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For Some Success Comes Better Late Than Never

set of retro vinyl records on table

[Last week we presented the story behind the inexplicable success of the mindless, teen anthem from the 1960s Louie, Louie. A similarly mindless, equally sophomoric song from the same era was Hang On Sloopy. I stumbled up a low budget remake of the song featuring the former lead singer of The McCoys and learned that there was a backstory way more interesting than the song. SB SM]

Here’s the video:

Here’s one way to make a boring song more interesting …

It turns out that the girl depicting Sloopy didn’t see her own video until years later, an interesting snippet of rock and roll trivia.

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Stephen Morris is a Silverback of the human variety who is reaching out to like-minded others for mental stimulation and amusement.

2 thoughts on “For Some Success Comes Better Late Than Never”

  1. Mike&Cyndy says:

    Shagadelic!
    But Google Liberace doing “Feeling Groovy”for a real trip…

    1. Just saw it. Boss! Gear! Fab! Or you could watch “One Toke Over the Line” on the Lawrence Welk Show.

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