Credits Producer – Oswin Falquero, Raymond Watts Notes The Hit Parade: Julian Henry Anna Wildsmith Nains Watts Joanna Wood Matt Moffatt Cath Carroll ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SIDE ONE FOREVER The ultimate tribute to the great songwriters of the past. Hear six pianos vibrate over a thundering drum rhythm, while a gentle vocal melody takes you on an unforgetable trip to paradise. STOP I remember, that was then...Turn up the volume and you can still hear her footsteps approaching No.40 Egerton Gardens, London SW3. This song is under two minutes long. MY FAVOURITE GIRL The Hit Parade’s second single became well known for giving a new depth to contemporary music. “My Favourite Girl”is performed with gusto, imagination and a minimum of fuss and bother, and even includes a guitar solo. IT RAINED ON MONDAY AFTERNOON Back in 1984, the world smiled upon this young and wide-eyed group. But then came that fateful Monday Afternoon. They were crying when they recorded this top jazz number. THE SUN SHINES IN GERRARDS CROSS This is why The Hit Parade were never just another pop group – the third single was an HM roots classic. Gut-wrenching, uncontrollable and blinding rock music from the ghettoes of South Buckinghamshire. Phew! YOU HURT ME TOO This particular song was penned on the hills of Aira Force. She blushed and turned away, he took a pebble and dropped it into the running water. Now only the photographs remain. HUEBOS MEXICANA Closing Side One with an international flavour, Huebos Mexicana is a breakfast dish served in the cafes of Palenque, Chiapas. Rumours maintain that the barrios and cantinas still ring to the beat of this infectious tune. SIDE TWO YOU DIDN’T LOVE ME THEN A hi-tech 24 track recording which features the ringing chords of a Rickenbacker 330 guitar. Real fans of the group will find this song most rewarding when listened to on the platform of Acton Town tube station. SEE YOU IN HAVANA The record that went to No.1 in everybody’s favourite chart. Romantic, melancholy, distraught and drenched in an ocean of tears, the voice of Cath Carroll remembers love as it once was. How marvellous. WIPE AWAY THE TEARS A touching duet that reaches out across the world; highlights of this song include a devastating key change up to C major and the probing lyrical content of a lovesick 13 year old…”Where is the angel that abandoned me like this?” I GET SO SENTIMENTAL The trip through the woods, back into our childhood continues. By the fallen tree, near the railway tracks, two names are carved deep into the wood. On this occasion the curse of sentimentality rocks to a driving motown beat. SUE The Hit Parade turn their hands to a traditional Music Hall ballad. The stage-hands. The grease-paint. And of course the undying devotion and worship of the Goddess Woman. “Sue” is sung in the key of A major. THE SUN IN MY EYES Without doubt the greatest song ever written. Blindness, passion and the now-familiar Hank Marvin guitar solo enrich this final chapter in the Hit Parade’s Book Of Love. It was written at her house, while she sat next door packing her cases. COME AND GET ME GIRL The last Hit Parade recording. Where is she now? Far, far away but still somehow and impossibly within his reach. Perhaps she will hear this moving final melody one day, perhaps it will strike that elusive chord… YOU AS JUST A MEMORY An impromptu and spontaneous jam session from many of the worlds greatest players. Recorded totally live, this closing Hit Parade song frequently brings tears to the eyes of all who hear it.