The poni-tails

‘Born too late’ was a song from around 1958, a time when some of the great new innovative singers had just started to emerge.

The Poni-Tails only had one major hit single and although many would say that there was nothing special about the way they put the song together I liked the melody and especially the lyrics which described a longing for something that was unobtainable.

Plus it was accompanied by what I thought was one of the most interesting sax riffs which turned a simple tune and backing into a rare combination that could transport someone back to the time in America when it started to become musically alive’ a time when music changed from black and white to colour.

Perhaps the sax possibly by Frank Jenson was not as inventive as the one played by Raphael Ravenscroft on ‘Baker Street,’ but for me, it had a far more subtle feel and it combined perfectly with the piano arrangement.

Listen to it while having a glass of red wine and have it loud enough to bring out the marvelous backing arrangement,