Hot Summer Night – Night 1979

Captain Fancypants — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 09:03:54 +0000

HOT SUMMER NIGHT – NIGHT

1979, the word on the street was D.I.S.C.O. but the middle of the road people were well and truly at it. Giving hope to us now in 2010 to make some light of what was then a great era, but now we go WTF?.

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1979, Brocky in the round Australia rally!

Melbourne was trying to become a new and vibrant city!

But inspired by OLD, er GOLD FM- Melbourne they played a few golden oldens this week, while while Foxy was trying to win tickets to see Blondie, or Pat Benatar, or Bon Jovi, or …well the list goes on. A great few Months of music in Melbourne…But we digress!

Lets look at the top ten of 1979.

Top selling singles in Australia for 1979

Lay Your Love on Me – Racey
I Was Made For Lovin’ You – Kiss
Heart of Glass – Blondie
Some Girls – Racey
Born to Be Alive – Patrick Hernandez
I Don’t Like Mondays – The Boomtown Rats
Da Ya Think I’m Sexy? – Rod Stewart
Le Freak – Chic
Knock on Wood – Amii Stewart
Pop Muzik – M

Top Australian Singles

Up There Cazaly – The Two-Man Band
Computer Games – Mi-Sex
C’mon Aussie C’mon – The Mojo Singers

and the Captain sadly learnt, in Grade 6 1979, that singing “up there cazaly” when auditioning for the lead in “Joseph and the technicolor dream coat” will not get the gig, even when the song is at number 1!

Thanks to Australian Music History. Click here!

Now all of these songs above we could review, but another one hit wonder came to mind from this era. The only place to chart was Australia was at some point #3 and best in the USA was #18.

The “once in your head it will haunt you” song of

HOT SUMMER NIGHT

by NIGHT!

But the Captain here found this the hardest band to date to find information on.

We did learn that this song: “Hot summer night” was a copy of a minor hit for Walter Egan in 1977. More on Walter Egan here at http://www.walteregan.net/ But then the information highway starts to dry up. Wikipedia shares that the band were based in LA but were British based session musicians.

Chris Thompson (vocals)
Stevie Lange (vocals)
Robbie McIntosh (guitar, vocals)
Billy Kristian (bass)
Nicky Hopkins (keyboards)
Pete Baron (drums)

In November 1979, they changed 2 muso’s.

Bobby Wright (keyboards)
Bobby Guidotti (drums)

So, research has Stevie Lange/Vann (Female) as the star of the show. She has two websites that follow her fame, and she has been a reasonably successful session backing singer touring with some big names over the years. HER WEBSITE HERE

But back to the song and the 1979 film-clip.

It had the 70′s looks!……..

some spiffy overalls

A “funky” blue shirt and sunnies (& ferret face?)

A early 2 shot effect (and more spiffy overalls on the drummer!)

And why did she wear a cardy to the filmclip?

And dont forget the annoying OOOH OOH OOOH OOH bit in the chorus!

However, for a real musical review by someone who knows his stuff, pop on over to our good friend at Retro universe and tell him Cleavagedownunder sent you

Review of Hot summer night here at Retro Universe

But sadly, the band’s follow up songs of “cold miserable morning”, “Dusty Bush Tucker Friday”, and the doomed to fail, “I’m not Stevie Nicks” all failed to chart, and Night, ended up like a dropped bacon sandwich, at a 3DB grand final breakfast of Cleavagedownunder Rock and Roll

Thanks again Dr Keats

And as usual the lyrics!

There was a time not too far gone
When I was changed by just a song
On the radio and in my car
The pounding of an electric guitar
Then the time came to make our stand
We started up a four-piece band
And the heat felt like spotlights
In the heart of a hot summer night
Ooh hot summer nights
Ooh hot summer nights

Return with me to when times were best
We were friends that could pass any test
Shared our hopes, our dreams, our goals
And the fundamental rolls
As we sang in the dark rooms
Happy just to play our tunes
It felt good when we got it right
It felt good on a hot summer night
Ooh hot summer nights
Ooh hot summer nights

So it lives and it always will
The songs we sung are in us still
Ringing out with all of their might
In the heat of a hot summer night
Ooh hot summer nights
Ooh hot summer nights

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