"David Van Day David Van Day (born 28 November 1956, Brighton, Sussex, England) is an English singer and media personality, formerly a member of the pop duo Dollar. He was also a member of the 1970s vocal group Guys 'n' Dolls (along with his Dollar partner Thereza Bazar), and a latter-day version of Bucks Fizz in the 1990s. Van Day was born David Paul Day. Having been a member of song and dance troupe ""The Young Generation"", in 1974, he successfully auditioned for the then-new vocal group Guys 'n' Dolls. The group had some successful hits, and Van Day began"
"on lead vocals. The record was released in May 2012. Bazar lived in Sydney, Australia throughout the 1990s and much of the 2000s before returning to England. She was married during the 1990s, but divorced in the mid-2000s. Thereza Bazar Thereza Bazar (born 23 May 1955) is a Canadian-born British singer, best known as one half of the pop duo, Dollar. Bazar met with success in her teens as a member of 1970s group Guys 'n' Dolls, who scored a 1975 hit with ""There's A Whole Lot of Lovin'"" and went on to have a short career, which also included"
"group, they formed Dollar in 1977. Their hits started with ""Shooting Star"" in 1978. They then had several big hits including ""Love's Gotta Hold on Me"" in 1979, ""Mirror Mirror"" in 1981 and ""Give Me Back My Heart"" in 1982, until ""Oh L'amour"" which hit the Top 10 across Europe in 1987. Bazar's solo career was less successful. She released an album and single in 1985, both entitled ""The Big Kiss"". She contributed vocals to two Gary Numan songs, ""Noise Noise"" and ""Bridge, What Bridge?"" which featured as b-sides to Numan's 1982 Top 20 single ""Music For Chameleons"". She has"
"All tracks written by David Van Day and Thereza Bazar unless otherwise noted The Paris Collection (Dollar album) The Paris Collection is the second album released by the pop duo Dollar. It was released in December 1980, their first album on WEA Records. Released in late 1980, the album was the first the duo released on the WEA label. Recorded, appropriately enough, in Paris, the album failed to provide Dollar with the same success they had achieved a year previously. Out of the three single releases, only ""Takin' a Chance On You"" reached the charts, stalling at No.62. The album"
"its singles, failed to sell well. In a bid to generate sales, Van Day and Bazar announced their engagement, but this was later revealed to be a publicity stunt. In 1981, Bazar approached record producer Trevor Horn, whom she had met during her days in Guys n' Dolls, and asked if he would work with them. He agreed, and produced their 1981 and 1982 material. Horn's production work gave Dollar a more distinctive sound, and their four Horn-produced singles represented the high point in the band's career. It gave them another two Top 10 singles (""Mirror Mirror"" and ""Give Me"
"single in March 1982, just one week prior to the release of ""Give Me Back My Heart"". ""Ring Ring"" reached No. 61 in the UK. During a promotional trip to Japan in February 1983, relations between the duo had become increasingly tempestuous and Van Day quit the band. Their latest single (""Two Hearts"") went unreleased in the UK and Dollar split. Van Day had ambitions to be a solo artist after he and Bazar split. He released the single ""Young Americans Talking"", which was written and produced by the people behind Bucks Fizz. Meanwhile, Bazar recorded an album, ""The Big"
"time Van Day and Bazar became romantically involved. By 1977, the group was in decline and the pair complained about the choice of material and musical direction. Van Day and Bazar were asked to leave the group in July of that year, with them publicly saying that they had decided to leave to concentrate on songwriting. Van Day originally planned to go solo, but ultimately they agreed to form a duo. They were picked up by French label Carrere Records, going under the name Dollar. Dollar's first single, ""Shooting Star"", was released in late 1978 and, after a slow climb,"
"however that Dollar achieved their first top ten placing when it peaked at No.4 in the UK in September 1979. A departure from their first two hits, this song was written by the duo themselves and was a soft-voiced ballad, sung by female member Thereza Bazar rather than David Van Day. This was to Van Day's annoyance who was originally slated to sing lead, but on recording the demo his voice didn't fit the quiet tone of the song and producer Christopher Neil gave it to Bazar instead. Van Day later commented on the situation; ""I was supposed to be"
"Dazz Band The Dazz Band is an American R&B, funk band whose popularity exploded in the early 1980s. Emerging from Cleveland, Ohio, the group's biggest hit songs include the Grammy Award-winning ""Let It Whip"" (1982), ""Joystick"" (1983), and ""Let It All Blow"" (1984). The name of the band is a portmanteau of the description ""danceable jazz"". The Dazz Band grew out of Cleveland, Ohio, in 1976 stemming from the jazz fusion band Bell Telefunk. Founded by Bobby Harris, The Dazz Band has performed since 1976 and continues to perform today. Original Kinsman Dazz/ Dazz Band members included Bobby Harris, (saxophonist,"
