"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"
"The Junction (band) The Junction is an indie rock band formed in 2000 from Brampton, Ontario, Canada. They signed to Universal Music in 2006 but later split from the label and went on to release recordings on their own independent label. The Junction formed in Brampton in 2000. Jackson and Taylor were classmates for years when they finally discovered that both of them played instruments during the ninth grade. Jameson later saw the band play at a Battle of the Bands after Jackson had transferred to Mayfield Secondary School. Amidst having several members come and go, the band released three"
"Up the Junction (film) Up the Junction is a 1968 British film directed by Peter Collinson and starring Dennis Waterman, Suzy Kendall, Adrienne Posta, Maureen Lipman and Liz Fraser. It is based on the 1963 book of the same name by Nell Dunn and was adapted by Roger Smith. The film's soundtrack was made by Manfred Mann. The film followed Ken Loach's BBC TV adaptation of 1965, but returned to the original book. It did not cause a similar controversy or have as much impact. Wealthy young heiress Polly Dean (Suzy Kendall) gives up a privileged life in Chelsea and"
"Up the Junction (The Wednesday Play) Up the Junction is an episode of the BBC anthology drama series ""The Wednesday Play"" directed by Ken Loach, produced by James MacTaggart, and first broadcast on 3 November 1965 on BBC 1. The play was adapted by Nell Dunn and (uncredited) Ken Loach from Dunn's short story collection of the same name. It tells the stories of three young women living in North Battersea and Clapham and, to a lesser degree, their boyfriends. Three young female factory workers, Rube, Sylvie and Eileen, go out to a pub where they meet three young men,"
"Funky Junction Funky Junction were an Irish rock band formed in 1972 specifically to record a single album of songs made famous by British band Deep Purple, which was released as ""Funky Junction Play a Tribute to Deep Purple"" in January 1973. Among the band's lineup were all three members of the early 1970s incarnation of Thin Lizzy. The project was brought about by a German businessman named Leo Muller, who contacted Irish group Thin Lizzy to record the album. Muller was in fact an alias used by Dave Miller, a record producer and proprietor of several budget music companies."
"were recorded by an entirely different band and did not involve Lynott, Bell, Downey, White or Lennox. Funky Junction Funky Junction were an Irish rock band formed in 1972 specifically to record a single album of songs made famous by British band Deep Purple, which was released as ""Funky Junction Play a Tribute to Deep Purple"" in January 1973. Among the band's lineup were all three members of the early 1970s incarnation of Thin Lizzy. The project was brought about by a German businessman named Leo Muller, who contacted Irish group Thin Lizzy to record the album. Muller was in"
"Jack Holder, who was suffering from medical issues. Holder died on January 14, 2015 of complications from cancer at the age of 62. In May 2017, 30 years after the band released their debut album, the band's long-awaited follow-up album, ""Going the Distance"", was released. Jimmy Davis & Junction Jimmy Davis & Junction were a short-lived American hard rock/Southern rock band based out of Memphis, Tennessee. Fronted by local singer/guitarist Jimmy Davis, the band was active from the mid- to late-1980s, scoring a minor hit on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1987 with ""Kick the Wall,"" which also cracked the"
"up in September 1970. Noted jazz flautist Harold McNair guested on the song ""Lisa"" from the album. After the band split up, Clark joined Uriah Heep. McCarthy joined Tranquility as rhythm guitarist and vocalist rather than bassist. Culley linked up with Black Widow and from 1981–1984, joined Colin Tench to launch the London six-piece progressive rock band Odin. In 2012 Culley guested on a debut album by Corvus Stone. Heyworth died in January 2010. In 2011, three of the four surviving original members of the band, Angus Cullen, Iain Clark, and Kevin McCarthy got together again with Peter Jennings. The"
"Tuxedo Junction ""Tuxedo Junction"" is a popular song written by Erskine Hawkins, Bill Johnson, Julian Dash with lyrics by Buddy Feyne. The song was introduced by Erskine Hawkins & His Orchestra, a college dance band previously known as the Bama State Collegians. RCA released it in 1939 and it climbed to #7 on the American pop charts. The song was a No. 1 hit for Glenn Miller & His Orchestra in 1940. In the late 1930s Hawkins and his Orchestra were one of the house bands at the Savoy Ballroom. They alternated with the Chick Webb band and often used"
