My posting of 1st October 2007 included a note about a song called Hold Tight by Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich, that appeared in the film Death Proof. Dave Dee died on the 9th January, and today's Times has an obituary. It includes the following revelation:
"For the (last) three decades he was actively involved in fundraising and increasing the profile of the charity (Nordoff Robbins Music Therapy), including the the establishment of a division based in Manchester where he lived for ten years. It was through his charitable work that befriended the movie director Quentin Tarantino who was to include Hold Tight in the soundtrack of his 2007 film Death Proof."
Now we know why an obscure (but excellent) 1966 single that reached number four in the UK charts arrived in an American cult grindhouse movie.
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