David Dundas - Jeans On

Another GP that popped into my head the other day as an earworm, this track from 1976 is quite interesting for the following reasons:

• David Dundas is actually Lord David Dundas, the 4th Marquess of Zetland (wherever that may be)! His father, the 3rd Marquess of Zetland (also known as the Earl of Ronaldshay) was a British tennis player in the 1940s and played Wimbledon.
• 'Jeans On', Dundas' only big hit, started out as a commercial for Brutus Jeans (see also: 'I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing' by The New Seekers and 'Inside' by Stiltskin
• 'Jeans On' was sampled by Fatboy Slim for the track 'Sho Nuff'
• Dundas went on to score the cult movie 'Withnail & I'

Fox - S-S-S-Single Bed

You know what? Nearly everything about this track is wrong, from the Lili Von Shtüpp inspired lead-vocal by Noosha Fox (check here if you've never seen Madeline Kahn's Lili in Blazing Saddles) to the use of a Peter Frampton-esque talk box. However, the whole turns out to somehow be greater than the sum of it's parts! Fox were put together by the American Kenny Young, who had previously been responsible for co-writing 'Under The Boardwalk' and 'The Captain Of Your Ship', and Australian vocalist Susan Traynor who rechristened herself Noosha Fox on joining the band. 'S-S-S-Single Bed' was the last of their minor chart hits before Noosha went solo and the band split. By the way, no - that is not Lol Creme on rhythm guitar although it really, really looks like him (I believe that it is actually Herbie Armstrong).

Bonus Clip: As mentioned above, Kenny Young also wrote Reparata & The Delrons' 'The Captain Of Your Ship'. It's one of my favourite girl group songs so that's an excuse to post it here!