The Walrus of Love

Oh, joy. The weekend is in sight...

It also happens to be the 70th anniversary of the birth of "The Walrus Of Love", Mr Barry White. A man legendary for his influence on fashion for the fuller figure, and on hair styles, his growly vocals on a succession of OTT "seduction Soul" songs in the 1970s were more than likely a contributory factor to the population explosion of that decade.

Who better to guide us funkily towards thoughts of party-planning? [We're already getting excited about Proms in the Park tomorrow!]

Here's Big Barry, introducing his lovely singers Love Unlimited, with their vocal version of his orchestral hit Love's Theme - Thank Disco It's Friday!

Barry White's Love Unlimited Orchestra - Love's Theme

Have a funky and seductive weekend, one and all.

Barry White (born Barry Eugene Carter, 12th September 1944 - 4th July 2003)

I don't know, I don't know why

He's hungry, and he's carrying a rose...

Wet, miserable, and it's Friday 13th.

But it is the end of the working week, and rain or no rain, it's time to party!

To guide us into that mood, here's the "Walrus of Love" himself, Mr Barry White (whose birthday it would have been yesterday) - wearing an outsize jacket of a remarkably similar sparkliness to the one I wore yesterday - purring in his own inimitable way one of his trademark seduction numbers, Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe:

Barry White - Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe

Thank Disco It's Friday!

Enjoy it as best you can, folks.

Wiggle no more

Louise, Babs, Dee Dee, Cherry and Ruth

Sad news today of the death of Louise Clarke, one of the founder members of the eternally kitsch Pan's People, stalwarts of the nation's most-missed TV show Top of the Pops (and guilty pleasure of the dads of the 70s). She was only 63.

Here's a typically glittering example of the talents of the troupe (properly dressed for once), as they have a bit of a wiggle back in 1974 to Barry White's You're The First, The Last, My Everything:

Pan's People - Barry White - You're The First The Last My Everything

Another bit of my childhood gone. RIP.

Pan's People website