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Christmas one-hit wonder by Jonah Lewis (have I spelled that right) but you know which one, with a little German band playing in between verses`
AH you*ve brought bACK HAPPY MEMORIES tONI bASIL *mICKEY* WAS MY PARTY PIECE, RED JUMP SUIT HAIR RIBBONS COPIED SONG & DANCE ROUTINE GREAT FUN!!!

Christmas is a very good (or rather, very bad) time for really naff one-hit wonders. The two that spring to mind (and, god, I wish they didn't) are 'Grandad', by Clive Dunn, from the 1970s, and 'Grandma' by St Winifred's School Choir

And then there was Mr Blobby...

If nothing else Mr Blobby stopped Take That getting the christmas number one

Wait a minute, Jona Lewie also had a minor hit prior to his festive pension plan, which was 'You'll Always Find Me in the Kitchen at Parties.'

God I'm sad. And old.

I got chatted up by Jonah Lewie once. Until an irritating old woman butted in, and he wandered off cos he was bored. My claim to fame that was going to be.

Don't know where the idea the band where German came from though. English as ham and eggs, you'll find. Stalwart studio men to a man.

One of them (the tuba player), may well have been the ubiquitous Herbie Flowers (also of fusionmeisters Sky), who once reckoned he'd played on more number one singles than any other musician in the world. He was mostly a bass player.

Natalie I stand corrected idnt realise JL sang In the Kitchen at Parties I recall the song.`
Mina Oh dear! You could have been famous!! I hope that boring lady*s false teeth fell out on the way home`
The German band idea , my pewrception of it was they were trying to create a World War 1 sort of effect. Too uch imagination on my part but in my defence I was a mermaid in a previous cyberlife)

Wait a minute; I've only just noticed this!! MINA, YOU GOT CHATTED UP BY JONA LEWIE?! When was this?!

Jonah Lewie had a previous incarnation as Terry Dactyl and the Dinosaurs. Don't you remember the classic 'Seaside Shuffle', a top tenner from the Seventies?

Two or three years ago now I think. He was appearing at the Blues festival in my local town. He was playing in a band that are really rather good, but I can't remember the name of them atm. I'm sure Blues Shark will know it.

Blues Shark does indeed. They were, and still are, the fantastic Brett Marvin and the Thunderbolts, who had a previous life as Terry Dactyl etc, which was no more Jona Lewie's band than it is any other member of the band-out of seven musicians, four of them share lead vocals depending on the song being performed.

Jona was their original keyboardist, a positon now being occupied by 'Taffy' Evans. Her was appearing at that particular blues festival because Evans was ill for some time and Jona had rejoined the band for a few dates.