Song of the Day 1/19: The Honeycombs, “Have I the Right?”

Donald Trump apparently has never been a music fan. He’s never seen going to concerts, and we don’t hear about his Spotify playlists – a far cry from the days when we got regular reports of what was on Obama’s iPod.

It’s Trump’s loss. If he had listened to more music back in the ’60s instead of honing his bullying skills, he might have heard this 1964 hit from the Honeycombs and learned something about sexual consent. I kid, I kid – Trump obviously has never learned anything in his life, and a guy who thinks he’s immune from all prosecution would never ask if he had the right to anything.

The Honeycombs were formed in late 1963 by North London hairdresser Martin Murray, and six months later they had a No. 1 hit in the UK with this record, which reached No. 5 on the Hot 100. They started out as the Sheratons, but their manager changed their name to capitalize on their most unusual feature – their female drummer, Honey Lantree, who was Murray’s assistant at his hair salon. They had a couple more minor hits in Britain before they disbanded in 1967.