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The Old Grey Whistle Test - November 1984 - Pre-The Firm.

When music moguls got the first cut of a record, they would play it to the doormen in grey suits, known colloquially as the old greys. Any song they could recall and whistle, after having heard it a couple of times, was deemed to have passed the old grey whistle test and was destined to become a popular hit.

The Old Grey Whistle Test (sometimes abbreviated to Whistle Test or OGWT) is a British television music series broadcast by the BBC.

#Michael Hutchence #INXS #July 7, 1986 #togwt #The Old Grey Whistle Test #BBC #London #live performance #Listen Like Thieves

The Old Grey Whistle Test (sometimes abbreviated to Whistle Test or OGWT) is a British television music series broadcast by the BBC.

When music moguls got the first cut of a record, they would play it to the doormen in grey suits, known colloquially as the old greys. Any song they could recall and whistle, after having heard it a couple of times, was deemed to have passed the old grey whistle test and was destined to become a popular hit.

#Michael Hutchence #INXS #July 7, 1986 #togwt #The Old Grey Whistle Test #BBC #London #live performance #Kiss The Dirt (Falling Down The Mountain)

Bonnie Raitt - on The Old Grey Whistle Test (1976)