MONTE VIDEO A.K.A. MURRAY GRINDLEY, EX MEMBER OF N.Z. GROUP "THE UNDERDOGS", MADE A 1982 TOP 40 HIT WITH THE SURPRISING TITLE "SHOOP SHOOP DIDDY WOP CUMMA CUMMA WANG DANG".MY FAVOURITE LINE IS "WHAT KIND OF A GIRL DO YOU THINK I AM"...WHICH IN ITS DAY WAS ALMOST A NOD TO TRANSGENDER LEANINGS....IN A WHOLSOME KINDA WAY, OF COURSE!
THE SONG WAS FULL OF SUGGESTIVE "NUDGE-NUDGE-WINK-WINK" NAUGHTINESS AND WAS CONSIDERED MORE A NOVELTY HIT THAN ANYTHING ELSE. IT WAS RECORDED IN N.Z. BROUGHT TO AUSTRALIA FOR MIXING AND EDITING THEN RELEASED ON MUSHROOM RECORDS. IT MADE RESPECTABLE FIGURES IN THE CHARTS IN 1982, IT GOT TO NO.2 IN N.Z. AND NO.11 IN OZ.
THE 12" EXTENDED MIX WAS ISSUED ON THE "WHITE LABEL" IN 1983 FOR WHEN THE SONG WAS RELEASED IN THE U.K. SADLY, AS FAR AS I KNOW, IT SANK WITHOUT A TRACE IN BLIGHTY. THE 7" SINGLE VERSION HAS BEEN ISSUED ON C.D. ON A SERIES CALLED "WHERE WERE YOU IN 1983?"
THIS DOWNLOAD IS THE ULTRA RARE 12" MIX FROM MY OWN VINYL COLLECTION.
I do remember this one. Didn't know who it was though.
ReplyDeleteI'm downloading it now, I hope it's as good as I remember ;)
Thanks
bazzil
What a great blog!
ReplyDeleteI have this track on vinyl and was looking to introduce my 5 year old girl to some great 80's stuff from dads era. She loves Shoop Shoop after listening to it on youtube and after finding this blog, danced flat out for the entire 12" remix! lol
Cheers mate, excellent site!
Rapidshare is gone. I want to hear this!!!!
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