How do ya like it?

I think this city gent enjoyed it more than he let on...

Hotter than Cairo?!! That's mad...

As happens every time there's a heatwave in the UK, however, my thoughts drift away to that idyllic long, hot summer of '76...

The heatwave hadn't even started yet in May 1976 - we had another month to go before the UK began to bake. The fashions, as I recall, veered towards gypsy skirts and maxi-dresses for women, cheesecloth shirts, corduroys and high-buttoned flared denims for men [before all that was cast off for the rest of the summer in favour of swimming costumes, of course], and everyone had centre-partings and flicks!

In the headlines at the time were "Gentleman" Jim Callaghan, our new Prime Minister, already facing falling Labour Party ratings; his predecessor Harold Wilson's controversial Resignation Honours list ("the Lavender List") was published, with a number of dodgy businessmen given peerages; we were celebrating the inaugural flight of Concorde to New York; former "millionaire's playground" the Lebanon was in flames in a bloody civil war; all eyes were on British tennis champion Sue Barker for Wimbledon; and "Elsie Tanner" (Pat Phoenix) returned to Coronation Street after three years.

And in our charts this week (gulp) half a century ago? Abba's Fernando was at #1, and JJ Barrie, The Wurzels, Sutherland Brothers & Quiver, Wings, Rolling Stones, Robin Sarstedt, Bellamy Brothers and Miss Ross were all present and correct...

...but still hovering around in the Top Ten was this all-time classic Disco number [and it's not even Friday!] - probably the very first [only?] time an actual porn star became an international hit-maker!

Andrea True Connection - More, More, More

It's still a fab song, even 50 years later!

I'm not looking forward to the office today, in this heat - "air-con, what air-con?!"

No more, more, more

Sad news today of the demise of another significant bit of my youth - thanks to the lovely Henry at Barbarella's Galaxy for letting me know...

From Back2Stonewall news site:

Andrea True, who not only had one of the most recognisable faces in Adult X-Rated movies but had of one of the biggest disco hits of the 1970s, has died.

Desperate for work after arriving in New York in the early 70s she decided to pursue a career as a porn star. She appeared in more than 60 hardcore porn films throughout the 1970s and early to mid-80s.

Andrea True’s real claim to fame though came during her heyday as a porn actress when she was hired by a real estate business in Jamaica to appear in their commercial ads. During her stay on Jamaica, a political crisis gripped the island, and no one was allowed to leave with any money. Not wanting to lose her hard-earned pay, True asked her friend, record producer Gregg Diamond, to travel to the island and produce a track for her, which she would finance locally. Diamond arrived with a composition in hand, to which True added her vocals.

The result of their collaboration was More, More, More, which became a favourite in discos and nightclubs.

Andrea True died on 7th November 2011 at her Kingston, NY home. She was 68 years old.

And, by way of tribute, here (again) is THAT mega-hit!

Andrea True Connection - More, More, More

RIP

How d'ya like it?

At last, it's the weekend again! Despite a short week post-Pride, I still feel like I have been put through a wringer...

Still, any excuse to plug in those curling tongs, get our gold lamé hot-pants on, and boogie! To get us in the party mood, here's the magnificent Andrea True Connection and the classic More, More More! Thank Disco It's Friday...

Andrea True Connection - More, More, More

Have a great weekend!