Don't remember most of Jim's posthumous hits bar one monster goodie, but this one is actually way better than the barrel-scraping of the early 70's. Quite nice. Adam Faith was still a fave at that time but I don't remember this one. Nice strings. Good advice lyrically, one of the current crop of professional misery-wallowers could do with covering it. I rather like this, its about time I bought his Greatest Hits.

 

The Shadows' vocal hits all passed me by, but Mary Anne is quite nice, though I prefer the Hot Chocolate flop of the same name which no-one but me bought. Roy was another fave of the time, but yet another I don't recall knowing then, Roy makes it sound so effortless as if anyone could hit those big notes. My dad could, too. It's a good track, the best so far in this batch.

 

And so on to those I did know at the time and loved, from the point of view of 7-year-olds: Paper Tiger - catchy little ditty and I love her voice. Was Sue really 39!!? She looks about 25 in the video i just watched. Great tune and mid 60's go-go dancer vibes, always a plus for me. A Windmill In Amsterdam was iconic for my generation of kids, great fun and a song I knew all the words to, aided and abetted by Ed Stewart's Juniors Choice over the years, it was an ingrained regular requested track. I play it for succeeding kiddie members of the family, just as I put Crazy Frog on t'other day to see the reaction. If there's one thing always in supply in our family, it's fresh new malleable kids in need of hearing great (and not so great) old pop music and watching great sci-fi fantasy.

 

No contest this week though, Sandie was generous, easily a big hit for her too, but Tom's manly vocals suited it to a tee, witness its comebacks over the decades. It's Not Unusual, I loved it then I love it now I loved when it belatedly topped my charts in 1987-ish, cos it def would have topped my kiddie charts, along with Ronnie Hilton.

 

So, more importantly, what was I up to in the 2 weeks up to my Aunty's birthday on the 17th? Still living in Chesham. Still watching TV avidly: This first post is the one the BBC told me to remove when I put it up for sale as a card, with picture drawn by me of a TURDIS. I'm being very careful here not to get told off again for using a copyrighted name, but it's my drawing and my 60-year-old review so I think any copyright claims would be highly dubious given nobody ever made a penny out of it.

 

So, TURDIS-obsessed me wrote:

 

"Today is Monday Feb 8th on saterday I saw Dr who and at the end they got home B But after that they got in the space - ship and at the end I did not no were they land next and they will tell me next week and when Dr who finished my mummy ternd the TV over and we watsched thank you Lucky stars and we saw gene pitnei"

 

Frankly, 7-year-old me could write a better script than some of the shite churned out the last 18 months :teresa:

 

Next!

 

A picture of a TV outside, not sure how that works! Also a yellow 4 legged animal watching the TV with red horns and a fuzzy red fur or wings or something. It may have something to do with the Web Planet episode, my earliest traumatised TV memory of a lady butterfly getting her head stuck in a hole and dying while escaping giant ants will be coming up soon.

 

"Today is Monday Feb 15th on satarday" (I rubbed it out knowing I spelt it wrong last time and tried again) "I saw Dr who and I saw that there was some Big Beetalls and I was fritind that I got a pillar and after that my mumy turned the Tv over and we watched thank you lucky stars and I saw adam Faith and then I saw the news and after that I saw the wether and after that I swichet the TV of and after that I swichet the TV on"

 

If that doesn't make you go "awww"...proof that kids did hide behind a Pillow watching Doctor Who, and proof that I was very meticulous from a young age, and proof that despite my comments above I did in fact hear that Adam Faith record on Thank Your Lucky Stars. Maybe that's why I liked it!

18th - 24th February 1965

 

24. I Must Be Seeing Things - Gene Pitney The story here is that he can't believe his girl has gone off with his best friend. The orchestral sound complements his passionate vocals effectively. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVeRJXy-hRI

37. Your Hurtin' Kind Of Love - Dusty Springfield That last sentence could be applied to this one as well (with 'her' replacing 'his'). It will be a relative failure for Dusty, not going any higher than 37. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehbbMpAEcBE

 

Record of the week : 26. Come And Stay With Me - Marianne Faithfull

 

All three songs are new to me and this one has made the best impression. There's a nice bit of harpsicord at the start and the rest of the song has a folk/pop sound to it with an assured vocal from Marianne who we lost just a few weeks ago. Her second hit single, it will go as high as number 4.

