Johnnie Walker talks to Steve Harley In the 1970's, Johnnie Walker wanted to play a Steve Harley track on Radio 1 but it wasn't too be - because the song was deemed 'too long'! Fifty years later, he will finally get the chance when he chats to Steve about fifty years of Cockney Rebel.
JUDY TEEN This was Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel's first hit in the UK, though their previous and debut single "Sebastian" was a hit in continental Europe. Steve Harley: "When the first album came out, the record company said, 'We don't have a single.' And I said very arrogantly, 'I'll write one, I know how to do it.' That's exactly what I said and exactly what I did. Now I think - what an arrogant young man, fearless! Judy Teen was a boy/girl story, a teenage romance, a bit of sex in there, interesting drum rhythm, hooks all over the place - lo and behold big hit! It's a good sexy little teenage love story. When I wrote Judy Teen, I was 18 or 19 when I had the experience that that song came from."
