Your a celeb being part of a great, driving upbeat number 'Honey Honey' never knew that was her until recently. Disco before disco. Thanks for posting.
Wow wonderful to hear that you played alongside her, I thought she was just a fabulous singer , apart from the fact I fancied her big time back then, I hope she is still around & maybe still singing ❤
Sad old kind of movie. Brilliant song. polly Browne has a lovely voice great singer. Good group beautifull lady. Lovely voice. wear are thay all now very outstanding performance by pickettywitch brilliant song 💖🌹💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐
What exactly would you like girls and women today to learn? It’s your opinion whether or not you consider someone attractive. And I agree with you on Polly Brown.
Not Heard This For Ages. Remember This Like It Was Only Yesterday. Amazing Vocals, Just An Absolutely Brilliant Group. Cheers 🍻 👏 For This Majestic Memory.❤❤❤.
I was too much of a rocker to appreciate them at the time, but now I'm a bit of a fossil i see what a finely crafted pop group they were. Its a joy to watch and hear this music now along with their contemporary bands like edison lighthouse, middle of the road, the trems
to right you can go to a hundred famous classic top pop songs to this day still can't be beat. even at some big sport half time breaks a 60's/70's hit will burst on the stadium speakers & just smash the whole vibe back to another dimension..such as buttercup baby will set the mood perfectly like no other era.
To me, a lot of up to date singers sound like the noise you make if you blow into a grass leaf between your thumbs- uncomfortably shrill and reedy, unlike some older style high pitched voices, such as men singing falsetto.
God I love this song. Just discovered Polly Brown after all these years. Such a natural stage presence unlike today's performers. Fell in love at 1:08.
Have to say Tara, I much prefer her PW songs compared to the disco stuff of 1974 and after. Although there is one exception when she belted out ''Do you believe in love at first sight?'' with a backing female trio at the UK's ''Song for Eurovision'' in 1976..sounding just like Diana Ross. A fantastic performance. Astonishingly, this was never released by Polly but incredibly, Dionne Warwick, of all singers(!) grabbed it but was only ever able to achieve a very, very minor hit the following year, barely getting into the charts.
kevvome...Polly is now 72 years old, she has probably retired from singing so maybe not really a loss for us. On YT, she was singing various blues songs but that was back in 1995.
@@lennylaa1686 My bet is on Polly still doing appearances and occasional records/albums! She was very gifted and I somehow feel she still has it in spades. Maybe you'll be right and she has retired, yet I doubt it Greg!
Pollys range and phrasing superb, it's very relaxed , I'd like to hear more of her later recordings , I was 12 at the time 😂🎉top stuff quality musicians
always liked pickettywitch songs & they're still comin' back strong still.. so good those days with no internet cell phones I'm glad to have been a teen in 1970. they don't make music like this any more.. four popular top hits to polly browne & there's probably a few I haven't heard.
Great comment Colin, I was 13 in 1970..there was such a variety of songs, even novelty records and so much creativity. I only vaguely remember TSOF, their 1st hit but not the two after so finding these and other gems is a joy after all these years. These hits should have been a launchpad to greater things but they seemed to then come out with low key tunes of cover versions but oddly very little of their own songs.
My dear God! She really was a young beauty wasn't she? So gorgeous and wow..so slim and slender! The perfect, quintessential ''English Rose''. Perfect skin, teeth and complexion.
This is how this song almost hypnotizes me. Just like the Beatles I fell in love with "If I Feel" so I fell in love with Pickettywitch through "Sad Old Kinda Movie" goombay
David, I came across a couple of entries on Birmingham History Forum from Jan. 2010, seems she lived in Grange Road in Small Heath and presumably around 1968, according to band leader Ken Freeman, she sang (maybe briefly) in his Brum group Second City Sounds. You can find them on Wiki and YT but there does not seem to be a recording of Polly on their big label records.
