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Mar 22Liked by Sarah Harkness

Didn't Jack Jones have his own TV show in the seventies? I'm sure my mum had one of his LPs.

I used to have a Dionne Warwick compilation with Wives and Lovers on it. Oooh those lyrics 😆

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Mar 22Liked by Sarah Harkness

I love that song. I always hear it in a very tongue in cheek way although at the time it probably wasn’t.

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Clearly there was plenty that was revolting….

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A lovely piece of writing about a now very dated piece of writing. Bacharach abd David's stuff was superb though wasn't it.

I would love to read your thoughts on "Honey" made popular by Bobby Goldsborough. Not a Bacharach/David number - but of the same era.

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When I was a kid my father had two Beatles albums, Rubber Soul & Revolver, so they were and are favourites of mine. Recently I actually really *listened* to the words to Run For Your Life - a very catchy tune but... yikes.

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I'm a big fan of Josephine Tey.

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