This takes me back to Saturday mornings as a kid-Dad would make pancakes, the radio was on, and this song would start playing. We always turned up for this one.
Amanda, I remember my papa listening to this song and as I would sleep in the back of the car. The fuzzy carpet on the floor of that Oldsmobile was just right for a 6 year old boy to sleep on. The humming of the car engine and papa's speakers ringing out those tunes of the day from the AM dial.
I have no idea why this silly song from my childhood popped into my head out of nowhere at 5 o'clock in the morning on 11-5-23. But that's what brought me here.
I was 9 years old when this was on the radio and was wild about this song. Riding around in the car with the family, this song would start on the car radio, and we'd sing along with it. Real feel-good music.
When a girl broke up with me, I used to blame it on her. When I got a little older, I started to blame it on me. Now I just blame it on the nearest cathedral.
People just lack the spirit of prior eras & the camaraderie of earlier times by harmony through banding together to make an album production. Albums used to bring people together more whereas nowadays its not always about fun or bringing others together which doesn’t seem fun to me but still is an escape from the struggle of a reality some live they bring up in songs i try to forget about because not everything in the outside world has these good or cool vibes honestly.
I cannot understand why this isn't on every 60s compilation. I was four when this came out. One of the first real non-children's songs I remember. AND one of my favorite top ten songs of ALL TIME!
I was 4 as well. My parents said I would roll up a piece of paper like a megaphone and try to sing it. I don't remember that, but do remember totally loving this song. I guess it has an appeal to kids
I was in the hospital and this song got me through. Someone brought me a little radio and this song played all day and night. It has a nice beat and really cheered me up.
My grandfather and I used to dance to this song when I was 3-4 years old. My grandmother reminded me of this in the last Christmas Card I received in her handwriting in 2004. It's been 16 years now since she passed away. My grandfather 4 years before her and my mom 6 years after. I've felt family-less since 2011. Thank goodness for memories and youtube.
Reminds me of goin' for rides in my moms' old old chevy in the '60s, her and us kids. Singing at the top of our lungs and laughing our asses off. Miss ya mom.
Love this song - whistle it regularly! The actual cathedral is the longest Gothic Cathedral in the world (Jane Austen buried there) - magnificent building.
Buenas noches, gracias por compartir tan hermosa cancioncita, la escucho desde que tenía como 4 años de edad, por lo cual me trae maravillosos recuerdos de mi mamá, de mi papá, mis herman@s cuando la vida era solo felicidad!!...saludos y bendiciones para todos ustedes, sus familias y todos sus seguidores...desde el Estado de México
In early June, 1971, my family and I were visiting England. Went to many famous locations, but at one I couldn't get the tune out of my head. It was...Winchester Cathedral.
This tune suddenly got into my head; 1st time in years.. my Dad used to love to whistle it and drove my Mom crazy; one of those 'funny farm' melodies that gets into your head and can't get rid of it '-)
Yes, this song came in like a comet. I had a crush om just about every pretty girl when I was in elementary school. But that magical time of growing up passed away like a wink of an eye. Gone! Now, I look back wishing I would have done things differently. But wasn't that case for so many of us now. If only I would have had a dad, then showing me things. Not a pity party here, but things could have played out much-much differently... This song puts me back in that magical time then of having to figure things out on my own.
I can’t believe this novelty song won best song at the 67 Grammys! They beat out “Monday, Monday” by The Mamas & the Papas, “Eleanor Rigby” by The Beatles, and “Good Vibrations” by The Beach Boys!
We had a little record player with one needle to share with 5 kids. My mother loved this song so much she made us play it every day for the life of that record player.
I'm 50 years old and was lucky enough to be a child in the early seventies. I remember this song on the radio stations am. My grandfather or grandmother whistling along or tapping their foot, and me hating it. Now I love it so much
My dad's older brother used to whistle this song. He was a lot of fun. I really miss my dad and my uncles. They don't make 'em like that anymore -- songs and people.
