The Temperance Seven were founded on Christmas 1955. The three founding mem… Read Full Bio ↴The Temperance Seven were founded on Christmas 1955. The three founding members were Paul McDowell, Philip Harrison and Brian Innes.

The band evolved into a nine-piece ensemble with a light-hearted and humorous performing style.

The name "Temperance Seven" is a subtle play on words: the number seven being "one under the eight". That there were nine members or "one over the eight" implied intemperance.

They have links to Monty Python and the Rolling Stones.

Official site: http://www.thetemperanceseven.co.uk/.

Nobody's Child
The Temperance Seven Lyrics

We have lyrics for 'Nobody's Child' by these artists:

Agnes Chan I was slowly passing an orphan's home one day And stopped…
Alexander Brothers As I was slowly passing An orphan's home one day,…
Barbara Ray As I was slowly passing An orphans' home one day I stopped…
Billy Fury As I was slowly passing, an Orphans home one day, I…
Bobby Jay As I was slowly passing An orphan's home one day,…
Caroline Du Preez As I was slowly passing An orphans' home one day I stopped…
Daniel O'Donnell As I was slowly passing An orphan's home one day,…
Dea Matrona Prisoner of your time Prisoner of the flame Suspect of suspi…
Donegan Lonnie As I was slowly passing An orphans' home one day And…

Electric Light Orchestra Painted lady, stop that closin' in on me, Painted lady, you'…
Foster As I was slowly passing An orphans' home one day And…
Fury Billy As I was slowly passing, an Orphans home one day, I…
Hank Snow As I was slowly passing An orphans' home one day And…
Hank Williams Jr. I'm nobody's child I'm nobody's child I'm like a flower…
Irontom All your old lovers would have lots to say To me…
Julie Miller Stranded on the inside fragile like a little child All our…
Kapena I was slowly passing an orphan's home one day And stopped…
Karen Young As I was slowly passing An orphans' home one day And…
Laaz Rockit I know you're alone again And it's hard to face the…
Lita Ford She was born on a dead end street Half a mile…
Lonnie Donegan As I was slowly passing An orphans' home one day And…
Louise Morrissey As I was slowly passing An orphan's home one day,…
Lддz Rockit I know you're alone again And it's hard to face the…
Marc Carroll As I was slowly passing An orphan's home one day,…
Maria McKee Turning around I see someone That I thought I used to…
Mark Knopfler The ragged kid nobody wanted Left alone to ramble wild Long …
Max Romeo I was slowly passing an orphan's home one day And stopped…
Penny McLean No one ever cared about me I'm nobody's child My middle name…
Sheb Wooley As I was slowly passing An orphan's home one day,…
Skeeter Davis AS I was slowly passing an orphan's home one day. And…
StormHammer Look away you might see children cry I glimpse their dead…
Sydney Devine As I was slowly passing An orphan's home one day,…
The Beatles & Tony Sheridan As I was slowly passing An orphan's home one day,…
The Beatles Tony Sheridan & The Beat Brothers As I was slowly passing An orphan's home one day,…
The Beatles With Tony Sheridan As I was slowly passing an orphan′s home one day I…
The Beatles/Tony Sheridan As I was slowly passing An orphan's home one day,…
The Original Soul Stirrers As I was slowly passing An orphan's home one day,…
Tony Sheridan & the Beatles As I was slowly passing An orphan's home one day,…
Tony Sheridan and The Beatles As I was slowly passing An orphan's home one day,…
Tony Sheridan The Beatles As I was slowly passing An orphan's home one day,…
Traveling Wilburys As I Was Slowly Passing, An Orphans Home Today I Stopped…
Traveling Wilburys (the) As I was slowly passing an orphans home today I stopped…
VERNON OXFORD As I was slowly passing An orphan's home one day,…
Young Karen As I was slowly passing An orphans' home one day And…

We have lyrics for these tracks by The Temperance Seven:

