LALLY STOTT - Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep (1970)

[muskox22]

Lilly and me were class mates at Whiston Central School I always enjoyed his company he would bring his guitar into school and the teacher let him play for the class - I think there may be other stuff on you tube by him when he played in a local group called The Riot Squad

[VICTORIA777NESS]

Before my time...

[yngwiewylde]

haha classic! We heard an acoustic band singing this song in Bali on the beach in Jimbaran Bay and have been singing it on our holiday since! Very catchy :-)

[Multi1628]

Thank you for posting this festive bit of proto-disco 1970 dance history - R.I.P. Lolly Stott - CHEERS - DAVEDJ

[exgroupiefromelmont1]

rest in peace lally stott!! look like a great guy..

[azzkeeker]

@GargantuanLifeform99 not really

[SALEMATIAZZAM]

Poor LALLY STOTT he was killed in 1977 :'(

still listing your songs!

[2100Rose]

Better than the most known version I would say . Never have thought a man could carry this one off .

[FAUSTORICCARDO]

Lally Stott (ex Motown), divertente questa sua realizzazione ed UN TEMPO PER.... lo inserisce in primo piano. Ci farà compagnia per un pò, grazie a " dja69".

[FAUSTORICCARDO]

Really rare and V fine.

...IIIIII

..(°_°)

[ajay999999]

Is this the original?

[metalrunas]

@ajay999999 yes,he was the author

[azzkeeker]

No mean to offend, but Lally Stott looks like robert DeNiro in a wig here...

[lfcmatty1]

(writing for my grandad)

I grew up in poplar grove the next street to Lally Stot born and bread in Shaw lane Pescott England

He played most instruments great and during our childhood we practiced together in an early group

This is him in the video and he is sadly missed

He married an Italian police cheers daughter and bought her a boutique in warrington road whiston

He dies in a motor bike crash on blunders lane Whiston

great memories and great songs

All the beat to lally's family

Frank

[creativeengineer]

@lfcmatty1 Wow. Thank you for the interesting commnet. I looked up the area on Google maps - seems like a nice place - very well developed. I noticed it is next to Molyneaux Lane... that would have to be named after the wealthy Molyneaux family who ran the ferries on the Mersey for a few centuries.

[Helivz]

@lfcmatty1 Hi there. This is a way kool tune. Well written , catchy and full of life. I first heard it forty years ago, when I was .... half your current age. Do you know the exact day / month Mr. Scott died in 1977?

I was in the fourth grade when this played on our radio airwaves, in Anchorage, Alaska.

Consider yourself privileged to have had an affiliation with Lally.

[creativeengineer]

The dancer is in fact Lally Stott who also wrote the song. IT IS NOT JEFF KENNETT. Lally Stott died 7 years alter in a motor bike accident and Jeff Kennett took on his identity.

[creativeengineer]

Google "jeff kennett victoria" and see why a lot of folks think it is the famous Jeff Kennett dancing in place of Lally Stott. He is the spitting image.

[stafylides]

@creativeengineer  so, is he or isn't he?

[creativeengineer]

@stafylides I heard Jeff Kennett on Magic 1278 in Melbourne inferring it is if fact him dancing. However as this video came out 18 months after Jeff left the Australian army, I am somewhat doubtful because the bloke dancing has about a 3 year hair growth. It does not add up. Jeff did mention his "alter ego". I think it is not Jeff Kennett, but his id. Or hos double. Besides, Jeff didn't dance to anyone's tune but his own.

[stafylides]

@creativeengineer you're probably right - it's all hearsay, but why would a story be made up about him as such I wonder?

anyway ! ....

[exgroupiefromelmont1]

would not mind having these outfits...now!! better than the crap the stores offer now!!

[calihartley2010]

@exgroupiefromelmont1 How true, nowadays people look like they are nude. No classy clothes for women to wear these days

[t1000eg]

rip lally

[Feisty1967]

I thought Middle of the Road did this song?

[MrTrashcan1]

Always thought Lally Stott was a female. Now I see I was not too far off. LOL.

