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SETTANTAxOTTANTA: 1971. I Middle of the Road conquistano le classifiche europee con Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep · 70 80

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  on. Welcome to 70x80, the section of 7080 .it
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  that deepens the topics dealt with on the portal.
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  I'm with the journalist Enzo Mauri, who introduces
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  today's topic. Good morning, today I'm talking
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  to you about a success of the 70s, that success
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  often follows indefinite paths and a fact, the
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  events that led to more than 10 million copies
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  of the single Cirpi Cirpi Cip Cip in the version
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  of the Scottish pop quartet Middle of the Road.
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  The curious aspect of the story is that Chirpy
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  Chirpy Chip Chip, judged by the criticism of
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  the time in a despicable way, bubblegum song,
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  that is, easy and suitable for a public of young
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  people, was at first rejected by the middle of
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  the road. When in fact Chirpy Chirpy Chip Chip
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  was offered for interpretation to the middle
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  of the road, Ken Andrew, the band's leader, claimed
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  to have been disgusted by it and that perhaps
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  they would have succeeded in hitting it after
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  an abundant drink. The future interpreters of
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  Chirpi Chirpi Chip Chip, the already mentioned
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  Ken Andrew, together with the brothers Ian and
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  Eric McCready, respectively the guitar and bass,
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  began their career in the formation Ian Douglas
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  and the Douglas Boys, to then become Oscar Ackers,
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  specialized in Latin American music, once he
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  met the singer Sally Carr. Italy proved to be
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  fundamental for the success that, between 1970
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  and 1971, Chirpi Chirpi Chip Chip obtained, in
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  that period, in fact, the now middle -aged the
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  road, seeing the little success in the country,
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  they were in our country in search of fortune.
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  The middle of the road were discovered by the
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  musicians and producers Mario and Josie Capuano
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  who offered them a contract for the Italian RCA.
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  The engagement allowed the band to play in two
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  songs of the soundtrack of the Wife of the Priest,
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  a film with Sophia Loren. At this point the new
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  producer Giacomo Tosti decided to propose to
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  them Cirpi Cirpi Cip Cip, a song already written
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  by the composer Lally Stott, but also by the
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  pop duo Mac and Chirpi Chirpi Chip Chip became
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  one of the most played songs by Gianni Boncompagni
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  and Renzo Arbore in their high grade and lead
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  the way to the success of Tweedledee Tweedledum,
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  published in March 1971, so much so that it became
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  the soundtrack of the spot on the new Fiat 127.
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  MCL, Divisione Economico -Fiscale www .lexmcl
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  .it The version of Chirpi Chirpi Chip Chip, sung
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  by Middle of the Road, in Cisa in October 1970,
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  won the European rankings and then reached the
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  first place in the British in 1971 thanks to
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  the promotion of Tony Blackburn, disc jockey
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  of BBC One, where he remained for five weeks.
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  Despite the cheerful tone, Chirpy Chirpy Chip
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  Chip speaks of Little Baby Don, a child who,
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  at the whim of a little bird, is abandoned by
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  his parents. In reality, the text appears a bit
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  confusing and the author Lely Stott, until his
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  disappearance, has never explained the real meaning.
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  The profitable collaboration between the Middle
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  of the Road, the producer Giacomo Tosti and the
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  Capuano brothers, allowed the Scottish formation,
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  now planted in Italy, to focus on other successes
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  such as Soleil Soleil, Sacramento and Samson
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  and Delilah, all of 1971. I'm out. In 1974, Middle
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  of the Road participated with Sole Giallo at
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  the Sanremo Festival. The song did not succeed
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  and fell short of their dissolution in 1976,
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  before reforming with other components. For the
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  simple but never banal sonorities, many consider
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  them predecessors of the Swedish Yabba. Moreover,
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  the singer Sally Carr is very similar to the
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  blonde of the Yabba, Agnetha Felskog. Thanks
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  to Enzo Mauri for the today's theme. See you
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