Ain Ain't she sweet? See her walking down that street. Yes I…
Ain't She Sweet Ain't she sweet? See her walking down that street. Yes I…
Ain't She Sweet? Ain't she sweet? See her walking down that street. Yes I…
Everybody Loves My Baby Yeah, everybody loves my baby But my baby don't love nobody…
Farewell Blues Sadness just makes me sigh, I've come to say goodbye, Altho'…
Kaiser Drag Where′s that tiger! Where's that tiger! Where′s that tiger! …
Runnin My gal and I, we had a fight And I'm…
Runnin' Wild My gal and I, we had a fight And I'm…

You're Driving Me Crazy TEMPERANCE SEVEN YOU'RE DRIVING ME CRAZY - 25/05/1961 1 wee…

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Comments from YouTube:

Arthur Throovest

1y↑2

For what it's worth.... this band was my great inspiration. Whispering Paul McDowell my hero, when everything happening here was totally against pop music at that time. Sheer delight and brilliance. I've just recorded Pasadena with a brass ensemble as a personal tribute...... something I've wanted to do since 1961 !!

Jazzguy1927

2y↑3

I have only heard their records but never seen a film of them. This is fantastic. Thanks.

Andy Howells

7y↑6

Great performance - what a shame there doesn't seem to be more video of them from this era!

David Walsh

7y↑9

Love the band, love the music.......such a sense of fun.

Carl Hart

4y↑12

Huge influence on Queen. May and Mercury loved these guys

Geoffrey Milner

3y↑1

I just heard Brian May talking about them on Elis and John BBC radio show. So it made me look them up. He talked about a 1961 recording using just one microphone by George Martin. I was born that year. I’ve never heard of the band. But There’s 9 of them here?! I love Crazy Little Thing Called Love and it’s delightful to know there’s this influence. Or other songs that have an essence of another era like Here’s Looking At You by Blondie … or their cover of The Tide Is High … originally a song by the Jamaican group Paragons with John Holt which I only recently learned and just had to Google for details. It’s great to hear a band try a completely different sound.

Chris Flay

2y↑6

my dad, Syd Bennett was in this band, played banjo. he left to pursue his career in picture restoration just before they had the no.1 single, which is why he's not in the film. tho, i believe he was in a famous tv. appearance and on at least one of the albums. half of these guys i met when i was a sprog as they stayed in touch long after he left the band.

Ffion Pearl

So great to see & hear this. Thanks for making & uploading. I grew up being told about this band as mum was married to John R T 's brother in the 50s, but never heard them until recently.

Super8 Rescue

4y↑3

I still play the 7" parlaphone single of this very often. brilliant tune

Birdcage Walkers

5y↑5

Excellent bass saxophone solo.

john barber

8y↑2

theses guys are brill just love there music

vitajazz

11y↑5

Richard Lester was the director, he along with the art director and film editor are responsible for the marvelous mis-en-scene of "It's Trad, Dad." I'll take credit for a nice presentation package made from the two songs the Temperance Seven played, but Bill Lenny and Gilbert Taylor were responsible for the editing style.

jordan young

8y↑2

That was incredible

Chris Birchby

6y↑1

Ahead of their time,and vastly under-rated! An influencing factor of my formative years,they're deeply embedded in my phsyche- part of my DNA; years roll on,but I never tire of their recordings!(All temperance papers,please copy!)
Roland Birchby.

Jeremy Haines

3y↑2

Excellent music

Jeremy Haines

3y↑2

My Late Dad liked 👍this music 🎶and I like it as well

Esplodiamoinallegria

11y↑2

Thanks for your answer. Acknowledging Bill Lenny's work, I wrote my comment because I read that Richard Lester, though more uncredited than not, always worked on his movies editing: he said it was the part of filmmaking he loved most . His worst movies are those where he couldn't control the editing at all

David Glowacki

11y

When it comes to music between the wars,there are two giants,who have very sadly both passed away..JRT Davies and Brian Rust

Super8 Rescue

4y↑2

possibly the best tune ever

joe ok

7y↑2

By Palmer-Williams...The Temperance Sevens' version was included on "Ring A Ding Rhythm" movie, which was subsequently issued as the LP "It's Trad, Dad" on Capitol Records.

