Georgie Fame - Sitting In The Park

[Andrewjk73]

2 people got stood up at the park...

[123tgw]

PS: anyone know tha neam of the film that is showing to this song, and the actors please?

[777vhc]

@123tgw The film is called A Taste of Honey (whose writer, Shelagh Delaney died in November) and the actress who plays the soon to be pregnant schoolgirl, Jo is Rita Tushingham.

[123tgw]

Heard it last night at a party and both I and a friend said simultaneously what a great number it is. Sublime, and this is the best version.

[TheBlueb0ttle]

Georgie...the main man.

[music4me2ify]

A brilliant blast from the past!!

[leeecethepeeece]

sublime..............



[burlesque1966]

the best record Georgie Fame made thanks for posting

[somedude6177]

alright....I have to say Billy Stewart's version of this...lots better and less creepy

[bucklemunki]

i was sitting in tha park this morning hoping my man would be there,as a surprise,home from sea....=*o(

[tubebitch12]

This movie playing, is called "A Taste of Honey " an old Brittish flick,I just loved this movie! Wonder if I can find the whole film!

[LadyAnnW1]

Probably one of my all time favourites. Just perfect and the flute makes it sooo special in a way I cant explain.

[john111257]

classic..great vid

[jimshopp]

i always thought this brill version was 1967 checked my book and it was both 66 and 67 as it hit the charts in dec 66 and stayed for 10 weeks

[JoeSzilagy]

If anyone is not aware, there's a great live DVD of Georgie and band from 2005 called "Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames- Cool Cat Blues".

[soulnights1]

brill vid great song thanks

[lyndloo]

OMG !!! Rita Tushingham !amazing vid !! thanx so much ! cheers mate !!! so much nostalgia I remember this like it was yesterday .. sigh )) I wish !!!!.. love it !! Lynda xx

[GAMEBREAKER700]

Georgie pulls out a killer version of Billy Stewarts classic. As a soul and reggae man I rate this up with the Slim Smith, Bobby Thurston, GQ, Brenton Woods, Cassandra and all the rest. One for the UK! Big up Georgie!!

[GAMEBREAKER700]

Georgie pulls out a killer version of Billy Stewarts classic. As a soul and reggae man I rate this up with the Slim Smith, Bobby Thurston, GQ, Brenton Woods, Cassandra and all the rest. One for the UK! Big up Gergie!!

[loverofgoodmusic23]

After Billy Stewart's original, this is the next best version.

[jennyhaytch]

Boo shaka! Sounds better after dark but I love this song

[lsdvine]

Yes This is theeeeee version sick!!!

[insertyourquarters]

i love this tune ever since my mom played it.

[titantransport]

We have a tiny radio station here in southwestern N.M. that has a DJ who either isn't afraid to spin anything or has access to literally THOUSANDS of classic tunes like this and he plays this one often.

Check out 95.1 next time you're on the I-10 and you're near Lordsburg and Deming.

[TreeLeg]

Cool clip

can't figure out if the person in the dress is male, female or somewhere in between . Whatever, Master Fame certainly does a great job on the tune.

[MyDadsMusic1]

@TreeLeg Rita Tushingham mate, she made some good movies too, check out whistle down the wind, and Cathy come home etc.....

[soulnights1]

classic tune  brill

[jeaniebthe1]

Looking forward to doing a support set at this Legendary fella's gig on the 8th May in North London! Got my dancing shoes ready :)

[uma1r]

east is east in the club!

[soulnights1]

classic tune

[Funksploitation]

Thsi is a beautiful song, beautiful clip, and beautiful touching comments. Respect.

[dano761000]

Great song! It really holds up well. I was wondering, which version was first, this or the Billy Stewart version.

[luvureally]

@dano761000 Billy Stewart.

[larrycoldsweat]

 have you heard slim smith cover

[larrycoldsweat]

great have you heard slim smith cover

[AzucaNegra16]

This is just so erotic. Cha Cha while holding your mates hand and feeling his other hand in the small of your back as you turn. Or doing a slow whine while gazing in your mates eyes. So erotic...

[4u2ba]

classic tune from a great lancashire lad.

[xxpiggystardustxx]

a classic tune and great use of a classic film ..ive used a few old films myself for videos to go along with tracks

[TheNaomiengland]

What is the name of this movie?