 

I name-checked 'Come And Stay With Me' as one of my favourites from Marianne in the RIP thread after her sad passing a few weeks ago - pleased that has come out on top here!

Gene, Dusty and Marianne, now there's a trio worth hearing! Dusty gets my vote, Marianne as a very close follow-up, I prob should pop that one in my current charts when her others drop out....

25th February - 3rd March 1965

13. Silhouettes - Herman's Hermits https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IT3hCkp_nnU A decent mid-tempo song but not one that I'll remember for too long. After their second hit only reached number 19, this cover of a song from 1957 will do much better and get as high as number 3.

17. I'll Stop At Nothing - Sandie Shaw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjqnzUGytIM This will be another top 5 hit for Sandie and she sings it well but not as good overall as the first two.

31. Golden Lights - Twinkle https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S76TECd53dc Twinkle's follow-up to 'Terry' is another one she wrote herself and she puts plenty of personality into her vocal. A shame she will have no more top 40 hits.

32. Honey I Need - The Pretty Things https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWMmU9vPmYw The second hit for this group is another edgy raw blues song with quite a long guitar solo.

33. I Apologise - PJ Proby https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLw50yeqUCk A song that goes back to 1931. This cover has some rather strained vocals, not very enjoyable at all.

36. Can't You Hear My Heart Beat - Goldie and The Gingerbreads https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OASMq5dH0lc This is an American all female rock band so hats off to them for being pioneers even if the song itself isn't very good. It will be their only UK hit.

Record of the week: 40. I Can't Explain - The Who

There will be better to come from The Who but this still beats everything else this week. There some good use of backing vocals to support Roger Daltrey's lead and the instrumentation would have sounded very modern at the time. The band's first hit single will go as high as number 8.

Silhouettes is one of those songs I liked at the time, great tune, and then forgot about completely until I bought Herman's Greatest Hits CD, at which point I went "Of course! I loved that one". Cliff did a lesser cover too a few decades later. Sandie Shaw, bought her vinyl hits circa 1976, played it a lot, I'll Stop At Nothing included, one I liked. Don't know the Twinkle track, but it's very Terry, but a bit more upbeat! Very nice.

The Pretty Things a bit too raucous for me to get to hear on telly of the time, it's OK. Never heard it before that I recall. My mum and Aunty loved P.J. Proby, and my Aunty still wants to see him, she almost got tickets for his last tour. So I googled last week, and errr, basically one interview did his career in. Persona Non Grata. Not done anything illegal, but an opinion you can't walk back from. Ah well taking my Aunty to a golden oldies show of songs from the 50's to 80's instead. He was a great singer though.

I've been aware of Goldie & The Gingerbreads for years, and I think Herman's Hermits covered this song too, and it was popping up in covers in the 70's, but this original passed me by entirely. Herman's cover is better.

All of which goes to lead up to agreeing about The Who's I Can't Explain as the best record here. But I think my heart belongs to Silhouettes.

So what was I doing in Mid to late Feb 1965?

So this was the weekend I got traumatised, as I write at length on Monday 22nd Feb:

It was the image of a lady caterpillar/butterfly dying with her head stuck in a wall that haunted me. Katy the mouse died I think later in the year and got replaced with a rabbit, which also died. I'm not saying I loved them to death, but it is possible....

I saw The Shadows on TV, and Kathy Kirby on Juke Box Jury, great show that one, she was a fave, and that Premium Bond is still in my possession. It took around 20 years but my number came up! I won £50 in new Premium Bonds, which have never won a thing. My brother's Premium Bond never won, so he bought shotloads 2 years ago (the maximum permitted) and has won several thousand in dribs and drabs. I must get round to buying some more....

4th - 10th March 1965

28. The 'In' Crowd - Dobie Gray https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICi5pz48tk0 This attempt to replicate the Motown sound by a minor label falls a bit flat for me. He sings it well enough but there's something missing. It will be his only top 40 hit though he will come close to another one in ten years time, falling just two places away.

