Post #789007 by FranNL on Sun, Aug 5, 2018 4:58 AM

I'm playing right now "Jungle Rock" by Hank Mizell 7". Nice raw rock n roll (may I say rockabilly?) recorded in 1958. Didn't get any "media" recommencement untill the 70s. "Anyways here a funny note from Wikipedia: Charly Records (UK) then re-released "Jungle Rock" in March 1976 and it duly made Number 3 in the UK Singles Chart, and Number 1 in the Dutch charts. Mizell was 53 years old when he finally made it into pop's history books. When the record was played on BBC TV's flagship pop music show Top of the Pops in April 1976, host Tony Blackburn announced they could not find Mizell, and so the dance group Pan's People dressed in khaki blouses, shorts and pith helmets, danced along to the record with several extras in animal costumes representing the animals mentioned in the song"

Hier is the link to that top of the pops:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_A3D_lCZDsE

This is the cover of my copy (French press)