Sing Something Simple

Sing Something Simple was a programme which featured The Cliff Adams Singers, with Jack Emblow on accordion and was initially on the Light Programme, only later broadcast on BBC Radio 2

The lyrics to its main theme went as follows:

Sing something simpleAs cares go bySing something simpleJust you and I

When Sing Something Simple was broadcast by Radio 2, this song would be followed by an announcer who would say:

"We invite you to Sing Something Simple, a collection of favourite songs, old and new, sung by The Adams Singers, accompanied by Jack Emblow."

The tune would then continue:

"We'll sing something simple for youSomething for you."

For the following 30 minutes, the broadcasters would sing various familiar songs. Ten minutes in, Cliff Adams would perform a piano solo, which he would introduce, after which the singers would continue.

In later years - particularly in the 80s - in the days when Radio 2's FM frequencies were sometimes leased to Radio 1, that would come on just before the Top 40.

It was axed from the airwaves in early 2000s, partly due to the death of Cliff Adams and partly due to Radio 2 changing its music policy to attract a younger audience.