To Sir, with Love

So Lulu was, had the top selling US single, uh, chart song in the United States in 1967.

It was, uh, To Sir With Love, which became a movie with Sidney Poitier.

And then she also sang the title song for The Man With The Golden Gun.

So Lulu was kind of a-

It's all, it's all thanks to him.

This was filmed in just 29 days and, as I said, it's considered to be the cinematic template for that inspirational teacher tries to break through to rebellious students genre when you think of what follows this, To Sir With Love in 1967-

Yes

... and then all the way into later films like Stand and Deliver-

Yeah

...

in To Sir With Love.

Full circle.

Because it feels like a song that you should be able to, uh, to get every name of every person up on that stage.

Probably could if I really thought hard about it, but there's like a little bit of something that I feel like I, I have for like a To Sir, With Love.

J- that's just-

Mm-hmm

You really are just reading [laughs] his Wikipedia page now.

Of c- who, who would forget To Sir, With Love, the 1967 film?

I would never forget To Sir, With Love.

That's a really good movie.

Or Lilies of the Field, 1963.

Yeah.

Well, you were in the film To Sir With Love.

Mm-hmm.

Yeah.

Yeah, and you did a Bond film theme as well.

I did.

Which was absolutely iconic.

So I watch a lot of movies.

And I said, well, one of my favorite movies is To Serve With Love with Cindy Poitier.

And, you know, which is based on a true story.

So I'm saying this, oh, I love this movie.

Cindy Poitier is so wonderful.

And I just cry every time.

And Lulu sings at the end, you know, To Serve With Love.

And then the circle goes quiet, and Ramona goes, you know that that story is about my father.