@@suscnc My dad just whistled a lot. He also passed in late May, 2013. Tomorrow, May 7, would have been his 87th birthday. It's hard to say goodbye to your Dad, and it's good we have these memories.
@@suscnc Funny that we have these memories...I looked this up b/c my mother used to sing this song...no whistling. She passed 6/14/70. 50 years ago....I was only 8.
@@thewholeshebang6464 So sorry you lost your mom too soon. But I've learned that as well as being a font of information and a means of communication, the internet also holds an endless supply of memories.
@@texas2step266 Thanks for your kind words. I looked this song up b/c I mentioned it in my RUclips channel about my mother's passing. Here it is: ruclips.net/video/V9kG40gqzig/видео.html I wanted to hear it...it is exactly how I remembered her playing/singing it...
When I came to study at a graduate school of the University of Illinois in Champaign back in 1966, this music was very popular. I listened to this music very often and I liked it.
For those wondering, the musicians are lead vocalist Tristram, The Seventh Earl of Crickwood; guitarist Mick Wilsher; bassist Neil Korner; drummer-washboard player-spoons player Henry Harrison; pianist Stan Haywood; trombonist "Shuggy" Watts; and trumpeter Bob Kerr.
Beatitud!! Hermoso tema. Lo escucho desde los años 70. Hoy estamos en 2022 y el gusto por esta hermosa canción no se ha ido, ni se irá!! Eran tiempos mejores'!! No como la basura de hoy!!
Never forget that this won the Grammy for best contemporary song... against Good Vibrations, Paint It Black, California Dreamin’, and every song from Sounds of Silence and Revolver.
as a huge Beatles fan I was skeptic about this song for winning an award over one of their songs, but I listened to it for the first time as far as I can remember or even as far back as a small kid (47 now) and from the time I heard it to the 15 minute drive to work I was humming this song and even at work I wouldn't mind hearing it again. it's pure fun, simple music
Went to #1 in US and Canada in 1966 . On US hot 100 chart it knocked Supremes You Keep Me Hangin On off the top on Dec 3,1966 .After a week at #1 Beach Boys Good Vibrations replaced Winchester Cathedral at that spot but the song came back to #1 for an additional 2 weeks It also hit #1 on US easy listening chart . This song owned the US charts in December 1966 . Interestingly it only made it to #4 in the UK
Maybe for the British, Winchester Cathedral is hard to put at number one because of the wealth of other top class cathedrals that will occupy their minds.
@@Kowasi There were also competing versions of "Winchester Cathedral" records at the time including one by Lawrence Welk, but they didn't chart in the top 100.
That's great it's just a cathedral😃 Reminds me of a comment I read in Bob Seger Fire Lake. It goes "who wants to go to fire lake". This daughter commented that her Mom didn't know the words either,she thought it said who wants to go fry an egg😆 Too funny...
that's a great little story. do you mind if i laugh along with you? my dad was funny too, he was an old fashion kind of a guy and when this song came on the radio he would comment how racy it was.
Oh thats lovely annie. I had an uncle who used to sing "oh a tree in motion" when it was poetry in motion (johnny tiilotson single that got to number 1 in UK)
+Judy Bou I was 10 when it was out and I know every word to this day, I just found out. Everybody sang along to it. I think the appeal was the British Accent and all things British what with the Beatles and Dave Clark 5 having recently conquered the U.S. market. Whatever. Loved it.
My mom had this album and I grew up listening to and loving it! I love 20s music anyway and I love this album from start to finish! Thanks for posting this as I've never seen what the band looked like. I've been looking for this album in CD form forever, but I don't think it was ever released.
