STORY BEHIND the

STORY BEHIND the MOVIE song

Recently in The Doc Replies column, your medic talked of a Baker’s cyst, a swelling behind the knee. I’ve racked my brains but can’t think of why a baker would get this. – D.

The condition is actually named after the surgeon who first described it, William Morrant Baker (1838–96).

Knee damage caused by a sports-related injury or a blow to the knee can lead to a Baker’s cyst developing. What can you tell me about Treasure Island? – L.

Orson Welles stars as Long John Silver in the adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s novel.

The maverick moviemaker initially wanted to produce Chimes At Freedom and Treasure Island back to back in the ’60s, using similar casts and locations, after Spanish producer Emiliano Piedra agreed to bankroll both films.

Funding dried up but Welles remained tied to the project as writer and producer and the film, directed by John Hough, was eventually released in 1972.

Welles did not take kindly to script rewrites, so asked to be billed as OW Jeeves in the credits. What can you tell me about The Locomotion? I loved it when I was younger. The old ones are still the best! – S.

Teenager Eva Boyd was working as a babysitter for Gerry Goffin and Carole King in New York in 1962, when the songwriting team were writing The Locomotion.

The couple hoped to produce another smash hit for Dee Dee Sharp, who had just enjoyed success with Mashed Potato Time.

But, after they heard Little Eva singing it, they saw her potential and encouraged her to record her own version.

The million-seller reached No 2 in 1962, as did Kylie Minogue’s cover version 26 years later.