Based on the wildly successful (and very violent) movie starring Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty, this 20s/30s jazz-styled tune topped the UK charts and became a US Top 10 hit for Georgie Fame. There were lots of wild sound effects (bullets flying, sirens, etc.) that gave the record a gangster feel. The song does have one historical inaccuracy, though. Bonnie and Clyde were never in Savannah, as they weren’t known to have ventured that far east.
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Another lyrical inaccuracy: the real Bonnie and Clyde were not good-looking. They just sported an average Joe/Jane appearance.
She was kinda homely, actually.
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