Keith Hampshire - Daytime Night-Time (HQ stereo)

[buzzeard]

Another great AM song.  Always wanted to dance to this in school. That is one amazing voice and base track.

[comoxian]

Awesome pick-up JessieSoul, he does sound like David Clayton-Thomas.

[gakski]

Keith was also a DJ on Radio Caroline (The Boat That Rocked)

[TheShyguy2010]

i was born 1072 don't know this song well

[mojofilter02]

@TheShyguy2010

You're 939 years old? Really? I guess with all the things you've seen and heard, missing out on one tune is pretty trivial stuff. What was the Norman Conquest like? Did you know Plato? Back when they played rock music (on rocks), how could you tell if you didn't like a song?

[Tesiay]

Always liked Hampshire. Still remember him as the host of Music Machine back in the seventies.

[bjp103]

Another of the BIG CKLW hits I listened to as a child in Detroit! Big time operator rocks to! BIG THANKS to Mojofilter02 for posting this and Tom Middleton's songs! I searched for years to find Tom M's Todd remake. Bought Keith's greatest hits on CD a few years ago. I'm a big TROOPER fan to. Oh yea..LIGHTHOUSE rocks forever! Love those Canadian people! Tony P.

[ebayfan1]

One of my many early 70's childhood memories' hit songs. This was originally written by Mike Hugg (as credited in brackets on label), one of the original members of British 60's pop/beat group, Manfred Mann.

[dano184]

Thanks for sharing these great tunes. It brings back some great memories.Man , I loved the 70s!

[FranksMusicSite1959]

Thank You for posting this Great Song.

[NOLANSballs]

this is fuckin rad.

[JessieSoul]

I like "big-voiced singers" like him. He reminds me a bit of Davd Clayton-Thomas.

[JustWinBabee]

I remember listening to this song in the early '70s. A truly underrated hit.

[CoastAlOchAye]

anybody know any background on the production of this song, "Bigtime Operator" and accompanying songs? Excellent Horns, Vocals....! Loved these songs at the time, still do! Catchy, Punchy, Powerful music!!! Keith Hampshire: Canadian Classic!!

[triactorpat]

looks good...feels good...walkin' down the street everyone we meet says we should

[themindbender]

Good version. This was written by Mike Hugg who was in Manfred Mann and was a near hit for Simon Dupree & The Big Sound in '67.

[eiguoc]

An oldies station Vinyle 95.3 based in Hamilton, Ontario has been playing this. Drove me nuts. I could never catch the name. Boy does this bring back lots of good memories

[cathode1990]

@eiguoc sounds like a great station and I love the call letters -- I listen to CKWW in the Detroit area! -- many Canadians still have that old school melodic soul in their heart - And they gave us a lot of great music and artists

[jctorontojctoronto]

one of those wonderful guy hits in the early 70's.....

moving to Canada year before from States, an absolute top 40 AM staple..

..ahhhh, the days of top 40 on AM.

jctoronto

[goldenguy5]

Using this song for my addition for our High School's musical about the 70's :P haha, love this song!! :)

[5kdamian]

Thanks for posting. I remember watching Keith on Music Machine in the 70's. It was a great show.

[nguergis]

What an awesome song! Thanks for posting this....I remember Keith walking into Smart Set to Shop with his wife in Barrie Ontario and I was a very young girl then and playing his song when he walked in an introduced himself...how cool is that...you rock Keith Hampshire...thank you xo

[BeerHunter125]

Should have read 65 or 66 as I left Calgary in 67 (the Centennial year)

[Skrikles]

Ratings disabled? Ah, everyone knows it's great anyway

[BeerHunter125]

WOW!! Walk down memory lane.

Played a Teen Bandstand at the Stampede with Keith back in 67/68 as well as with the Stampeders who were just getting started back then.

[hnorky]

This was a hit in South Africa in 1973, when I was just a little kiddie. Great tune. I didn't know he was Canadian. Great voice... sounds like the guy from Blood Sweat & Tears.

[just4tunes]

You're right. I thought it was David Clayton Thomas form BS&T that sang this.

[wxyzca2000]

Check out Eli's coming by three dog night.Notice hoe he sounds like Chuck Negron too. ha ha

[tamspeci]

This was originally done by Manfred Mann under the title "Each & Every Day".

[bswz]

...and another very fine cover was done by the German "Joy Unlimited" around '69 - and of which I still have got just a poor tape recording taken from a radio broadcast decades ago. Still searching...

[wxyzca2000]

Keith Hamshire sounds something like David Clayton Thomas..

[Ottter649]

Keith was also invovled with the CBC as an actor on The Wayne & Shuster Show...

[dllewiszz]

Don't forget that Keith did the very best version of The First Cut Is The Deepest

[wxyzca2000]

Keith Hamshire has a great voice..

[bloom471]

This was actually a single by Simon Dupree & The Big Sound in the 60's...nice rendition though

[dontrushme2112]

Man if it werent for CKLW in Windsor, I wonder how many of these awsome songs we may have never heard??

[liberty1866]

CKLW 1972, thank you for posting.

[nanajanamike]

Any thing he say

Anytime of day

and Keith's Fine!

[tlando]

this song and big time operator, two songs that remind me of growing up in the 70s.

[StreetKnight1]

Me too!

[Umskiddy]

Oh yes...that bassline really get's into its own from 2.18 onwards...magnificent!

[Umskiddy]

Wow! What a great version.Brilliant bassline and supreb horn section. He has a fantastic voice too.Very similar to the main vocalist from Blood Sweat and Tears.

[tbay58]

This is One of My All-Time Favourite Songs.

Great Song, Thanks for Posting~~

[Mariposa0416Annie]

Great sound quality!!!

[haargo]

i play trombone awesome horn section!! love it

[britkiddan]

Keith is my uncle

[ValsHere]

What a booming voice that guy has. Great liner notes at usual too. I remember the competition between CKFH and CHUM. Radio was so different in those days. I think CKFH even had their own version of the Chumchart.

Good one!

[secordman]

Hampshire was right up there with the best of the power voices in Canada (i.e. Fred Turner, D.C. Thomas, John Kay, Bob McBride). Last I saw him was that Music Machine show of his which lasted a couple of years. What a well arranged song this was.

[brithgob]

This song was adapted for CBC-TV promos in the late 80s!

[collinsjamesl]

Another great song from my childhood.

This song always stood out for me.

I recently met Keith too...seemed like a really nice guy