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Top 40 1972

Post by Phillip Phlopp » Fri Oct 23, 2026 8:23 am

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Re: Top 40 1972

Post by Red Baron » Fri Oct 23, 2026 8:41 am

That's 1971, PP.

Some good tunes though, apart from the No1... I know most of them.
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Re: Top 40 1972

Post by Julian Mince » Fri Oct 23, 2026 10:43 am

Red Baron wrote: ↑
Fri Oct 23, 2026 8:41 am
That's 1971, PP.

Some good tunes though, apart from the No1... I know most of them.
You've not heard Grandad by Clive Dunn? Please allow me! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KJGJRd8pGE
I know a man who taught his dog to play the trumpet on the London Underground.
He went from Barking to Tooting in an hour.

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Re: Top 40 1972

Post by Redpig59 » Fri Oct 23, 2026 10:48 am

I don't think I know No 40, but I do the rest.
A wanker AND a pansy apparently.
Oh, and a wimp, and 'not a real man'.

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Re: Top 40 1972

Post by Red Baron » Fri Oct 23, 2026 12:49 pm

Julian Mince wrote: ↑
Fri Oct 23, 2026 10:43 am
Red Baron wrote: ↑
Fri Oct 23, 2026 8:41 am
That's 1971, PP.

Some good tunes though, apart from the No1... I know most of them.
You've not heard Grandad by Clive Dunn? Please allow me! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KJGJRd8pGE
That was poor punctuation from me.

Thank you for being so concerned that I was missing something, Jules - but I won't be clicking on the link. Did you know Clive Dunn was only 50 when he recorded that song?
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Re: Top 40 1972

Post by RockitRon » Fri Oct 23, 2026 11:20 pm

Redpig59 wrote: ↑
Fri Oct 23, 2026 10:48 am
I don't think I know No 40, but I do the rest.
No, and it's a misprint. It's John Paul Joans, an Irish comedian, with a song written by Godley and Creme in their pre-10CC days, recorded at their Strawberry Studios in Manchester and released on Mickie Most's RAK label. Reached No 25 in January '71.
Bubbling Under contender for Kenny Everett's World's Worst Records LP.

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Re: Top 40 1972

Post by Phillip Phlopp » Sat Oct 24, 2026 6:10 am

Red Baron wrote: ↑
Fri Oct 23, 2026 12:49 pm
Julian Mince wrote: ↑
Fri Oct 23, 2026 10:43 am
Red Baron wrote: ↑
Fri Oct 23, 2026 8:41 am
That's 1971, PP.

Some good tunes though, apart from the No1... I know most of them.
You've not heard Grandad by Clive Dunn? Please allow me! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KJGJRd8pGE
That was poor punctuation from me.

Thank you for being so concerned that I was missing something, Jules - but I won't be clicking on the link. Did you know Clive Dunn was only 50 when he recorded that song?
Pah! I was a grandad at 47! I didn't make a song or dance about it though.
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Re: Top 40 1972

Post by Julian Mince » Sat Oct 24, 2026 6:59 am

RockitRon wrote: ↑
Fri Oct 23, 2026 11:20 pm
Redpig59 wrote: ↑
Fri Oct 23, 2026 10:48 am
I don't think I know No 40, but I do the rest.
No, and it's a misprint.
Indeed. He was never in Nazareth. They were Dan McCafferty, Manny Charlton, Pete Agnew and Darrell Sweet.
I know a man who taught his dog to play the trumpet on the London Underground.
He went from Barking to Tooting in an hour.

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