[IainJohnstonMember]

David…
Can you provide an audio sample/example or two please?
Any quality, any source, just to try to identify what you’re looking for?

Cheers
IJ

[DavidMemberAuthor]

Hi, unfortunately I don’t have any recorded examples I just know that one of them started something like this:
“This is the best part of the day
He’s your morning man
Who in his special way
Has all you need to know between 5 and 9 on your radio”
Some more lyrics finishing with:
“On the Terry Davis Show”
I believe the above jingle was also duplicated for Essex Radio but with a different time slot.

[IainJohnstonMember]

Had a quick look through dubs of the Alfa Pennine stuff from that era, but could only find
a DJ name acapella for him.

Your description has “On the Terry Davis Show” at the end – the station cuts typically end in the station name.

Could it possibly have been a custom or Personal cut for him, or as an add-on outwith the main package(s)?

[DavidMemberAuthor]

Thanks for looking.
I think Terry Davis sang them and may even have multitracked his own voice to harmonise the jingles. So I guess he either did that using the AlfaSound studios or had a home studio; whichever way I guess it counts as Personal cuts; the jingles didn’t mention Pennine or later in 1981 Essex Radio.

[IanMember]

He had a jingle like that when he was on Essex radio. I’m sure I have it somewhere. Will try and dig it out tomorrow.

[DavidMemberAuthor]

That’s brill thank you.
I’ve heard that Essex Radio jingle as well which is the same as the Pennine Radio one except it probably says afternoon instead of morning and 4 till 7 to reflect the drive time slot.

[IanMember]

I believe you’re correct David.
Leave it with me.

[IanMember]

Here you go David

[DavidMemberAuthor]

Thank you for posting Ian.
It’s great to hear that again after 40 plus years; for me it has great energy, harmonies and catchy lyrics. They don’t make them like that any more.

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