"Up for the Down Stroke (song) ""Up for the Down Stroke"" is a funk song by Parliament, the title track to their 1974 album of the same name. Released as a single from the album, it reached number ten on the ""Billboard"" R&B chart (the band's first top ten on the chart since Testify in 1967), and number 63 on the Hot 100. The song was one of the first compositions to feature the songwriting team of George Clinton, Bootsy Collins and Bernie Worrell (along with Fuzzy Haskins). ""Up for the Down Stroke"" was covered by Fred Wesley & The"
"Up the Junction Up the Junction is a 1963 collection of short stories by Nell Dunn that depicts contemporary life in the industrial slums of Battersea and Clapham Junction. The book uses colloquial speech, and its portrayal of petty thieving, sexual encounters, births, deaths and back-street abortion provided a view of life that was previously unrecognised by many people. The book won the 1963 John Llewellyn Rhys Memorial Prize. In 1965 it was adapted for television by the BBC as part of ""The Wednesday Play"" anthology series directed by Ken Loach. A cinema film version followed in 1968 with a"
"Jimmy Davis & Junction Jimmy Davis & Junction were a short-lived American hard rock/Southern rock band based out of Memphis, Tennessee. Fronted by local singer/guitarist Jimmy Davis, the band was active from the mid- to late-1980s, scoring a minor hit on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1987 with ""Kick the Wall,"" which also cracked the Top 40 on the Mainstream Rock chart. Hailing from Memphis, Tennessee, the principle members of Jimmy Davis & Junction at the beginning of their recording career were Jimmy Davis (lead vocals, guitar), Tommy Burroughs (guitar, mandolin), John Scott (keyboards), and Chuck Reynolds (drums). This lineup"
"The Up The Up (often styled as The UP) was an American rock band formed in Detroit, Michigan in early 1967. Along with fellow proto-punk bands the MC5 and The Stooges, The Up served as a ""house band"" for the Grande Ballroom in Detroit. The original band line-up consisted of vocalist Frank Bach, guitarist Bob Rasmussen, bassist Gary Rasmussen, and drummer Vic Peraino. The band was closely related to the MC5, as both bands' members lived in White Panther Party founder John Sinclair's commune. In May 1968, Sinclair moved the commune to Ann Arbor, Michigan and both bands followed. The"
"1979, reaching 6 in the UK Charts. The track was written by Davies and Bradbury. Guitarist Davies added long time friends Desmond Brown, who played Hammond organ, and Charley Anderson on bass guitar. With Compton Amanor on guitar, the vocals of Arthur 'Gaps' Hendrickson and Charley 'H' Bembridge on drums the seven piece line-up for the original band was completed when Pauline Black was spotted by Davies. Davies offered Pauline an audition with The Selecter – she joined along with other members in July 1979. The new band released the singles ""On My Radio"", ""Three Minute Hero"" and ""Missing Words"","
"name was originally 'The Funky Junction', which was derived from Jamiroquai’s Funktion when Jackson played bass. Jackson later began playing guitar and “funky” was dropped from the name. The song 'My Love Was There' was featured in the television series , Chuck’s Day Off, and was also featured in Hockey Night in Canada. It peaked at No. 34 of the Neilsen BDS Canadian rock radio charts. The band performed at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. The band has performed on MTV Canada twice. The Junction (band) The Junction is an indie rock band formed in 2000 from Brampton, Ontario,"
"Fusion Orchestra Fusion Orchestra was a British progressive rock band active between 1969 and 1975. The band was formed in 1969 by Dave Bell, Stan Land, and Colin Dawson, but the more recognisable incarnation was formed when Jill Saward joined on vocals in 1970. They performed regularly on the British club circuit in the early 1970s, clocking up over 500 gigs at venues such as the Marquee Club before they eventually split in 1975. Their live performances were flamboyant and Saward's reputation for erotically charged on-stage antics drew both positive and negative publicity. In 1973, the band were signed by"
"album, and fourteen singles (including an unreleased ""Wan Light"" single). Orange Juice (band) Orange Juice was a Scottish post-punk band founded in the Glasgow suburb of Bearsden as the Nu-Sonics in 1976. Edwyn Collins formed the Nu-Sonics (named after a cheap brand of guitar) with his school-mate Alan Duncan and was subsequently joined by James Kirk and Steven Daly, who left a band called The Machetes. The band became Orange Juice in 1979. They are best known for the hit ""Rip It Up"", which reached number 8 on the UK Singles Chart in February 1983, the band's only UK Top"
