I dedicate this song to all the women in the world who have to deal with men who treated them badly and may ALMIGHTY God give them justice forever thankyou JESUS and Almighty God and arc angel Michael amen
Thank you jeffcher10 for this little gem. I love Polly Brown. She is the best singer this country has ever produced. Great to know there are people like yourself that keep the great memories alive. Cheers pal.
A real find. Polly Brown's US smash from 1974. Played to death here in the UK as a follow-up to her Sweet Dreams top ten cover of Abba's Honey Honey, but it stalled outside the top forty. Her 1975 album Special Delivery is highly rated, but she deserved more hits than the four or five that she had over here.
AT LAST! After all these years (41 to be precise) a contemporary video performance by Polly. Released in late summer 1974 this was a turntable hit in the UK. Despite several TV appearances to promote this great Diana Ross/Jean Terrell inspired Motown/disco track failed to enter the top 40, stalling just outside. It did go on to become a top 20 Billboard Hot 100 hit in spring 1975. At the same time she did enjoy chart success with a top 10 disco cover of ABBA's Honey Honey as one half of Sweet Dreams. All very controversial as she appeared on Top of the Pops to perform the hit "blacked up"- although remember at that time David Carradine was playing in Kung Fu and the Black & White Minstrel Show was still a ratings hit on Saturday Nights with the guys appearing in "black face" Al Jolson minstrel style. Thankfully we have progressed since then "You're My Number One" was a great follow up but got little BBC Radio 1 airplay- the kiss of death in the 70's. She went on to enter the BBC Song for Europe contest to choose the UK entry for the Eurovision Song Contest as a solo artist with "Do you Believe In Love at First Sight"- later recorded by Dionne Warwick and as one half of the duo Sweet Dreams- yes 2 entries in the same contest! A vastly under appreciated singer who should have achieved greater chart success.
This used to be very popular to dance to on the jukebox in Costello's nightclub, in Kellett Street, Kings Cross, Sydney, forty years ago! Polly did come down under, about 1976 I think it was, and appeared on Countdown with Molly Meldrum. ;)
I think Polly thought she was black also. In the same recording session as this, she recorded a cover of the ABBA song "Hone Honey" She sang it as a duet with a black guy. They went under the name of SWEET DREAMS. She performed it on TOTP wearing black make-up. There's a video of it on YouTUbe. Check it out, It's bizarre to say the least.
