Flashback: Merv Griffin Used to Have Some Weird Musical Guests

October 15, 2014 Alan Cross 0 Comments

Some were actually okay. I remember seeing the Boomtown Rats perform “I Don’t Like Mondays” on the show.

But then Merv would have guys like Thor on the show. From what I can tell, this is the same Canadian guy who later had a rock radio hit with “Keep the Dogs Away” in 1977. Here he is singing of a cover of a song by The Sweet;

Thanks to Danny–I think–for the flashback.

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