31. The Last Time - The Rolling Stones https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbjMuuTAZZM The first single by them they wrote themselves and it will be their third number 1. The recurring guitar riff is my favourite part of the song and it could easily have won the award in another week.

34. In The Meantime - Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfYf07HYfqc The follow-up to his number 1 keeps to the same sound but slightly slower in pace and not as distinctive. It will fall short of the top 20.

Record of the week : 35. Concrete And Clay - Unit Four Plus Two

A really catchy melody on this one and I like the Latin style guitar sound and rhythm so it beats the Stones' single. Helped by Kenny Everett on pirate radio, the song by the Hertfordshire group will really take off and go all the way to number 1.

Oh 'Concrete And Clay' is a great top pick! The production is really standout with the latin flair to the beat.

Agreed that 'The Last Time' is a good'un too and would've been a worthy winner most weeks

I like The In Crowd but it's not a patch on the monster-epic that is Bryan Ferry's 1974 cover. Glam on steroids with horns as in ya face as you get. The Last Time is a goodie and def one I heard on telly of the time, the Georgie Fame I have no memory of at all, and Concrete & Clay is another I knew an got reminded of in 1976 when Randy Edelman covered it. The original hit is the better version, but overall its the Stones for me.

11th - 18th March 1965

13. Goodbye My Love - The Searchers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QecElaMC8mU Another good song from this group and it will be their final top 10 single. I tried a few youtube clips and they all had this rather muffled sound quality which spoils it a bit. 

32. Do The Clam - Elvis Presley https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyx5JCK83H8 This is from Elvis' new film 'Girl Happy'. I liked it more than I expected to from the title. It's a bongo drum based party tune with an energetic saxophone solo in the middle.

34. Find My Way Back Home - The Nashville Teens https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tnokm3WObhM After two top 10 hits, this will go no higher than 34 but it's still another fine song from them with a relentless driving rhythm.

37. I Don't Want To Go On Without You - The Moody Blues https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTiOS5Pqgm8 A follow-up to their number 1 which will peak as low as 33. It's a cover of a Drifters song and sounds like it's recorded in one live take. Not too bad but not in the same class as 'Go Now'.

38. The Minute You're Gone - Cliff Richard https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=seOEveCWoL8 Cliff's first number 1 since 'Summer Holiday' two years ago. It was one of the songs he recorded in Nashville to tap in to the American market. It's an OK ballad but one of the least memorable chart toppers from the mid 60s.

39. I Belong - Kathy Kirby https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqkbwsQ_7Ck And here we have the UK's entry for Eurovision. It will finish 2nd behind Luxembourg in Naples next week. This recorded version has a melodramatic production with a big vocal from Kathy. It will be the last of her five top 40 hits.

Record of the week : 30. I Know A Place - Petula Clark

So in a competitive week, this one gets my seal of approval. I've never heard it before but I'm impressed by Tony Hatch's production and Petula's lead vocal which won her a Grammy award. Everything on this stereo version is crystal clear. Lyrically, it follows the same path as Downtown covering a night out at a club. It will reach a peak position of number 17.

2 top faves here, Petula's Tony hatch gem I Know A Place, and The Searchers Goodbye My Love, both familiar from the time, but Petula has appeal that lingers so that also gets my vote. I've still got all those free Elvis DVD's given away with newspapers when that was a thing. Including Girl Crazy. I must get round to watching them one day, what is it, 20 years now?! Do The Clam is mundane movie Presley.

The Nashville Teens is unfamiliar but it sounds like their big hit, only not as good as Tobacco Road. Like the fabulous hook and guts has been surgically removed. The Moody Blues number is also one that means nowt t'me. High expectations, very low result - sounds like it was recorded in a toilet. Album track at best...

After those 2, Cliff is a relief, lush ballad, a bit too sugary and plodding country & western sound, I've never liked it much, but at least it sounds well-produced. So my last hope here is Kathy Kirby, my beloved of the time and a song that gives me zero nostalgic vibes, unlike her previous fabulousness You're The One. This is more of an old-fashioned big band song tarted up for 1965 audiences.

