JimN wrote:Man Of Action by Les Reed? It isn't even anywhere near his best (and pales by comparison to his tremendous Spanish Armada). It must have been used as a theme by an "offshore" radio station, which is also likely to be the reason why Mood Mosaic's A Touch Of Velvet - A Sting Of Brass gets in.
Glenn Miller in the charts over the period? I didn't know that.
Yes, you've sussed it.
Man of Action was the station theme for Radio Northsea International, which will have been well known to pop radio fans of the boomer generation.
A Touch Of Velvet - A Sting Of Brass was the personal theme tune of one Dave Lee Travis, stalwart of Radio Caroline, both North and South, who went on to become presenter of the high-audience Radio 1 Breakfast Show. Neither of these tunes would be in sales charts because they fall into the "slow burn" category of being played all the time.
As to Glenn Miller, an EP including
In the Mood was in the Top 20 in 1976.