James Overlast even South Africa? What did he play there? The Sari Marijs Medley? He is tasteful enough to combine it with "Free Nelson Mandela" and "Don't Play Sun City No More".
Ron, one word of reprimand, though ... there is absolutely nothing wrong with The Happy Hammond Goes Pop. It's pure vitamin B3 ... And the HHgP's version of Little Jimmy Osmond's Lucky Lover From Liverpool is a killer! Kamahl, Nana Mouskouri, James Last ... Bob is reaching new heights! Whatever next? John (NL) (P.S. apologies for the many typos in my post; I didn't read it through as I needed to catch a train. Women dragging their men out to dance in isles instead of aisles - an unforgivable typo in Joniland - nice image, though) ----- Original Message ----- From: Ron Greer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2002 10:29 AM Subject: james last (njc) hi >>>Bob, wrote: >>"And I got a pretty funny one over the weekend, by a European guy called James Last. Apparantly when the "Stars on 45" phenomenon caught on, this guy put out<< >>>john replied >>James Last - or as he was called here James Overlast (Dutch for noise pollution) - was/is a German band leader who has been running a very successful show for over 35 years here. In the 70s he was a downrigh<<< lol - what an appropriate description of james last. he was unfortunately also very big, & very popular here on tv and on lp - my dad unfortunately loved him (but then my dad also loved "the happy hammond goes pop" etc). every 2nd hand vinyl seller here has a huge selection of his albums. i had obviously succeded in forgetting about him, and to be reminded of him now.... :-( be glad you never heard of him!!! the horror,,,,, the horror,,,,,,, ron
