Ernesto emailed me this morning: he was sending me not only his felicitations but also his contribution(s) to May's Photo Challenge (it's never too early - as Freddie Laker, or some other besuited 70s celebrity, may have said). In his missive the 4th. Earl of Goggins was also enquiring if I was on the up and to, and I quote, "Hang on in there, baby." (J. Bristol, 1974). Without delay I replied that I was indeed on the up and that God/Allah (other worshipees are available) permitting it is my avowed intention, in June, to be, literally, Johnny Bristol.
Ernie may or may not be aware* that J. Bristol Esq. in 1974 also penned Love Me For a Reason for the Osmond tribe. In what must have been a bumper year for the non-Bristolian Bristolian, both records were in the charts simultaneously. Also, and again Ernie may or may not know, Love Me For a Reason is, to the best of my knowledge, the only single ever to have bothered the Hit Parade containing the word 'facsimile'. As I say, Ernesto will I'm sure confirm or deny my claim.
Johnny Bristol - Love Me For a Reason (1974)
* Though I'm sure Alyson will.
I did not know your first fact. I am sceptical about your second one but too lazy to do the research that would be required to prove you wrong.
ReplyDeleteHere is another fact in exchange. After some radio stations refused to play his 1969 hit because of its risque title, James Brown recorded a family friendly version on which he exhorted his listeners to "get on the scene like a fax machine", hoping to capitalise on the popularity of the then exciting new technology.
You had to spoil it, didn't you. You could have had Ron Sexsmith, Carlene Carter, even the Barenaked Ladies - all artists singing about fax machines. But, no, you had to go nuclear. I don't know how you can sleep at nights.
Delete(But seriously, keep your 'fax exchanges' coming.)
This version is slightly preferable to that of the Osmonds.
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