This song was No 1 in the UK in January 1968 - I vividly remember dancing to it at the Saturday morning disco in my home town.

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Made even more nostalgic because it’s all in black and white. It’s okay to shed a tear - I won’t look.

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This song was No 1 in the US in December 1967, staying at the top of the chart for four weeks. It reached No 5 in the UK. Songwriter John Stewart wrote it as the third in a trilogy of songs about suburban life, recalling, "I remember... thinking, ‘What a wasted day - all I’ve done is daydream’.” Daydreaming turned out to be very profitable for him ( Read more... )

Which character said it, in which episode?

6. “I hope I’m not interrupting anything.”

7. “I’m dying of acute dullness.”

8. “I’d like to hear your story. Anytime.”

9. “As any girl can testify, boys gets everywhere.”

10. “It’s amazing how quickly a girl can take her clothes off. And how long it takes to put them on again.”

We all know that Ian Fleming came up with the name, Napoleon Solo, and some of us probably know that Sam Rolfe loved the movie Never on Sunday, which starred Melina Mercouri as “a carefree Greek sex worker” called Illya (she even starred in the Broadway musical version of the film, which was called Illya Darling). But what about Kuryakin? Well, the ( Read more... )

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Oh, okay...but there was a lot of ‘boy watching boy’ action too, wasn’t there? Or was that just my imagination?

This song topped the UK charts in June 1967 and stayed there for six weeks. It also reached No 5 in the US. It is one of the best-selling singles in history, but what was it about? Lyricist Keith Reid said in 2008 ( Read more... )

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Oh, okay...really? I’ll leave you to judge for yourselves, dear cousins, I couldn’t possibly comment.

That’s how one music journalist described this song. Another called it “possibly the most beautiful song of the rock and roll era”. It reached No 2 in the UK in 1967, but failed to make the charts in the US! What were you doing America? Too busy watching MFU to go out and buy this wonderful record?

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“Resolution is my favourite virtue.”