Tag: Helen Shapiro

Swinging Sixties memory failure!

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Reading again The first pop record I ever owned was …… I find that my memory has been playing tricks. My first pop record wasn’t “Walking Back To Happiness” but Helen Shapiro’s “Tell Me What He Said”. Which means that “Tell Me What He Said” wasn’t the B side of “WBTH” at all. This memory failure has…… Continue reading Swinging Sixties memory failure!

The first pop record I ever owned was ……

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Helen Shapiro singing “Walking Back to Happiness” in 1961. My trawls around YouTube have turned up this fab video clip. I don’t recognise the programme but the song is just as good as I remember it. https://youtu.be/r1gaUVPz2D8 Our dad had to go away for a few days and he said he’d bring back a new…… Continue reading The first pop record I ever owned was ……