{"id":4737,"date":"2021-08-29T14:37:38","date_gmt":"2021-08-29T14:37:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mediaofthings.co.uk\/?p=4737"},"modified":"2021-08-29T14:37:38","modified_gmt":"2021-08-29T14:37:38","slug":"sounds-on-sunday-50-years-ago-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mediaofthings.co.uk\/index.php\/2021\/08\/29\/sounds-on-sunday-50-years-ago-12\/","title":{"rendered":"Sounds on Sunday: 50 years ago\/12"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>FIFTY YEARS AGO the Charts recorded the best-selling \u201csingles\u201d of each week. Have the hits of 1971 stood the test of half a century of time slipping by since they were released? Sadly, in most cases the top selling singles have not: with only some exceptions the number one hits of 1971 are either not memorable \u2013 or memorable for the wrong reasons. Join us as we look back and ask ourselves: \u201cwhat were we thinking???\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Fifty years ago, the 70s showed us what they were made of. Oh dear. \u201cKnock Three Times\u201d by Dawn \u2013 though sometimes credited to \u201cTony Orlando and Dawn\u201d \u2013 hit the top spot of the UK Charts on 11th May 1971, where it remained for five grim weeks. Contemporary videos showcase the favourite font of the 70s, as well as the favoured choreography of the decade.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The song was written by L. Russell Brown and Irwin Levine, who were trying to reproduce the feel of \u201cUp on the Roof\u201d. They didn\u2019t succeed.\u00a0 The pair went on to write two more hits for Dawn \u2013 compounding the error of writing the first one.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cKnock Three Times\u201d was recorded in one of those 1970s \u201cget it on vinyl, then we\u2019ll think about how to produce a band around the song if it\u2019s a hit\u201d moments. Capitalism meets music. Dollars first, artistes later.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Perhaps we are being a bit hard on \u201cKnock Three Times\u201d. It\u2019s a catchy little tune and there is a bit of a story in the lyric (boy admires girl from afar and wonders if she\u2019s interested, since you ask). It\u2019s probably no worse than many of Abba\u2019s hits. Actually, that\u2019s not a recommendation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Take a listen \u2013 and make your own mind up.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Knock Three Times\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nt5uNQ3FXRI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>\u25cfTo catch up with the news in East London, go to:<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/eastlondonnews.co.uk\/\"><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">East London News<\/span><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u25cfWatch East London\u2019s weekly news magazine programme,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">live at 10pm every Tuesday and on demand all week:<\/span><br \/>\n<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/VodTalk\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">The Tuesday Show<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FIFTY YEARS AGO the Charts recorded the best-selling \u201csingles\u201d of each week. Have the hits of 1971 stood the test of half a century of time slipping by since they were released? 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