I love the husky voices of female singing stars of this golden era.❤ And note the closeness between male & female in mixed bands. I think we all miss that feeling.in the current era of substituted showbiz feelings.
Takes me back to 1969, my bedroom in the pub we lived in, record player next to the bed playing the 45s stacked up on the spindle. Great memories great times. Hope it brings back as good times for you.
That's great to hear Zonkozonko as she deserved all the plaudits that came her way. she certainly made a big impression on those of us who followed her career and its now 43 years since Pickettywitch's first hit and people still have fond memories of her. cheers for the update.
Great song, Polly Brown had a major crush on her, would walk to school wondering how I could get to meet her. Having watched this again I swear that's Roy Walker in a wig next to her. Love it Thanx.
Polly wears the same dress in another video baby i wont let you down and she certainly doesn't.polly is adorable and what a voice. Brilliant. Love her😍
A big "shout out" to co-composers John McLeod and Tony Macauley, who along with the two Rogers Cook & Greenaway, Les Reed and Barry Mason, Albert Hammond and Mike Hazlewood, Geoff Stephens, John Carter and Ken Lewis wrote so many of these hits of the mid-60s to the mid 70s...all of them legends.
Lynda McArdle. Wondered how many comments I would have to wade through until I finally read the name of Tony Macauley.I would have never heard of this group or song until about 2 years ago when I requested a medley of Tony's compositions,and co-compositions.Of course he is British, and I found it interesting that his songs were even more successful in Britain than in the US generally.My two favorites of his songs (both written by Tony himself) were "Last night I didn't get to sleep at all" and Don't give up on us " the 2nd of which was recorded by David Soul...this last one being one of my 5 favorites of all time. But I also really liked some of his co-compositions "Love Grows where my Rosemary goes", and" Smile a little smile for me"
@@eric4464 Thanks Eric. All the composers I've listed above are and were very under-rated both in terms of their output and the quality of songs. They all leave a wonderful legacy.
Rightful praise for these giants of 60s and 70s who receive no public recognition for their musical legacy that still dominates much of the output on most radio shows. Once heard an interview, some years ago on my local BBC radio with John Carter. Considering his role in the 60s group the Ivy League and his writing of so many hit records, he was modest and understated on his success, that also included writing so many well-known TV commercials in the 70s. These are proof that so-called talent shows leave no lasting memories of popular songs like those from the 60s and 70s.
Not sure if this was intended for me but, I'm aware that the great Judith Durham died (she didn't "pass") a couple of weeks ago and that she was the lead singer in The Seekers and that she sang "Georgie Girl" incidentally composed by the late Tom Springfield and the very much alive UK actor Jim Dale.
Superb! It's Bacharach meets Dionne Warwick meets 60s weirdo band = great combination, what a pity there isn't lots of albums by this group+this singer with the wistful voice....
aside from polly, one thing i have always really loved about pickettywitch is the harmonies and the background vocals. they sound so complex and lush. i am greateful to youtube and all of you generous posters for these treats
Polly was my major teenage crush in the 70s; Sad Old Kinda Movie is still one of my most played tracks today. I got talking to the lady sitting next to me on a plane, conversation turned to music, and it turned out she was Polly Browne herself. She's still working but never made it big time.
After Pickettywitch Polly formed Sweet dreams and I was privileged to be the drummer. My brother was the bass player as well....Happy days......
Why did Pickettywitch break up? They seemed so good.
Your a celeb being part of a great, driving upbeat number 'Honey Honey' never knew that was her until recently. Disco before disco. Thanks for posting.
Wow wonderful to hear that you played alongside her, I thought she was just a fabulous singer , apart from the fact I fancied her big time back then, I hope she is still around & maybe still singing ❤
@@rogerfreed6414 It was just a vehicle for Polly. She had all the talent.
