I was 14 and living in Great Yarmouth when the BBC came to film on our boardwalk - it was amazing! I'm 55 years old now and still remember this song!!! Great memories
There are certain songs that evoke memories of various periods in ones life, and this is one of those which does it for me in the 70's. Summer holidays in the mid 70's to be more precise.
The show was Seaside Special and indeed it was in a bigtop. Gerry Cottle's Big Top actually. I always thought this song had a real feelgood factor and of course captured summer perfectly.Think about it.Sun,Sea and funfairs. Great stuff.
Always remember this. Seaside Special OBs signature music,. OBs directed by Michael Hurll. Some of my first BBC OBs as a very keen 6th form student looking to work in TV. Over 40 yrs later & I'm still working as a Broadcast TV Engineer. Still remember hearing this song as the opening vts were run. So many great memories of friendly crews giving me so much careers advice.
From the long hot summer of 1975. Which was followed by a dry winter and then an even longer and hotter summer the following year. The result was a drought in 1976, with stand pipes coming into force for the public. I remember in some pubs near us, there was no lager or Guinness. We had to make do with other drinks. Never mind, the memories of those times are still very happy ones for me.
@@mrtoptenatten they are always here mate , no fears they are , never forget that,,, our memories, and love of songs and thoughts from our past, keep our lived ones in touch & near💞👍
I'm friends with Mike Batt, and apart from his hair, he still looks pretty damned similar now to how he did back then. But oh my, he's certainly done VERY well in his life! I admire the guy immensely for his achievements.
"he's certainly done VERY well in his life" - In September 2017, the papers reported his bankruptcy, after he has avoided it two or three times earlier in his life. May he rise again.
Wow, you are privileged, he comes across as a wonderful person, eclectically talented and diverse. Some of his songs are my all-time favourites... he provided the soundtrack to my 20s.....
One of the best sounds of '76' fabulously hot summer, sat in the park arranging our wedding for the following year great memories, cant beat 60's and 70's sounds
I was fifteen years old whan this song came out - and absolutely gorgeous! Getting approached all the time whenever I went out! Ah, sweet memories!, 😘. Glad of a bit of peace now though! 🤗
what days!! The sun was hot. You could smoke in pubs and trains, didn't have to wear seatbelts, no speed cameras and we did not need the human rights and other crazy legislation because WE HAD IT ALL and the trade unions ruled supreme!!!
Saw mike batt in 2018 he was conducting the docklands orchestra when they were doing shows with hawkwind, when hawkwind did a song that didn't need the orchestra mike batt played tambourine with hawkwind, brilliant show
The show was actualy called Seaside Special. After a few series this was replaced as the theme with the new edition and Get A Little Sand Between Your Toes.
Reminds me of a boarding school i went to in teighnmouth devon about the time ot was out,absolutely love it,the beach,the great times we had ..thank you for the recollection and reminding me im getting bloody old 🤣
This is the man behind the Wombles & umpteen film scores. This song was the theme tune to the much missed Seaside Special variety shows on BBC1 on Saturday nights. Great ! Thanks for this !
You're so lucky, I wish I'd been alive in the 70s. I wasn't born till '82 : ( Still, I love all of the music from the 70s and the 60s and the 80s pretty much : )
Super record from the magical hot year of 1975! Great beat now for dancing modern jive/ceroc to if only the DJs would realise what great sounds the early and mid 70s produced and play them. PS Pans People in the video make this song even more memorable!
Mike Batt Mr Womble, Great song the days when most people still had their holidays here in England, great days, my holidays were mostly in Brean sands just outside Westen -Super -Mare. Pans people wow, i was in love with Cherry, as a teenager, She is still beautiful today in her late 60's.
Ah yes the bubble perm. Fortunately I was in the Army at the time this particular hairdo was all the rage so escaped the trauma of having one. I did however have a mullet in the 1980's!
I ABSOLUTELY love this Summer classic which is/was the theme to bbc1's Seaside Special what a GREAT song to get you into the Summer mood. May I also ask you to take a look at a song written by Mike and is sung SUPERBLY by a wonderful female artist by the name of Katie Mellower(Nine Million Bicycles...)called "I will be there". It is PHENOMENONAL. Worth a look at anytime on You Tube. It gets 10/10 from me. SUPERB.
