe: Blue of the Night
In the days before Pop Idol and The X-Factor, there were New Faces and Opportunity Knocks (and I mean that most sincerely). It seems that even in the early 1970s the British public were seemingly cajoled into voting for the most unlikely winners of reality shows, even if the programmes weren't called that back then. One of those winners (or at least one that did well) was Gerry Monroe. He scored highly on the ole clapometer, as well as with the postal votes, but to this day, one wonders why.
Like the winners of today, all involved were quick to cash in on the sudden glow of fame. And so it was that Sally was unleashed on an (almost) unsuspecting public. The song was made famous by music hall singer Dame Gracie Fields some forty years earlier, but I've found no recorded comment by her about Monroe's update. I'm sure he was a nice guy and it's astonishing that this peaked at Number 4. The power of TV.
Be sure that no cats or dogs are around should you choose to listen to the video below:
More well known, but no less miserable was the latest offering from Cliff Richard. By now the former Harry Webb had left behind what rock roots he'd possessed to become Mr Showbiz, appealing to not only his core fans, but also to all the mums and dads who were watching his BBC shows of the time. His music began to reflect this and his chart performance in the 1970s suffered because of it. Just four Top 10 singles across the decade proved to be the worst ever showing of his career and this was the first of them: the turgid Goodbye Sam, Hello Samantha which would eventually peak at Number 6:
Until next time...
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