Googi The Liverpool Duck was a song I wrote for a local girl called Penny Page who had a ventriloquist act and it has a strange history....I wrote it in the 70's purely for her act and a few years later she recorded it as a single 45 on her husband's (David Alexander) record label....at the time it sold in droves and she performed it on the Palladium and other TV appearances....it went on to be used in a TV drama which became a film....this week it has made the local charts ; on radio Merseyside...
Oct 18, 2017
The song this week is entitled "Seasons" and came about atfer a conversation I had with a chap a while ago....he had emigrated to Australia and decided he had made a mistake....he was originally from Wirral and I mentioned hot weather and "barbies" to which he replied he was fed up with the heat etc...I casually mentioned the fact that I enjoy the seasons and he said that was it...that is what he misses most....this was the inspiration behind the song which ended up on one of my DVDs of the area...
Oct 11, 2017
The song this week is The Colour Of Time and is one I co-wrote with a good friend of mine called Patricia Knapton...it features a painter who sees rainbows where there is no rain and everyone in his painting is smiling with no hatred etc....proving the world is a better place through a six year old's eyes instead of the goons who run things at the moment. We have been bombarded with documentaries on Lady Di....telling us nothing we don't know....I think we have all had enough now.....so much so ...
Aug 30, 2017
The song this week is called Song of Anglesey which I composed for my pal Paul Damian and is a track off the album Portrait of Wales......it is available from my website. As I said I was in Anglesey over the weekend and visited a village on the north of the Island called Moelfre...it is a small picturesque fishing village with a lifeboat station....close by is a huge bronze statue of a famous lifeboat man called Dick Evans....his bravery earned him the lifeboat equivalent of the Victoria Cross.....
Aug 23, 2017
The song this week is from my "Stars Over 45" album...it is called The Ballad of the Forgotten Pop Stars and is a tribute to those who have entertained us through the years....some of which have made a comebacks since I wrote this....it is available from my website www.donwoods.co.uk . was looking through the TV programmes last Sunday afternoon.....on the BBC between 11a.m. and 8p.m. there were 9 programmes (not including the news)....7 of which were repeats.....THIS is supposed to be entertainm...
Aug 16, 2017
I spent the weekend in Wales in wonderful Caernarfon....hence the song this week which is entitled "The Magic Of Wales" which I composed back in the day for my best pal Paul Damian.....it extolls the virtues of this great country and was the follow up single to my "How To Say Llanfair P.G." song and at the time sold equally as well to the tourists....I have since included both songs on an album I composed and produced with songs and legends of the country which is available from my website www.d...
Aug 09, 2017
The song this week is a track from my album "Stars Over 45" which features light hearted looks at some of our legendary celebs...it is called "The Ballad Of Una Stubbs".....and is a tribute to the lady who has always been everybody's sweetheart........the album did very well and is available from my website www.donwoods.co.uk 2 watched the ITV news last Friday morning from 8 to 8.30.....during which time there were three female presenters sitting side by side...Charlotte Hawkins...Kate Garraway ...
Aug 02, 2017
The song this week is one of the several I wrote for Penny Page and her singing duck Googi....after the success of "Googi The Liverpool Duck" I came up with quite a few ideas for her...this being one of them....this was the demo I did originally "I'd Like To Be A Cowboy".....I changed to title to "cowGIRL" for the record she made....as Googi is a girl.......... The outcry over the publishing of the BBC salaries has slowly come to a halt...with of course no follow up....the BBC obviously don't se...
Jul 26, 2017
The song this week is one I wrote for a dear friend of mine who is sadly no longer with us...his name was John Lomax and was part of a skiffle group called The Atlantics in the 50's....he played the first electric guitar I heard live....I met John many years later and we became good friends....I recorded this song with him as a tribute...The Story of Skiffle"....as it was skiffle that kicked it all off back then....John played this to Chas McDevitt when he went to one of his shows....Chas sugges...
Jul 19, 2017
The song I've sent you this week is called "Long Live The Isle of Man"and came about from a song I was asked to write about #Blackpool.....I sent it to Norman Wisdom who lived over there ....I met him a few years later when we interviewed him for Radio Merseyside....the song got plays on #Manx radio. A short film has been made called Run...Hide...Tell... which instructs holiday makers what to do if faced with a terrorist attack....this is what TV has been reduced to...talk about scare mongering....