I was in the 4th grade in 1966 when this version came out. Our teacher must have been crazy about this song because she had the class sing it. She even wrote the lyrics on the chalk board for us to follow.
back in 1967 when i was 11 i was listening to this song in our galaxy 500 car as we were going to my grandparents house it was at night ,and right when the lyrics winchester cathedral were sung screaming tires and a huge impack crash we were in a 9 car crash,my front teeth went through my lower lip i was not wearing seat belts,,,i have the scar today,cant forget this song
Was in high school when this came along... liked it and still do. it is good vaudeville music to me... don't think the new generation today would like the old songs... too different and attitudes not same
The stereo version is rare. A true #1! The New Vaudeville Band's only hit to crack the U.S. Top 40, the title track from their debut album. Performed by British songwriter/producer Geoff Stephens in a style parroting the nostalgic "megaphone" style of 1920s crooner Rudy Vallee. Incredibly, “Winchester Cathedral” beat out The Beach Boys' "Good Vibrations" for the 1966 Grammy Award for Best Pop Recording, and wound up as the fifth-biggest Novelty hit of all-time. Covered by Dana Rollin as a Top 75 single the following month. Geoff Stephens went on to write numerous hits for other groups during the 1960s and early 1970s, including “There’s a Kind of Hush” for Herman’s Hermits, “Smile a Little Smile for Me” for The Flying Machine, and “Daughter of Darkness” for Tom Jones.
Written by Geoff Stephens but sung by another great British songwriter and singer, John Carter (Ivy League, Flowerpot Men, Carter-Lewis and the Southerners etc), so I believe.
The US must have not received the stereo version from the UK, as it appears in reprocessed stereo on the Mercury/ Fontana album in the US. One member, Bob "Pops" Kerr was a member of The Bonzo Dog Band for a brief time in 1966, before he joined this band just as "Winchester Cathedral" was climbing the charts.
My father used to sing this to himself from time to time while he was working on something or another. I never knew what it was about, or if it was not something he made up (as he used to make up songs, too), and I never asked. Remembered it today and thought I would look it up. Thanks for posting it!
This takes me back to Saturday mornings as a kid-Dad would make pancakes, the radio was on, and this song would start playing. We always turned up for this one.
Amanda, I remember my papa listening to this song and as I would sleep in the back of the car. The fuzzy carpet on the floor of that Oldsmobile was just right for a 6 year old boy to sleep on. The humming of the car engine and papa's speakers ringing out those tunes of the day from the AM dial.
@@globalaide49 good memories.
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my dad used to sing this one ,and yes I have the 45 R.P.M. single too( great tune!!!)
Yes, the good ole days that are never to return.
I have no idea why this silly song from my childhood popped into my head out of nowhere at 5 o'clock in the morning on 11-5-23. But that's what brought me here.
Same with me lol
me too.
Me too also 🙂 For a long time I did not know title and band ...
One of the catchiest tunes in history. At the time it was released, a whole nation was involved in, singing, whistling, humming it. Lol
Brings back good memories as a teenager. Loved listening to the music from that time.
I was 9 years old when this was on the radio and was wild about this song. Riding around in the car with the family, this song would start on the car radio, and we'd sing along with it. Real feel-good music.
When a girl broke up with me, I used to blame it on her. When I got a little older, I started to blame it on me. Now I just blame it on the nearest cathedral.
Lol
😂😂😂
Why can't music be like this TODAY...you know...FUN!
The fun is in talking about shooting people with guns
People just lack the spirit of prior eras & the camaraderie of earlier times by harmony through banding together to make an album production.
Albums used to bring people together more whereas nowadays its not always about fun or bringing others together which doesn’t seem fun to me but still is an escape from the struggle of a reality some live they bring up in songs i try to forget about because not everything in the outside world has these good or cool vibes honestly.
It's called tough act to follow & AT TIMES IT'S GONE BACKWARDS..
Ask the producers.
I never get tired of this song! Such a catchy tune! I absolutely love it!
Catchy your right on
Imho AJR Would Ecclecticly *NAIL* A Re-telling of this Piece.
Same here..love it
@@drumbum3.142 Taco did a re-make of this in 1984 which I think was an awesome cover, even better than the original.
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No Joke - I'll have to Immediately Right Now Check It Out. 🙏
I cannot understand why this isn't on every 60s compilation. I was four when this came out. One of the first real non-children's songs I remember.