"Get Ya"" and ""You Take My Breath Away"". In an attempt to promote the album, members David Van Day and Thereza Bazar announced their engagement to the press, when in reality they had split up as a couple months earlier. The tracks on the album were written by the duo themselves and largely produced by them along with Greg Walsh. Experienced hit producer Phil Wainman produced one song - ""The Girls are Out to Get Ya"" - which was the lead single from the album, but failed to make an impact. Dollar went on to achieve their biggest success with"
"Van Day/Bazar composition ""Tokyo"" as its B-side. This song was also released as a single in Japan the following year. The UK single was released in standard 7-inch vinyl as well as an alternate version on clear vinyl with a picture sleeve. Both tracks were featured on Dollar's debut album ""Shooting Stars"", which was released soon after the single. The album itself peaked at No.36 in the UK albums Chart. Dollar released just one more single with Carrere Records before departing to WEA in 1980. ""Love's Gotta Hold on Me"" was the first of five top ten hits for the"
"in Brighton. In the early 2000s, Van Day persuaded Bazar to rejoin him in Dollar for a reunion tour. In 2002, they took part in the 'Here And Now' tour, a series of arena-sized concerts featuring other singers and bands from the 1980s. They followed this up by appearing on the reality television show ""Reborn in the USA"" in 2003. This show involved a number of formerly successful chart acts touring together in America with the public voting off a different act each week. They quickly became the centre of attention when they were involved in an argument with pop"
"charting hit ""Catchin' Up On Love"". In 1980, The Kinsman Dazz changed its name to The Dazz Band after being signed to Motown Records which simultaneously included a re-organization of members. Wayne Preston and Les Thaler were no longer with the group, and Sennie ""Skip"" Martin, (trumpet, vocalist) Pierre DeMudd (trumpet, vocalist) and Kevin Kendricks (keyboards) were added. In 1981 guitarist Eric Fearman was also added. The Dazz Band's first album for Motown was ""Invitation to Love""(1980). The bands title track began a string of hits starting in March, 1981. The group's next album, ""Let The Music Play"" (1981), featured"
"#4 in the UK and spent a total of 17 weeks in the chart. It also reached #5 in Ireland. A promotional video was made to accompany the song, featuring members David Van Day and Thereza Bazar as wooden dolls coming to life. The B-side of the single was a song written by the duo called ""Radio"", which had been the opening track on their second album ""The Paris Collection"". Mirror Mirror (Dollar song) ""Mirror Mirror"" (also titled as ""Mirror Mirror (Mon Amour)"") is a 1981 single by British pop duo Dollar from their third album, ""The Dollar Album"". The"
"Golzi in 2015. Cassano, the last original member, left in May 2017. The band is currently led by Fabio Perversi aided by a new group of musicians. Matia Bazar Matia Bazar () is an Italian pop band formed in Genoa in 1975. The original members of the group were Piero Cassano (keyboards), Aldo Stellita (bass), Carlo Marrale (guitar, vocals), (drums) and Antonella Ruggiero (vocals). They represented Italy in the 1979 Eurovision Song Contest with a song called ""Raggio di luna"". Their major hits were ""Solo tu"" (1978), ""Vacanze Romane"" (1982) and ""Ti Sento"" (1985), which peaked the charts in Belgium"
"of their career. By mid 1977, Van Day and Bazar were complaining about the direction of the group to the point that the management asked them to leave. As agreed with them however, publicity at the time showed that leaving the group was their own decision to concentrate on songwriting. The pair did go on to form the duo Dollar, who went on to score several hits in the late 1970s and 1980s. Guys 'n' Dolls continued as a quartet, with their third album ""Together"" (1977) depicting just the four remaining members. The group scored a final minor hit in"
"of Xymox (Netherlands) performed this music in the 1980s. German dark wave bands were partially associated with the Neue Deutsche Welle (i.e. ""German New Wave""). Other bands, such as Malaria! and the Vyllies, added elements of chanson and cabaret music,which became known as cabaret noir (or ""dark cabaret"", a term popularized by U.S. dark wave label Projekt Records). After the new wave and post-punk movements faded in the mid-1980s, dark wave was renewed as an underground movement. Ataraxia and The Frozen Autumn from Italy, and the French Corpus Delicti also evolved from this movement and became the leading artists of"
"so we were really surprised when it took off the way it did"". Barry Lederer in ""Billboard"" was positive: ""As with the first hit, this new release is, equally, energetic, uplifting and a step forward for the group."" Dance Yourself Dizzy ""Dance Yourself Dizzy"" is a 1980 song by Liquid Gold taken from their self-titled album. It was the band's biggest hit in the UK, peaking at number two and being certified silver for sales of 250,000. Some of the members of Liquid Gold did not have great belief in the song, such as Syd Twynham; however, lead singer Ellie"
