Excellent, saves me digging out my "Anthology" album and posting these myself! I also love the Everett adverts for Chris's songs that are on the album too!
Capital Radio (& Chris' jingles) was the centre of my life in London in the 1970's.....I've scratched thru some of my old recordings of the time......can / may I post some ?....like Michael Aspel's 'baby' daughter singing "Michael Aspel makes yr morning..."......if its OK how do I upload the track ?
A Scottish taste to these jingles, as well as so many songs I heard from the APP, Chris never needed to hide his roots. From Hope Street, Glesga to the Isle of Skye, a true Braveheart. :-)
Anyone remember 'Dansette'? I first heard that on the Kenny Everett Show on Capital, he introduced me to a lot a good music i would have never heard unless you happened to tune into the show.
Capital radio in the 70's is how every radio station should be now.Fun.Not songs picked by a computer and brain dead DJ's.Kenny,Roger Scott,Dave Cash,Nicky Horne and Greg Edwards
Great to hear these wonderful jingles again brings back so many memories.My favourite is @0.59
@MrDoncos - the jingle at 0.59 is taken from his song Dear Brian, a tribute to Brian Wilson - it is the riff that plays the song out.
Totally agree about Capital - they had some brilliant presenters in their heyday, and dear Kenny must have spent hours and hours preparing for his show.
@MrDoncos totally agree, Capital radio used to represent a wide variety of different music with actual personalities who were entertaining. as you say its all done by robots now or DJs who really should still be at hospital radio stations
Hi Buckland55 I used to drink at the 3 crowns and the windmill Bushey Heath.Lived In park Avenue, Listened to Kenny and Capital from the start, really miss Kenny, and have been hunting for Christopher Rainbow ever since the Jingles on Capital.
It is a real Blast from the Past, as I was living in Watford then when Capital Radio started and I looked forward to Kenny and the Chris Rainbow jingles, as even then I was into the Beach Boys and songs with Harmonies, Thanks for the upload roll on "1976"
@D989501L - I lived in Bushey in the late 60s/70s and loved Capital Radio and Kenny - especially his 'bits in the middle'! I have been a a fan of Chris for years
@CrankCase08: Agree totally. I too hate the commercialism, even Capital Gold. I must confess to occasionally tuning into 'Smooth' Radio to hear Graham Dene, who did the Capital breakfast show in the mid-late 70s. Even Dene's breakfast show on Smooth is a load of twaddle, but I'm sure it pays his mortgage!!
That is a good comparison and I remember Kenny Everett used to play a lot of Alessi tracks like "Oh Lori" and "Sea Bird". He seemed to like the songs with lots of Beach Boys style harmonies. I always thought he (Kenny Everett) was better on the radio than on TV - he was more controlled and at the same time more inventive.
Does anyone know if Chris sang the jingle for a store called the "Houndsditch Warehouse"? I haven't heard that advert for at least 30 years but I can still remember it and it certainly sounded like Chris Rainbow's voice.
I remember one of theirs - "The Houndsditch warehouse, there's five floors of bargains all waiting for you at our store" or something like that! Can't recall if it was Chris or not.
Your memory is even better than mine - well done for remembering the lyrics. I really liked that tune which is why I can still hear it in my head after all these years. If it wasn't Chris Rainbow maybe it was David Dundas.
The Houndsditch?? OMG haven't heard that name in years!! Do you remember ads on Capital for Gold Range's "...sheepskins and leathers." and "The big red building in Petty Coat Lane". one man band style?
Yes I remember that jingle about the big red building. That one line is going to get stuck in my head all day now. Capital Radio was great in the 70s, the DJs actually talked about the music.
Here's a few more to stick in your head: Remember the ads for Ayds slimming biscuits? Or the George Formby ones for Interseal double glazing "...ring nine-six-one, two-thousand!" Heh heh. They don't make 'em like they used ta!
Is it a blessing or a curse to be able to remember these old advertising jingles I wonder? I don't remember the Ayds one but I do remember the George Formby style double glazing one. I remember the jingle for Dave Cash's show on Capital "C.O.D. C.O.D. Cash on Delivery!" I wonder if that was Chris Rainbow again.
Ah now that brings back memories too for me COD! Remember also the jingle for Little Nicky Horne? I used to love his saturday night show where he would give the title of music to play for a particlular profession or person and people would ring in with suggestions which he would then play
I dunno whether it is my youth or the station that I long for, but I would tune in to capital on a saturday and listen right through. Graham Dene, Nicky Horne and of COurse, dear kenny who put so much work into his show recording jingles and comments. A truly great presenter!
