Sid Sparkle

@PicturesFoIder No coincidence that this takes place under a sign reading 'Dicks'?

Youtuber thinks he can do whatever he wants because he has a bodyguard 🤡

@RichMortonSound *is up your strasse* as in you might enjoy it...

I reckon this up your strasse @RichMortonSound

Sunday morning soundtrack.... aaahh youtube.com/watch?v=IPSI3U…

@timoliver1 @MikeCovell You probably say 'Hessel' rather than 'Hezzle' (the correct pronounciation). So you you'd be happy to go to somewhere else where they've also got 'Boyses' like Goole and ask: 'Do you know where I can find Boys'?

@SidSparkle @MikeCovell That’s the Kings Bench in you I’m afraid. To us posh Swanland boys, it was always ‘boys’

Good evening Beautif-Hull: Three shots of Hessle Road Boyes, which is often pronounced Boyes, or Boyes but I believe the correct way of pronouncing it is of course Boyes.

Here you go: the second part of my memoirs: youtube.com/watch?v=IdJCVM… (complete but also available in chapters on the channel) Produced by @PatDooner @elstudiohull Music as always by #easylistening guru @RichMortonSound

Back in 2022 we worked on with @KevinPrecious' mate @SidSparkle on the second part of his memoirs! It's a delightful run through his formative years, finding his feet in the light entertainment world in Hull. Give both parts a listen here: m.youtube.com/watch?v=IdJCVM…

@RichMortonSound @PatDooner @elstudiohull No worries, fella... thanks for the positive feedback. All the best.

@SidSparkle @PatDooner @elstudiohull And many thanks for the namecheck Sid! 😀

Just uploaded the second part of my memoirs: youtube.com/watch?v=IdJCVM… (complete but also available in chapters on the channel) Produced by @PatDooner @elstudiohull Music as always by #easylistening guru @RichMortonSound

@RichMortonSound Certainly was, here you go: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Ba… Until next time, have a good one.

@SidSparkle Was it ‘Paloma Blanca’ by any chance Sid?

Sid's 70s Smasher: One of only two 1970s top 30 US hits for the #GeorgeBakerSelection. This in 1970 youtube.com/watch?v=kipjrg… the other in 1975. What was it? @RichMortonSound

@RichMortonSound The song in question was a #10 in the UK as well for GBS, but also a #5 in the same year for a renowned UK producer/recording artist/mogul.

@SidSparkle Thanks Sid, the reason I asked is I know they recorded a very country sounding number called Baby Blue. So was the song in question basically a mainstream pop hit? Plus a tin whistle if course!

@RichMortonSound Acoustic guitar, country-ish beat... but not country as such. Features a tin whistle.

@SidSparkle Hi again Sid! Good to hear from you with another terrific teaser! Little Green Bag is such a groovy track which I only caught up with after the release of Reservoir Dogs. Is this band’s other hit something you would categorise as country music by any chance?

@RichMortonSound @alicecooper Spot on... here you go: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School's_… In the section marked 'Inspiration and Writing'.

@SidSparkle @alicecooper Ah! Your brilliant clues come to the rescue once again Sid! It must be Pink Floyd's classic 'Another Brick In The Wall'! I have to say I thought they'd produced that one themselves so I didn't factor it in!

Sid's 70s Smasher: Later performances have seen @alicecooper incorporate part of the lyrics of which other song into 'School's Out'? youtube.com/watch?v=mBqiC5… @RichMortonSound (Think this the second time the song has formed the basis of a question?)

@RichMortonSound @alicecooper It's not that one, no... the song in question is a three part composition recorded and released in 1979.

@SidSparkle @alicecooper Thanks Sid, was it The Ramones' 'Rock N Roll Highschool'? Although I have a sneaking suspicion Phil Spector might have been involved in the production of that one...

@RichMortonSound @alicecooper It belongs to a later period and was also produced by Bob Ezrin...

@SidSparkle @alicecooper Ah, good one Sid! And was this other song around at the time School's Out was released, or does it belong to a later period?

@RichMortonSound @alicecooper Certainly does...

@SidSparkle @alicecooper Remember this one well Sid ( at school at the time! ) and what a blistering riff! I don't know the answer to your question, so I will start with an obvious angle - did this other lyric pertain to kids/education/school?

@RichMortonSound Certainly was... here you go: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_For… en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence_… Until next week... have a good one.

@SidSparkle Was it possibly Florence Ballard, former star of The Supremes who sadly died young in the mid 70s?

Sid's 70s Smasher: youtube.com/watch?v=vYMu2q… From 1979's 'Jackrabbit Slim', on the sleeve of the album, 'Romeo's Tune' is dedicated to which singer? @RichMortonSound