I'll slap your face (if you don't agree with me)

Jonathan King is a tit.

We all know it. Not only is he a tit but he's also a convicted paedophile, has incredible delusions of grandeur, is an insufferable bore, takes credit for almost the entire history of pop and is odd looking to boot.

However, while he's been responsible for a lot of shit, some silly stunts and some crap TV shows, and is a horrendous self-publicist, he's also produced some great records.

So we're going to separate the rhyme from the crime and fete the following:

Johnny Reggae/The Piglets
Sugar Sugar/Sakkarin
Loop-di-Love/Shag
Clap and Shout/Shag
I Am An Astronaut/Ricky Wilde (apparently King had a huge interestin Wilde, then about 8. Wonder why?)
Everyone's Gone To The Moon/Jonathan King
It's Good News Week/Hedgehoppers Anonymous
The Sun Has Got His Hat On/Jonathan King
It Only Took A Minute/100 Ton & A Feather

...and a new discovery, the twee-ly named Rubatummy by Flannelcat.

I know he's behind this because it's off that Bubblepop: 20 Pop Oddities compilation, a UK records thing that is of course King's own label. It doesn't seem to namecheck King anywhere, probably for the best. UK records is the home of some of my favourite songs and artistes: 10cc, Terry Dactyl & The Dinosaurs' Seaside Shuffle, First Class' Beach Baby, Carl Malcolm's playground favourite Hey Fattie Bum-Bum and more.

So as I say some great hits. Forget the twat behind it, just enjoy the music and think of something, anything, else.

Just Wilde about this song

Another day, another song obsession.

At the moment it's this.

Strange, but hypnotic.

When I was growing up, Ricky Wilde was never out of Look-In, despite having not a single hit. I always thought he was in his twenties too, but by the sound of this cracker from 1972, he was but a child.

I think you can hear the song on this dodgily named site, as it's not on YouTube and still don't know how to embed MP3s.

Actually, you can't, but this one might be better.