Jul 12, 2017
The song this week is my tribute to a little village in Anglesey which has the longest railway station sign in the universe....Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch.....the song teaches you how to say the word because if you can sing it you can say it.....I have sent it this week because it has just reached 1.4 million hits on youtube.....I wrote it for my pal Paul Damian back in 1982 for his club act not realising the impact it would have in future years....I originally put...
Jul 05, 2017
The song this week is called "What Happened To Julie" and ..I'm sending it because I recently received a contract from a company in the States who promote songs......when I get to the small print this is going to cost me.... The London fire is still dominating the news... this material should never have passed safety regulations in the first place...if residents are moved out of existing blocks while they do the work fists are waved and blame cast....as usual the problems are magnified by the ne...
Jun 28, 2017
The song this week is about Chester City which you will know well....I've sent it because I have been taking advantage of the recent weather which has been very hot so I took my kayak out on the River Dee at Chester this week and it was like a millpond....I paddled along joined by baby ducks,swans and the local heron....wonderful....it really is fascinating place which I never tire of....I recorded another version of the song with a girl called Julie Bright (a local Chester girl) put it on a 45 ...
Jun 21, 2017
The song this week is called "On The River" which is where I spent Tuesday afternoon in my Laser Dinghy....I like to get out on the River Dee at West Kirby with just me,the breeze,and the seals....paradise......we are very lucky to have this sailing facility here on Wirral...and if the tide is out we can use the large Marine Lake. This country is becoming like a bad comedy show.......our wonderful Prime Minister calls for a snap general election for no reason whatsoever and falls flat on her fac...
Jun 14, 2017
The song this week is from my Doowop Days album and it is called "Love At First Sight".....until I commented on #BobbyVee's blog and received a notification from a DJ in the States who also knew Bobby.......his name is Joe Conroy and we have become good friends. .The news again has been blanket coverage of the latest London terror attacks....there's not a lot to add to it all...we are approaching a general election on Thursday.......the BBC being the worst....sensationalising very sad and delica...
Jun 07, 2017
Here's the demo of a song I wrote for Penny Page's husband David Alexander.....this is the actual demo I gave him........it was record of the week on Radio City and sold very well... We have had a bit of freak weather...30 degrees no less....which we are NOT ready for........and a spot where you can park the whole nation of sheep congregate resulting in everyone crammed on to 100 yards of shore.... Heathrow and Gatwick had computer problems......leaving thousands stranded and missing flights.......
May 31, 2017
...The song this week is called #Googie The Liverpool Duck" and has been very kind to me over the years....I wrote it for a friend of mine called #PennyPage who was a ventriloquist...the duck ...listening to on #bbcRadio 2 featuring #Jimmy McGovern.... I spent the weekend in #Wales and paid a very interesting visit to #Holyhead in #Anglesey...... Foxes are now infiltrating our towns and cities....but they are not the only things to do so....for also coming out of the countryside is a new threat....
May 24, 2017
The song this week is dedicated to Bobby Vee who I had the pleasure of working with on two concerts...one in New Brighton and the other in The North Wales Theatre in Llandudno......a great bloke. What did I tell you a few weeks back?...because of a possible impending DRAUGHT we might be facing a hosepipe ban...I give up...apparently there hasn't been much rain in the south east over the winter so the river levels are down......the Victorians built canals everywhere....oh...I forgot they are too ...
May 17, 2017
The song this week is taken from my doowop album I put together a few years ago called Doowop Days and takes us back to the golden years of rock and roll...the track is called "Tribute To Ricky Nelson........James Burton...me it was like playing golf with #Tiger Woods or climbing #MtEverest with #Edmund Hilary..... I am punchdrunk with elections.....#UKIP saying they are pleased with the result...it gives them a chance to build etc...they were WIPED OUT totally..general elections they will sort ...
May 10, 2017
.The song I have sent you this week is called "Seen and Done It All" and it was commissioned by a publisher I was signed to in the 70's called #Evolution Records....I wrote it specially for #DianaDors who actually recorded it......they also had #Mud and #GeorgieFame on their books and The #BonzoDog Doo Dah Band who I also wrote a song for which they recorded called "Strangle My Boss"... Still on the music scene they are all coming out of the woodwork....re-unions everywhere...#Steps...#Bananaram...
