"Ambrose, Part 5," written and recorded by Linda Laurie, is an odd tale of a girl walking through a dark subway tunnel with her boyfriend Ambrose, who implores her to "just keep walking". Laurie recorded the number for Glory Records in late 1958 and took it around to radio stations, who liked the deep-throated Ambrose (which Laurie voiced herself) and bizarre non-sequiturs like "we haven't got a color telephone". "Ambrose (Part 5)" (despite the name

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