Showaddywaddy

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Showaddywaddy were a popular 1970s pop group from Leicester, UK. They specialised in revivals of hit songs from the 1950s, and dressed as Teddy Boys.

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The band was formed in 1973 by the amalgamation of two groups, Choise and The Golden Hammers. This led to an eight member band, with the unusual feature of having two vocalists, a couple of drummers and two bassists. Their first single, "Hey Rock 'n' Roll" (written by the band), was released in April 1974. It reached number two in the UK singles chart. Showaddywaddy then went on to have a further 22 UK hits from this point until late 1982. They had most of their biggest hits with covers of songs from the 1950s. Some of their best known cover versions are "Three Steps To Heaven", "Heartbeat", "Under The Moon Of Love", "You Got What It Takes", "Blue Moon" (based on The Marcels' interpretation), and "I Wonder Why".

In total they had ten Top Ten singles, a solitary number one, and spent 209 weeks in the UK singles chart. At the peak of their popularity, this tally included having seven, successive Top Five entries. Their biggest selling single was the aforementioned "Under The Moon Of Love", which sold 985,000 copies and gave the group its only UK number one.

Despite the hits drying up over two decades ago, Showaddywaddy have continued to tour, and still do around 100 dates a year.

[edit] Band Members

The original Showaddywaddy line-up was:

Malcolm Allured left the group in 1984, followed by Russ Field in 1985, and Buddy Gask in 1987. The remaining five originals continue to perform, having most recently added Danny Willson (brother of Ricky Willson, from the band Diesel Park West) to the present day, six man, line-up.

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