"Seaside Woman ""Seaside Woman"" is a 1977 single by Linda McCartney and Wings released under the pseudonym Suzy and the Red Stripes. It charted at #59 in the US but did not chart in the UK. ""Seaside Woman"" was the first song Linda McCartney wrote by herself, in response to a lawsuit by Northern Songs and Maclen Music alleging Paul had violated an exclusive rights agreement by claiming to collaborate with Linda on the song ""Another Day"". The collaboration had the effect of transferring a 50% share of the publishing royalties to his own McCartney Music company. According to a"
"single ""I'm on Fire"" and then the album ""Subterranean Kicks"" in May 2007. The press release suggesting the band had gone missing in Cornwall may have also have been a reference to the fact that the band went to the Sawmills Studios on the banks of the River Fowey to record ""Subterranean Kicks"". As Kid Galahad As The Furze As Kid Galahad As The Furze The Furze The Furze are a British indie band from Maidenhead, Berkshire, England. The members of the band have been recording together for more than ten years, and the same line-up have previously performed under"
"1973). ""Seaside Shuffle and its B-side ""Ball and Chain"" were both written by John Lewis (aka Jona Lewie). In 1972, the band's record label Sonet released ""Seaside Shuffle"" with the marketing and distribution aid of Jonathan King's UK label. The song reached number two in the UK Singles Chart. ""On a Saturday Night"" did not achieve the same popularity, just making the Top 50. The final single, ""She Left; I Died"" did not chart. After this last release the band split up, consigning it to perennial one-hit wonder status. Subsequently, band members returned to performing as Brett Marvin and the"
"the band secured one of the first record contracts as an all-female band to a major label, Phantom/RCA, and went on to release two albums to mixed reviews. They performed at Ms. Magazine's second annual party in 1974. During the height of their success in the mid-seventies, The Deadly Nightshade appeared on Sesame Street, singing their version of the Carter Family hit, ""Keep on the Sunny Side"", as well as several of their own songs. The band broke up in 1977, when Bowen decided to leave the band to pursue other interests. Brandt went on to work as a feminist"
"50th Anniversary set and, along with ""Wendy"" (on which he was not the original lead vocal), is his only consistent lead during the shows. Disney Girls (1957) ""Disney Girls (1957)"" is a song written by Bruce Johnston for the American rock band The Beach Boys. It was released on their 1971 album, ""Surf's Up"". The lead vocals are by Johnston, who also plays upright piano, Moog synthesizer, and mandolin. It is included on his 1977 solo album, ""Going Public"". The song is a nostalgic reflection sung from the viewpoint of a man who rejects reality in favour of the nostalgia"
"Men and Women (album) Men and Women is the second album by British pop group Simply Red, released in 1987. Five singles were released from the album. ""The Right Thing"" was the first to be released, peaking at number 11 in the UK Singles Chart. ""Infidelity"" was the second single, which reached number 31, followed by ""Maybe Someday..."" which became Simply Red's first single to fail to reach the UK top 75, peaking at number 88. The next single, ""Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye"", a cover of the Cole Porter song, returned the band to the top 20 where it"
"Smoke City Smoke City was an English band that blended acid jazz and trip hop, borrowing from Brazilian styles such as samba and bossa nova. They are best known for their single ""Underwater Love"", which was a major hit in 1997, after being used in a Levi's television advertisement, ""Mermaids"" (directed by Michel Gondry). In 1997, the band released their first album, ""Flying Away"", which included several hits such as ""Underwater Love"", ""Mr. Gorgeous (and Miss Curvaceous)"" and ""Águas de Março (Joga Bossa Mix)"". Smoke City's next album, ""Heroes of Nature"", was released in 2001. An extended version of ""Heroes"
"Disney Girls (1957) ""Disney Girls (1957)"" is a song written by Bruce Johnston for the American rock band The Beach Boys. It was released on their 1971 album, ""Surf's Up"". The lead vocals are by Johnston, who also plays upright piano, Moog synthesizer, and mandolin. It is included on his 1977 solo album, ""Going Public"". The song is a nostalgic reflection sung from the viewpoint of a man who rejects reality in favour of the nostalgia he felt towards the fantasy world of the women in Walt Disney cartoons, songs by Patti Page and the days he made wine in"
