Black is Black is 1966. Not the best song, not your favourite song, but the most ubiquitous. It has an immediate association for me. I was working on a building site that Summer. One of the apprentice brickies was a member of The Niteshades, until then Stevenage’s biggest band. For a few minutes they even had an actual recording contract and appeared in a movie. They even cut the original version of Black is Black. However for reasons unknown, or unexpressed, it never saw the light of day. And every tea break that Summer we never heard the last of it — “That shoulda been us! Why is that effing version better than ours? I can’t hear it… I just can’t hear it! Can You?" Well no, because we’d never heard the ‘Shades classic rendition, no one had. So we just stared into our tea filled jam-jars and shook our heads sympathetically.
Anyway, from a year earlier, here's The Niteshades moment of fame, the finale, and title song, of Be My Guest. Keep your eyes open for a glimpse of Stevie Marriott, who co-starred with David Hemmings.
Anyway, from a year earlier, here's The Niteshades moment of fame, the finale, and title song, of Be My Guest. Keep your eyes open for a glimpse of Stevie Marriott, who co-starred with David Hemmings.
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