My first (remembered)) introduction to Mike Batt (excepting AM radio broadcasts) was ~1992 ..... THE HUNTING OF THE SNARK .... Only in past 2-3 yrs did I rediscover the gift of his talent sent to me via Prodigy bulletin board (pre-internet/www days) .... Amazing to me to find that his artistry influenced so many "big-name" stars
+clontarfer .... same here, just 18 .... What back to back summers of 1975 and 1976 .... and the music from both years was really and truly brilliant ....
Simply ignore JS at the beginning, this programme was broadcast I believe live on a Sat eve, it was prime time Sat eve viewing, at a time when we had three or four wonderfully hot summers 74/75/76/77
Dragging memories of Mike Batt out of my jellied neurons .... He was (still is ?) respected by many musicians .... Just finished listening to his Great creation THE HUNTING OF THE SNARK [check-out the guest stars] .... He also discovered/enhanced/produced the careers of many .... eg: Vanessa Mae ... Justin Hayward
I wish UK Gold would show these early TOTP again. There's zero chance of the BBC ever showing them when they are cluttered up with the likes of Saville. They edited things out when they showed them a few years back (Jonathan King, for instance).
Brilliant song - his only number one hit, but he refuses to allow it to appear on any compilation albums. Even his greatest hits album doesn't have it. Work that one out.
At last. This is a song Mike has yet to allow on CD. Essentially the same personnel as a Wombles session, except no reference to the furry fellows in the lyric - otherwise it could easily have been a Wombles record. This is the more respectable of the two TV appearances Mike did to plug the single - his first top 5 hit under his own name btw - the other had him decked out in a larger afro with outrageous platform shoes ("don't ask me why I did it... it seemed like a good idea at the time").
great fun memories of seaside special from the 70s.saw the show in Brighton in ' I think 1980' when me and my girlfriend moved to the south coast. wish they had shows as good as that now.afraid the likes of ant 'n' dec just cant do it. shame
The one and only Jimmy Sa vile introducing Pan's people. Pan the Geeek fertility god and companion of nymphs. Also associated with sex. What a delight for you Sa vile.
we never get any shows like this was the theme for now its all make overs and soaps think the people who make the programs now day think that the 16 to 30 years old are the only ones who watch tv at the weekends
I miss the 70's....i'm going back to them...who's joining me ?
let me know how and when i defo will join..
Wait for me 😮
I never left them although I did have a break in the 90s when trance came out. back to the 70s now that good trance has gone
Takes me right back to happier times, my parents, hot summers and cold winters.... miss them all❗️❗️
Yes Anthony it makes me want to weep really..
well said and same here...
Always reminds me of long summer holidays and the seaside special.still sounds great today
I was 14 and living in Great Yarmouth when the BBC came to film on our boardwalk - it was amazing! I'm 55 years old now and still remember this song!!! Great memories
I'm 53 & remember it like yesterday
.....Great memories......
I bet there was no black illegals there ...was there
Mike Batt - one of the greatest talents of the 20th Century (and maybe 21st)!
This just makes me feel SOOOO good!!
Me, too!
There are certain songs that evoke memories of various periods in ones life, and this is one of those which does it for me in the 70's. Summer holidays in the mid 70's to be more precise.
The show was Seaside Special and indeed it was in a bigtop. Gerry Cottle's Big Top actually. I always thought this song had a real feelgood factor and of course captured summer perfectly.Think about it.Sun,Sea and funfairs. Great stuff.
On the beach, it was wonderful X
ITS ONE OF THOSE GREAT 70'S SONGS THAT ON HEARING IT YOU WANNA GET UP AND DANCE TO. EVEN TODAY IT STILL HAS THAT MAGIC ABOUT IT.
Absolutely
Always remember this. Seaside Special OBs signature music,. OBs directed by Michael Hurll. Some of my first BBC OBs as a very keen 6th form student looking to work in TV. Over 40 yrs later & I'm still working as a Broadcast TV Engineer. Still remember hearing this song as the opening vts were run. So many great memories of friendly crews giving me so much careers advice.
