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"I'll come back when it's over!"

The hit song that one lead singer hated so much he walked out.

Dessie in Belfast says he read that John Lennon hated the Beatles song, Ob-La-Di-Ob-La-Da...

"Is that so?" Sean says. "Well the guys in Marmalade, who had a hit with it, they hated it too, as far as I heard. I remember one night in Letterkenny, we had a sixties weekend, and Willie Deery had brought over Marmalade. And when the show was over at about half past one people retired to the bar, and there was a bit of a sing-song, and the guys from the band came in, and someone started singing Ob-La-Di-Ob-La-Da... and the lead singer ran out of the bar... 'I'll come back when it's over!'"

With music from The Mamas & the Papas, John Denver, The Bedrocks, Johnny Tillotson, and more.

56 minutes

Last on

Wed 7 Jul 2021 15:04

Music Played

  • The Mamas & the Papas

    It's Getting Better

  • John Denver

    Some Days Are Diamonds

  • The Bedrocks

    Ob La Di Ob La Da

  • Hank Locklin

    This Song Is Just For You

  • Eric Clapton

    Lay Down Sally

  • Lady A

    Need You Now

  • Mark Knopfler

    Tall Order Baby

  • Tom Jones

    Just Out Of Reach

  • Johnny Tillotson

    Heartaches By The Number

  • Dickie Rock

    Baby I'm Your Man

  • Ricky Nelson

    Travellin' Man

  • Joe Dolan

    More & More Everyday

Broadcast

  • Wed 7 Jul 2021 15:04