AND one of my favorite top ten songs of ALL TIME!
exactement can t write better : 4 years old ,the father use to whistle throught that melody
I was 4 as well. My parents said I would roll up a piece of paper like a megaphone and try to sing it. I don't remember that, but do remember totally loving this song. I guess it has an appeal to kids
I was in the hospital and this song got me through. Someone brought me a little radio and this song played all day and night. It has a nice beat and really cheered me up.
My grandfather and I used to dance to this song when I was 3-4 years old. My grandmother reminded me of this in the last Christmas Card I received in her handwriting in 2004. It's been 16 years now since she passed away. My grandfather 4 years before her and my mom 6 years after. I've felt family-less since 2011. Thank goodness for memories and youtube.
Sorry to hear , but you still have your lovely memories of them 😊 all the best .
You’re making me cry. I feel that
I've been loving the melody, ever since I first heard it in my early teens.
Reminds me of goin' for rides in my moms' old old chevy in the '60s, her and us kids.
Singing at the top of our lungs and laughing our asses off.
Miss ya mom.
I love him singing through the megaphone real talented and creative.
And not so often do we hear that. "We so sorry , Uncle Albert but, we haven't done a bloody thing all day"
@Nova Silas Definitely, have been watching on Flixzone for since november myself =)
Talented?? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😱
You liked the megaphone? Rudy Vallee used it decades before.
This is where Tom Waits got his idea
Love this song - whistle it regularly! The actual cathedral is the longest Gothic Cathedral in the world (Jane Austen buried there) - magnificent building.
Buenas noches, gracias por compartir tan hermosa cancioncita, la escucho desde que tenía como 4 años de edad, por lo cual me trae maravillosos recuerdos de mi mamá, de mi papá, mis herman@s cuando la vida era solo felicidad!!...saludos y bendiciones para todos ustedes, sus familias y todos sus seguidores...desde el Estado de México
Ero una ragazzina quando ascoltavo questo pezzo e mi piaceva moltissimo! Lo ricordo sempre con molto.piacere! Anni belli!
In early June, 1971, my family and I were visiting England. Went to many famous locations, but at one I couldn't get the tune out of my head. It was...Winchester Cathedral.
I was 6 years old in 1966. Drove mom crazy singing this one around the house !!!!
This tune suddenly got into my head; 1st time in years.. my Dad used to love to whistle it and drove my Mom crazy; one of those 'funny farm' melodies that gets into your head and can't get rid of it '-)
Crazy true that
I have this album both in mono and stereo. My daughter ALLI and me love to dance to this song! Such great Saturday nights !
Such a wonderful number one hit song!
I liked this tune like 30 years ago when I was little. Suddenly remembered it tonight, and there it is. thanks internet person
My grandfather was over the top happy when this song resurrected his teenage years...we loved it!
One of my Wonderful late Wife’s favorite songs. Mourning her passing 4 years ago this week, on a cold, rainy Monday.
Yes, this song came in like a comet. I had a crush om just about every pretty girl when I was in elementary school. But that magical time of growing up passed away like a wink of an eye. Gone!
Now, I look back wishing I would have done things differently. But wasn't that case for so many of us now. If only I would have had a dad, then showing me things. Not a pity party here, but things could have played out much-much differently... This song puts me back in that magical time then of having to figure things out on my own.
same here,,, my
Mom loved it ,and danced around the house to it ,She just passed away yesterday ,, reaching out for her in songs
4 yrs old in the back of parents Studebaker, watching trees go by with this song on the radio. Good memory.
I lived in Germany for awhile in the 70s this song takes me back my mother liked it I tracked it down years later
we went on holiday to Dorset last year and saw signs for winchester and couldn't stop singing this song . .love it
I remember that song.Played it all the time.Brings back some great memories 😄
I remember, I just had to have this record album! I played this song and all the rest many times! This particular song got played over and over!
I can’t believe this novelty song won best song at the 67 Grammys! They beat out “Monday, Monday” by The Mamas & the Papas, “Eleanor Rigby” by The Beatles, and “Good Vibrations” by The Beach Boys!