"Seaside Rendezvous ""Seaside Rendezvous"" is a song by British rock group Queen, and is the seventh track on their fourth studio album ""A Night at the Opera"". The song was written by Freddie Mercury under his vaudevillian/musichall influence. The song is probably best remembered for its ""jazz band"" bridge section performed vocally by Mercury and Roger Taylor in the middle part of the song. The song's ""musical"" bridge section was performed entirely by Mercury and Taylor using their voices alone, with Taylor at one point hitting the highest note on the whole album – a C6. Mercury imitates woodwind instruments"
"tracks, as ""Stardust"" in 1992, while Fierce Recordings issued a live album in 1994. James Roberts, Cooksey, and Woodcock later formed the band Delta. James Roberts, Patrick Roberts, and Robert Cooksey also formed The Low Scene. The Sea Urchins The Sea Urchins were an indie pop band from West Bromwich, England formed in 1986. They were the first band to release a single on Sarah Records. The initial line-up was James Roberts (vocals), Simon Woodcock (guitar), Robert Cooksey (guitar), Mark Bevin (bass), Bridget Duffy (tambourine, organ), and Patrick Roberts (drums). Their first two releases were flexi discs given away with"
"Outside Woman Blues ""Outside Woman Blues"" is a blues song originally recorded by Blind Joe Reynolds in 1929. It is one of few known recordings made by Reynolds, who used ""Woman Blues"" in several song titles, including ""Cold Woman Blues"", ""Goose Hill Woman Blues"", and ""Third Street Woman Blues"". In 1967, the song was popularized by the British rock group Cream, who recorded a blues rock adaptation in 1967 for the album ""Disraeli Gears"", with vocals by Eric Clapton. The song features different drum fills by Ginger Baker on nearly every measure, perhaps unique in the history of popular music,"
"Subs. In 1990, they worked with Nelson on the album ""Willerby"", released the following year. The Rhythm Sisters The Rhythm Sisters is an English acoustic/pop duo from Leeds which formed in 1987. The same year, they released the album ""Road to Roundhay Pier"". Sisters Mandi and Debi Laek released their first single, ""American Boys"", which reached number seven on the UK Independent Chart, while touring extensively in the UK and Europe with The Proclaimers. They have used various session musicians and their lineups have included Bruce Foxton from The Jam, Bill Nelson from Be-Bop Deluxe, Chris Bostock from JoBoxers and"
"the single ""Remembrance Day"", which reached No. 61 on the UK Singles Chart. The follow-up single, ""Marilyn Dreams"", failed to chart. In 1982, they re-released ""Nowhere Girl"" as a single, which reached No. 67 in the UK, but there was no immediate follow-up or full-length album. A revolving door of members started at this point. Drummer Boffey left and was replaced by Andy Johnson, while Martin Winter (aka Smedley) joined on bass. Next, Holliday left in 1983 to form Six Sed Red with Soft Cell associate Cindy Ecstasy (their biggest success came when Six Sed Red's song ""Dream Baby"" was"
"Sunday Girl ""Sunday Girl"" is a 1978 song written and recorded by the American group Blondie. The track was a no. 1 hit in the UK Singles Chart for three weeks in May 1979, but despite this was not released as a single in the United States. The song was written by Chris Stein and was the fourth single to be taken from the album, ""Parallel Lines"", in the UK and most other parts of the world. The single had an unusual release in Australia, with some dispute among fans as to whether it reached no. 1 there or failed"
"regular version, which featured diagonal red stripes on the cover and circular ones on the label, and a special ""boxed"" version with 10 ""saucy"" seaside-style postcards. In 1986, a remixed version was released by EMI on 7"" and an extended 12"" version. Both sides of the single were later included on Linda McCartney's posthumous album ""Wide Prairie"". ""Seaside Woman"" was turned into a cartoon short by Oscar Grillo in 1980. It depicts a young Jamaican girl and her loving parents who tend the fishing lines in Jamaica. The film won the Short Film Palme d'Or at the 1980 Cannes Film"
"singles ""Offshore"", ""Sunstroke"" on 2 June 1997, and ""Lost You Somewhere"" on 8 December 1997. A vocal edit of ""Offshore"", titled ""Offshore '97"", was mixed by Anthony Pappa and credited as a collaboration with Power Circle. It was released as a single on 1 September 1997 and was featured on the album. A Benelux single release of ""Red Skies"" was also issued in 1998. After its release, the album appeared on the UK Albums Chart for one week, reaching number 49. In 2007, after its re-release, the album appeared on the UK Dance Albums Chart for one week, peaking at"
"Terry Dactyl and the Dinosaurs Terry Dactyl and the Dinosaurs were an English novelty band that issued a few recordings in the early 1970s. Terry Dactyl and the Dinosaurs was a band name created to promote the hit single ""Seaside Shuffle"". The name was not a reference to any particular band member, but was a pun on the name of the Jurassic flying reptile pterodactyl. Notable band members were Jona Lewie (composer/vocals/accordion) and Keef Trouble (percussion). The three Terry Dactyl and the Dinosaurs' single record releases were ""Seaside Shuffle"" (1972), ""On a Saturday Night"" and ""She Left; I Died"" (both"