Dave Cash and Kenny Everett did the breakfast show called Kenny and Cash. I was most upset when Graham Dene took over the breakfast slot and I kept hoping he would leave and Kenny and Cash would come back. I was a teenager then and found Kenny and Cash much more amusing. Graham Dene was of course a very good DJ too. Didn't Kenny used to play records backwards just for the fun of it?
I have a signed copy of Chris Rainbow's compilation CD which includes this jingle arrangement. Yes he is a very underated composer. Last met him on Radio Clyde in the 70s, Thanks for spreading the CR sound!!!
Chris is working from a studio on the Isle of Skye so I gather. His voice and harmonies is in my humble opinion, matched only by the Beach Boys. I have most of Chris Rainbow stuff - let me know what songs you are after and I will upload.
From what I have read, he started producing Run Rig, then stuck with the singer when he left them. I think he is still producing this guys stuff, I 've heard a couple of the tracks and by all accounts they seem pretty over produced in this day and age. I suppose thats the problem with these guys that lived through the 70/80s music scene, everything has to be totally over the top by todays standards, still a good listen for the 70s fans!!
Excellent, saves me digging out my "Anthology" album and posting these myself! I also love the Everett adverts for Chris's songs that are on the album too!
chodwobbler 1 month ago
Capital Radio (& Chris' jingles) was the centre of my life in London in the 1970's.....I've scratched thru some of my old recordings of the time......can / may I post some ?....like Michael Aspel's 'baby' daughter singing "Michael Aspel makes yr morning..."......if its OK how do I upload the track ?
Grant4u1 7 months ago
A Scottish taste to these jingles, as well as so many songs I heard from the APP, Chris never needed to hide his roots. From Hope Street, Glesga to the Isle of Skye, a true Braveheart. :-)
What else? WE RULE! :-)))))
220773 7 months ago
Anyone remember 'Dansette'? I first heard that on the Kenny Everett Show on Capital, he introduced me to a lot a good music i would have never heard unless you happened to tune into the show.
Tachyonstorm 9 months ago
Capital radio in the 70's is how every radio station should be now.Fun.Not songs picked by a computer and brain dead DJ's.Kenny,Roger Scott,Dave Cash,Nicky Horne and Greg Edwards
Great to hear these wonderful jingles again brings back so many memories.My favourite is @0.59
Chris Rainbow what a voice
MrDoncos 1 year ago
@MrDoncos - the jingle at 0.59 is taken from his song Dear Brian, a tribute to Brian Wilson - it is the riff that plays the song out.
Totally agree about Capital - they had some brilliant presenters in their heyday, and dear Kenny must have spent hours and hours preparing for his show.
Shortscalejohn 1 year ago
@MrDoncos totally agree, Capital radio used to represent a wide variety of different music with actual personalities who were entertaining. as you say its all done by robots now or DJs who really should still be at hospital radio stations
lndac02 1 year ago
Did this guy do that one from around 1975 that went "Capital..in tune with London, yeah yeah yeah..*
krakenwave 1 year ago
Hi Buckland55 I used to drink at the 3 crowns and the windmill Bushey Heath.Lived In park Avenue, Listened to Kenny and Capital from the start, really miss Kenny, and have been hunting for Christopher Rainbow ever since the Jingles on Capital.
D989501L 1 year ago
It is a real Blast from the Past, as I was living in Watford then when Capital Radio started and I looked forward to Kenny and the Chris Rainbow jingles, as even then I was into the Beach Boys and songs with Harmonies, Thanks for the upload roll on "1976"
D989501L 1 year ago
@D989501L - I lived in Bushey in the late 60s/70s and loved Capital Radio and Kenny - especially his 'bits in the middle'! I have been a a fan of Chris for years
buckland55 1 year ago
That was when Capital Radio was worth listening to. It's just a corporate boom boom plugfest now, just like Radio 1.
CrankCase08 1 year ago
@CrankCase08: Agree totally. I too hate the commercialism, even Capital Gold. I must confess to occasionally tuning into 'Smooth' Radio to hear Graham Dene, who did the Capital breakfast show in the mid-late 70s. Even Dene's breakfast show on Smooth is a load of twaddle, but I'm sure it pays his mortgage!!
t0mme1981 1 year ago
Great Jingles Great Capital Days
Elvisdukebox 1 year ago
check my channel for loads of jingles including capital.
tartanbaws 3 years ago
It's a capital summer is my favorite - this is real quality - Chris Rainbow is so underrated, the British equivalent of Alessi Bros
ledwatch 3 years ago
That is a good comparison and I remember Kenny Everett used to play a lot of Alessi tracks like "Oh Lori" and "Sea Bird". He seemed to like the songs with lots of Beach Boys style harmonies. I always thought he (Kenny Everett) was better on the radio than on TV - he was more controlled and at the same time more inventive.