I love this song but it's definitely not better than any of those songs
You're surprised by that?
Usually the s*** rises to the top when we're talking Grammys 😊
In the '60s, the contemporary pop-rock songs of the day like the ones you listed often were passed over for more traditional ones like this.
@@phoenix...dark...dirk.dark4307 I don't really care for this version. Taco's cover in the '80s was much better.
I can. It's better as a composition in my humble opinion
Ahhhh... the 60s. I often wish I could have been around back then. Such a crazy weird time period.
We had a little record player with one needle to share with 5 kids.
My mother loved this song so much she made us play it every day for the life of that record player.
You shouldn't share needles (or dangle modifiers). It's dangerous.
I'm 50 years old and was lucky enough to be a child in the early seventies. I remember this song on the radio stations am. My grandfather or grandmother whistling along or tapping their foot, and me hating it. Now I love it so much
On this day, 50 years ago, a couple of brits reviving vaudeville sound made this song, and it topped the charts in late '66
Great year to be a teenager, my sis Angie and I listened along with my mom. Miss you both.
My little brother used to sit in the bathroom while being potty trained singing this over and over! What memories!
My dad's older brother used to whistle this song. He was a lot of fun. I really miss my dad and my uncles. They don't make 'em like that anymore -- songs and people.
So true I know and understand what you mean.
a timeless classic
Great to hear this song again.....my wife was 10 years old when this was popular!
We did a jumprope routine to this song in High School gym😊 back in 1968. Oh the good ole days.
I miss my Dad so much. He used to whistle to this quite often. He went home to be w the Lord 9/11/13
Same. My dad whistled it a lot, too. He left this world 5/31/13.
@@suscnc My dad just whistled a lot. He also passed in late May, 2013. Tomorrow, May 7, would have been his 87th birthday. It's hard to say goodbye to your Dad, and it's good we have these memories.
@@suscnc Funny that we have these memories...I looked this up b/c my mother used to sing this song...no whistling. She passed 6/14/70. 50 years ago....I was only 8.
@@thewholeshebang6464 So sorry you lost your mom too soon. But I've learned that as well as being a font of information and a means of communication, the internet also holds an endless supply of memories.
@@texas2step266 Thanks for your kind words. I looked this song up b/c I mentioned it in my RUclips channel about my mother's passing. Here it is: ruclips.net/video/V9kG40gqzig/видео.html
I wanted to hear it...it is exactly how I remembered her playing/singing it...
When I came to study at a graduate school of the University of Illinois in Champaign back in 1966, this music was very popular.
I listened to this music very often and I liked it.
Always loved this song!! Quirky. Bonzo dog doo da band remind me of them! College students with musical talent. Neill Innes springs to mind!
For those wondering, the musicians are lead vocalist Tristram, The Seventh Earl of Crickwood; guitarist Mick Wilsher; bassist Neil Korner; drummer-washboard player-spoons player Henry Harrison; pianist Stan Haywood; trombonist "Shuggy" Watts; and trumpeter Bob Kerr.
Thanks 😍💪👍
thanks
In fact, I was wondering who was in the band, if there was someone I recognized. Thanks for the info.
They are called New Vaudeville Band
Bobby kerrs whoopie band
Beatitud!! Hermoso tema. Lo escucho desde los años 70. Hoy estamos en 2022 y el gusto por esta hermosa canción no se ha ido, ni se irá!! Eran tiempos mejores'!! No como la basura de hoy!!
That song came out 1966 Winchester that brings back pleasant memories I was in my early twenties at that time 😍❤️
My dad used to whistle this song all the time! Wow! My black African dad who studied all over the world in the 60s. LOL
Never forget that this won the Grammy for best contemporary song... against Good Vibrations, Paint It Black, California Dreamin’, and every song from Sounds of Silence and Revolver.
Which simply goes to show how idiotic the Grammys are and have been for decades.
Remember having this 45 as a youngster-Great memories!
Gracias por compartir éste hermoso recuerdo
A great tribute to a great building. Know it well. Happy memories!