"between July 1978 and January 1980. The band split up in 1980, with Deane and Jaymes going on to greater chart success with salsa-tinged pop act Modern Romance. Leyton Buzzards The Leyton Buzzards The Buzzards were a British rock band, active between 1976 and 1980, best known for their minor hit single, ""Saturday Night (Beneath the Plastic Palm Trees)"". The band took their name from their home town of Leyton, an area of east London, punning upon the name of the Bedfordshire town, Leighton Buzzard. They were initially a pub rock band, but soon adapted to punk rock/new wave. Their"
"the album, ""Everybody Plays The Fool"", was released. Further singles were released under a variety of names, but also did not chart. The duo's final original single was ""Lady D"", released in June 1981 on their own label, Whisper, which they'd originally set up to release songs by Sarah Brightman (having written the hit ""I Lost My Heart To A Starship Trooper"" in 1978). ""Barbados"" was later successfully covered by the Vengaboys in 1999 as ""We're Going to Ibiza"". Typically Tropical Typically Tropical were a British band comprising two Welsh engineers, Jeff Calvert and Max West.. They are best known"
"Sunday Sunday ""Sunday Sunday"" is a song by English alternative rock band Blur, featured on their second album, ""Modern Life Is Rubbish"". It was released 4 October 1993 as the final single from that album, and charted at number 26 in the UK Singles Charts. This is the highest charting single from the album (although the lowest-selling single from the album); the record company thought the original album contained no singles, and had the band write the other two singles specifically for single release. The band's original name, 'Seymour', is credited as guest performer on the CD1 single, due to"
"Stewart Copeland, who loaned their services and equipment in exchange for £15 a night and the support spot on her tour, including a date on March 5, 1977 at London's legendary Roxy Club. (The support spot was for Copeland's band The Police, and would be the setting for the band's first live performances.) A more permanent line-up comprised Louis Lepore (guitar), Zecca Esquibel (keyboards), Howie Finkel (bass guitar), and Michael (Manny) Mancuso (drums). Their first release was the single ""The Punk"" in September 1977, followed in February 1978 by the debut album ""Bad Girl"". Finkel and Esquibel left the band"
"was evidently released only in America. The original incarnation of Mickey Finn as ""Mickey Finn & the Blue Men"" in 1964-65 (see ""English Freakbeat, Volume 4"") included a young Jimmy Page. Both sides of their final single are included, from late 1967. The Kubas/the Koobas had early connections with the Beatles; they had not only toured with the legendary band but were also managed by Brian Epstein. Also, they made an appearance in the film ""Ferry Cross the Mersey"". These two previously un-reissued tracks are from the flip side of their first single as the Kubas and from a later"
"in a reggae style. The single was in the UK Singles Chart charts for a total of five weeks, peaking at No. 30. Dreamy Lady ""Dreamy Lady"" is a 1975 single released by the British glam rock band T. Rex but credited to 'T. Rex Disco Party'. The track features on the 1976 album, ""Futuristic Dragon"". Its B-side consists of covers of the songs ""Do You Wanna Dance?"", originally by Bobby Freeman, and ""(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay"", originally by Otis Redding. The latter of these two covers is a Gloria Jones solo song, produced by Bolan. The"
"Sub-Rosa Subway ""Sub-Rosa Subway"" is a song written by the Canadian rock band Klaatu, from their album """", describing the efforts of Alfred Ely Beach to create the Beach Pneumatic Transit, the New York City Subway's precursor. His work is described as secretive (hence ""sub rosa""). The song peaked at No. 62 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1977. The song is best known for sparking the rumour that the band was the Beatles in disguise. Two minutes and fifty seconds into the song, a long message in Morse code plays in the background. John Woloschuk, in an article"
"C.J. Lewis, Boyzone, and Michelle Gayle. The single reached number 9 in the UK and number 10 in Ireland, and profits went to the British charity Childline. Deuce also sang on the ""Coronation Street"" anniversary album, performing a track called ""Life on the Street"", featuring actress Sherrie Hewson. Following O'Keefe's departure in November 1995, the band was dropped by London Records. A single called ""Rock the Disco"" had been planned for release in 1996, and it was finally leaked on the internet in January 2007. The group wanted to continue and signed to Mike Stock's Love This label. O'Keefe was"
