MY GENERATION DOCUMENTARY: HERMANS HERMITS

BBC 4 – I’M NOT IN LOVE: THE STORY OF 10CC

Gods of Snooker

GODS OF SNOOKER Part 3 on 23 MAY 2021 featured a piece on my foray into snooker in the early 1980’s when I signed superstars Jimmy (Whirlwind) White and Alex (Hurricane) Higgins – see below.

AT&T / Cricket Wireless . . . ‘don’t you queer me pitch’

I DON’T LIKE CRICKET . . . I LOVE IT!

10cc . . . Dr. Pepper

Several artistes did renditions of the Dr. Pepper jingles including Michael Jackson, B.B. King, David Naughton . . . even Barry Manilow!

10cc . . . Revlon

The Yardbirds . . . 3 singles by Graham Gouldman

Evil Hearted You by Pixies (in Spanish) . . . first recorded by The Yardbirds to make a hat-trick of hits from Graham Gouldman viz For Your Love, Heart Full Of Soul and Evil Hearted You (all1965)

Hermans Hermits – 3 singles by Graham Gouldman

East West: Morrissey . . . first recorded by Herman’s Hermits to give MY BAND a hat-trick of hits from Graham Gouldman this time in 1966 with Listen People, No Milk Today and East West

No Milk Today: Joshua James & The Forest Rangers

Listen People: Steve Marcus

The Hollies – 2 more singles by Graham Gouldman

Bus Stop . . . released by The Hollies in 1966 yielding their first U.S. top ten single (No.5) after another Graham Gouldman composition Look Through Any Window had charted (No.32) earlier that year.

Cher . . . Behind The Door (1967) another one by Graham Gouldman