The Days Of Pearly Spenser....

[Chipchopper]

A sad song when you listen to the lyrics, powerful too!.

Was it based on a real person, it don't seem like the kind of name that one would make up.

[horseshoes]

Oh I used to LOVE that song WAY back in the 60s. I believe it's about a homeless person.

[Frank97]

From Wiki
This was a song about a homeless man McWilliams had encountered in Ballymena

[Chipchopper]

Thanks Both!

I don't think any of the covers come close to the original!!

[Northernpopquiz]

Probably the most famous of all 'Turntable' hits in the 60s. An entrant into the Radio Caroline and Radio London Pirate charts and indeed all the music paper charts at the time but surprisingly never became a UK chart hit until that dreadful cover version by Marc Almond, what a great song. I get asked for it all the time at my 'Beat The Jock' nights and people are amazed when I tell them it was never a UK hit.