She was on some 2000 n something show 30 plus years latter and still looked adorable
Sad old kind of movie. Brilliant song. polly Browne has a lovely voice great singer. Good group beautifull lady. Lovely voice. wear are thay all now very outstanding performance by pickettywitch brilliant song 💖🌹💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐
Enough aboutBaldrick, standing up there at the frount. What about Polly?
Such a very pretty young lady ,I think the girls of today could learn alot from the girls of yesterday,,thanks for sharing 😊
What exactly would you like girls and women today to learn? It’s your opinion whether or not you consider someone attractive. And I agree with you on Polly Brown.
Love this song and her voice. It reminds me of happy days when I was just a teenager leaving school. 🙂💜💐🇬🇧
What beauty God bestowed on on us back in these times. Thank you for the music , Lord.
I don't think that dude had f'all to do with her beauty.....
Not Heard This For Ages.
Remember This Like It Was Only Yesterday.
Amazing Vocals, Just An Absolutely Brilliant Group.
Cheers 🍻 👏 For This Majestic Memory.❤❤❤.
I believe this girl never sang a bad song! What a voice!
I was too much of a rocker to appreciate them at the time, but now I'm a bit of a fossil i see what a finely crafted pop group they were. Its a joy to watch and hear this music now along with their contemporary bands like edison lighthouse, middle of the road, the trems
Same
I was into Led Zeppelin (still am).
What Variety is. 😅
There was something enchanting about groups like these , and the songs they sang back then ...... the 60's and 70's really took some beating ,
to right you can go to a hundred famous classic top pop songs to this day still can't be beat. even at some big sport half time breaks a 60's/70's hit will burst on the stadium speakers & just smash the whole vibe back to another dimension..such as buttercup baby will set the mood perfectly like no other era.
Without a doubt...she's an incredible singer.
Fantastic era and the music that came along at that time ,when songs were always about love and relationships.
Love this girl, and her voice is superb!!!!
I've just entered a time warp and transferred back to the 1960s. Great memories. Thanks for sharing. 👍
What a voice, would rather listen to this than anything nowadays, just so beautiful and natural.
thejonnygator Here here to that friend!
thejonnygator and fat!
To me, a lot of up to date singers sound like the noise you make if you blow into a grass leaf between your thumbs- uncomfortably shrill and reedy, unlike some older style high pitched voices, such as men singing falsetto.
I want to go back to 1970. Great times.
Crikey Roland!
Me too mate and a few thousand other people. 👍🥳🍻
I miss the 70s.
enchanting BREATHLESS!!!Polly, what a singer. She could sing just about anything. A class act!
I fell in love with her voice and her looks not knowing what love was back then as a kid nice passionate memory !
My childhood would not have been the same without this song. What a great voice, so memorable......hope Polly and the band are doing well...
God I love this song. Just discovered Polly Brown after all these years. Such a natural stage presence unlike today's performers. Fell in love at 1:08.
Fell in love at 0.01
Early 70’s blonde hair and lots of eyeliner. Can’t beat it!
Gorgeous Polly was a star in the Jackie mag every week..I so looked forward to my copy every week. Pickettywitch was big!!
Another very underrated bird. She was my bed partner when I was 16
Wonderful song sung by a lovely and talented singer. This kind of music just does not exist today.
Tara McSparron Polly Browne. A very underrated singer.
Yes I agree totally Tara.
Have to say Tara, I much prefer her PW songs compared to the disco stuff of 1974 and after.
Although there is one exception when she belted out ''Do you believe in love at first sight?'' with a backing female trio at the UK's ''Song for Eurovision'' in 1976..sounding just like Diana Ross. A fantastic performance.
Astonishingly, this was never released by Polly but incredibly, Dionne Warwick, of all singers(!) grabbed it but was only ever able to achieve a very, very minor hit the following year, barely getting into the charts.
Absolutely right Tara. I loved Picketywitch and Polly especially. She is in the USA as far as I know and our loss is their gain.
kevvome...Polly is now 72 years old, she has probably retired from singing so maybe not really a loss for us.
