My folks took me to see the Sidney Poitier movie "To sir, with love" when it came out in 1967. We lived in Morristown, N.J. and as I recall, there was a huge movie theater right on the green, near the bank. Sitting there in the dark with a box of Jordan Almonds on my 7 year-old lap, I remember developing a huge crush on Lulu. She had this great haircut and was tough and sweet and spoke with a lufferly English accent. Oh my.
Lord only knows why this song popped into my head today, but here's Lulu singing the song that owned the airwaves back in the days when the British invasion was still big music news:
