Quote: Billy Bunter @ 15th April 2025, 9:19 PMMarty Wilde 86 today. Once a teenager in love, he became a bad boy.
Also wrote or co-wrote many songs including Lulu's I'm a Tiger, The Casuals' Jesamine and of course Kids in America
Are you sure? I thought it was Kim's brother who wrote it.
Quote: Chappers @ 16th April 2025, 5:20 PMAre you sure? I thought it was Kim's brother who wrote it.
www.songfacts.com/facts/kim-wilde/kids-in-america
I did say "or co-wrote"
Quote: Billy Bunter @ 16th April 2025, 6:24 PMwww.songfacts.com/facts/kim-wilde/kids-in-america
I did say "or co-wrote"
OK - I believe you.
Bobby Vinton, singer of Blue Velvet. 90 two days ago (16 April).
Amazingly that was not a hit in the UK until 1990.
Quote: Billy Bunter @ 18th April 2025, 9:02 PMBobby Vinton, singer of Blue Velvet. 90 two days ago (16 April).
Amazingly that was not a hit in the UK until 1990.
I had a cover of that by Vince Hill on my Stars of 67(or was it 68?)
Wasn't it something to do with the cult film "Blue Velvet" that made it a hit in the late 1980s?
Missed it on Thursday but it was Joanna Lumley's 79th on 1st May. 10 years older than me and we both have big ones in 2026(!).
Great quote from her. Regarding exercise "I don't have the time or the slightest inclination." A woman after my own heart (Please!).