Neil Sedaka sings "Wheeling West Virginia" (1970)

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"Wheeling West Virginia" by Neil Sedaka (born in Brooklyn in 1939). This song reached number 20 on the Australian charts in March 1970, and is one of Neil Sedaka's best songs. (It didn't do so well in the United States). The song seems to be about a guy from Wheeling in West Virginia pretending to be a movie star at the MGM studios in Hollywood. He apparently imagines he drives to MGM each day in his MG sports car ! Footnote : In 1924 the head of the Morris sales agency in Oxford (England ), Cecil Kimber, started building sporting versions of Morris cars, and badged them as "MG". MG stood for 'Morris Garages'. The cassette deck is a 1975 model Sony TC-152SD. The Maxell XLII 90 epitaxial chromium dioxide ("chrome") tape was purchased in the 1980's.

Channel: Music
Uploaded: September 23, 2007 at 10:35 pm
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Length: 0:03:32
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Tags: Neil_Sedaka Wheeling_West_Virginia 1970_Hit MG_MGM

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whiplash1994 (Friday 26th of September 2008 03:11:33 PM)
i live in wheeling. i love it here
sphinxrising58 (Wednesday 3rd of September 2008 05:59:20 PM)
Wheeling has it's good and bad areas like any city, but lately, they have been making an effort to try and spruce it up as well as bring buisnesses back again.
sphinxrising58 (Wednesday 3rd of September 2008 05:58:11 PM)
Imagine all that, lol
sphinxrising58 (Wednesday 3rd of September 2008 05:55:43 PM)
Well, that horse racing track now is a dog racing track, complete with a brand new casino that is expanding soon. I should know, as gues where my home w town is ? Yup, Wheeling, West Virginia, lol Never knew this song was so popular, lol
MusicMadMaurice (Wednesday 3rd of September 2008 04:35:34 AM)
I just saw a documentary about Richard Nixon. Wheeling WV is where he clinched the nomination to be Eisenhower's deputy for the 1952 election even though Ike was going to dump him. Some places can get famous quite by accident. If Nixon hadn't been accused of misusing election donations, he probably wouldn't have flown to WV at all.
sphinxrising58 (Wednesday 3rd of September 2008 05:56:52 PM)
Nixon never made Wheeling famous for starters, learn your history, lol
lawlers69 (Thursday 7th of August 2008 08:04:46 PM)
True and said so only a couple months ago when touring here
swampjock (Tuesday 5th of August 2008 12:39:28 AM)
Any chance of getting me the song in mp3 format ... this is a classic song.
hyo250gt (Monday 28th of July 2008 09:13:21 PM)
It was recorded at Festival Records studios in Pyrmont, a suburb of Sydney. The building is now a supemarket, but has much historical info around the building acknowledging its history. I live 1 mintue's walk from there, and I always think of just who recorded there. The Bee Gees, for instance, recorded their first tracks there. As did Kylie Minogue, along with tons of local Oz stars.
hoskingrj (Thursday 24th of July 2008 10:21:16 PM)
It was also a hit in New Zealand, but perhaps Sedaka is one of those people who thinks they're the same place. I clearly remember hearing it on the radio around the time I started school. Always kind of liked the piano part in the chorus