From the long hot summer of 1975. Which was followed by a dry winter and then an even longer and hotter summer the following year. The result was a drought in 1976, with stand pipes coming into force for the public. I remember in some pubs near us, there was no lager or Guinness. We had to make do with other drinks. Never mind, the memories of those times are still very happy ones for me.
Theme tune to the British TV series Seaside Special. Great days! ♥️🙃
Its like that now mate in Scotland.What a mess does Anyone agree,lol.?
Great times.....Great memories... its sad that we lose our loved ones
@@mrtoptenatten they are always here mate , no fears they are , never forget that,,, our memories, and love of songs and thoughts from our past, keep our lived ones in touch & near💞👍
I remember being massively disappointed when 1977 was a cold wet miserable summer. Hated it!
One of the best songs ever of 1970"s era
I love Mike Batt's voice, it's sensational. He is a great songwriter and arranger also.
An inadequate performer who should have stuck to the Wombles, which defined the limits of his songwriting abilities.
I have no doubts about his talents, and love his songs.
It's his politics I have a bit more difficulty with.
In what way? I don't know anything about his politics but would be interested to know.
He has funded the Conservative party, and written a campaign song for them.
Takes all sorts, I suppose. :-)
Interesting....I will try and pretend I didn't know that and just admire his songwriting and arranging skills, plus his very pleasant singing voice.
Mike Batt is so talented!
I'm friends with Mike Batt, and apart from his hair, he still looks pretty damned similar now to how he did back then. But oh my, he's certainly done VERY well in his life! I admire the guy immensely for his achievements.
I absoloutely love his voice and songs, plus his ability to write really good arrangements. The guy is mega talented. Please let him know!!
We follow each other on Twitter. He's got a terrific sense of humour, and very switched on with what's going on in the world. :)
"he's certainly done VERY well in his life" - In September 2017, the papers reported his bankruptcy, after he has avoided it two or three times earlier in his life. May he rise again.
Yes I agree I hope he rises again good singer good prformer
Wow, you are privileged, he comes across as a wonderful person, eclectically talented and diverse. Some of his songs are my all-time favourites... he provided the soundtrack to my 20s.....
Brilliant, happy song in less complicated times.
One of the best sounds of '76' fabulously hot summer, sat in the park arranging our wedding for the following year great memories, cant beat 60's and 70's sounds
aandy51x apart from it was 1975
Great Music, Fun Times, First Class Acts, Gorgeous Girls Lets all enjoy it and remember it for all the good of it.
Love 70s, when you could be free of thought and speech, miss those days.
I was fifteen years old whan this song came out - and absolutely gorgeous! Getting approached all the time whenever I went out! Ah, sweet memories!, 😘. Glad of a bit of peace now though! 🤗
what days!! The sun was hot. You could smoke in pubs and trains, didn't have to wear seatbelts, no speed cameras and we did not need the human rights and other crazy legislation because WE HAD IT ALL and the trade unions ruled supreme!!!
Just said it all for me
The only good things you mentioned there were the sun being hot and the unions.
And no illegal shite here to shi# up our country
And NO IMPORTED "GUESTS"
Saw mike batt in 2018 he was conducting the docklands orchestra when they were doing shows with hawkwind, when hawkwind did a song that didn't need the orchestra mike batt played tambourine with hawkwind, brilliant show
Was the front singer of the Wombles ,Brilliant.
Oh' that long hot sultry summer of seventy six!!!
Love this great song from my childhood back in 1975 great top of the pops performance
Awesome song, I like a lot of his songs, a great song writer.
brill.... brings back memories. love Mike Batt.
That Cherry Gillespie is so gorgeous She the small one with an orange outfit and long dark hair.😍.
This is the very first song I can remember as a child I'd would of been 4 years of age when this was in the charts
one of the best songwiter producers to come out of the uk rock on mike j vincent edwards
Even now I wanna get up and dance.x
Remember seeing the tv entertainment show of the same name with this as its theme tune very well.
Bring back the 70's....