EnidBlytonne 3 years ago
Does anyone know if Chris sang the jingle for a store called the "Houndsditch Warehouse"? I haven't heard that advert for at least 30 years but I can still remember it and it certainly sounded like Chris Rainbow's voice.
EnidBlytonne 3 years ago
I remember one of theirs - "The Houndsditch warehouse, there's five floors of bargains all waiting for you at our store" or something like that! Can't recall if it was Chris or not.
Shortscalejohn 3 years ago
Your memory is even better than mine - well done for remembering the lyrics. I really liked that tune which is why I can still hear it in my head after all these years. If it wasn't Chris Rainbow maybe it was David Dundas.
EnidBlytonne 3 years ago
The Houndsditch?? OMG haven't heard that name in years!! Do you remember ads on Capital for Gold Range's "...sheepskins and leathers." and "The big red building in Petty Coat Lane". one man band style?
agfagaevart 3 years ago
Yes I remember that jingle about the big red building. That one line is going to get stuck in my head all day now. Capital Radio was great in the 70s, the DJs actually talked about the music.
EnidBlytonne 3 years ago
Here's a few more to stick in your head: Remember the ads for Ayds slimming biscuits? Or the George Formby ones for Interseal double glazing "...ring nine-six-one, two-thousand!" Heh heh. They don't make 'em like they used ta!
agfagaevart 3 years ago
Is it a blessing or a curse to be able to remember these old advertising jingles I wonder? I don't remember the Ayds one but I do remember the George Formby style double glazing one. I remember the jingle for Dave Cash's show on Capital "C.O.D. C.O.D. Cash on Delivery!" I wonder if that was Chris Rainbow again.
EnidBlytonne 3 years ago
Ah now that brings back memories too for me COD! Remember also the jingle for Little Nicky Horne? I used to love his saturday night show where he would give the title of music to play for a particlular profession or person and people would ring in with suggestions which he would then play
jelnvin 3 years ago
@EnidBlytonne It's very likely it was Chris Rainbow ... it certainly sounds like him! Memories of a weekday lunchtime at 1pm in the late 1970s.
redsnapper1959 1 year ago
I dunno whether it is my youth or the station that I long for, but I would tune in to capital on a saturday and listen right through. Graham Dene, Nicky Horne and of COurse, dear kenny who put so much work into his show recording jingles and comments. A truly great presenter!
jelnvin 3 years ago
Dave Cash and Kenny Everett did the breakfast show called Kenny and Cash. I was most upset when Graham Dene took over the breakfast slot and I kept hoping he would leave and Kenny and Cash would come back. I was a teenager then and found Kenny and Cash much more amusing. Graham Dene was of course a very good DJ too. Didn't Kenny used to play records backwards just for the fun of it?
EnidBlytonne 3 years ago
@EnidBlytonne
He did lots of jingles Yes he did The Houndstitch Warehouse for Kenny Everett
graham18852 1 year ago
I have a signed copy of Chris Rainbow's compilation CD which includes this jingle arrangement. Yes he is a very underated composer. Last met him on Radio Clyde in the 70s, Thanks for spreading the CR sound!!!
guybattin1 3 years ago
underated composer mayb, but he shot himself in the foot when he decided to produce because he it totally shocking at this!!
standardspolice 3 years ago
What do you mean?
EnidBlytonne 3 years ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
I mean he does not really have the ear for production and over-produces everything now, which was OK 70/80s but really sounds terrible now!!
standardspolice 3 years ago
Chris is working from a studio on the Isle of Skye so I gather. His voice and harmonies is in my humble opinion, matched only by the Beach Boys. I have most of Chris Rainbow stuff - let me know what songs you are after and I will upload.
Shortscalejohn 3 years ago
Please, Solid State Brain!
towlawtown 3 years ago
He looks like Tom Bergeron the host of "America's Funniest Home Videos" and "Dancing With The Stars"...LOVE THIS and his APP songs as well!!!!
response007 3 years ago
Nice one - memories come flooding back. Chris Rainbow had a speech impediment apparently.
Although his singing voice was faultless!
Anyone know what Chris is upto these days?
QSYT25599 3 years ago
From what I have read, he started producing Run Rig, then stuck with the singer when he left them. I think he is still producing this guys stuff, I 've heard a couple of the tracks and by all accounts they seem pretty over produced in this day and age. I suppose thats the problem with these guys that lived through the 70/80s music scene, everything has to be totally over the top by todays standards, still a good listen for the 70s fans!!
ginouack 3 years ago