There’s a little story behind this record. I met Marc Almond in the early 80’s when he was the other half of Soft Cell and interviewed Gene Pitney for radio in the mid 80’s.
I used to frequent a small bar on the front at Gzira (Malta) opposite the bridge to Manoel Island. At the time this record was in the UK charts and I used to play it to death!
The bar was run by a very delightful elderly lady called Lucy who used to tell amazing stories of her times when she ran a ‘showbar’.
Myself and a fellow broadcaster, now a Facebook friend of mine spent many hours there drinking and listening to Lucys stories!
Gene Pitney was a perfect gentleman and so easy to interview, I was sad to learn of his death in 2006. Todd was in his 20’s, was a good friend, at times over the top, famously wild but with a good heart – he passed away aged 31, July 20th 2001.
This record always reminds me of friends and those days which were so really happy.