On YT, she was singing various blues songs but that was back in 1995.
@@lennylaa1686 My bet is on Polly still doing appearances and occasional records/albums! She was very gifted and I somehow feel she still has it in spades. Maybe you'll be right and she has retired, yet I doubt it Greg!
Polly is my favourite singer, love all of her songs, a beautiful lady with a beautiful voice ❤️
This woman leaves me BREATHLESS!!! Her voice is faultless - her looks AMAZING!!
you are right!!!. i cried................................
and it is really hard to fade out the voice like she does at the end.
Polly was and is, a very underrated singer.
Absolutely, she was very special.
I love that smoky voice of hers.
Polly, what a singer. She could sing just about anything. A class act!
7 years since my last comment-still love her
Pollys range and phrasing superb, it's very relaxed , I'd like to hear more of her later recordings , I was 12 at the time 😂🎉top stuff quality musicians
One of the most beautiful voices I ever heard
Oh my God, she's beautiful !
Love this music. Love the guy who smiled throughout the whole song. I know he's RIP'd but what a beautiful song and performance.
2020....who else is still watching/listening?
Yes. August 2024. We need this music too. 👍
always liked pickettywitch songs & they're still comin' back strong still.. so good those days with no internet cell phones I'm glad to have been a teen in 1970. they don't make music like this any more.. four popular top hits to polly browne & there's probably a few I haven't heard.
Great comment Colin, I was 13 in 1970..there was such a variety of songs, even novelty records and so much creativity. I only vaguely remember TSOF, their 1st hit but not the two after so finding these and other gems is a joy after all these years. These hits should have been a launchpad to greater things but they seemed to then come out with low key tunes of cover versions but oddly very little of their own songs.
The drummer on this track is top notch ,all Pickettywitch tracks have this drummer on top of his game😊
Keith Hall was his name - played with Gerry + The Pacemakers from 73, he died 2022. Everyone comments on him being a top notch musician
Top musicians , sovrelaxed and live on TOTP wow 👌
Polly, what a little stunner. Great song, loved it. Bless you Polly xx
Reminds me of my school days. I haven’t heard this song since then, so many memories from so many years ago which I look back on fondly....
Beautiful song sang by a beautiful women with a beautiful voice
Polly Browne, such an underrated singer. 🇬🇧
This has become my new favourite oldie.. brilliant..
Beautiful and singing live .
I would give anything to be able to go back in time to the 70's. Polly Brown just brilliant. I keep playing it too. Thanks for posting!!!!
What a lovely song from Pickettywitch! They were a group, love Polly Brown.
My dear God! She really was a young beauty wasn't she?
So gorgeous and wow..so slim and slender!
The perfect, quintessential ''English Rose''.
Perfect skin, teeth and complexion.
Polly brown is a lovely gorgeous girl with a lovely voice. She and pickkerdy witch will stay with me in my old age forever
What a voice .. i feel one missed 😪 brilliant polly xx
OMG what a delight to hear gorgeous tunes like this, I love to have grown up with these tunes and I have and I am proud
Well produced and a complex but beautiful arrangement. Polly's singing ability goes without saying. A serious earworm!
I listened to a lot of music in the '70s. I'm surprised I haven't heard this one. Better late than never. This is really good.
Wow, I had almost forgotten about this song ! God bless you Polly Brown wherever you are !
Good memories
Watched again , love how locked in they are , suberb subtle drums , i was very young , quality this group , underated , thanks for posting these 🎉
This is how this song almost hypnotizes me.
Just like the Beatles I fell in love with "If I Feel" so I fell in love with Pickettywitch through "Sad Old Kinda Movie"
goombay
wow what a look and what a looker.... such a lovely distinctive voice
I thought Polly Brown had it all: beauty, talent and brains. I love this song. So proud that she's frome my home city of Birmingham. Fabulous!
that's choice!