[rudeskaboyuk]

So this is what Jimmy Saville did before he dyed his hair blonde and hosted TOTPS :-)

[gremmiehodad]

Anyone have his song "Father Christmas"?

[purice06]

The clip is awsome! 

[thisiskimba]

I'm probably the only young teenager that actually loves this song. And not because it's silly. It just makes me smile and I can't help but sing along. (:

[StephanTV1221]

@thisiskimba you are not the only one *__*

[stafylides]

This has gotta be in London, Oxford Street, Carnaby Street? Great memories!!

[exgroupiefromelmont1]

@stafylides 

[inkydoug]

I think Lally created this thing to cause cute chics in hot pants to smile,clap their hands,and dance to. it stands with the washing machine as an effective invention in that sense.

[stafylides]

@inkydoug yes, love the old lady clapping along with her handbag! Wonder where all these people are now, maybe some older ones have died I should't say that. There was a generation mixture there, and probably some salesgirls from the nearby shops in their hotpants! ah, those were the days !....

[exgroupiefromelmont1]

@stafylides those were the days..like everyday was unexpected...and magic!!

[olympiakos47]

guter song - der typ selbst schaut eher aus wie ein grün-politiker (iiihhh)....

[stafylides]

@olympiakos47 Say it in English, gavre!!

[olympiakos47]

@stafylides

anglika:

h kypros einai ellhnikh!

[stafylides]

@stafylides  και βέβαια είναι !!!

Παναθηναικός

[creativeengineer]

The guy is really Jeff Kennett, ex-premier of Victoria, Australia. My cousin, an insider in the state government, told me they tried to keep a lid on this video (it was once available on a music video tape), even changing the dancer's identity, because it could have adversely affected the March 96 election results because of its anti-establishment connotations. If you don't believe me, look him up on Wiki and search around for photos. It IS the same guy.

[TheDavidLaughlin]

this song trips me out *#$&%???

[Poopingbotham]

Oh, Lally Stott's a man! Is he from Australia, New Zealand or somewhere? Middle of the Road had the hit with this song, here in the UK

[OfficialNorbert]

Niiiincsen hangoooootok, nincsen hangotok! :D

[SBRmakes3]

I remember me and a friend riding along singing to this song.. Seems like yesterday..

[immerkontra]

cooler song:-))

[SBRmakes3]

I remember me and a friend singing this song while driving to go out. It's great finding it. I still sing along with it.

[1AussieAvenger1]

@SBRmakes3 ... another i heard in the car as a little kid was Puppet On A String. wow what a time.... i guess you know that 'Lonely Goatherd' song from Sound Of Music too... lolz 8>]}

[feetlover18]

hahahaha

[MaceMn]

This song brings back so many good memories of the early '70s...."It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to heaven, we were all going direct the other way...."

[saffina777]

That's not Lally Scott. Its Jeff Kennett ex preimer of Victoria (Australia)

[paolorossifan2006]

@saffina777 my thoughts exactly! ;)

[1AussieAvenger1]

@saffina777 .. it could be when Jeff went to uni. either that or its his 1/2 sister

[OzTrich08]

looks more like Wayne Swan, Kennett was never so handsome rotlfmao yet another alp add?

[MrHarryBrent]

GOOOOOOOOD!!!

[pixelsarefun]

Apart from Middle of the Road having a massive Worldwide Million Seller with this in 1971, this guy wrote many more of Sally Carr's hits with Middle of the Road.

It was recorded by many at the time, after Middle of the Road recorded it.

Americans Mac and Katie Kissoon failed to make the impact that MOTR had.

[phillfoote]

this song was so middle of the road when it first came out-now it has a winsome nostalgia

[milkmill]

I love his jacket. Does anyone know where to buy such fancy shit? Attention: This is a very serious question. Thumbs are not the answer.

Thank you.

[brownsugah66]

Men's Jones New York

[loveyouzapped]

simple song and refrain ⇒everybody can sing

⇒biggest hit

⇒10milliin sales single

[LousFool]

OMG, this song is awesome! Never heard it before. I am not familiar with Lally Stott. So sorry he has passed.  He seemed like a cool, happy person.

