February 24, 2018

 

 

 

 

Their first Chart entry in 76

saw  The Real Thing  reach No. 1.

With  ‘You To Me Are Everything’

their stardom had begun.

 

‘Can’t Get By Without You’

also in this year made No.2,

and with two more hits in 77

their popularity grew.

 

In 78, ‘Whenever You Want My Love’

claimed a Top Twenty slot.

‘Let’s Go Disco’ also released in this year,

and ‘Rainin Through My Sunshine’  – so hot.

 

‘Can You Feel The Force’,

in 79, made Number 5 ,

and ‘Boogie Down (Get Funky Now)’

in the Top 40 did arrive.

 

In 86,   two decade remixes

both made a Top 10 score,

and a remix of  ‘Can You Feel The Force’,

– in the charts at No. 24.

 

In 05, The Freeloaders featuring The Real Thing

with ‘So Much Love To Give’  made No.9

So much ‘feelgood’ factor music coming

from this Uk male vocal group – so fine.

 

Thank You for the music

Rest In Peace    Eddie Amoo   (d 2018).

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tune in to

Tony’s Time Machine

at Noon on Tuesday

27th February 2018

for another super-fast hour

of great music & chat.

 

No two Shows the same –

Don’t miss a minute

 

Tony will also be reading the poem –

For The Love Of  The Real Thing

written by Harriet Blackbury.

 

February 14, 2018

 

 

Free, with their ‘Wishing Well’,

in 73, gained a Top 10 score.

and in 87, Terence Trent D’arby

took another ‘Wishing Well’ to No.4.

 

And at No.10 in the Charts,

in the year of 82,

were ‘A Flock Of Seagulls’ with –

‘Wishing  (if I had a photograph of you’.

 

In 84, China Crisis  took

‘Wishful Thinking’ to No. 9,

20 years after The Mersey Beats in 64

with ‘Wishing & Hopin’,  were doing fine.

 

Roxette took ‘Wish I Could Fly’

as high as No.11 in 99,

and ‘Wishing On A Star’ by Rose Royce

at No.3 in 78,  also a favourite – divine!

 

In 76  ‘I Wish’ by Stevie Wonder –

a US No.1 hit, for which we are blest.

and ‘The King Of Wishful Thinking” –

a Top 20 in 90, for Go West.

 

In 63, Buddy Holly

with ‘Wishing’,  reached No.1o,

and in 93, Soul ll Soul,

had a Top 30 with ‘Wish’.    Amen

 

 

Whatever is on our ‘wish list’

to help us get through the day,

we also must live for the moment

and not wish our life away.

 

Whatever our hopes and aspirations –

let solace, through music be found,

by enjoying life on a daily basis,

listening to our favourite sound.

 

Written by

Harriet Blackbury