Not Too Little, Not Too Much

Not Too Little, Not Too Much was a song which within the storyline of Coronation Street was sung by Walter Potts, a milkman and "discovery" of Dennis Tanner's who had ambitions for him to reach the "big time". In reality the song was written by a professional songwriter of the 1950s and 1960s called Les Vandyke (born Yani Panakos Paraskeva Skoradalides, 21st June 1931 in London) who also worked under the names of Johnny Worth, John Worth and John Worsley and was sung by Christopher Sandford who appeared as Walter in the programme between July 1963 and January 1964.

The song was released as a record in November 1963 by Decca and reached No.17 in the charts, helped by it being sung and promoted on Coronation Street. Its B-side was "I'm Looking". Chris toured under his own name with the song backed by a specially-formed group called "The Coronets" made up of musicians David Glasspool (bass), Norman Hale (keyboards/vocals), Tony Cartwright (guitar/vocals), Terry New (guitar/vocals) and Mitch Mitchell (drums).