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Bernie R
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Such sad news yesterday with the loss of Gerry Marsden.

Ignoring my obvious love for YNWA, this has always been my favourite of his tunes.

RIP

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKta_gRc2gA
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filsgreen
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Agree with you, Bernie, Paul Carrick also did a great version a few years ago.
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One of my all time favourite tracks, thanks Bern.
Love Paul Carricks version.


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Phil where's your vinyl thread gone ? Was just about to post this on it !!!!
So thought rather than it be missed I'll post it here.
Worth watching if only for the skills.
I bought this single at the record shop on Bridge Rd about 1969/70
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JAnhsqHhtYQ


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Bill fawcett
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Frankie Laine was always one of my favorite singers, and I always liked this one. Margaret and I used to have a sing song to Frankies CD when we were driving down to Exeter to see the grandkids

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5uD5xlQjBE

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The excellent Eva Cassidy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rd8VktT8xY

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Bill fawcett
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There have been about 300 views of this video, does anyone else find it as mesmerizing as i do? I have watched it about 6 times now. I think if Eva had been discovered before she died she would have held audiences spellbound.

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We've Terry Wogan to thank, for introducing her amazing voice to Britain. :D
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Bernie R
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Happy birthday to Mr. Neil Diamond - 80 today!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGemtjVtfZM
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Remembering Liverpool's own Billy Fury who died on this date in 1983 - aged just 42!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIJDVCI9PDk
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February 3rd 1959 : "The Day the Music Died"
Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and the Big Bopper died when their plane crashed in a farmers field en route to a concert near Fargo, North Dakota.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RciM7P9K3FA
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At 05:00 today, the date and time (in UK format) was 5 4 3 21

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odqSCLHSPkU
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Never knew Billy J Kramer was born in Bootle until I just saw it on Wiki.

This little ditty was top of the pops on this day in 1964

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJBq7HY46oI
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Surprised that you never knew that Bern. Shame that question didn't come up on our daily quiz 😁😁😁 Think he lives in Australia now.
Nice little ditty this.


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I'd forgotten what a great tune this is
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=wa ... 6PC%3dU531
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Today the Virtual Pub Quiz on YouTube celebrates its 1st birthday - who'd have thought that would still be going now?

Not sure if any BBs do the quiz , but if you do, do you leave YouTube music running on autoplay afterwards and see what nuggets it presents?

We do - and that's how we discovered this belter from Billy Joel which, pretty much, turned into our lockdown anthem.

Hard to believe I'd missed that one for all these years!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yYchgX1fMw
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Here’s an oldie from the 50s with lyrics you can understand, not like some of the modern music.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2C7SzKv2uLU

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A beautiful love song from Rod Stewart that is set in the aftermath of the 1916 Easter Rising in Dublin.

Happy Easter everyone.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdnR4Q4zvMY
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Happy 70th birthday to Paul Carrack.

Ace, Squeeze, Mike & the Mechanics - not too shabby a CV.

This is my favourite of his solo hits - it just scraped into the top 40 in 1995.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wX7icsnzQrI
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Nice one Bern,.
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Happy birthday Billy Swan - 79 today.

This catchy little ditty was a US chart topper in 1974 (#6 in UK).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBBw1MEOMWI
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He was one of Elvis's backing singers, Bernie. :D
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We did Jay's Virtual Pub Quiz over the weekend and were both reminded of this fab tune from 1971 by the connections round of the quiz.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6maXTyShEw

#jaysvirtualpubquiz
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Bernie R
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50 years ago today the Kingsway (Wallasey) Mersey Tunnel opened.

50 years old and we still call it 'the new tunnel' :lol: :lol:

Here's few songs inspired by today's anniversary...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4K7XZGeHTE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AE1ct5yEuVY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAirINwjaxE
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Whenever I hear this song it brings back a vivid memory of travelling down a country road in England on the way to visit relatives with the car radio on and suddenly this song was playing. I just love it!! Does anyone else have a "Special" song that brings back a vivid memory?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUAMB67EJkc
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filsgreen
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Nearly every tune or song I hear has associated memories, Patricia, good and bad.
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Thanks for the feedback - maybe you could start off with a song that brings back some "Happy" memories to begin with I
was hoping this particular request would bring some replies and memories to help sustain and invigorate this Thread! One can but hope!!
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Ok Patricia, I'll start with a good song and good memory. I was standing at at the 52 bus stop by the post office on Hawthorne Road by Sefton Road with my mate and the record on the radio was "Swing your daddy" by Jim Gilstrap.

It was April 1975 and we were waiting for the bus up to his house in Sefton. We were both due to leave school in the June at 16 and neither of us had a job, but I had an interview in a factory at the top end of town.

I lived in Crosby by the duck pond at that time, so it would have took an age to get to work there, but at the time, I just wanted a job.

As it happened I never got the job and didnt start work till the October of 1975. However, I had good holidays in London, Wales and Cumbria throughout the summer. 😁

Just a thought though, Patricia, may be we should really start a separate thread for reminiscing?
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Phil - Really enjoyed your post thanks for same. I also think your idea of staring a new Link for "Memories" would be a great too.
Do you think Mack could transfer what is posted so far to another Link?
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Nice bit of Motown in keeping with our current UK weather...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5k0GDQrK2jo
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Love that one Bern, thanks.... although in this heat I could do without the overwhelming urge to bop :lol:
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Bit of Northern Soul to mark what would have been Dobie Gray's 79th birthday (Died December 2011)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0pptQniU54
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Love that Bern, thanks,
He did some brilliant stuff. Another favourite, this time from my school days;
https://www.bing.com/search?q=dobie+gra ... A1&PC=U531
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I also remember Bryan Ferry's 'cool' cover of that one Bee

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rr63Bexo8z8
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Sad news of Don Everly's passing...

R.I.P

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_6qQEyCSv8
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