[LondonLassage]

@TheNaomiengland It's called A Taste of Honey with Rita Tushingham. PS : I love this song ... :)

[1Skippycat]

Helps me recall those halcyon days from the mid 60's when I was "Sitting In the Park" for one Pauline Robinson in the public park in Alton, Hants, she never turned up! if you are still around I still go to the park when I visit my home town, maybe see you some time, classic record this from those glorious days, such soul expressed by Georgie.

[leeecethepeeece]

emotional to me... adore ithis

[leeecethepeeece]

no one will ever know what this song means to me.. Charing Cross.. park.. waiting....

[Towdthi]

A very underestimated song and vocalist. Georgie the Leyther

[juliemc76]

Ive 4got the pictures name!!its my mum's favourite,with rita tushingham.

[myketyke1]

Memories

[andrew125cr]

is that a girl in the video

[jm9407]

I dont know what everybody is on about I just know that i was growing up in the 60s in Glasgow and still at school and this was one of the records i loved. Also The Small Faces...The Who...Etc

[Thomsy111]

Can't touch Billy Stewart's original version, not even close.

[scoppio07]

You are welcome forren - it is a good movie -

[forren6]

What is the name of this movie?

[scoppio07]

@forren6 forren The name of the movie is - A Taste of Honey

[forren6]

@scoppio07 Thank you for responding. I am going to see if I can buy that movie. Have a good day.

[patrickcorliss]

@forren6

The actress was Rita Tushingham. She was about 19 and playing the part of a 17-year old girl who got pregnant by a black sailor. It was one of several movies that raised the mixed race issue (see Sidney Poitier). According to Wikipedia, it was her screen debut but the movie I liked was the Trap with Oliver Reed about five years later. She was very well-known in the UK in the 1960s.

[forren6]

@patrickcorliss I tried ordering the movie A Taste Of Honey but it is not available in the USA. I was SO disappointed.

I will look into The Trap. Thank you for responding.

[patrickcorliss]

@forren6

I did a search on Amazon.com under "Movies and TV". It shows some DVDs and VHS Tapes for Region 2 (mainly Europe) which may not suit you. But there is one listing that does not say it's an overseas format at $11.15 for new price. Sorry but I don't know much about regional formats except USA is Region 1.

[forren6]

@patrickcorliss I was wanting the movie on DVD but as of yet it is only in British format. I will have to resort to buying the movie on VHS I guess. I really want the movie!

[patrickcorliss]

@forren6

There's a bit on YouTube about Rita Tushingham under "A Taste of Honey". But the entire movie "The Trap" is there starting at watch?v=-n7WAmpx7oU. The movie is in 11 parts altogether. Good luck !!

[forren6]

@patrickcorliss I checked out The Trap with Oliver Reed and Rita Tusinham. It didn't quite grab me like A Taste Of Honey did. I am more interested in movies like To Sir With Love, Terms Of Trial, The Chalk board Jungle-stories along that nature. Georgie Girl was good too. If you can think of any more British movies along the lines of A Taste of Honey I would be most appreciative and open for suggestions. Thank you

[patrickcorliss]

@forren6

That was Blackboard Jungle (1955) and Georgy Girl (1966). Of course there were several comedies such as the St. Trinian's movies between about 1954 and 1966 as well as a film called Bottoms Up (1960) about a boys school with Jimmy Edwards.

Apart from that all I know are two well-known movies called The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie and Goodbye, Mr. Chips (both in 1969). There was also a German movie called The School Girls in 1970 which I know nothing about.

[forren6]

@patrickcorliss Yes, I do have Georgy Girl on DVD. I was thinking of pulling it out and watching it the other day. But instead I watched Calender Girls with Helen Merrin. Oh yes I loved The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie!!! That will be another movie I add to my list to buy. I vaguely remember the move Goodbye Mr. Chips. Who was the male star in that movie?

[patrickcorliss]

@forren6

The movie starred two of the greatest actors in British cinema, Peter O'Toole and Michael Redgrave. The screenplay was written by the incomparable Terence Rattigan.  Check out his mini-biography on IMDb, the movie database.

[forren6]

@patrickcorliss Oh Peter O'Toole. yes I know of him. He was in El Cid and Man of La Mancha. Michael Redgrave I have not heard of. Unless he is related to Vanessa and Lynn Redgrave.

I will check Terence Rattigan's bio on IMDb thank you for that bit of information.

