"On weekend nights we dance until dawning, then go to hear the speeches at Hyde Park Sunday morning ..." sings Anita Harris in London Life. Judging by recent tabloid reports Anita's London life these days is not that different than that of a lot of us who seem to have been deserted by lady luck. She's certainly had her ups and downs. Oh but in the '60s it was a different story. London was swingin' and Anita got to sing a number specially written by Bacharach & David about the capital. She would memorably appear as Nurse Clarke in Carry On Doctor, but I won't go into that or I might get a clip round the ear. 1966 seems to have been a busy year for Anita too ...A site dedicated to songs about London. As simple as that. The only rules are that the songs must be brilliant and that the blindingly obvious numbers are excluded. The songs may be explicitly about London or obliquely about the city in some way. This is a project that was deliberately designed to last for one year. It will remain live for people to explore. So please enjoy discovering the lost and found songs of London, and do please spread the word.
Monday, 24 August 2009
London Life
"On weekend nights we dance until dawning, then go to hear the speeches at Hyde Park Sunday morning ..." sings Anita Harris in London Life. Judging by recent tabloid reports Anita's London life these days is not that different than that of a lot of us who seem to have been deserted by lady luck. She's certainly had her ups and downs. Oh but in the '60s it was a different story. London was swingin' and Anita got to sing a number specially written by Bacharach & David about the capital. She would memorably appear as Nurse Clarke in Carry On Doctor, but I won't go into that or I might get a clip round the ear. 1966 seems to have been a busy year for Anita too ...
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