I always wanted my daughter (Brenda white ) to play this for me! She really didn't want to but she did. Thanks Bren. It's been a few years
What a great rhythm. Love it ! Sweet, unforgettable 60's.
as a huge Beatles fan I was skeptic about this song for winning an award over one of their songs, but I listened to it for the first time as far as I can remember or even as far back as a small kid (47 now) and from the time I heard it to the 15 minute drive to work I was humming this song and even at work I wouldn't mind hearing it again. it's pure fun, simple music
This tune is one of a kind! So original. Great tune.
GRANDE E IMPAGÁVEL LEMBRANÇA
DOS DOCES TEMPOS DE CRIANÇA.
PATOS DE MINAS-MG
SAUDADES...
This song reminds me of easier times when l was small. Love it.
This musical selection certainly scaled the heights of artistic excellence and intellectual achievement.
Temaza! Décadas que no la escuchaba. Me recuerda a mi padre silbando la canción luego de escucharla en la Voz de BBC... Gracias!!!
I was just a kid when I first heard Winchester Cathedral. I still love it!!!
Went to #1 in US and Canada in 1966 . On US hot 100 chart it knocked Supremes You Keep Me Hangin On off the top on Dec 3,1966 .After a week at #1 Beach Boys Good Vibrations replaced Winchester Cathedral at that spot but the song came back to #1 for an additional 2 weeks
It also hit #1 on US easy listening chart .
This song owned the US charts in December 1966 .
Interestingly it only made it to #4 in the UK
Maybe for the British, Winchester Cathedral is hard to put at number one because of the wealth of other top class cathedrals that will occupy their minds.
@@Kowasi There were also competing versions of "Winchester Cathedral" records at the time including one by Lawrence Welk, but they didn't chart in the top 100.
When I was kid back in the early 60s, my folks listened to this song. It's a great old tune.
I remember hearing this first in December, 1966, when I was in the seventh grade.
I have been to the Winchester Cathedral. Marvellous architecture.
Heard this 56 years ago at 9yo. Still love it.
I remember my Mom singing this song, the only problem was she thought it said "It's Just a Cathedral".. How I miss my Mom! :)
❤
That's great it's just a cathedral😃 Reminds me of a comment I read in Bob Seger Fire Lake. It goes "who wants to go to fire lake". This daughter commented that her Mom didn't know the words either,she thought it said who wants to go fry an egg😆 Too funny...
@@jeffcooper3765 in germany we have a whole little book with such misunderstandings and some are really crazy and funny... :-)
that's a great little story. do you mind if i laugh along with you? my dad was funny too, he was an old fashion kind of a guy and when this song came on the radio he would comment how racy it was.
Oh thats lovely annie. I had an uncle who used to sing "oh a tree in motion" when it was poetry in motion (johnny tiilotson single that got to number 1 in UK)
My Dad had an album with this on it. I loved it & knew every word.
+Judy Bou I was 10 when it was out and I know every word to this day, I just found out. Everybody sang along to it. I think the appeal was the British Accent and all things British what with the Beatles and Dave Clark 5 having recently conquered the U.S. market. Whatever. Loved it.
This is the first song I remember playing on the radio.
I was 3 years old !!!
My mom had this album and I grew up listening to and loving it! I love 20s music anyway and I love this album from start to finish! Thanks for posting this as I've never seen what the band looked like. I've been looking for this album in CD form forever, but I don't think it was ever released.
This just played in the radio and holy cow I falled in love. Thanks for the upload!
Good share. Memories from an old school foreman who sung this in the eighties on the shop floor.
I had a teacher named Winchester when this song came out. Our class had a field day with this.
Light and easy! My family loved this because it has a happy vibe.
great song brings back the good days when my father you,s to sing this song thank you for this great tune it is awesome
I was in the 4th grade in 1966 when this version came out. Our teacher must have been crazy about this song because she had the class sing it. She even wrote the lyrics on the chalk board for us to follow.
back in 1967 when i was 11 i was listening to this song in our galaxy 500 car as we were going to my grandparents house it was at night ,and right when the lyrics winchester cathedral were sung screaming tires and a huge impack crash we were in a 9 car crash,my front teeth went through my lower lip i was not wearing seat belts,,,i have the scar today,cant forget this song
Love this song so much.
