short shorts

[tiny tim]

Who wore 'short shorts'?

[AngloScot]

The Royal Teens?

[beckyboo]

freddie & the dreamers

[mcmikeymike]

Both.

 

Freddie covered the song.  Around 1995 this was a big fave at my regular pub venue when we had a 50s, 60s, 70s night.

 

It was so popular that it became the nights closing theme for a few months.

 

It was a song that I had forgotten about after hearing Freddie and the Dreamers sing it in the 60s.  Early in 95 I went to one of those package 60s shows with Freddie, Wayne Fontana and a couple of other great 60s names.

 

As for Freddie, I heard an interview with him on the radio a few months ago and he doesn't sound very well, between speaking himself you could hear him in the background taking air.

[andy hughes]

Freddie lives in Stoke these days, and is apparently unwell. I was dining with a friend in a local Italian restaurant which has pictures of visiting celebrities on its walls, including Freddie. My friend and I discussed him, and the couple on the next table joined in to confirm that he bought a house off them a few years ago, and was unwell. I've fpund out that he suffers from systemic sclerosis and an attendent pulmonary condition which confines him to a wheelchair most of the time - both are the side effects of a recent heart attack. Having received a 'disabled' car sticker, Freddie promptly found some double-yellow lines to park on, just because he could!

[gastwo]

How about Purple People Eater by Sheb wooley. There is a chorus line in it - who wears short shorts - we wear short shorts. Honest!