The show was actualy called Seaside Special. After a few series this was replaced as the theme with the new edition and Get A Little Sand Between Your Toes.
Reminds me of a boarding school i went to in teighnmouth devon about the time ot was out,absolutely love it,the beach,the great times we had ..thank you for the recollection and reminding me im getting bloody old 🤣
Girls were girls....Genuine lovlies.....I was 15 wow
What a classic track......brings back great memories, cheers for posting
Mike Batt is my hero!
bet he isnt
This is the man behind the Wombles & umpteen film scores. This song was the theme tune to the much missed Seaside Special variety shows on BBC1 on Saturday nights. Great !
Thanks for this !
Brings back some good memories 😌
Great times, great songs and a great era, so glad i was born when i was
ah i remember this show so well,it takes me back to my youth
You're so lucky, I wish I'd been alive in the 70s. I wasn't born till '82 : ( Still, I love all of the music from the 70s and the 60s and the 80s pretty much : )
You have good taste sir.
Love this catchy song
I well remember the summer of '76 in the UK, it was heat from hell. An absolute horror of a heatwave. I well remember this song too, absolute classic.
The drought inspired a final Wombles single "Rainmaker" by Wellington Womble - a solo single to announce his leaving the band. Wasn't a hit.
This was actually 1975.😀
@@ianstrange5674 Very belated reply. It was definately 1976 my friend. I remember it well
Takes me back to the Seaside Special on a saturday night, great times great music , one of the biggest its of 75
I had the single of this and played it to death on my record player ❤️❤️❤️❤️
A great song which sums up the period pretty well.
Super record from the magical hot year of 1975! Great beat now for dancing modern jive/ceroc to if only the DJs would realise what great sounds the early and mid 70s produced and play them. PS Pans People in the video make this song even more memorable!
Terrific, a classic pop number.
Mike Batt was a great craftsman.
great song. nice to see dee dee and sue.
Mike Batt Mr Womble, Great song the days when most people still had their holidays here in England, great days, my holidays were mostly in Brean sands just outside Westen -Super -Mare. Pans people wow, i was in love with Cherry, as a teenager, She is still beautiful today in her late 60's.
Ah the sound of Saturday night TV! Could do with a variety show like this nowadays.
Mike batt was brilliant 👏
Jesus, this takes me back!! 😁😁
A GREAT SOUND THIS SONG HAS..
Don't know what made ne think of this, but one of my all time faves and yes the 70s, warm long summers, and a great time
Ah yes the bubble perm.
Fortunately I was in the Army at the time this particular hairdo was all the rage so escaped the trauma of having one.
I did however have a mullet in the 1980's!
There is forgiveness for most sins, but the hardest to forgive is a mullet! :-)
Yeah, yeah ok, I loved it at the time, it was a proper "Chris Waddle" job too.
Sadly now I am a Grey Haired baldy Bloke.
:-) In fairness, Ian McShane's didn't do his career any harm.
I ABSOLUTELY love this Summer classic which is/was the theme to bbc1's Seaside Special what a GREAT song to get you into the Summer mood.
May I also ask you to take a look at a song written by Mike and is sung SUPERBLY by a wonderful female artist by the name of Katie Mellower(Nine Million Bicycles...)called "I will be there".
It is PHENOMENONAL.
Worth a look at anytime on You Tube.
It gets 10/10 from me.
SUPERB.
My first (remembered)) introduction to Mike Batt (excepting AM radio broadcasts) was ~1992 .....
THE HUNTING OF THE SNARK ....
Only in past 2-3 yrs did I rediscover the gift of his talent sent to me via Prodigy bulletin board (pre-internet/www days) ....
Amazing to me to find that his artistry influenced so many "big-name" stars
talented guy
GREAT MEMORIES WHEN I LIVED
IN UK AS A KID.!
I was 15 back then, now I'm 58...shocking!!
great song
I remember it well.
fantastic searched for years for this great thanks
brilliant!!!
Great stuff!
Not a single womble in sight!!
That was Madame Cholet in the yellow skirt......
