Ooohh I'm on a roll!

I love this cover (which is a very modest hit admittedly):

 

Edited September 14, 20241 yr by Valerie

 

 

This ‘classic’ from April 1978…😀 Andy Cameron with ‘Ally’s Tartan Army’! 😀 

Aye…😀

16 hours ago, erskblue said:

 

This ‘classic’ from April 1978…😀 Andy Cameron with ‘Ally’s Tartan Army’! 😀 

Aye…😀

After the incident involving Willie Johnston people were singing: We're on the drugs with Ally's Army."

I can't recall any other hits from this group so here it is

 

3 hours ago, strider6004 said:

I can't recall any other hits from this group so here it is

 

Great choice. This song takes me back to my late teens!

 

Can't recall any other songs from this woman, which is sad as I thought she had a great voice,

 

42 minutes ago, strider6004 said:

Can't recall any other songs from this woman, which is sad as I thought she had a great voice,

 

Colorful character by looks of things... writes her own songs... one of which appears in a very famous film - definitely a 2nd hit (if you include films):

 

 

Not that they ever really existed as a band. Paul Leka also co-wrote "Green Tambourine".

 

Two hit wonder? 

 

Two great Pop hits
 

 

Okay, Dobie Gray is an interesting one, as 'Drift Away' did not chart at all in the UK, but was a no.5 hit, in the USA.  But Dobie Gray only charted twice in the UK, once with the In-crowd - which only made it to no.25 and once with the Northern Soul Classic, which made it to no.42 in the UK chart.  Is that a hit?

 

This was the b side and reason FunkyMoped got in the charts

On 27/09/2024 at 02:38, strider6004 said:

Can't recall any other songs from this woman, which is sad as I thought she had a great voice,

Used to have the Lone Justice debut album, which had no hits at all from it LOL, but was really good ! Maria McKee was the lead singer.

No idea what happened to it ... just looked on the shelf and it isn't there, so I guess I'll add that to the long list of stuff my ex helped herself to about 30 years ago 🙂 

Dept S was an English new wave band from the 80s fronted by Vaughan Toulouse.

This was their only hit reaching no.22 in the UK charts. Is Vic There?

 

Vaughan was good mates with Paul Weller. Remember he had another minor hit under the guise of The Main T Possee - Fickle Public Speaking.

He was quite a character but sadly died from AIDS in 1991.

 

 

This reached No 10 in 1980.

Can’t see any other hits by this band in the British Charts. Great band name!😀

For some reason I thought this was a song by Echo and the Bunnymen!😀 DOH !!

On 11/10/2024 at 16:24, TheCeleryKing said:

Dept S was an English new wave band from the 80s fronted by Vaughan Toulouse.

This was their only hit reaching no.22 in the UK charts. Is Vic There?

 

Seem to remember the title came from a Monty Python sketch, when they were doing a spoof phone-in programme. It was utter chaos with crossed-lines and wrong numbers, and a woman's voice said "Is Vic there?"

Edited October 29, 20241 yr by Backbiter

Mathew Wilder Break my stride

First 45 I ever bought.. still not entirely sure why I bought it but heyho too late to get my money back I suppose