Songs from Call the Midwife - Series 13

 

Here we are in 1969 for the thirteenth series of Call the Midwife. I'm now only using soundtracki.com as tunefind and all the others missed the second song in the first episode. The trailer for this series included the song Build Me Up Buttercup by The Foundations that made number 2 in the UK charts in 1968. It was played to death on the radio. The Christmas Special included the Andy Williams song It's the most wonderful time of the year and a hymn from The Sixteen and Harry Christophers called It Came Upon the Midnight Clear.

Episode 1

Series twelve kicked off with a number by The Kinks and so does Episode 1. This time it's the superb Days, written by Ray Davies and released in 1968. But it only reached number 12 in the UK charts and did nothing in the USA. I'm glad to say it is now recognised for the little gem it always was.

Comment te dire adieu by Francois Hardy and again released in 1968. In English it's "How to say Goodbye to you". The French version is adapted from the song "It Hurts to say Goodbye" written by Arnold Golan. Released in the UK it was a flop. Until Francois Hardy's version made it to number fourteen in the UK singles chart, and numerous versions since. It did seem very familiar.

Episodes 2 and 3

NO SONGS! What is going on?

Episode 4

Telstar by The Tornadoes. An instrumental from 1962 composed by Joe Meek. It reached number one in the UK charts.

Episode 5

Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini by Bryan Hyland. Released in June 1960, this novelty song was written by Paul Vance and Lee Pockriss. Again, it reached number one in the UK.

Episode 6

No songs. I'm glad I gave up watching a couple of years ago. In the early series you could be guaranteed half a dozen songs on each episode.

Episode 7

No songs. Again.

Episode 8

No songs. Although there is one instrumental track. The Adventure of Life by Maurizio Malagnini and Peter Salem. 

So only three songs for the entire series. Not including two instrumentals. Gone are the days when there were four or even five songs in each episode. Glad we gave up watching years ago.