BBC 2 Special 1981
In late 1980 (or was it early 1981) Ernest Maxin the BBC producer famous for directing and choreographing great Morecambe and Wise moments like There Ain't Nothing Like A Dame and the Kitchen Stripper routine asked the group to do a a 30 minute special on BBC2. Ernest had seen the group at the Country Cousin Club a year earlier and had even introduced the group to their manager Gerry Maxin, yes, Ernest's brother.
Wall Street CrashThis was a song especially composed for the program by Keith Strachan the MD
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All That JazzMary sings the Kander & Ebb classic from Chicago
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Alexander's Ragtime BandThe medley created for the 1980 Royal Command Performance
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Shopping For ClothesThe Coasters song written by Leiber & Stoller (under a pseudonym)
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Down In HollywoodThe groups version of a Ry Cooder song from the Bop Till You Drop album
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Part Time LoveCori Josias sings the Gladys Knight song
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He's Out Of My LifeSiobhan McCarthy sings her version of the Michael Jackson ballad
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You've Lost That Loving FeelingColin takes the lead on the Righteous Brothers classic
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Rock & Roll MedleyA pinch from the Oh Boy Show where the group began
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SavedAnother Leiber & Stoller classic originally recorded by La Vern Baker
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