Speaker 3: It kind of is in some ways, but disc jockeys have a lot more freedom as to what ultimately gets selected, because music supervisors really do have to run through a gauntlet of producers and investors and directors. So do you see music placement as a kind of, I don’t know, disc jockey in for visual media? So so what made you want to do what you do? And, you know, as a sidebar, you and I have met in person several times because I’ve seen you deejay your soft rock sundaes. And I wanted to ask you a little bit about your inspiration. Politics at the UK record company almost stopped the record from being released as a single, but through the efforts of Virgin Ear Music (a Richard Kaye Publishing Company - worldwide copyright owner of "Long Haired Lover From Liverpool") and his UK sub-publishers the Little Jimmy Osmond record was released.Chris Molanphy: Well, and it makes you happy because, of course, this is your business. The timing could not have been better, as Osmond-mania was sweeping the UK and the Osmond family was embarking on a major UK-European promotional tour. Mike Curb, president of MGM and producer of the Osmonds agreed and recorded Jimmy. However, Kingsley's record was distributed by MGM, the record label the Osmonds recorded for, and that was how Jimmy's mother first heard "Long Haired Lover From Liverpool." She thought it would be a great song for the youngest member of the Osmond family. Kingsley's recording was an unsuccessful single although it was played by a popular MOR station, KMPC, in Los Angeles. The song was first recorded by the writer and released in 1969. It also reached #2 on the Australian Singles Chart (Kent Music Report) and #38 on the US, Billboard Hot 100. A UK number one for five weeks in December 1972, it was the Christmas number one that year, and has since sold over a million copies in the UK. Riding high on the popularity of The Osmonds, Jimmy (the youngest sibling) had a massive hit with the song, in the process becoming the youngest person to ever reach number one on the UK Singles Chart aged 9 years 8 months. Written by Christopher Kingsley (somehow credited as Christopher Dowden on the UK release) and produced by Mike Curb and Perry Botkin Jr, "Long Haired Lover from Liverpool" was a UK number one single for Jimmy Osmond. "Long Haired Lover from Liverpool" is a pop song best known as a hit for Little Jimmy Osmond.
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