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Sing Something Simple
Glenn A
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I know Cliff Adams death meant the end of this show, but what happened to the Cliff Adams Singers afterwards? Also were there any singers who became famous through the show? They always seemed to be an enigma to me, even though they sold hundreds of thousands of albums in the seventies.
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Indeed, as the accordion faded away at the end, you were given a choice of listening.
Back in the days when the Top 40 was actually worth listening to !
Too true, my father loved them, I hated them.
They had a ghostly sound to them and were an acquired taste, yet the show only ended after 43 years when the creator died. It's odd that for all they were on the radio every week, no one knew much about them.
From 1967 it was on at 19.00 on Radio 2
in 1974 it moved to 19.30
in 1975 it moved to 21.00
in 1976 it moved to 20.30
in 1977 it moved to 22.00 (AM only)
in January 1978 back to 19.00
in November 1978 it moved to 17.00
in January 1980 it moved to 16.30
in May 1981 it moved to 16.00 (String Sound was a 16.30)
and then from January 1984 until 25 November 2001 it was on at 16.30
A tribute to Cliff Adams was presented by David Jacobs on 30 December 2001
I am referring to when it started at 7pm.
I remember it as after the Top 40?,anyway I hated it with a passion,my dad liked it though
Are they still touring ?
Sing something simple
As cares go by
Sing something simple
Just you and I
We’ll sing the old songs
like you used to do,
We’ll sing something simple for you,
something for you.
Young people have always had 'their' music, but there was also a reservoir of past songs that everyone knew. In the past it was possible for grandma and granddaughter to sing the same song, but for some reason after WWII, in this county generations of young people rebelled against any music before their time. I can recall grandparents and parents all singing along to the songs on, 'Sing Something Simple', while I sulked in the corner waiting for the Top 20. Whose fault was that I wonder?:)
I wonder if that works in reverse?
I am now sadly an old fart
The sort of stuff Heart,or Gem play,I don't live only in the past ref my taste in main stream 'pop' music.
I wonder if others who were young in the 60s agree?.
I have Splash FM in Worthing on at the moment, on my wi-fi radio love the music mix on there.
I used to like Benny Green on a Sunday afternoon, the rest of the output was certainly for a demographic no longer with us
I remember the opening song from Sing Something Simple, with no joy at all
My gran used to love it and I always seemed to be around when she had it on. I think I'm mentally scarred from it!