[patrickcorliss]

@forren6

LOL. Michael Redgrave married an actress and had three children, Vanessa, Corin and Lynn. All three became well-known actors.

He started his career as a Shakespearean actor and in 1963 played Claudius opposite Peter O'Toole who was playing Hamlet (See Wikipedia).

Michael Redgrave was in very many British films during and after the war and right up until his final work in 1975. He was knighted for his services.

[Babyhowdy233]

@forren6

If you have a PC that was made in the last several years and plays/records DVDs then simply order the PAL (NON USA format) DVD via Ebay, then play it on your computer and save it. From there you should be able to burn it to disc for play via USA format. Most computers can play DVDs that are non USA format.

A Taste Of Honey is a VERY sad film, I was only able to watch it one time and I'm a huge fan of Rita.

[forren6]

@Babyhowdy233 thank you I will tell my hubby what you suggested. I normally let him handle all that online buying stuff :)

I know how you feel about not being able to watch something one time because it's sad. I recently went through that but it was with a book by Kristin Hannah called "The Things We Do For Love" Again thank you for responding.

[andrew125cr]

@patrickcorliss BOO FUCKIN HOO GET OVERIT

[bakisi50]

never heard this version before - I'm impressed.

[christer1947ify]

Great music from the past, 1966. That year was one of my greatest anyway.

Thanks for postings!

[MrElvis1968]

i love this

[TV175mod]

A classic from the 60's. I loved it when I bought in then and I still love it now. Thanks

[phunkedupphoenix]

Tunnnnnnnnnnnnnnnne!!

[jfflwn7]

Just beautiful. What a superb voice. Nothing left to say.

[cheengators]

Amazing that a Sottish Band would do justice to this old Billy Stewart Classic.

[Bluesdirections]

The yearning in Georgie's voice.

[andygrahamme]

Great version by Georgie, can never make up my mind if I prefer "Fat Boy" Billy stewarts version, but actually they are both so good. Wish Georgie would do more gigs these days, so few and far between!!!

[szmig00]

@andygrahamme,

I agree!

I can only find two tour dates, only one in England.

Thursday 07 October, Arts Centre, Colchester.

[andygrahamme]

@szmig00  He is now doing a gig in Golders Green NW London, in October | think, hope you can makeit!!! Cheers

[jeankroberts]

what a brilliant voice and from leigh, a place i lived in for many years.

[FortisetLibor]

Rita Tushington, did anyone see her in The Trap with Oliver Reed?

[underpants1965]

fantastic song beautifully accompanied by the exceptionally talented Rita Tushingham vid 'A Taste of Honey' I believe.

[john8pies]

mmmm indeed.....hearing this for the first time in aeons reminded me that I had it played as a request on the long lamented Radio City way back in about 1967/8 for one CHRISTINE THOMASON.......wonder where she is now?!

[harryrochester]

Uncle George hasn`t been round for ages,he`s off the christmas card list.

[herringthorpe]

Rumour has it, Georgie had a long lost nephew, in the Rotherham area. Can anyone help?

[philipg52]

Hi legostarwars6,

Well oi s'pose you'm rite, but I found out that if you drinks enough Zider, you can fly anything you want without gettin off the ground.But oi got to admit ,since they scrapped " Special Vat ", you cant get quite as high,burp!!!

,

[gar861646]

heard this by billy stewert bobby thurston an more but strangley this is the best

[ammadoux]

i am all in tears for this wonderful song and the memories it brought, thanks for upload.

[legostarwars6]

Hi Phil,

Maybe you should of kept off the Zider mate!!!!! I now fly the Tornado GR.4.Not quite the same.

[terr0rkitten]

MMMmmm cryptic!

[philipg52]

@terr0rkitten. Its written in the Somerset dialect .That is Somerset ,west country, England.Back in the 60's when Geogie Fame released this version, I was working at the cider factory near Taunton instead of flying phantoms for the RAF across the Atlantic to.............Ahhhh never mind...

[terr0rkitten]

MMMmm I live in Somerset and have lived in the area all my life! Not really the dialect OOO ARRR OOO ARRRR . . . .

[philipg52]

Maybe its not word perfect and I'm sorry about that but I was born in Wellington in the early 50s near Taunton and lived in Bishops Lydeard and Norton Fitzwarren where I worked at the cider factory and thats how we talked.Now I dont know what part of somerset you are from,maybe you was from a posh family?