"biggest hits and peaked at No. 7. The group then hit a stumbling block in deciding on a follow-up and past ill-feeling between the pair was rising again. Six months later, they finally released another single, ""It's Nature's Way"", but it was to be their last release as the single flopped and work on a possible album had been long delayed. In late 1988, Dollar disbanded again. Van Day again attempted to launch a solo career, but to no avail. Bazar decided to finish with the music industry and moved to Australia where she concentrated on raising her family. During"
"Dazz ""Dazz"" is a hit song by R&B/funk band Brick. ""Dazz"" is a combination of disco, funk and jazz, hence the title, ""Dazz,"" a combination denominator for ""Disco Jazz."" Released in 1976 from their ""Good High"" album, it would become their biggest hit, spending four weeks at the top of the R&B singles chart and reaching number three on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 singles chart. This song has been heavily sampled by hip-hop artists including MC Lyte in her ""Cold Rock A Party"" single, Ice Cube's ""No Vaseline"", Dana Dane ""Cinderfella Dana Dane"" (1987) and Snoop Dogg in his song"
"That"" and Public Enemy's ""Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos"". Popular hip hop artists of the 1980s include Kurtis Blow, Run D.M.C., Beastie Boys, NWA, LL Cool J, Public Enemy, Eric B. & Rakim, Big Daddy Kane, Boogie Down Productions, Kid N Play, MC Lyte, EPMD, Salt N Pepa, and Ice-T, Schooly D, Slick Rick, Kool Moe Dee, Whodini, MC Hammer, among others. In the 1980s, dance music records made using only electronic instruments became increasingly popular, largely influenced from the electronic music of Kraftwerk and 1970s disco music. Such music was originally born of and popularized via regional"
"The Rainy Daze Psychedelic pop group the Rainy Daze formed in Denver, Colorado, in 1965. They were composed of singer/guitarist Tim Gilbert with his brother Kip on drums, lead guitarist Mac Ferris, bassist Sam Fuller, and keyboardist Bob Heckendorf. The group started as a covers act, nevertheless parlaying a string of frat party gigs into a local television appearance that reportedly caught the attention of famed producer Phil Spector, who extended a management contract. The group released an album, ""That Acapulco Gold"", and the title song (written by Tim Gilbert and his roommate, John Carter) made it to #70 on"
"The band's most recent studio album, ""Seasons of Your Day"", was released in 2013, followed by the EP ""Still"" in 2018. Mazzy Star has deep roots within the Californian Paisley Underground movement of the early 1980s. David Roback, along with his brother Steven, was one of the main architects of leading Los Angeles psychedelic revival band the Rain Parade. Leaving that band after their first LP, he founded Clay Allison in 1983 with then-girlfriend, ex-Dream Syndicate bassist Kendra Smith. Soon after the publication of their sole release, the 1983 double A-sided single ""Fell From the Sun""/""All Souls"", Clay Allison renamed"
"they were commercially unsuccessful in the United States), but the UK remained their biggest market, where they had three No.1 singles with ""Making Your Mind Up"" (1981), ""The Land of Make Believe"" (1981) and ""My Camera Never Lies"" (1982) and became one of the top-selling groups of the 1980s. They also had UK Top 10 hits with ""Now Those Days Are Gone"" (1982), ""If You Can't Stand the Heat"" (1982), ""When We Were Young"" (1983) and ""New Beginning (Mamba Seyra)"" (1986). Bucks Fizz have sold over 15 million records worldwide. The line-up of the group has changed a number of"
"in August. ""Fire Dances"" (1983), contained music that, as prefaced by the ""Birds of a Feather"" single, was more melodic and accessible than before, while still featuring tribal drums. This was continued with the non-album singles ""Me or You?"" (October 1983), ""Eighties"" (April 1984) and ""A New Day"" (July 1984), the latter promoted with a music video. ""Eighties"" marked a change of direction with the arrival of producer Chris Kimsey, who had previously worked with the Rolling Stones and Led Zeppelin. They achieved mainstream success in January 1985 with the single ""Love Like Blood"", which covered all ground from goth"
"but rather a ""concept"". From 1982 to 1999, Sleep Chamber put out a considerable volume of music (releasing over 70 recordings, and participating in over 35 various artists releases). After an extended absence, Sleep Chamber returned in 2008 with a new lineup, a slew of new releases, and a revised name, SLEEPCHAMBER. Difrancisco and Brosseau had fronted a band called The Product; Zewizz produced their sole single. When The Product folded, Difrancisco and Brosseau began a band called Daze of Trance. Zewizz occasionally helped out with Daze of Trance, even playing on a cassette release as part of the band."