18th - 24th March 1965

30. Reelin' And Rockin' - The Dave Clark Five https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AwRaRWgLpo The Dave Clark Five have gone back in time with a cover of a Chuck Berry song from 1957. They've kept to the 50s rock'n'roll sound and it's a lively effort to get everyone onto the dancefloor.

31. You're Breakin' My Heart - Keely Smith https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nTerbkf2QA And here's another one that seems out of place in the 60s. The original goes back to 1948 and this has the same post-war sound to it but she sings it well, backed by a big Hollywood style production. It will be the only top 40 hit for the American singer.

35. King Of The Road - Roger Miller https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4kvi5IG_KE A classic single that won five Grammy awards. It's OK but I've never really been a big fan of the song. It will stay at number 35 for three weeks but eventually ascend all the way to number 1.

39. Hey Good Lookin' - Bo Diddley https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nE55xzNcVIM I was expecting the next line to be "what ya got cooking" but this is a different song. It keeps to today's theme of songs that belong in a previous decade. I liked the eight note riff in between each line of the verses and the chorus. This will be the second and last of Bo Diddley's hit singles.

40. Stranger In Town - Del Shannon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fNca3JgfeY This will turn out to be the final top 40 hit for Del Shannon. He had fourteen from 1961 to 1965. It's a good one to end with, keeping to his signature sound.

Record of the week : 32. For Your Love - The Yardbirds

No doubt it has to be this one. I like the harpsichord intro and then the song speeds up to the main melody before slowing down again to a completely different tune and then back to the first one. Two more reasons for me to pick this one: 1 - it was written by an 18 year old Graham Gouldman who was in his own band, The Mockingbirds, at the time and 2 - I entered a disco cover of the song from the 70s by Chilly to the disco themed Club Bizarre song contest four months ago where it finished in 5th place. Eric Clapton played on the Yardbirds original but left before it was released, disliking the group's direction towards shorter pop songs. It will be their first top 40 single, spending two weeks at number 3.

Loved Dave Clark and his 5, but Reelin & Rockin is a step backwards album throwaway Beatles stylee. Chuck's own live cover in 1972 is way better than this. He brings out the naughtiness. Never heard the Keely Smith track before, but it's much better than Dave Clark 5's, I like the retro singalong ballad vibe, nicely done. One could imagine Vera Lynn doing a slower duller version.

King Of The Road a big fave of the time, as was Roger Miller, well-liked in our household. The proclaimers did a decent version, but the original is the best. Hey Good Lookin' is one Ive never heard, Diddley beat present and accounted for, it's OK, if nothing ground-breaking.

Stranger In Town is not one of Del's better-known tracks, and seems to be trying to sound more Beat-era a tad, while staying true to the Shannon sound, and sort of falls in between losing what was great about his melodramatic sweeping pop. For Your Love, what an intro, what a teen prodigy Graham Gouldman was, and what a muso Clapton was leaving the band. Mind you, all concerned would do very well thank you very much. I will take this record over anything Clapton released in his entire largely-dull career bar Layla, and I agree record of the week.

25th - 31st March 1965

22. Catch The Wind - Donovan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doJbS4tWYsM Donovan's debut single. I wrongly listened to the album version first. It turns out the single has strings and an echo effect while the later album version which now has about six times more Spotify streams has just guitar and harmonica. I think I prefer the single, a beautiful sound to it. It's interesting that Donovan and Bob Dylan are making their first appearance in the same week.

31. I'll Be There - Gerry and The Pacemakers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kwYlKiB6js A cover of a Bobby Darin song from 1960. I always enjoy Gerry's vocals and this one has some lush orchestration.

32. Here Comes The Night - Them https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpKpAierYus Another good song by Them which will go all the way to number 2. The tempo changes and that guitar riff make this stand out. We sadly won't hear from them again, Van Morrison will soon leave to embark on his solo career.

37. Little Things - Dave Berry https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5Md137mMFQ A perky pop song with subtle changes throughout to keep it interesting. Bobby Goldsboro recorded the original last year.

39. The Birds And The Bees - Jewel Akens https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvFv0VMXzq0 The only hit for an American singer I have not heard of. The drummer coming to a full stop several times is what I'll remember most about it.