"album, the double-LP ""Out of the Blue"", in 1977. ""Out of the Blue"" featured the singles ""Turn to Stone"", ""Sweet Talkin' Woman"", ""Mr. Blue Sky"", and ""Wild West Hero"", each becoming a hit in the United Kingdom. The band then set out on a nine-month, 92-date world tour, with an enormous set and a hugely expensive space ship stage with fog machines and a laser display. In the United States the concerts were billed as ""The Big Night"" and were their largest to date, with 62,000 people seeing them at Cleveland Stadium. ""The Big Night"" went on to become the"
"in London, produced by former Bee Gees' guitarist Vince Melouney, also recording the Melouney original ""So Said the Man"", which served as the single's B-side. ""Sally"" by Donna Gaines was issued as a one-off 1971 release on MCA Records in the UK (with catalog# MK 5060) and Europe with no evident result. ""Sally Go 'Round the Roses"" has also been recorded by Question Mark & the Mysterians, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Judy Collins (on ""Portrait of an American Girl"" 2005), Yvonne Elliman, Fanny, Holly Golightly, the Ikettes (B-side of "" Lonely For You"" – December 1965), Alannah Myles, Asha Puthli,"
"Man O'Sand to Girl O'Sea ""Man O'Sand to Girl O'Sea"" was originally released as a stand-alone single by Australian indie group The Go-Betweens. It was released as a 7"" vinyl record on the Rough Trade Records label in the United Kingdom in October 1983, with ""This Girl, Black Girl"" as the B-side. It reached No. 24 on the UK Independent Singles Chart. Another recording of the song was included as the final track on the band's 1984 album, ""Spring Hill Fair"". Robert Vickers was recruited into the band in February 1982. Following short tours of Switzerland, Britain and Germany, they"
"performed by Barry Palmer. In 1996, lead singer Rick Driscoll appeared on the 'Identity Parade', on the BBC Television programme ""Never Mind the Buzzcocks"". He is based in Corfu, where he skippers charter yachts. The following is a sortable table of all songs by Kenny: Kenny (band) Kenny were an English pop and glam rock band who had several hit singles in the UK in the mid-1970s, including ""The Bump"" and ""Fancy Pants"". In 1973, Irish showband singer Tony Kenny, former lead singer with The Sands and The Vampires, recorded a single ""Heart of Stone"", written by Bill Martin and"
"band and album were dubbed ""UK Squeeze"" owing to legal conflicts arising from a contemporary American band called ""Tight Squeeze"". The ""U.K."" was dropped for all subsequent releases. In Australia, the same name change was used due to legal conflicts arising from an existing Sydney-based band also called ""Squeeze"". Albums in Australia were credited to ""UK Squeeze"" up to and including 1985's ""Cosi Fan Tutti Frutti"". The band's second album, ""Cool for Cats"" (1979), contained the band's two highest charting UK singles in ""Cool For Cats"" and ""Up The Junction"", both of which peaked at No. 2. John Bentley replaced"
"on early records, and through 1967, in concert as well. He sang lead on the track ""In Another Land"", on the ""Their Satanic Majesties Request"" album and a single. The song is one of two Wyman compositions released by the Rolling Stones; the second is ""Downtown Suzie"" (sung by Mick Jagger), on ""Metamorphosis"", a collection of Rolling Stones outtakes. The title ""Downtown Suzie"" was chosen by their erstwhile manager Allen Klein without consulting Wyman or the band. The original title was ""Sweet Lisle Lucy"", named after Lisle Street, a street in the red light district in Soho, London. Wyman has"
"of the songs appeared on their only album ""Super Active Wizzo"", released in September 1977 on the Warner Bros. record label. They also issued two singles, ""The Stroll"" (1977), and ""Dancin’ At The Rainbow’s End"" (1978). None of these ever charted. A UK tour was scheduled for spring 1978, but was cancelled as they disbanded at around the same time. Wizzo Band had proved an uncommercial venture; the records received unenthusiastic reviews from critics who were baffled by the music, especially in the light of Wood's earlier track record as a creator of hit records with his previous bands, and"
"in 1984 reaching No. 6. The band were rediscovered in the disco and Northern soul circuits of Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the UK and the U.S.. In the UK ""Nothing But A Heartache"" was used in an advertising campaign for KFC and, in 2007, was covered by The Freemasons. Ernestine Pearce can be seen at various venues along with Clem Curtis and Jimmy James as part of ""The Soul Explosion"" tour. With Ian Levine forming his label Centre City Records, 2007, the ladies recorded regularly for the label compilations. In 2009, they released their first single in 20 years, ""Roulette"","