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.
I hope he and Marie finally got together. Hehehe
ReplyDeleteYeah, someone get him a map and put him out of his misery ... LOL
ReplyDeleteThe Ballard of John & Yoko - Beatles.
ReplyDeleteIt never rains in Southern California - Albert Hammond
One night in Bangkok - Murray
Mississippi - Pussycats
Yeah, I loved "Mississippi" by Pussycats. You learn not only Geography but also Spelling from this one :)
ReplyDeleteThe HK singer Frances Yip did a lot of songs about places in Asia
ReplyDeleteYap! Frances Yip! Where is she now? How's She doing? Think I will go and hunt for her disc soon...
ReplyDeleteSabun King, you'll be happy to know Frances Yip is still strong and healthy and STILL PERFORMING special concerts.
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