[thehenryal]

this should´ve been the hit.

[TwoSet]

this is fucking terrible

[BaloneyPolice]

Suffer from Tourettes do you?

Idiot.

[Mayortwilleger]

You're being a bit ambiguous but my guess is you didnt like it.

[rebirth3X]

What's this all about then... the guy needs a kicking all round I think :O))

[iansmif]

Great stuff, I live in Prescot and Lally Stott is a local hero. His recordings are hard to find in the Uk.

[mystered]

@iansmif Hard to find anywhere ... has anything at all by Lally Scott been issued on CD?

[edjedd]

Looks more like Michael Palin in a daft wig

[orkney111]

I like the old lady clapping at the end. It is really nice!

[rebirth3X]

But notice how she's stifling her clap with a hanky. Can't get too excited now eh!! :O))

[lakings13]

This is actually Bono in his early days before he founded U2 , maybe they will do a new version of this soon!

[mikeredden913]

where is this located?

[TreborEkul]

Lally was a great innovative musician. I saw him a the Granada TV studios in Manchester with his group The Vaqueros, and, as ever he was "looning around" whilst playing a "mean" guitar!!

It was a sad day for me when he crashed his motorbike into a telephone pole in Windy Arbor Road in Whiston ~ just about 100yds from my mum's house. A local hero with a great talent . Every time I hear "Chirpy Cheep Cheep" it brings back great memories of this local hero ~ RIP Mate!!

[TreborEkul]

Oh Yes , This is Lally Stott!!!

I remember him well. He was a pupil of Whiston Secondary Modern School in Delph Lane Whiston. In 1962 he had a group called Lally Stott and the Batchelor boys, and he had the first Fender Stratocaster I had ever seen in real life! His group played in the interval during our school play. His mum was our dinner lady, and she had told us kids that he had had the Strat shipped over from the USA ~ I was in so excited!! He was voted the best guitarist on Merseyside!!

[boliverful1]

That is NOT Lally Stott. It is in fact Geddy Lee, celebrated bassist for the Canadian band Rush, in British clothing. I think he must have lost a bet, or something.....

[r3myheart]

this song is one of the best an funniest

:D

[brownsugah66]

I love his hair

[rickydeltub]

Fantastic! Didn't know he did a video too!

He registered also an LP (in Italy labeled FONTANA) with about 10 songs. My father had it, really nice!!

[ironbuttermilk]

Lally bought a Harley Davidson motorcycle with the royalties from this song. He died on it in 1977.

[nikdrumdj]

Avevo questo pezzo mitico nel juke bok nella sala giochi della Pizzeria dei Miei!!!Grandeeee!!!

[trottolicchio]

wow Lally Stott dei Motowns !

[MegaGabriellla]

che emozione rivedere Lally!!

[robbievlek]

heb mezelf al een tijdje afgevraagd op wie die brusselmans toch lijkt.....

[deathtouch100]

look at the hair styles now,lol they look just as bad, women did'nt have short short hair and look like guys back then, and fake boobs were'nt thre norm either,lol

[patrick5329]

This clip is recording for the dutch tv program Toppop in 1971,in de Kalverstraat in amsterdam.

[yvonne5919]

realy in the kalverstraat at a''dam . ooww thats nice everybody will see himself back hihihihhhi leukkkkkkkkk

[gary56victor57]

This is so groovy, look at some of those hair-do's & outfits! This is AWESOME! I LOVE the 70's!! Gary in PA USA

[captainnuzza]

I'm sure thats former Victorian premier "Jeff Kennett" under that longhair.

[89Pancakes]

@captainnuzza

YOU'RE RIGHT!

saw this interview!

3aw.com.au/blogs/3aw-generic-b­log/jeff-kennett-singing-and-d­ancing/20100527-wft6.html

[Aenntw]

Looks like Steve Perry from Journey.

