THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD
1,302) Barry Fantoni — “Little Man in a Little Box”
Here is an “evocative” Ray Davies song (liner notes to the CD comp Piccadilly Sunshine: Volumes 1-10: A Compendium of Rare Pop Curios from the British Psychedelic Era), that “he wrote and produced for his friend Barry Fantoni who was a member of Private Eye magazine . . . fit[ting] neatly within the remarkable songs Davies was now churning out for the Face to Face era Kinks”. (biffbampow, https://www.45cat.com/record/tf707) “[T]he sound here is a mix of almost folk-rock hinting at sonny & cher/ray davies with dylan like delivery!” (Puresandoz 25, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DN30VOn6DsU) The song “was listed on Radio London’s Fab 40 for two weeks at #27 (22nd May 1966) and at #36 (29th May 1966)”. (RogerFoster, https://www.45cat.com/record/tf707)
“At first I thought they sung ‘little man in a litter box’”. (martinvandenhurk436, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ca2T9v7Qoh4) 🤣🤣🤣
Puresandoz 25:
[Fantoni] was certainly a man about town as they say with a finger on the pulse…wrote for private eye magazine/cartoonist/jazz musician(played sax)/script writer/actor and t.v.show presenter! here though on his debut single ‘little man in a little box/fatman’ fontana records ’66 a song that ray davies of the kinks had writtern for a production company but picked up by barry…my good friend pete eden & his co-producer/song writer mate geoff stephens produced this 18/2/66 with no kinks involvment only that ray was there to ‘over see’ things! . . . [Fantoni] appeared in several films along the way including ‘just like a woman/the strange affair & otley’ & others… [and] also wrote for the satirical show ‘that was the week that was’ and ‘journey to the unknown’ t.v.series 1968….
“[A]t the time, [Fantoni was] hosting a teenage music based show on BBC Television, A Whole Scene Going, The Kinks appeared on the final edition performing ‘Sunny Afternoon’”. (biffbampow, https://www.45cat.com/record/tf707)
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