In 1971 Dutch duo Mouth And MacNeal had a Number One hit in the Netherlands with “How Do You Do”.
They went on to hit No. 8 in the United States in July of the following year.
As someone has commented, Mouth And MacNeal seemed to like making videos of it, because they made a whole lot of videos of the same song!
Here is one video of Mouth And MacNeal singing (and “acting”) “How Do You Do”:
I’ll leave it at that.
Paul
It was the age of miniskirts and hot pants when Scottish band Middle Of The Road with lead singer Sally Carr had a string of pop hits in 1971 and 1972, including “Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep”, “Tweedle Dee, Tweedle Dum”, “Soley Soley” and “Samson and Delilah”.
For some reason the lines
“Last night I heard my mama singing a song
Woke up this morning and my mama was gone”
came to mind, and the music was in my head.
I then discovered a few other songs I remember from the time were also by Middle Of The Road, so here they are…
“Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep” was a number one hit in the UK in 1971, here it is on Top Of The Pops:
Later that year, “Tweedle Dee, Tweedle Dum” reached number 2 in the UK:
Also in 1971, “Soley Soley” made it to No. 5 in the UK:
In 1972 “Samson and Delilah” only got to No. 26 in the UK, but it was No. 2 in Germany and No. 1 in the Netherlands:
Watching these old clips, there’s a lot to be said for hot pants and miniskirts…
Paul