You may not recognise it from the title, but if I was to say, “You know, the grocer Jack song”, all of you of that certain age would say “Oh I remember that”, and be instantly transported back to 1967, Ed Stewart and Junior Choice, which is the only place I ever heard it.
Odd choice really for a popular song on a children’s radio show, considering it was about an underappreciated shopkeeper who has a heart attack and dies, thus making everyone who dissed him feel rather bad, but there you go. It went straight over my head, which isn’t surprising considering I thought the kids were singing “Grow Sir Jack”!!!
To truly appreciate the song and the 1967 experience, you have to see the video, and I had a hell of a job finding a version visible in the USA. Thank you censors. This one looks french. Anyway first you have Keith in funky lilac flares and a body hugging nylon frilly shirt that Tom Jones would have been proud of and then you see the kids and you think OMG it’s us, just like we were in 1967! Dresses tied with a bow in the back, dresses decorated with ric rac braiding, knitted cardies, bows in our hair, knee length white socks and clarks shoes. The boy in shirt and tie, short shorts and a blazer like the old Beauvale uniform. Classic!
I have to say it made my day when I listened in online to Junior Choice and they played this in the first 2 or 3 songs. Brill.
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