Uploaded June 2014 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
Music Fast Facts : the oldest "artist" ever to record a CD album was French Jeanne Louise Calment whose CD was released on her 121st birthday in 1996. Titled "Time's Mistress" it features Ms Calment reminiscing to a score of rap music and other tunes.
JOHN FOX
John Fox's natural talents for composing, arranging and conducting were tenderly nurtured in London's Royal College of Music where he achieved ARCM (Associate of Royal College of Music). John's undeniable genius forged in the crucible of toil, study and unremitting search for perfection has long been recognised by his peers.
Millions of listeners in the USA, Great Britain, Japan, South Africa and Germany, plus many other countries throughout the world, have found much pleasure and exhilaration in John's wonderful music including radio networks, his many record albums and live performances.
DID YOU KNOW ?
The Original hitsong performed by Dr Hook reached the nbr 1 position in the UK hitcharts of 1979 and took the nbr 2 position in the charts of that same year in New Zealand, the Netherlands and Belgium. The song made it to the nbr 3 position in the Canadian charts.
MHO
Beautiful, kind of "tongue in cheek" version of the famous Dr Hook hitsong of 1979 with, as usual for a John Fox arrangement, the strings in a prominent role.
The "clock" rhythm at the start already points in the direction of a slower tempo than that of the Original recording but we think Fox implemented this rhythm on purpose, so that the different phrases of the song could be "followed" by a large orchestra.
Anyway, a John Fox recording and arrangement always is an adventure....and that certainly is the case here as well.
Enjoy !
Music Fast Facts : the oldest "artist" ever to record a CD album was French Jeanne Louise Calment whose CD was released on her 121st birthday in 1996. Titled "Time's Mistress" it features Ms Calment reminiscing to a score of rap music and other tunes.
JOHN FOX
John Fox's natural talents for composing, arranging and conducting were tenderly nurtured in London's Royal College of Music where he achieved ARCM (Associate of Royal College of Music). John's undeniable genius forged in the crucible of toil, study and unremitting search for perfection has long been recognised by his peers.
Millions of listeners in the USA, Great Britain, Japan, South Africa and Germany, plus many other countries throughout the world, have found much pleasure and exhilaration in John's wonderful music including radio networks, his many record albums and live performances.
DID YOU KNOW ?
The Original hitsong performed by Dr Hook reached the nbr 1 position in the UK hitcharts of 1979 and took the nbr 2 position in the charts of that same year in New Zealand, the Netherlands and Belgium. The song made it to the nbr 3 position in the Canadian charts.
MHO
Beautiful, kind of "tongue in cheek" version of the famous Dr Hook hitsong of 1979 with, as usual for a John Fox arrangement, the strings in a prominent role.
The "clock" rhythm at the start already points in the direction of a slower tempo than that of the Original recording but we think Fox implemented this rhythm on purpose, so that the different phrases of the song could be "followed" by a large orchestra.
Anyway, a John Fox recording and arrangement always is an adventure....and that certainly is the case here as well.
Enjoy !