40. Without You - Matt Monro https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJlfVcgBQvo A fairly standard Matt Monro ballad but, as always, he puts in a barnstorming vocal which makes it a worthwhile listen.

Record of the week : 36. The Times They Are A-Changin' - Bob Dylan

I've never been a big fan of Bob Dylan's drawling vocal style but the lyrics on this song make it a seminal piece of work which sums up what was going on in America at the time. The many cover versions over the years show they continued to be relevant. The single will peak at number 9.

I'm going to shock-horror opt for the single version of Donovan's to Dylan. It might not be as important, and is clearly influenced by Dylan, but I love it and Donovan more than I ever loved Dylan at the time and since. I bought tickets to Donovan's last attempted tour but he cancelled due to lack of interest, which is sad. Dylan's last tour was sold out and hugely expensive, and if I wanted to listen to someone "singing" badly I'd just record myself on my phone for free and play it back 😇I do have both Greatest Hits though.

Don't really recall that Gerry song, but I saw him in concert in the 80's so clearly heard it before, it's quite nice. Here Comes The Night is a great record, better than virtually any post-60's Van Morrison tracks, he's one of those artists I just don't get the appeal of, his last truly great record was Brown Eyed Girl for me. Dave Berry I saw on the same Gerry tour, I wasnt that impressed by and large with his back catalogue bar The Crying Game, Little Things is a bit twee and I would prob prefer the original as I love Bobby Goldsboro's voice.

Playing Birds & The Bees, ah yes I do know it. I like that one. Matt Monroe is another one I never rated that much in the 70's, bar Born Free, but I'm finding I do quite like his stuff as I discover his oldies, I could quite happily listen to a Greatest Hits now. I'm getting old....!

1st - 7th April 1965

23. Stop! In The Name Of Love - The Supremes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=le_P2AtA_EQ It was just three days ago that I revealed this to be the forum's 23rd favourite UK number 7 single and the highest placed from the 60s but it's not my record of the week. I still like it a lot but it's the same all the way through with no subtlety to it.

29. Everybody's Gonna Be Happy - The Kinks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4D9VaY-q68 After three top 2 hits, this will be a relative failure, only getting to number 17. It's a fast paced, rhythmic song that would be suitable for the teenagers of the time to dance to.

32. Pop Go The Workers - The Barron Knights https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2LFFg2fBWw The second hit for the Barron Knights has them speculating what different acts might do for jobs if their hits dried up. As always with this type of record, it's funny the first time but if you bought the single would you need to play it more than once?

36. Nowhere To Run - Martha and The Vandellas - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WR9pvGtyiHg This will only reach number 26 but I know it quite well. There's a great lead vocal here from Martha and good use of percussion, it should have been a bigger hit.

Record of the week : 33. All Over The World - Francoise Hardy

I first discovered this song on the thread 'Review a song you don't know from the week you were born'. That week is still more than a month away but this will be in the top 40 for the next few months. I instantly fell for the song's charms with the beautiful combination of piano, double bass and Francoise's delicate vocal. It also has one of the earliest promo videos that isn't just the singer or group performing the song in one location. The single will peak at number 16, her biggest hit but sadly her final one.

Great to see Françoise topping another section for you!

'Et Même' is my favourite of her trio of hits but 'All Over the World' is great too, love the vocal and piano. I hadn't seen the promo video until now.

I'm with the voters I'm afraid, Stop! In The Name Of Love is peak Holland-Dozier-Holland/Motown and topped my charts as a reissued oldie, one I was vaguely aware of at the time, I started to love it when we borrowed the neighbours' Supremes Greatest Hits vinyl in 1970 and cherry picked tracks onto reel to reel tape. Classic after classic.

The Kinks track is sub-par and one I dont recall on my Kinks Greatest Hits collection! The Barron Knights were always mildly amusing first time, and then extremely annoying 2 weeks on from hearing. Nowhere To Run is a great record, not my top Martha Reeves, but worthy anyway. Francoise Hardy's is a lovely tune, it's a melody that mildly takes me back to that era but not one I actively remember knowing until the 80's.

