I Got A Ding-A-Ling

I think I’ve said before that the 70s were the golden age of the novelty hit. Most were dreadful of course but I did and still do enjoy some of them, like this one. A big hit in 1977, “Telephone Man” has more saucy double entendres than an entire Carry On film script, and a goofy charm which I find hard to resist.

Meri Wilson tried to repeat this success with a follow-up single called “Peter the Meter Reader” but this was her only hit. You can only capture this kind of silly magic once.

Download: Telephone Man – Meri Wilson (mp3)