Kinky Boots/Let's Keep it Friendly

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I was wondering something different about the Kinky Boots single... why did they never attempt another Avengers-themed novelty single with Diana or Linda?

There were music videos in the 60's called Scopiotones, which would likely be the best shot at a music video for this song, but it doesn't appear to exist as best I can tell:
https://scopitonearchive.com/
They indicate there were very few British ones made:
BRITISH SCOPITONES (GB and R Series)

Very few British Scopitone films were made, mostly due to the indifference of British record companies. The GB Series films were commissioned by the British Scopitone company, Radiovision (Westminster) Ltd., but filmed in Paris. The R Series films were mostly made by Radiovision in the same week in March 1963 at Shepperton Studios near London, but that series also apparently includes at least some of the GB-series films and some others.

A question mark after the title indicates a film that exists in the series, but I'm not sure the catalog number is correct.

GB-1 The Tornados "Telstar"
GB-2? The Tornados "Robot"
GB-3 The Exciters "He's Got The Power"
GB-4 The Exciters "Tell Him"
GB-5? Heinz (Burt) "Dreams Do Come True"
GB-6 Dionne Warwick "A House Is Not A Home"
GB-7 Dionne Warwick "Walk On By"
GB-8 Charley and Inez Foxx "Hurt By Love"
GB-9 Charley and Inez Foxx "Mockingbird"

R.503 Heinz (Burt) "Dreams Do Come True"
R.504 Craig Douglas "Town Crier" (dir. by Pat Lumsden)
R.505? Craig Douglas "I'd Be Smiling Now" (dir. by Pat Lumsden)
R.506 The Avons "Hey Paula" (dir. by Rita Gillespie)
R.507 The Avons "I Wanna Do It" (dir. by Rita Gillespie)
R.508 The Mudlarks "The Little Cracked Bell of San Raquel" (dir. by Philip Jones)
R.509 The Mudlarks "La-De-Da" (dir. by Philip Jones)
R.514 Jeannie Carson "Crazy Little Mixed Up Heart"
R.516 Unknown Artist "The Scrubbers Song" (from "Father Came Too")
R.521 Charley and Inez Foxx "Mockingbird"
R.522 Charley and Inez Foxx "Hurt By Love"
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probably because Diana or Linda,didn't want to 'sing'..or the novelty material, wasn't there for them to tackle..
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I think Linda was trying to launch a serious singing career at one point, and had a record out, so probably didn't want to do a novelty one that might overshadow it, even if one was offered.

Mind you, Honor Blackman did a proper record too. And Diana has sung on stage, I wonder if she is on any soundtrack albums?
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very true about Thorson...If memory serves me right, she had some releases on EPIC, I know in France..not sure at the moment, if U.S. Epic released
any material......and Diana was on several Broadway cast albums..Let me see if I can dig them up...etc

as for Honor, yeah, couple of 'normal' releases...she had a Lp or two , in the U.S. on the London label.
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Rigg sang in Evil Under the Sun and pretty decent at that.
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Re: Kinky Boots/Let's Keep it Friendly

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Diana singing a song from A Little Night Music:


I could see her not finding a novelty single worth her while, but it sure would have been cool!

Here is Linda's 1968 single Here I Am:
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