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Wednesday’s Forgotten 45: Sniff ‘n’ The Tears

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Wednesday’s Forgotten 45: Sniff ‘n’ The Tears


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105.7 KOKZ is your home for classic American Top 40 shows every weekend! This Saturday morning it’s a four hour show from 8 to noon as Casey Kasem features the top songs from September 15th, 1979. Today’s Forgotten 45 at 3:45 can be heard again on the show, it’s from Sniff ‘n’ The Tears with “Drivers Seat”.

The British band debuted in 1978 as a six person band fronted by lead singer Paul Roberts. The group is a true one-wonder as “Drivers Seat” became a hit around the world and becoming a #15 chart hit in America. The song was later used in a 1991 Pioneer car stereo ad in Europe which and that pushed the song to #1 in the Netherlands.

And why the name? Paul Roberts had suggested “The Tears” and his manager suggested adding “Sniff” became Roberts suffered from hay fever! It’s a groovy Forgotten 45 from ’79 from Sniff ‘n’ The Tears, it’s “Drivers Seat”.

Jeff Winfield
105.7 KOKZ afternoons: the Forgotten 45 at 3:45 and the 5 O'Clock Traffic Jams.
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