Quote Originally Posted by gordy_hunk View Post
This was the first release on the MoWest label here in the UK. I've always liked this single, and was disappointed when it failed to enter the charts. I don't recall ever hearing it on the radio, and as Thelma was not a well known artist, without airplay it was hardly likely to create a winning streak for her.

Thanks for finding this performance. I also like the way that the audience behaved. None of the screaming, yelling, whistling, shouting at the end of the performance. Just modest applause. Much better.
I think the song did get a few plays on UK radio, I've been quite familiar with the song since the early '70s and I could have only heard it on the radio. I remember that a couple of years earlier her version of "Jumping Jack Flash" had had heavy airplay on Radio One so she would have had a following of sorts.

Of course I agree that, without massive airplay, the song really needed to be by someone much better known to have really broken through to become a big UK hit.

Roger