Posted May 9, 201114 yr What it is, is that John Fred & Playboy Band Hey Hey Bunny was played on Saturday night on the Craig Charles Funk & Soul. Has this record ever been broken big on the Northern scene? if so when & where? Jock.
May 9, 201114 yr One of the first "northern" tracks I heard back around late '71 and as Ady states even earlier than that. The local "Torch" guys used to spin it locally in 72 Edited May 9, 201114 yr by Dave Turner
May 9, 201114 yr PS It's a cracker and now available on Kent's Northern Soul's Guilty Secrets CD which I was hoping I'd get a lot more stick for!
May 9, 201114 yr PS It's a cracker and now available on Kent's Northern Soul's Guilty Secrets CD which I was hoping I'd get a lot more stick for! I didn't even know the cd existed but if you let me have the track listing I'd be happy to give you some stick it's ok, I found it 1. Don't Stop Looking - Ann D'andrea GOOD DANCER 2. Elusive - Babe Ruth BIT OF A MARMITE RECORD, I QUITE LIKE IT 3. Can't Live This Way - Barnaby Bye RUBBISH 4. Seven Days Of Loving You - Johnnie Vannelli EXCELLENT 5. Jump Back In The Arms Of Love - Bobbi Lynn AVERAGE 6. It's Too Late - Bobby Goldsboro POOR POP DANCER 7. Daylight Saving Time - Keith QUAINT 8. Ten Miles High - David & The Giants CLASSIC 9. Livin' Above Your Head - Jay & The Americans ABSOLUTE CLASSIC 10. Bumpin' And Stompin' - Garland Green AWFUL 11. Walk Tall - Two Of Clubs POOR VERSION 12. Soulful Jerk - The Rumblers GOOD BUT BORING INSTRUMENTAL 13. Put Me In Your Pocket - Jeanette Harper ANOTHER CLASSIC 14. Hey Hey Bunny - John Fred RUBBISH 15. You Touched Me - Judy Harris AVERAGE SHUFFLER 16. On A Magic Carpet Ride - Kiki Dee BRILLIANT UK POP 17. I Struck It Rich - Len Barry WAY OFF HIS BEST 18. Would She Do That For You - Mary Saenz HIDEOUS 19. I Can Take Care Of Myself - The Spyders RUBBISH VERSION 20. Run Baby Run (Back Into My Arms) - The Newbeats YOUTH CLUB CLASSIC 21. Don't Let It Slip Away - Ral Donner INDESCRIBABLY BAD ROCK N ROLL 22. You Sexy Sugar Plum (But I Like It) - Rodger Collins SUPER 70'S 23. Keeps On Burning - The Burning Bush DULL BLUE EYED DANCER 24. You've Come A Long Way Baby - Flower Shoppe AVERAGE 70'S Edited May 9, 201114 yr by Pete S
May 9, 201114 yr Go on; you know you want to! 1. DON'T STOP LOOKIN' - ANN D'ANDREA Jamie 1352 (1968) 2.26 2. YOU TOUCHED ME - JUDY HARRIS Sun 1117 (1970) 2.11 3. CAN'T LIVE THIS WAY - BARNABY BYE Atlantic 3266 (1974) 3.52 * 4. TEN MILES HIGH - DAVID & THE GIANTS Crazy Horse 1300 (1968) 2.30 5. KEEPS ON BURNING - THE BURNING BUSH Mercury 72657 (1967) 2.48 6. SEVEN DAYS OF LOVING YOU - JOHNNY VANELLI Pre-Vue 2770 (1968) 2.34 7. SOULFUL JERK - THE RUMBLERS Downey 127 (1964) 1.58 8. IT'S TOO LATE - BOBBY GOLDSBORO United Artists 980 (1966) 2.26 9. I STRUCK IT RICH - LEN BARRY Decca 32011 (1966) 2.54 10. YOU'VE COME A LONG WAY BABY - FLOWER SHOPPE Spring 111 (1971) 2.30 11. YOU SEXY SUGAR PLUM (BUT I LIKE IT) - RODGER COLLINS Fantasy 698 (1973) 2.00 12. BUMPIN' AND STOMPIN' - GARLAND GREEN Spring 158 (1975) 3.16 * 13. ELUSIVE - BABE RUTH Capitol CL 15869 (1975) 3.32 * 14. ON A MAGIC CARPET RIDE - KIKI DEE Fontana TF 983 (1968) 2.44 * 15. PUT ME IN YOUR POCKET - JEANETTE HARPER 20th Century 6683 (1967) 2.29 * 16. HEY HEY BUNNY - JOHN FRED & HIS PLAYBOY BAND Paula 294 (1968) 2.26 17. PUSHIN' TOO HARD - THE SEEDS FEATURING SKY SAXON GNP Crescendo 364 (1965) 2.34 18. DON'T LET IT SLIP AWAY - RAL DONNER Sunlight 1006 (1972) 2.34 * 19. I CAN TAKE CARE OF MYSELF - THE SPYDERS Golden State 106 (1968) 2.48 20. WALK TALL (LIKE A MAN) - THE 2 OF CLUBS Fraternity 975 (1966) 2.27 21. WOULD SHE DO THAT FOR YOU - MARY SAENZ Big Ben 1001 (1964) 2.11 22. RUN BABY RUN (BACK INTO MY ARMS) - THE NEWBEATS Hickory 1332 (1965) 2.56 23. DAYLIGHT SAVIN' TIME - KEITH Mercury 72695 (1967) 2.47 24. LIVIN' ABOVE YOUR HEAD - JAY & THE AMERICANS United Artists 50046 (1966) 2.42
May 9, 201114 yr There wasn't an instrumental on the flip of the original. If one did emerge I don't remember it. There are hardly any instruments on it!
May 10, 201114 yr There wasn't an instrumental on the flip of the original. If one did emerge I don't remember it. There are hardly any instruments on it! Ady, when it was reissued on Jamie, they put a very good instrumental on the B side, if I remember correctly an electric organ took the place of the vocal.
May 10, 201114 yr But you'd lose all that soulful vocal As it was a reissue, it was obviously the vocal that went big first. Thanks for the info.
May 10, 201114 yr Decided to get the RONN one-sided demo for £2.56, but have seen it on British PYE Int. and now Paula, I actually like it, you guys obviously did back in the early 70s, I'm sure it could have something for a younger audience for todays main hall dancefloor crowd.
May 10, 201114 yr Decided to get the RONN one-sided demo for £2.56, but have seen it on British PYE Int. and now Paula, I actually like it, you guys obviously did back in the early 70s, I'm sure it could have something for a younger audience for todays main hall dancefloor crowd. Oooh, the Soul Stasi are gonna be knocking on your door! Go for it
May 10, 201114 yr Ady, when it was reissued on Jamie, they put a very good instrumental on the B side, if I remember correctly an electric organ took the place of the vocal. I love both sides !! Love the burning bush as well ! Dunno about 'its too late' Heard Bobby Goldsboro 'Too many people' at elaine C's thing in Stoke Newinton and was shocked with myself at how great I thought it was
What it is, is that John Fred & Playboy Band Hey Hey Bunny was played on Saturday night on the Craig Charles Funk & Soul. Has this record ever been broken big on the Northern scene? if so when & where?
Jock.