Do you know from which area, David? I've always thought it was Yardley/Tile Cross/ Sheldon, but could well be wrong
Robert.... Someone even suggested Shifnal but that is near to Telford.
Maybe they meant Shirley which is near to the districts you mentioned.
David, I came across a couple of entries on Birmingham History Forum from Jan. 2010, seems she lived in Grange Road in Small Heath and presumably around 1968, according to band leader Ken Freeman, she sang (maybe briefly) in his Brum group Second City Sounds. You can find them on Wiki and YT but there does not seem to be a recording of Polly on their big label records.
She's a Villa fan!
Pollys style and moves were totally how I remember 1970/71 great memories ,lovely lady.
My favourite by Pickettywitch. I remember it so well from when it was in the UK charts.
I love the husky voices of female singing stars of this golden era.❤ And note the closeness between male & female in mixed bands. I think we all miss that feeling.in the current era of substituted showbiz feelings.
Truly talented polly and pickettywitch love this thanks.
What an Angel x - why do we have to grow old.
I love this group and this song....
Wonderful
well wow I 've forgotten this song completely , & how great pickettywitch was what a lovely song sung
the good old days this song cirtenly brings them back just like all there hits did well done Polly
Takes me back to 1969, my bedroom in the pub we lived in, record player next to the bed playing the 45s stacked up on the spindle. Great memories great times. Hope it brings back as good times for you.
It sure does. They don't make songs like those any more.
Thanks Steve and all the best to you.
“I weep like a child for the past”
Piano
~ DH Lawrence
One of the nicest melodies I have ever heard.
That's great to hear Zonkozonko as she deserved all the plaudits that came her way. she certainly made a big impression on those of us who followed her career and its now 43 years since Pickettywitch's first hit and people still have fond memories of her. cheers for the update.
Just found this great band in 2020, hahaha, they have a great music, progression, and performance too, ❤️ from Indonesia
Lovely voice, very Dionne Warwick, Bacharach & David kind of feel, of its time, brilliant in its own right of course, fantastic.
Baby I Won't Let You Down sounds very Bacharach and David-ish, with a touch of Stock Aitken and Waterman in the chorus.
It was a quality song, guaranteed to get them in the charts,..never easy!
true
Was just thinking that. Her voice would have suited Bacharach and David songs. She's great...
Wonderful ❤
Great times, great music!
This has a Burt Bachrach feel. Excellent.
I loved the way the girls danced in the 70s
Lee Powis:
They could dance this way today , too.
But they only need the 45s to it ;-)
Had a massive crush on Polly Brown, Her voice brings it all back. Great times
She's like some kind of otherworldly mix of Dionne Warwick, Diana Ross and Karen Carpenter. How in the world did I never hear of her until today?
@Eric Chapman:
She came here those days in Europe almost
@ every Saturday night-show
@ the BFBS U.K. & @ BFBS Cologne, Germany.
Never heard of her until about a year ago and now can't get enough of her (earlier)songs, like this one.
She was a mix of Dionne Warwick and Sandie Shaw
bro - I'm from them days, and I tell ya - every guy at school had a giant crush on her - she was the hottest thing at the time - damned gorgeous.
@@johnrowan7137
Right on 👍
Great song, Polly Brown had a major crush on her, would walk to school wondering how I could get to meet her. Having watched this again I swear that's Roy Walker in a wig next to her. Love it Thanx.
What a sweet like chick that singer was.She looks lovely with them curls of hair
Her performances made grown men become sobbing wrecks LOL.
She is hypnotizing to watch-completely gorgeous!
She's got a sexy smile!
Polly, you are beautiful, and take me back when my hair was like the boys in the band.
This is everything a perfect pop song should be !
She did several versions of this song, but in this version she got it just right. Amazing how a few changes in a song makes all the difference. 😊
Great Macaulay/Mcleod song, very reminiscent of the songs Bacharach/David wrote for Dionne Warwick!
she was my dream girl back then 13 and in love
I think she was the fantasy girl for many a young teenaged lad - including myself!
