9/12/06

Oh what a night! Ladies night for the SODS; Society of Distinguished Songwriters, at the Langham Hotel in London. We did this last year and were booked again by second year running king of the sods Tony Hatch.
This is a great gig and one of the few private functions we do - but its so fun!
It is obviously a society for song writers and many of them are well known by name but all of them have a legacy of very famous songs; Delilah, She, Downtown, most of the Bond themes etc etc. I won't go into details because it is a private gig but they all do a cabaret spot from Bruce Welch of Shadows fame ("Bachelor Boy") to Tony Hatch himself. I will mention that Mr Hatch, who wrote the huge hit "Downtown", got Petula Clark up to sing her hit with him. It was a beautiful moment that can only really be appreciated if you are there but public started congregating outside the door, drawn by the 74 year young singer who still has the same voice and it seemed quite magical when they heard that voice, recognized it and realized it was live.
The highlight for Vince, the professor, was when Rolf Harris jumped up after our performance to jam a little boogie with us on the piano (see photo in gallery). He is still a wild man and very nice too, as were they all.