8th to 14th April 1965

31. Hawaiian Wedding Song - Julie Rogers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcZI8qgUBKs A reasonable enough ballad but outdated and not one I'll remember for too long. It's the last of her three hits and two of them were about weddings.

34. Bring It On Home To Me - The Animals https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZntYBFyuZd4 The Animals cover a Sam Cooke song in tribute to him and make a good job of it with another fine vocal from Eric Burdon interspersed with Alan Prices' contribution on the organ. It will be his last before he leaves to form his own group.

35. True Love For Evermore - The Bachelors https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kmE9Y6QlpQ Their last five singles all reached the top 10 but this will only move up one more place. The orchestral backing was the best part, I think I heard a harp in there, but the vocals were not to my liking.

37. You Can Have Him - Dionne Warwick https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AmiJHSiHoE There's so much going on in the backing track, I wasn't paying much attention to Dionne's part. The drums and percussion are really prominent and then the brass instruments unexpectedly come in which, in places, sound like an English brass band and there are also some backing vocals. This is one I like enough to listen to again, I think it will grow on me. It will be three years before we hear from Dionne again.

Record of the week : 39. True Love Ways - Peter and Gordon

Buddy Holly recorded the original version but this is the one I'm most familiar with. The vocals are only average but the song's melody stands out no matter who's singing it and the orchestral production is marvellous. The duo's third hit single will go as high as number 2.

I've been intrigued by the Hawaiian Wedding Song title for decades but dont recall hearing it before. I really like The Wedding, childhood memories attached, but no nostalgia here but I do know that tune a bit. Wikipedia google, ah it's an Elvis cover song from Blue Hawaii of an old standard. That'll be why. I'll stick with Elvis.

The Animals cover is also one I know through other versions, Rod Stewart's is the first I knew and didnt like it much, and this passed me by at the time too. Sam Cooke's is the version I know best, and I'll stick with that one. The Bachelors is another one I have no memory of, but I was watching them last night on a fab Youtube post of a new Years Eve Top Of The Pops 60's review from 1969 that has never been broadcast since, and never will (thanks to SaVile) but it's amazing. This track is dull but they did a great live version of Diane - I was struck how even not-great pop stars of the 60's could cut it live.

I have Dionne's Greatest Hits CD but this aint on it, the irony is the bulk of her US hits are on it, including the way better non-hits from the next 3 years. It's an attempt to move away from the lush Bacharach ballads, I suppose, but this sounds much older than they do. It's the best of the options so far though. Peter & Gordon then, the song is a bullet-proof Buddy Holly classic, it topped my charts a few years back in a London Philharmonic orchestral version of Buddy's, and to be fair this is a pretty good cover and is most probably where my love of the song comes from as I seem to have always known it without remembering that I liked it at any particular time.

So, a quick catch up on my life back then: yes Doctor Who ruled my life, of course.

It was April Fool's Day and I forgot to play a fool on my friends, none of whom I remember. It must have been classmates and a schoolday.

Hey, we went on a day out visit to another school, and I don't remember this either, nor a nursery rhyme song called Little Blue Ben - it's on Youtube and I swear I never heard it in my life :) Here Comes Grannie? Not even on Youtube. Who Built The Ark? Noah. There is a whale mentioned here so maybe that was the inspiration for Noah & The Whale. It's telling that the stuff I was being force fed to sing by the school made no impression on me at all, yet the top pop records of 1965 I could get excited by....

Johnny Todd seems to be a folk song from waaayyyyy back in Liverpool's 19th Century British Empire majesty days, Bob Dylan covered it, and the tune was used in the then-famous Mersey police TV show Z-Cars. Great theme tune that one. Liverpool in 1965 was a shadow of it's former self, (my grandma lived there) but the buildings remain grand in the City Centre. And then I did some drawings of a camel, a car, and a cap. Pretty good I think, if I say so myself. I have a car, I have a cap shaped like that, and I have yet to see a camel with it's hump fallen down under it's belly. I know we went to London Zoo in 1965 because Goldie The Golden Eagle escaped and made news headlines, and we went to see him some time after they got him back that March, so I'm guessing I got the camel hump bug there in May.