Tuesday, January 06, 2009

Marie Tang n Commancheros Sings Fireball XL5

 "Marie Tang is 14 year old student at St Joseph's Convent whose ambition is to be a school teacher. She has taken part in several competitions and qualified for the Finals of RTS Talentime in 1968 and 69. According to Marie, she owes a lot to a friend - Uncle James, who has been coaching her for this year's talentime. 

From: The Hamster and the Guppies."
This TV series was a success in the early sixties and most everyone who knew it whistled the catchy theme song. I tried it out with The Silver Strings during practice then sang it the first time at The Celestial Room where we played.

As far as I can remember the crowd loved Fireball XL5 and it became my song. It has since been recorded by Marie Tang (above), daughter of Wilma Tang.


Original article from Hamster and Guppies.
YouTube video by: blastfromthepast.
Images: from Google.
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4 comments:

  1. Anonymous6.1.09

    Am keen to listen to it. Any chance of adding an audio?

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  2. ANDY: Pop Music Not Pills. ©7.1.09

    Found the You Tube but don't know how to download.

    Look for: Fireball XL5 You Tube Video

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  3. Anonymous7.1.09

    It's ok. Saw a few clips on YouTube. Catchy tunes like you said.

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  4. ANDY: Pop Music Not Pills. ©7.1.09

    But not your kind of music huh? We rocked it a bit, put in great guitar embellishment and more bass.

    Pity it wasn't recorded.

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