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Now there is a question. Taking a Popsicle to be American, then I saw it described there as a French pleat, but my wife was a senior air hostess with Air France in the days of their having Dior uniforms, so by rolling or pleating their hair at the back (nape) of the neck they could wear those s...

Do you know the story? The composer was in a wheelchair (polio) but knew his wife loved dancing. So she did, all but the last dance.

May have been like that in the USA - we still had gas lights in Carnaby Street!! But great fun. Thanks

Sergine. Many years ago. We lived in Bvd. Exelmanns and working for airlines our salaries were very good. C'est tout! And how is Paris now?

Any time darlin'. Actually she was pretty and chirpy as a person, and her voice is so clear and yet has a wide range. Thanks for finding her.

Great. Thank you. Real memories - her name was Zena. And that's a long time ago......

c'mon lets go to the cinema with pretty Alice....whoops who threw that seat? Yike. This is dangerous.....Streatham (can't remember which cinema though - it was all Mr. Ray's fault!!!)

excellant notes. Thank you. In my wars trenches never looked like that......

Girls were so clean and pretty then. Now look at today's grot. Where did we go wrong? And boys were always tidy when it was time to go to the dance. Not much money, but fun.

So! WKW. So ists gesagt!

You youngsters missed our Glasgow beauty Nancy Whiskey who really 'made' the Chas. McDevitt version. Tiny, pretty and 'gamin' - pity as far as I can see there are only two tracks recorded of her. Me - I was a washboard man - big, hard hands.....

I remember the furore and publicity over Elvis. Two of us Pilot Officers were ambling along when a Warrant Officer 1 started screaming. When he got closer he said very sarcastically to my 'oppo' "sorry sir, couldn't see your uniform for the hair". It was long and that was a lovely put-down. ...

Keep playing this one, not only for the content but the harmony of two voices. We had a girl shanty (chanty) singer who, with one of our men, could play at descants and your style of harmonies but it took hours and hours of practice. I can still see and hear them on the sterndeck of the tug.....

Your instruments are unusual to UK eyes altho I played the dobro not very well centuries ago!! But then I was fundamentally a tug-master/shantyman. However, please what are your instruments especially that on the right hand side. Wish our churches woulds allow this type of music - all they ...

What are Blackbird Blues please? Not something found in England altho there was a Bristol (English seaport) group used to join us in shanties who had this style of music. Quite a lonely sound in some ways.

Yes, I'd forgotten but Freddies voice had - according to our girl border guards - a shivery voice. And when a nearly 6 foot tall 170lb East German woman says shivery you just have to ask what she means......wonder if Freddie was just a pseudonym?

It must be quite sad for a girl to get to no.89 with a release and then nothing. Like being the football/baseball/cricket captain for a day and then out. Think what she could have sung.......can I say a 'cuddly' sort of voice?