"collection by Numero. The Way Out Label of Cleveland was collected by Numero on ""Eccentric Soul: The Way Out Label"" in 2014. The Dazz Band is a funk music band that was most popular in the early 1980s. Emerging from Cleveland, the group's biggest hit songs include the Grammy Award-winning ""Let It Whip"" (1982), ""Joystick"" (1983), and ""Let It All Blow"" (1984). The name of the band is a portmanteau of the description ""danceable jazz"". Sly, Slick and Wicked is a R&B singing group from Cleveland, active since 1970. The trio has recorded for Paramount, People Records, Polydor, Shaker, Jupar,"
"reached number 14 in the UK Singles Chart. The follow-up, ""Who Were You With in the Moonlight?"", was released in early 1979 and also reached number 14. After two hit singles featuring Van Day on lead vocals, their third, the ballad ""Love's Gotta Hold on Me"" was sung by Bazar. It became Dollar's first self-penned hit as it entered the Top 10 and was one of their biggest, climbing to number 4 in the UK chart. Encouraged by this steady run of success, the group released their debut album, ""Shooting Stars"", which made the top 40. In a change of"
"Tension (which reached number 8 in 1978) and ""Southern Freeez"" by Freeez (which reached number 8 in 1981). Light of the World split and members formed Beggar and Co and Incognito. Hits in the US by black British artists in this period included Linx, Loose Ends, David Joseph, Imagination and Junior Giscombe. With DJs gaining cult status, the scene also created many 'club hits' which never achieved commercial success. Many British based soul and dance bands found themselves merging under the Brit funk banner. These included Central Line and Second Image. Another portion of the Brit funk scene emerged from"
"New wave, glam rock and heavy metal had become the most popular style of rock in the mid-1980s. Acts such as Platinum Blonde, Helix, Toronto, Parachute Club, The Box, Strange Advance, Spoons, Trans-X, Rational Youth, Men Without Hats, Norman Iceberg, Images in Vogue, Headpins, Sheriff, Frozen Ghost, Teenage Head, Idle Eyes, Eight Seconds, The Northern Pikes, Brighton Rock and Martha and the Muffins were along for the new Canadian music video ride. Although many of them, in fact, were only ""one-hit wonders"". In the late 1980s, the Canadian recording industry continued to produce popular acts such as Blue Rodeo. Alternative"
"Soppy Song"". David Copperfield (as David Van Day) sang the prophetic line ""I'll think I'll go and join Bucks Fizz"" (to which Tracey Ullman replied ""Well, you know where your suitcase is""), which is the group Van Day later joined in 1996. Give Me Back My Heart ""Give Me Back My Heart"" is a 1982 single by British pop duo Dollar from their third album ""The Dollar Album"". The song was their second biggest hit out of the five top twenty hit singles off the album, after ""Mirror Mirror"". It reached #4 in the UK, and #8 in Ireland. The"
"the 1980s hard rock scene: Pat Benatar and Ann and Nancy Wilson of Heart, who had been around since the mid 1970s, are prime examples of female success in hard rock, and so are both ex-Runaways Joan Jett and Lita Ford. The arena rock trend of the 1970s continued in the 1980s with bands like Styx, Rush, Journey, Foreigner, REO Speedwagon, ZZ Top, and Aerosmith. Traditionally associated (and often confused) with hard rock, heavy metal was also extremely popular throughout the decade, with Ozzy Osbourne achieving success during his solo career; bands like Iron Maiden, Judas Priest and Dio were"
"St David's Hall in November 2013. Tigertailz announced European tour dates for Autumn 2014 and also made their US debut. They supported Kiss (band) and Cheap Trick on the 2014 Kiss Kruise. Tigertailz Tigertailz are a glam metal band hailing from Cardiff, Wales. They are most famous for their 1990 album, ""Bezerk"" which made the Top 40 in the UK Albums Chart and spawned the hit singles ""Love Bomb Baby"" and ""Heaven"". The band reformed in 2005. Tigertailz (originally called Stagefright) formed in 1983 after bassist Pepsi Tate and drummer Ian Welch placed an advert in the Cardiff record store,"