Music
Everyone of a certain age will remember this chart-topper from 1971. Not necessarily a favourite of mine, but it’s part of our lives – especially mine. (more…)
Top of the Pops, April 1971 – the first time I had ever seen The Rolling Stones and one of those landmark performances that has stayed in my mind. (more…)
If 1971 was the year of my musical awakening, it was also the year of my football awakening. And the FA Cup final was the first time I ever saw my team play. (more…)
Olivia Newton-John came over from Australia and sang her way into our hearts with her first hit single, this Bob Dylan song, If Not For You. (more…)
It’s been a struggle to find a Worst Song winner in an era of terrible novelty tunes but I think I’ve found one in Ray Stevens’s execrable 1971 hit Bridget The Midget. (more…)
I make no apology for adding another song by Mungo Jerry because this boisterous blues-based rock’n’roll extravaganza is just fantastic. (more…)
The Pushbike Song was Australia’s pop equivalent of a saucy seaside postcard, with its endless double entendres – and a fascinating story behind it. (more…)