OMG I haven't heard this song since elementary school.
OldeSkool1
Me too😊
OldeSkool1 miss those days. Semper Fi USMC 1973-1977 Sgt
Since=Nice s. Brain grin.
When did you go into the Corps? Me 1975 MCRD
me too
Reminds me of junior high (1967?), this song and Itchygoo Park...listened to my transistor radio walking to school in Jersey (WFIL)
Michael wood This song came out in the autumn of 1966, fool! You were alive then(I wasn't), so how can you NOT remember it?!? 😠😠😠😠😠
1967...Small Faces...Itchycoo Park
Itchygoo Park! In the 70s we used to smoke grass at a place we called Itchygoo from the song...
Greetings from South Jersey Michael. I remember WFIL.
Maravillosamenteeeee graciasss🙂
Was in high school when this came along... liked it and still do. it is good vaudeville music to me... don't think the new generation today would like the old songs... too different and attitudes not same
Just came into my mind now. Its funny how a song you havent herd of in many decades suddenly can enter ya mind
I've been looking for this song for 30 years.
Download it from iTunes or Google music
ja ja ja buen recuerdo, tiempo sin escuchar esta vieja canción!!!
My grandpa LOVES this song, and I have to say, it's growing on me. 😊
Lead vocal by John Carter of the Sixties band ‘The Ivy League’
One the the greatest years in the history of music and this stinker took home the Grammy over the who's who of 60's rock and pop.
What a fun song. Great memories
My parents had the album with the flappers on the cover. We loved this some.
It's always been such an odd combination of things. A novelty song but with completely serious words. And also the whole ' 20s / Rudy Vallee tribute.
One of my Fabulous songs 60 years! Luv forever!
The stereo version is rare. A true #1! The New Vaudeville Band's only hit to crack the U.S. Top 40, the title track from their debut album. Performed by British songwriter/producer Geoff Stephens in a style parroting the nostalgic "megaphone" style of 1920s crooner Rudy Vallee. Incredibly, “Winchester Cathedral” beat out The Beach Boys' "Good Vibrations" for the 1966 Grammy Award for Best Pop Recording, and wound up as the fifth-biggest Novelty hit of all-time. Covered by Dana Rollin as a Top 75 single the following month.
Geoff Stephens went on to write numerous hits for other groups during the 1960s and early 1970s, including “There’s a Kind of Hush” for Herman’s Hermits, “Smile a Little Smile for Me” for The Flying Machine, and “Daughter of Darkness” for Tom Jones.
Which tells you all you need to know about the Grammys
Written by Geoff Stephens but sung by another great British songwriter and singer, John Carter (Ivy League, Flowerpot Men, Carter-Lewis and the Southerners etc), so I believe.
The US must have not received the stereo version from the UK, as it appears in reprocessed stereo on the Mercury/ Fontana album in the US. One member, Bob "Pops" Kerr was a member of The Bonzo Dog Band for a brief time in 1966, before he joined this band just as "Winchester Cathedral" was climbing the charts.
Extraordinary! I remember those song, I was a child in that time.
My father used to sing this to himself from time to time while he was working on something or another. I never knew what it was about, or if it was not something he made up (as he used to make up songs, too), and I never asked. Remembered it today and thought I would look it up. Thanks for posting it!
I think you did a great job!!!, thanks for posting this classic tune!!!!
I had difficulty recording this song as I couldn't stop laughing. Sorry Geoff about the extra studio time. Definitely is a classic song!
It's a lovely song! Well done John Carter!
This brings back memories, this was my favorite song when i was 9 years old. I would always play this on the jukebox. Thanks for sharing.
Excellent piece of art!
Qué nostálgico clasicazo!!
Una joyita de antología.