MICHAEL HOLLIDAY - “The Story Of My Life”
(14th February 1958)
Hiding in here somewhere is a gentle love ballad that Holliday decides to ignore. Instead the song goes uptempo and the singer is joined by a rogues’ gallery of backing singers who trill, hum, b-dum and doodle-doo whenever he so much as draws breath. Does it ruin the record? Far from it - the droll arrangement means “Story Of My Life” sidesteps smarm in favour of charm, ending up as a sweet statement of love’s unshakeable confidence. 5
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Chris Adams on August 19th, 2006
Who’s “Holloway” ? It’s Michael Holliday & he was terrifc in singing.
FT's Tom on August 19th, 2006
Corrected - thankyou!
wichita lineman on May 14th, 2008
Burt Bacharach’s first number 1 anywhere, knocked off the top by his second! Burt’s tally of UK number ones compared to US is astonishing.
One of those chipper songs I never tire of (along with doomed MH’s second chart topper). Maybe it’s because I’m from England, but this is so much cosier and more romantic than vile redneck Marty Robbins’ original.