Delegation (band)

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Delegation was a British musical group with a long career and a fair amount of international success. They are generally viewed in the U.S. as a "one-hit wonder".

Delegation was formed in the United Kingdom in the mid 1970s by Ricky Balley, Len Coley and Roddy Harris. Working with record producer/songwriter Ken Gold, they began releasing a series of moderately successful singles such as "The Promise of Love" and "Where Is The Love (We Used to Know)." But their fortunes changed for the better in 1977 with the release of "Oh Honey," a mid-tempo cut that hit the Top Ten in several countries. The accompanying album, The Promise of Love, included a handful of solid tracks, including the ballad "Mr. Heartbreak", "Where Is The Love (We Used To Know)" and the upbeat song "Someone Oughta Write a Song (About You Baby)," which also charted.

In 1979 Delegation released their best LP Eau De Vie in 1979 and had an international hits "Heartache #9.", "You And I" and the biggest "Put A Little Love On Me". By 1980, Coley and Harris were replaced by Ray Patterson and Bruce Dunbar, and group continued on with lesser success.

They followed with an eponymously titled album in 1981 and Deuces High in 1982. All charted in Europe but not in the U.S. In 1984 Dunbar quit and was replaced by Kathy Bryant. The act recorded a couple more singles and continued to perform through the end of the decade.

Balley reunited with Gold in the mid 1990s to repackage Delegation's earlier recordings into new compilation albums and reformed the group to release Encore in Europe in 1999, but this was Delegation's final recording.