[findthsun]

@terr0rkitten / I was in San Francisco, CA.....this song was HIT....HIT.....Best Wishes to England........

[philipg52]

While riding me bike to work in the rain in those lonely zomerzet country lanes,oi just kept playing this in me ead, thinking, oi should've joined the RAF instead of the zider factory! My God if only oi could remember those days!!!!!!!!!

[legostarwars6]

While flying my F-4 Phantom jet for the RAF across the pond to Nellis AFB ,Nevada,I just kept playing this in my head phones. My god this brings back memory's.

[cliobaby]

OH MY GAWDD!! I found this song amongst my moms records when I was about 11yrs old..it was on 7 inch, and I absolutely loved this song lol damn! id play it on saturdays on our old record player whilst doing my housework....Almost sang it for a talent show at my school but ended singin Groovin..good ole memories..one of the many records I regret not bringing to the UK with me...glad I stumbled on it finally!..wow lol feels like my childhoods come back to tap me on the shoulder this evenin hehe

[schuchtern]

I've seen that film, a looong time ago. Rita Tushingham played so touching.

[dawnegolden]

Just Chilling - I'm listening to that voice I love waiting for you to show

[sting125]

finding a soulmate is so hard

[emmooldmod]

think one of them has tits heavenly

[13heavenly]

at the beginning was that 2 men kissing

[SiolGhoraidh]

No it's from the film A Taste Of Honey. One of them is a bit tomboyish, and that's young Rita Tushingham

[rovinehoc1]

after billy stewart this is 2nd best cover of this song. and there has been many. well done georgie.

[tony121s]

10/10 for song & video

[ukfm]

excellent!

[beanbag6969]

Thought "Peaceful" was my favourite Georgie Fame, but have changed my mind after hearing this again.

[fayevorg]

Yes I know this film - A Taste of Honey.

[AzucaNegra16]

I heard about twenty or thirty seconds of this song in the movie East Is East. I had to track down the soundtrack. I love it !!!

[gimdog]

Does anyone know what has happened to Rita ?

[m2mot]

Rita Tushingham is alive and kicking -spends her time between the UK and Germany!

[gimdog]

Thanks for that, Is she still working..? I suppose she must be about 65 years old

[m2mot]

Rita was born on the 14/03/42 If my maths is correct I make her age 67

[brucepig]

I'm only 34 but this is sublime visually and musically. As a Londoner who wasn't born until 1974 I feel all nostalgic for a time before I even existed. Good work Mr Fame and terr0rkitten of course.

[111newstar]

Like ziggyzugg I also felt very nostalgic hearing this song,even tho I only found it after hearing for the first time on radio 4 when liza tarbuck chose it as her all time favourite

[ziggyzugg]

film is a taste of honey.

[Bryt25]

Great song, but there was so much reverb on his voice that we used to sing 'sitting in the bath...'

[ziggyzugg]

This song was recorded the year I was born and i can't believe I only heard it for the first time yesterday..wow! I can't believe how happy, sad , nostalgic it makes me feel all at the same time! thanks!

[gimdog]

What film is the video from ? Up The Junction perhaps?

[alfretonred]

A taste of honey.  1961.

[gimdog]

Thanks very much. I remember the film. Great films in those days. Do you remember Where The Boys Are ?

[alfretonred]

Don't remember that one. I did like "Loneliness of the long distance runner" and "Saturday night, Sunday mornin"

Also Richard Harris in some rugby playing film round about the same time. Remember him punching his own team mate in the scrum!!

Life was so much simpler in black n white!

[harrystirples]

Please forgive me I ripped you off by putting this ICONIC record on my favourites . Much Obliged . john

[terr0rkitten]

The pleasure is all mine, John.

[NcicHit]

I played my .45 of Sitting In The Park so much lately my son thought my turntable was broke. Great song.

[ttekcep]

special memories now n then to this song its great

[plague71]

Out of the blue this song came into my head yesterday. What a great song and way before its time. I haven't heard it for years. It got to no.12 at the "turn of the year" 1966/67.

[ocmar0415]

Wonderfull song .

Yhanks

[4imagesmore]

Nice one..can't beat a bit of "kitchen sink".

Rita Tushingham had an amazing face.

[SLEEPS77]

top notch !! blue eyed soul??

[woundedfreedom]

thatz the Jam!

[kikelenon]

very good song mate

[SYNDICADO]

OLD SCHOOL BABY!