Paul Cooke

3y↑1

Awesome...

James Nedresky

8y↑3

Great filming shots!!! to a classic

Leslie Goodman-Malamuth

3y↑4

Love how they’re called the Temperance Seven, and there are nine performers. I guess two drink?

dave piano

3y↑5

It's a very clever name. The fact that there are 9 in the band is a drinking term to have "one over the eight" meaning that you were drunk and incapable. Thus, Temperance meant "No drinking". Beautiful and elegant. Much like the band.

Leslie Goodman-Malamuth

3y↑1

@dave piano Thanks for the explanation!

Atticus Jazz

11y↑2

Awesome!

Krzyszczynski

9y↑6

Vitajazz: I hope you won't mind a correction. That's "Count" Clifford Bevan on piano here, not "Canon" Colin Bowles (who wore a dog-collar on stage). There was a book (I wish I still had it!) written by veteran Radio 2 DJ Brian Matthew at the height of the trad boom in 1961, which had a whole chapter on the Temps. The captions to the illustrations were quite positive on the identification.

vitajazz

8y↑1

Thank you, I was using Temperance Seven LP covers and trying to match pictures to the artist credits, I have no authoritative reference on what was my favourite music group when I was growing up in Britain in the fifties/early Sixties.

youtuuba

7y↑3

You are correct. Cliff Bevan is a friend of mine and that is no doubt him at the piano.

James

3y↑2

The book was called Trad Mad

Neurodisco77

11y↑4

Editing masterpiece

Karl Miller

8y↑4

Trippy when your high… ☮🔥

berndmax williams

37w

23:59 Our Ukulele Trio have added You're Driving me Crazy & Pasadena to our Repertoire. ~ Bernd Williams

Scottish Irish English Traditional Folk Songs🎵

10y↑1

Fabulous!

Henry Davies

6y↑4

Two chaps not mentioned so far are Ray Whittam on bass sax and John Gieves Watson on banjo.

Taliesin

Well said Henry. Give me a call when you can please. (Baritone sax player - I played your Bass sax once, in that small pub in Bristol area). Hope you are well. Regards WL

Henry Davies

2y↑1

@Taliesin Hello Warren, I'm ok for 80 I suppose. we are still at the Chelsea every Tuesday coming up for 18 years - longest residency in my life... Incidentally, upon receipt of your comment, I mistakenly went to the old YouTube posting of this number and answered a 12 year old query.

Taliesin

@Henry Davies Ruddy marvelous and THANK YOU dear Henry. I shall visit next Tuesday the 16th. August and look forward to it very much. My Greatest Regards as ever.

Arthur Throovest

8y↑8

way after their time. genius

John Laughland

10y↑3

I knew Al Coopewr [reeds] [RIP]and a later drummer Dave Mills. Good players both.

Liz Doyle

3y↑1

EXCELLENT 📀FABOULOUS 💿AWESOME 📀

Stefan Szczelkun

5y↑1

Great video!

acoustcarchive

9y↑1

Wonderful stuff what year was this filmed please ?

Grahame Barnwell

8y↑4

The film was called 'It's Trad Dad' 1962

acoustcarchive

Thanks

Robert Quay

hip retro before it was hip to be retro. 1962? wow!

craig kridel

6y↑8

At 1:38", the piano player is incorrectly identified. That is Cliff Bevan.

Ken Alp

5y↑2

You forgot to name Cephas Howard on trumpet!

Nic Piper De Breit

2y↑1

John R T Davies = John Ristic Twiston Davies. Ross was his mothers maiden name.

TheJonnyfrank

5y↑3

Knew Cephas Howard, great man. Anyone know if he is still with us?

Kevin Nolan

TheJonnyfrank
Apparently alive and living in France 🇫🇷

TheJonnyfrank

5y↑4

Thanks for the update. He must be in his 80's. Saw him play with Temperance Seven on Shanklin pier in the 1970's!! Time flies.

