The song "Is this the Way to Amarillo?" was a big hit for Tony Christie and Peter Kay in 1971. It was originally written by Neil Sedaka and Howard Greenfield, if I'm not mistaken. Well, you must have heard it umpteen times ....but do you know where in the world is Amarillo? Well, it's a city in Texas, USA. Here's a picture of the city ...
Who says this blog is not educational. LOL.
We also learnt about many other interesting places in the world from songs we grew up with. Some of these places are modern ones, others are historical ... I'm talking about songs like "Back in the USSR" (Beatles), "By the Rivers of Babylon" (Boney M), "Streets of London" (Ralph McTell) and "London Calling" (The Clash), "Mexican Girl" (Smokie), "New York, New York" (Sinatra & Minelli), "Scarborough Fair" (Simon & Garfunkel), "Waterloo" (Abba) and so on ... Even Elvis Presley in his heyday had "You Can't Say No in Acapulco".
Let me leave you with another video clip of a more mature Tony Christie with his hit number ... enjoy.
