Chris Rainbow Jingles for Capital Radio

Chris rainbow recordings of jingles he wrote and performed for Capital Radio's Kenny Everett in the 1970s. Kenny Everett was a great fan of Chris.

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• Chris
• Rainbow
• Kenny
• Everett
• Capital
• Radio

[MrDoncos]

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

[Shortscalejohn]

@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.

[EnidBlytonne]

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.

[Shortscalejohn]

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]

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.

[chodwobbler]

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!

[Grant4u1]

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 ?

[220773]

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! :-)))))

[Tachyonstorm]

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.

[lndac02]

@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

[t0mme1981]

@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!!

[krakenwave]

Did this guy do that one from around 1975 that went "Capital..in tune with London, yeah yeah yeah..*

[graham18852]

@EnidBlytonne

He did lots of jingles Yes he did The Houndstitch Warehouse for Kenny Everett