May 02, 2017
"I made It to the top" .. refers to the top of Mount #Snowdon.... album I produced for my pal #PaulDamian who pronounces the Welsh names accurately.. There was a 10 minute article on the news regarding "mumbling" in TV dramas....which I've been going on about for years...we discussed the #BBC big shot the other week coming out with gems like "It creates the atmosphere when actors lower their voices"...do these "stars" learn to act? There was an interesting article on the news about a couple of s...
Apr 19, 2017
..The song this week is called "How Lucky Am I"......extolling the virtues of this wonderful Peninsula....the DVD displays what I am singing about. There's a guy who took his kiddie out of school during term time to save ...if everybody decided to do the same it would totally disrupt the education system... It's the same with parking...there is a big issue at the moment about parking fines....I don't get them because I DON'T PARK ILLEGALLY... The record of the week on Radio 2 is a track off #Chu...
Apr 12, 2017
..The song this week is taken from one of my videos which I made a while ago showing the changes which have taken place in our area over the last 20 years.... have the seagulls over our beloved Hilbre Island. There is a programme on TV called "Little Big Shots" featuring very talented young kids ranging from 5 to 12...it is hosted by #DawnFrench and is brilliant. A problem with TV these days is all we seem to get is the same faces all the time...Tuesday night has #BradleyWalsh on with #TheChase ...
Apr 05, 2017
.The song this week is from my doowop album "Doowop Days" which takes us back to the golden day of the 50s....the song is called "What Happened To Julie?" and wonders ... I watched Comic Relief....I must say it was a relief when to was over.......however I was well impressed with #Ed Sheeran who really is a huge talent.... I tuned into BBC #Newswatch where there was a lot of complaints about the excessive coverage of the death of Martin McGuiness and the London terror attack....which is what we ...
Mar 29, 2017
The song this week is a track off an album I did taking a look at film stars...this one is called "The Ballad Of Burt Lancaster"...and came about after some ugly rumours were spread about my hero....he seemed to spend rather a lot of time in male company so eyebrows were raised....but I'm having NONE of it !!!!....as indeed the song says. .I was sad to hear of the passing of the great Chuck Berry...to me he was the undisputed king of rock and roll and was a huge influence on so many guitarists.....
Mar 22, 2017
The song this week is one close to my heart..."The Magic of #Wales"....it is sung by #Paul Damian and was the follow up to How To Say Llanfair P.G.....which has had 1.3 million hits on #YouTube There has been a lot of discussion on the news lately concerning speeding...they had a lady on whose son was killed by a speeding taxi........ #Brexit is building up to a crescendo...and still no-one seems to know what is going on...all made more complicated by #NicolaSturgeon still trying to get independ...
Mar 15, 2017
The song I have sent is called "Love At First Sight" ..it is a track off my #Doowop Album called "Doowop Days" (available from my website www.donwoods.co.uk).... I was browsing through Facebook and came across an article about The Swinging Blue Jeans.....but if they can make money kidding people who fall for it good luck to them. I watched #TheVoice ...two hours of hopefuls hoping to "change their lives"...and wanting to "fulfil their dreams". We are now finding planets billions of miles away wh...
Mar 01, 2017
......I was watching an old #Hollywood movie this week and it starred #Barbara Stanwyck... wrote a song for a novelty album which explains this...The Ballad of Barbara Stanwyck... There has been a bit of a moan about bad diction in dramas... ...I have always gone on about this.......my wife tells me I'm going deaf but now she knows it's not just ME!!.....what's the point of dialogue if you can't hear whats being said... I always thought whoever came up with the idea of selling bottled water was ...
Feb 27, 2017
The song I've sent you this week is ..The Ballad of Forgotten Popstars and lists those artists who entertained us in the early ... Big news ..a GLOBAL survey no less!!....it was discovered that vitamin D can prevent you getting a cold...so there....snd .....heading a football can cause dementure because some aging footballers suffer with this.. Stoke-On-Trent council have suggested giving expectant can't say "mothers" any more...giving expectant PARENTS vouchers to encourage them to stop smoking...
Feb 20, 2017
The song this week is a track off The Cheshire Cats album we made around 2005...it featured some of the local musicians who used to give their services free to the charity....this is Route 66 by my lad Steve....who played in my band for a while....he was a handy guitarist and bass player as can be heard...the Cheshire Cats can be found on our website www.thecheshirecats.co.uk ...we still meet up each week and rock. There has been quite a bit of coverage on the latest phenomenon....fake news........
Feb 13, 2017