[thecountofbasie]

I always loved the Mac and Katie Kissoon version (and I'm American, so that's really the only one that was ever played)...don't care for the Middle of the Road cover, but to hear (and see...a trip in and of itself) the original is a rare treat...thank you for sharing this rarity

[trailboyus66]

I wore out my Mac and Katie kissoon 45

& I had the chance to buy the Rhino c.d. @ the long gone tower records @ Oak Lawn&Lemon in Dallas several years ago.

I really like the Middle of the road version.

Yes they didn't chart in USA but I think the kids in my time would have bought the record; as they did in 1974 when Bo Donaldson and The Heywoods charted Billy Don't Be a Hero at the very same time Paper Lace had that one on the charts.

I wish oldies stations would play this....

[gordrulez]

genuine freak.

[1AussieAvenger1]

man thats was fab... i want to be a hippy. :o)

this era was just too good. both this and the 'middle of the road' versions are so good. i want to listen to one then the other over and over. i was little when this come out. popular with all age groups.

you wanna make a daisy chain with me?

[waffensuchtler]

lol weird hair styles

[machetubo]

I was 16een and I remember with pleasure this songs...... the first kisses........

[Ikariancutie]

haha, Lally was my Uncle! he's hysterical

[adekkumanis]

ouhhi remember my ex school teacher sing it to me everyday...

[APPLES8495]

i luv this song!

[gayboylaca]

I am glad I got to hear the original version finally. I was 14 when Mac and Katie Kissoon's version came out in America.

[folkiefreek]

sad i know but i love this song yer im 14 but im still singing it :) and it is imbedded into me so hard i will never forget it thanks guys :)

[bevshor]

Thanks very much for this. For me this is the version of the song I know. Oddly infectious.

[keithcop]

I agree... I only know this one and it's hard to find! I have never heard of the others! Wish I knew something about the artist... and the song!

[crackerass01]

It was this guy who actually wrote the song but it later became famous when the group "middle of the road" sung it.

[yankfan65]

I consider myself an expert on songs of this era. But I have not heard this until last week on Cousin Brucie's show on Sirius. He played the Mack and Katie version, but all of the versions seem great. I love this song, and it gives me hope that there are other great songs that I may discover at this late point in my life. (see Where do you Go to My Lovely)

[horvi21]

Please middle of the road sing this song better than this man !!

An this was in 1971 and not in 1970 years!!!

[52mindthegap]

Grande Lally! RIP

[grease52]

Bel video, those where the days

[debicraig]

My mum knew him when he was a binman in Prescot Nr Liverpool (probably crap at that too)

[regardez403]

Robert DeNiro's hippie brother!

[binaway]

@regardez403 He is a double for Australian politician and ex State of Victoria premier Jeff Kennett

[westnblu]

@binaway sure it aint him? haha

[josepheze]

@regardez403  lol

[pupucedemer]

J'écoutais ce morceau avec ma soeur... j'avais 9 ans! génial!

[zecco19]

Grande !!!

[Silviolina55]

avevo quattordici anni e questa canzone me li riporta freschi freschi...grazie

[wrigleys321]

Chirppy Chirppy, Cheep Cheep Chirpp...

[sbanham]

Do you think laurence llewellyn bowen ripped off his image from this ??????

[WottaCorker]

ha, sure looks like it

[pepluminous]

Wow, never heard the original before- Love It!!! Thanks

[sickboy28]

nice song thanks to the 70s

[f45iam]

bellissimaaa!!

[compressedairgun]

who wrote it?my brother has a record 'hits of the '70s vol 1 30 years old i'm now 50.?

[Rodrigoteacher]

Lally Stott wrote it. This is the original!!

[52mindthegap]

Lally Stott faceva parte del gruppo dei Motowns che in Italia ebbe un notevole successo con la canzone "Prendi la chitarra e vai"

[froggyrainbow]

Just look at the fashion these girls wair and next to what the elderly women here wair (somewhere in Holland i guess?). Then you'll see what the chirpee-song was all about. Much to his credit Lally begsan to break this dreadfull public dullness, the dutch call 'truttigheid'. The song is all about them old birdies isn't it?

