Ross D Wyllie

Listen/Download Ross D Wyllie – Do the Uptight

Greetings all

I picked up today’s selection a while back at a record show, because, in all honesty, how would I ever pass by a 45 called ‘Do the Uptight’?

Good thing I didn’t, because in addition to being a tasty dance floor hitter, ‘Do the Uptight’ has an interesting little back story to it as well.

When I first gave the 45 a spin, my assumption was that the singer was white, but I had no idea that he was also the host of an Australian dance party show!

Ross D Wyllie was a pop singer and host of the popular, 1967-1969 Australian TV show called (what else…) Uptight.

Wyllie had recorded a series of chart hits through the 60s for the Sunshine and Festival labels, eventually hosting Uptight, and then following the cancellation of that show, ‘Happening ‘70’.

Nothing Wyllie had recorded prior to (or after, for that matter) would indicate that he had something like ‘Do the Uptight’ up his sleeve.

The powers that be were probably impressed as well, since ‘Do the Uptight’ managed to get released in the US and the UK as well.

It is a fast moving, soul dancer, cut from a fairly standard pattern but infectiously energetic.

The tune was written by Aussie pop singer Johnny Young, who was also responsible for penning Russell Morris’s psych classic ‘The Real Thing’.

Ross D Wyllie continued to record, as well as working through the years as a TV personality Down Under.

I hope you dig the tune, and I’ll see you all on Friday.

Keep the faith

Larry

 

 

 

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One Response to “Ross D Wyllie – Do the Uptight”

1. FuseRed says:

   April 24, 2018 at 3:42 am

   Heya Larry – great to see F16C still going I lost contact with it a while back – so really happy to find it again and now I have years of posts to catch up with (as this is April 2018). Funnily enough I was listening to this 7″ just yesterday down in Tasmania and had thought about seeing if you knew it. Love the drums on this too.

   Thanks for all the amazing music, as an old-school punk/hardcore/crust person blogs like this really do open up doors to tons of stuff I would never have known that I as I get closer to 50 now love – generally it is the faster funkier more political stuff that does it for me but if you post it I know it is nearly always going to be quality – which I can add to Jamaican 60s ska, 70s dub, 60s psych/garage, Britcore hiphop, weird & wonderful world traditional music, delta blues, etc. that I have picked up from elsewhere. Basically trying to say a heartfelt thanks for all the time and generosity you have in sharing this all. 🙂