Bet there are plenty of young kids around uncle jimmy though
Mike Batt - the Mick Hucknall of the 70s.
used to go to blackpool for the hols brilliant memories
I was 16 in in 1976...Happy Days.
My wife and I reckon that "the sixties" actually lasted well into the 70s. :-)
A much underrated / unfairly criticised decade in any case.
I was 19
You would also have been 15 in 1975, when this was a hit👍
Wallis's holiday camp Cayton Bay, Scarborough 1975 :D
When I heard it for the first time I thought he sounds like the Wombles so I googled it and HE WAS!
Back when Radio 1 was our internet.
Can you cut Savile from the beginning please! Mike was a genius performer, writer, producer etc....
.......Now then,now then.....as it 'appens....Friend of Royals,Police,M.P.'s etc.....
I was 18 then great times
+clontarfer .... same here, just 18 .... What back to back summers of 1975 and 1976 .... and the music from both years was really and truly brilliant ....
Simply ignore JS at the beginning, this programme was broadcast I believe live on a Sat eve, it was prime time Sat eve viewing, at a time when we had three or four wonderfully hot summers 74/75/76/77
Remember he's a Womble!!
Takes me back to being 13 x
I've still got this on vinyl great tune I also remember sea side special
Was he the voice behind The Wombles records ?
Yes!!!
Is the Pope jewish
Dragging memories of Mike Batt out of my jellied neurons ....
He was (still is ?) respected by many musicians ....
Just finished listening to his Great creation THE HUNTING OF THE SNARK [check-out the guest stars] ....
He also discovered/enhanced/produced the careers of many .... eg: Vanessa Mae ... Justin Hayward
Happier times.
Grief! I flaming remember this song ... and the prog!
I love this
I wish UK Gold would show these early TOTP again. There's zero chance of the BBC ever showing them when they are cluttered up with the likes of Saville. They edited things out when they showed them a few years back (Jonathan King, for instance).
Cracking song...but always, always ...Remember you`re a Womble!
This was also used for a summer show on BBC1
Seaside Special!
+YodasLeftEar Still remember it :)
Yeah, Summertime Special.
when I was school me and my frend we had words to this song and cords we played this song on last day of leving school
Ooooh... Cherry Gillespie.... still would...
Still have this on a UK Epic 45.Its been hammered.
Fantastic song and perforance..lovely to see Sir Jimmy Savilie, a real star.
Hows about that then!
WTF!
you absolutely tories have no sense of humour. it was a JOKE
NOT a very funny one, you need a transplant urgently
Brilliant song - his only number one hit, but he refuses to allow it to appear on any compilation albums. Even his greatest hits album doesn't have it. Work that one out.
Didn't the Wombling Song get to number one?
@@Bungaroosh Not in the UK
A GREAT tune for this month's El Paso scorching sun
The one wearing the peach colour, that would be Cherry Gillespie, who later appeared in the James Bond film Octpussy, as I'm sure you'll remember :-)
I used to fancy Sue (the one in white)
according to my top twenty book..this got to number 9 in august 1975 ..not mikes finest hour but you got tostart somewhere
I'd throw it away if I was you Mike. 'Summertime City' got to #4 in the September!
Still got the record!
At last.
This is a song Mike has yet to allow on CD. Essentially the same personnel as a Wombles session, except no reference to the furry fellows in the lyric - otherwise it could easily have been a Wombles record.
This is the more respectable of the two TV appearances Mike did to plug the single - his first top 5 hit under his own name btw - the other had him decked out in a larger afro with outrageous platform shoes ("don't ask me why I did it... it seemed like a good idea at the time").
great fun memories of seaside special from the 70s.saw the show in Brighton in ' I think 1980' when me and my girlfriend moved to the south coast. wish they had shows as good as that now.afraid the likes of ant 'n' dec just cant do it. shame
The one and only Jimmy Sa vile introducing Pan's people. Pan the Geeek fertility god and companion of nymphs. Also associated with sex. What a delight for you Sa vile.
we never get any shows like this was the theme for now its all make overs and soaps think the people who make the programs now day think that the 16 to 30 years old are the only ones who watch tv at the weekends
God don`t you just love Cherry.