[xchmelmilos]

old woman trying to keep birdies at home?

or like dying/swan song?

or like party-ing again?

i still don't get this one ;)

[fatpizzaman]

This was a number one in Australia and strangely enough was a tie-in No.1 with Middle Of The Road's version - the only single to do so there with the exception of Mungo Jerry's "In The Summertime". It's a cute and kooky song, and I love it!

[carlapig]

my mum used to be ten when this was on she used to sing it with her mates lool sad she used to wear he mini skirt!

[francoaustralien]

Voilà la chanson qui résume parfaitement mon enfance, merci!

[mariecle10]

used 2 sing this song 2 my baby brother whos in hes 30snow lol

[Aztecius]

what a tune!!

[marjoryyyyyyy]

hahahahahha this song always makes me wanna dance :)))

[michbearhunter]

I loved the fashions back in those days. That girl with the shorts/mini skirt and go-go boots was hot stuff.

[barbanti2007]

Lally Stott is the author of the song. He was in Rome that years and the co-author, Mario Capuano, is an Italian. They wrote all the hits by Middle of the Road, a Scottish band based in Italy.

Benjamin

[52mindthegap]

lally stott, born in liverpool, is died long time ago.

[Helivz]

When did he die? From what?  How old was he?

I remember this tune in March / April of 1971. I had a crush on a girl named Tina. I was in the fourth grade with her. This song reminds me of bubblegum too. Very nice memories. It was a time when I also wanted a mini-bike so badly.

[Lowkama]

Ohhh, I love it. That song brings back so many memories of my fourth grade, Elementary School year. (1971) I had a crush on a girl named Tina . I liked bubble gum and this is bubble gum music. Kinda like that "Rubber Ducky" era.

[lillybear101]

70's music is soo much better than music these days!!

[xeebo]

Lally Stott, crazy haircut, crazy guy! Love the video, reminds me of That's Life, when Esther Rantzen was out and about! Do you think this was the inspiration for Bohemian Rhapsody video? lol

[samothraki1]

like the old lady getting into the groove!!

[Dutchmauritian1]

The sound is not that good but i's so good to see this again,I got this version of the Middle of the Road and from Cher but this is orginal and I never seen this clip before,so thanks for posting,greetings Geert..v

[jensgraavi]

great hair. i want to be a cool hippie too!

[machiavelli99]

This is the first version I heard and is the better one for me.

[naamalo]

i love it, softer than middle of the road also lovely clip of the time

[bellicapelli65]

Very cool!

[DaveSpell]

Groovy!!!!

[garymuzik]

What CD has the Mac and Katie Kisson version? I only have my old 45 of it. I have a Lally Stott version I found 10 years ago, but I think I like the Mac and Katie version best; I think it has a more gospel sound to it. Ah, the days of bubble gum music.

[tcidolfan]

Bubblegum Classics Vol.3. I beleive it's out of print

[swansafc1912]

sorry this is poor i was not aware that there was another version till i just saw this clip for the fist

time being only 10 when this original version came out

i dont recall having seen or heard this version ever

it will always be middle of the roads version for me

swansafc1912

[4thtroika]

I agree. The middle of the Road and the Kisson version sound better.

[garymuzik]

There is actually another version that was popular in america in 1971 by Mac and Katie Kisson, but I have yet to find it on Youtube.

[iuhxsevb]

hit the search again its there

[tcidolfan]

I've heard TWO versions of that song and this one sounds GREAT!! I haven't even HEARD of the original version before!! Thanks for that post!!

[fleur1966]

what a beautiful souvenir with this song ...an original song !!!

[tranmere66]

Thank you so much for posting this. Fantastic to hear the original version.

[dja69]

To me this is the better version than Middle Of The Road. This is the one I remember the most when I was 2 years old back in 71.

[florleow]

I was 6 yrs old when this hit was aired....brings tears to my eyes....oh! HOW I LOVE the 1970s...I wish I can go back to those happy days...from FLOR OF Singapore