TWANGNASTY

Great Fun!

apegrum

8y↑32

Thats my Grandad on the tuba

4minutesinmay

Martin Fry is your grandad?

Scott Awcock

7y↑3

apegrum wow you lucky thing to have a talented Grandad who are my mind is in a great jazz band.

Andrew Fry

6y↑2

You must be a distant relative of mine! Martin is my distant cousin :)

Stefan Szczelkun

5y↑2

That's my father in law on the piano!

Francesca Cox

My Grandad is on the Banjo!

Enrico Sanchez

Abraham Lincoln tickling the ivories.

chris bevan

4y↑4

thats my dad on piano

Tim Byrd

!Cool

Krzyszczynski

4y↑2

Lucky you! He's an ace musician and by all accounts a great fun guy as well.

Paul Dockree

Was that Helen Shapiro of Walking BACK to happiness fame? Craig Douglas too? It was. Ring a Ding Ding Rhythm 1962 film. Dick Lester.

Jaq Wilkinson

40w

I was 5years xxxxlumxxxx❤❤❤❤

Charles A

Woody Allen on drums?

4minutesinmay

does anybody know the currant whereabouts of Martin Fry (Franklin D. Paverty)?

parabot19

10y↑1

And Brian Innes died July 15th 2014 in the south of France.

Naina Ramavrat

6y↑1

parabot19 my son's great grandad.

anselman

5y↑1

@Naina Ramavrat Was he related to Neil Innes of the Bonzo's?

Krzyszczynski

5y↑1

How many cigar-sellers filed for bankruptcy afterwards? :)

Brian Collins

4y↑1

Brian and Neil not related as far as I know. I had a brief correspondence with Brian Innes a few years back over one of their "Sunday Night at the London Palladium" performances. For more info about him and the Temps read his autobiography "A long way from Pasadena".

Brian Collins

4y↑1

@Krzyszczynski From Brian Innes's comments in his autobiography (see above) he actually managed to get his cigars tax-deductable as they were necessary on-stage props.

elvikito23

8y↑3

Al principio aparece la hermosa Helen Shapiro, lindo

John Bianchi

8y↑2

Yes - Helen was just wonderful, wasn't she? Still singing, but it tends to be inspirational now.

Esplodiamoinallegria

11y↑2

Do you mean Richard Lester's editing work ?

David Bentley

8y↑4

Sad to say singer Paul McDowell died on 2nd May,2016

9VBGI

7y↑1

Whispering Paul McDowell please

richtrophicherbs

7y↑3

a great loss

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Stephen Drennan

9y↑1

Is that Franklin D. Paverty on sousaphone ?

Krzyszczynski

9y↑1

Sure is.

Brian Collins

4y↑1

@Krzyszczynski I was told by a mutual friend that George Martin momentarily forgot Martin Fry's name and made up Franklin Paverty on the spur of the moment.

Ken Kinnally

4y↑2

@Brian Collins Was thinking perhaps Franklin Paverty was a joke on Franklin "Poverty" as Franklin Roosevelt was president here in the U.S. during the 1930's great depression?
I'm rather new to appreciating the Temperance Seven so forgive me if that's a joke everyone got long ago! - Ken K.

https://musescore.com/user/23900941/scores/4435296https://musescore.com/user/23900941/scores/4435296 rhe Temperance Seven

Heli-Crew HGS

Is that Helen Shapiro at the very beginning?

Marius Popp

Yes

Jake Cavendish

38w

I liked Did you shake your Booty in Djibouti? and Ain't Nobody got Nobody like my Body Ain't no Body but me

David Thompson

Arthur Hayes brought me here

Stephen Potts

How come there's nine of them

spencer hardy

4y↑4

Limiting oneself to only seven pints is "temperance".
But they always had one over the eight.

Brian Collins

4y↑2

Because, they claimed, they were always "one over the eight".

William Darby

36w

Nothing but inuendo..

joe ok

By Palmer-Williams..

Neurodisco77

11y↑2

Yes

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