Middle Of The Road
Middle of the Road are a pop group from Scotland who enjoyed great success … Read Full Bio ↴Middle of the Road are a pop group from Scotland who enjoyed great success across Europe in the early 1970s.
They had three major hits in the UK singles chart, all of them bubblegum pop classics: "Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep" (Number 1), "Tweedle Dee Tweedle Dum" (Number 2) and "Soley Soley" (Number 5), all in 1971. But in other European countries, their success continued well into 1972 and 1973, with songs like "Sacramento", "Samson and Delilah", "Bottom's Up" and "The Talk of All the USA".
Their enigmatic percussionist / lead vocalist was Sally Carr (born Sarah Cecilia Young on 28 March 1945, in Muirhead, Lanarkshire) (ex Part Four, Los Caracas), the rest of the band were, drummer Ken Andrews (born Kenneth Andrew Ballentyne, 28 August 1946, in Bearsden, Glasgow, Strathclyde) (ex Part Four, Los Caracas); guitarist / flutist Ian Campbell-Lewis (born Ian McCreadie, 15 July 1947, in Partick, Glasgow, Strathclyde) (ex Part Four, Los Caracas); bassist / vocalist Eric Campbell-Lewis (born Eric McCreadle, 17 June 1949, in Partick, Glasgow, Strathclyde) (ex Part Four, Los Caracas).
They had three major hits in the UK singles chart, all of them bubblegum pop classics: "Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep" (Number 1), "Tweedle Dee Tweedle Dum" (Number 2) and "Soley Soley" (Number 5), all in 1971. But in other European countries, their success continued well into 1972 and 1973, with songs like "Sacramento", "Samson and Delilah", "Bottom's Up" and "The Talk of All the USA".
Their enigmatic percussionist / lead vocalist was Sally Carr (born Sarah Cecilia Young on 28 March 1945, in Muirhead, Lanarkshire) (ex Part Four, Los Caracas), the rest of the band were, drummer Ken Andrews (born Kenneth Andrew Ballentyne, 28 August 1946, in Bearsden, Glasgow, Strathclyde) (ex Part Four, Los Caracas); guitarist / flutist Ian Campbell-Lewis (born Ian McCreadie, 15 July 1947, in Partick, Glasgow, Strathclyde) (ex Part Four, Los Caracas); bassist / vocalist Eric Campbell-Lewis (born Eric McCreadle, 17 June 1949, in Partick, Glasgow, Strathclyde) (ex Part Four, Los Caracas).
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Middle Of The Road Lyrics
Blind Detonation People who want to change the system Don't understand that l…
Bottoms Up Bottoms up to people sit you down Enjoy your living with…
Chirpy Where's your mama gone? (Where's your mama gone?) Little ba…
Chirpy, Chirpy, Cheep, Cheep Where's your mama gone? (Where's your mama gone?) Little bab…
Chirpy, Chirpy, Cheep, Cheep (Extended Version) Where's your mama gone? (Where's your mama gone?) Little bab…
Everybody Loves A Winner If you want to tell me what I'm supposed to…
Honey No Ah get on home now! Hear me say: Ah get on home! Come…
I Can And every time I get to thinking With every thought…
Kailakee Kailakoo You say you're tired of TV Cartoons Searchin' for taxis on…
Last Christmas Last Christmas I gave you my heart But the very next day…
Louise I would like to be On the Baltic Sea With my little…
Love Sweet Love You were standing there in front of me that night No…
Medicine Woman There was a man - A King of England in [a]…
On A Westbound Train (Ooh-ooh, ooh) (Ooh-ooh, ooh) (Ooh-ooh, ooh) I can see the …
On This Land God bless the daffodils The green grass on the hills And the…
Queen Bee Sweet are the flowers in my garden And the bees are…
Sacramento There's something about the weather That everybody loves The…
Sacramento (A Wonderful Town) There's something about the weather that everybody loves The…
Samson & Delilah Samson and Delilah lived A long long time ago, she was…
See the Sky If I could find out where I'm goin' Try to catch…
Soley Just a little bit lonely Just a little bit sad I was…
Talk Of All The U.S.A Julie puts her make up On her face ev'ry day She's a…
To Remind Me When I look through my window I only see rain And…
Try A Little Understanding You keep speakin' of freedom But what happens when you don't…
Tweedle Dee Do you recall Some years ago? Up in the mountains that were…
Tweedle Dee, Tweedle Dum Do you recall some years ago ? Up in the mountains that…
Tweedle DeeTweedle Dum Do you recall Some years ago? Up in the mountains that were…
Union Silver UNION SILVER - MIDDLE OF THE ROAD Look at her, my…
Universal Man I was eight years old when my father left her Why…
Wheel Of The Season Young girl upon a pony Rides on the yellow sand And holding…
Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow Tonight you're mine, completely You give your soul so sweetl…
Yellow Boomerang You're like my yellow Boomerang when you say you gonna have…
Yellow River So long, boy you can take my place Got my…
nani
on Talk Of All The U.S.A.
in my opinion how I interpreted it was that the protagonist tried to inappropiately touch Julie, and discovered that Julie had male genitals. Just my interpretation though.
David van Iwaarden
on Union Silver
Beautifull song. Is Union Silver a coalmine?