I would love to go back to 1970 too ♥️♥️
Beyond smitten...help me somebody !
I have watched it for over an hour straight
In the words of Julie Walters from 'Personal Services', 'me too'!
And back in 1970, you only had the ONE chance to view her on the weekly TOTP. There were NO repeats then.
Polly wears the same dress in another video baby i wont let you down and she certainly doesn't.polly is adorable and what a voice. Brilliant. Love her😍
A big "shout out" to co-composers John McLeod and Tony Macauley, who along with the two Rogers Cook & Greenaway, Les Reed and Barry Mason, Albert Hammond and Mike Hazlewood, Geoff Stephens, John Carter and Ken Lewis wrote so many of these hits of the mid-60s to the mid 70s...all of them legends.
Lynda McArdle.
Wondered how many comments I would have to wade through until I finally read the name of Tony Macauley.I would have never heard of this group or song until about 2 years ago when I requested a medley of Tony's compositions,and co-compositions.Of course he is British, and I found it interesting that his songs were even more successful in Britain than in the US generally.My two favorites of his songs (both written by Tony himself) were "Last night I didn't get to sleep at all" and Don't give up on us " the 2nd of which was recorded by David Soul...this last one being one of my 5 favorites of all time. But I also really liked some of his co-compositions "Love Grows where my Rosemary goes", and" Smile a little smile for me"
@@eric4464 Thanks Eric. All the composers I've listed above are and were very under-rated both in terms of their output and the quality of songs. They all leave a wonderful legacy.
Rightful praise for these giants of 60s and 70s who receive no public recognition for their musical legacy that still dominates much of the output on most radio shows.
Once heard an interview, some years ago on my local BBC radio with John Carter.
Considering his role in the 60s group the Ivy League and his writing of so many hit records, he was modest and understated on his success, that also included writing so many well-known TV commercials in the 70s.
These are proof that so-called talent shows leave no lasting memories of popular songs like those from the 60s and 70s.
Nice appraisal !
Not sure if this was intended for me but, I'm aware that the great Judith Durham died (she didn't "pass") a couple of weeks ago and that she was the lead singer in The Seekers and that she sang "Georgie Girl" incidentally composed by the late Tom Springfield and the very much alive UK actor Jim Dale.
Superb! It's Bacharach meets Dionne Warwick meets 60s weirdo band = great combination, what a pity there isn't lots of albums by this group+this singer with the wistful voice....
Thankyou for the long forgotten memories still remember the words too.
Superb!!!
Uptick from me! Love it, love Polly from Brum!
Great voice.. 👏
Loved her, still do, fantastic singer.
Her voice reminds me of Dionne Warwick, loved this record and Polly Brown too!
this is fantastic. just keep playing it again and again.
oh! the memories many thanks i remember buying this one
aside from polly, one thing i have always really loved about pickettywitch is the harmonies and the background vocals. they sound so complex and lush. i am greateful to youtube and all of you generous posters for these treats
My Good God she was beautiful.
Bruce Pappas pem
unique voice love this takes me back
Sounds similar to Di Warwickshire.
Wow...never heard this before. What a great tune.
Have I really been in love with Polly for 43 Years my how time flies.
What a beautiful song you sound like dionne warwick your such a beautiful singer wow
Those false eye lashes are amazing - they're almost like spiders!
Wow, picked up elsewhere but in the last two seconds just look at that odd lady in pink dancing the funky chicken
at 50 mph...hilarious!
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Polly was my major teenage crush in the 70s; Sad Old Kinda Movie is still one of my most played tracks today. I got talking to the lady sitting next to me on a plane, conversation turned to music, and it turned out she was Polly Browne herself. She's still working but never made it big time.
Greg AVFC 69/70 Jones Yes you are.
@@gaming_with_me483 Yes, I am what?