30. Rhythm Of Life – Sammy Davis Junior (Sweet Charity) (1969)
This song always reminds me of Nick Lowe (who is the son of Mick Lowe - who was the man who ran the Western Park Youth Theatre of which I was a member when I was a young lad!). Nick was also a member of that group and I also appeared in a production of ‘Grease’ with him in the latter part of the 1980s in Countersthorpe but that’s another story.
Before we did our first show for the group we needed to raise funds to hire the theatre, pay for the costumes etc and so Mick arranged for the group to do some paid shows at the local working men’s clubs. A great believer and fan of working men’s clubs (I am a member of one myself - although they are very sadly now in decline) we would often do our party pieces and a few showstoppers which I seem to recall were treated with enjoyment or extreme nonchalance by the audiences.
Nick’s party piece was to sing this song and I always enjoyed listening to him sing it as he is an amazing talent and always did it with such energy and enthusiasm. Every time I hear it I think of him but as he has made no recording I have to listen to this version of my ipod..
Hope you enjoy it…
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