"Eruption (band) Eruption were a popular British disco, R&B, and soul recording act in the 1970s and 1980s. They are best known for their covers of Ann Peebles's ""I Can't Stand the Rain"" and Neil Sedaka's ""One Way Ticket"", which were big disco hits in 1978 and 1979, respectively. The band was formed in 1969 as a school band in the United Kingdom as Silent Eruption, and consisted of musicians of Caribbean origins. The group changed the name to Eruption in 1974. In 1975 Precious Wilson joined the band as a backing singer and they won the RCA Soul Search"
"The High The High are an English rock group from Manchester, whose sound combines alternative rock with a 1960s pop/psychedelic guitar sound. The band was formed in 1989 by former Turning Blue singer John Matthews, along with former Buzzcocks F.O.C. members Andy Couzens (guitar, also formerly of The Stone Roses and pre-Roses bands The Patrol and Waterfront), Simon Davies (bass), and drummer Chris Goodwin (also formerly of Inspiral Carpets), when Steve Diggle left Buzzcocks F.O.C. to reform the Buzzcocks. They were signed by London Records and had three minor UK Singles Chart hits in 1990 before breaking into the top"
"constraints, the band continued to keep in contact with Gus and worked to gather the funds needed to record in Brooklyn with Gus and his partner Werner F. Their second full-length record, ""Another Link In The Chain"", was the product of this collaboration. The record was released in Canada on July 28, 2009. The band released their third LP, ""Grievances"", in 2012. In celebration of their 15th anniversary, The Junction announced that they were ""entering the studio to record [their] follow up to ‘Grievances’ with Jose Contreras"", and that it would be their ""first release via Culvert Music"". The band"
"Uptown Girls (group) Uptown (also known as Uptown Girls and Uptown Girls featuring Jan and Michelle) are an American music group. They were active in the 1980s in Dallas, Texas. They recorded an upbeat dance music cover of The Temptations' ""(I Know) I'm Losing You"" in 1983 which contained the original version of the song and an instrumental version. The track achieved popularity at Dallas' famed Starck nightclub due to early play by DJ Rick Squillante and became a standard in many U.S. nightclubs, reaching the No. 80 spot on Billboard's Hot 100 in 1987. In 1989, it was re-released"
"a midlands-based rock horror band. In 1979 he played white reggae with China Street. In 1979, Inner City Unit was formed by Nik Turner from Hawkwind with Fred as Keyboard player. In 1984, Nik Turner and Fred both joined Hawkwind for an extensive tour of the UK. Following this tour, they re-formed Inner City Unit. 1986 saw Inner City Unit split from Nik Turner. Fred, along with Steve Pond and Mick Stupp, formed a power trio called The Maximum Effect, releasing one 7"" single before teaming up with another former Hawkwind member, Robert Calvert. In late 1986, Calvert was asked"
"with ""Goodnight Tonight"" (1979), Queen with ""Another One Bites the Dust"" (1980), the Rolling Stones with ""Miss You"" (1978) and ""Emotional Rescue"" (1980), Electric Light Orchestra's ""Shine a Little Love"" and ""Last Train to London"" (both 1979), Chicago did ""Street Player"" (1979), the Kinks did ""(Wish I Could Fly Like) Superman"" (1979), the Grateful Dead did ""Shakedown Street"", and the J. Geils Band did ""Come Back"" (1980). Even hard rock group KISS jumped in with ""I Was Made For Lovin' You"" (1979). Ringo Starr's album ""Ringo the 4th"" (1978) features a strong disco influence. The disco sound was also adopted"
"in 1979, alongside Joy Division. The band also released a 7"" single on the Pipeline label: ""Madison Fallout""/""Auto Mekanik Destruktor"" (1979), which reached #48 on the UK Independent Chart. Basczax toured with Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD), and appeared on the ""Check It Out"" TV show in 1980, performing ""Ego Therapy"". This lineup split in September 1980, with Hodgson and Cornforth going on to form ""Makaton Chat"" with ex-Deja Vu members Anthony Lindo, Graham Lipthorpe and Martin Alderdyce. John Hodgson now records under the name Fast Cakes, who released an album in August 2007 entitled ""LIVEYOUNGDIEFAST"", a second album"
"with John Sinclair and the White Panther Party; The Up took the place of the MC5 as the main musical outlet of the party's propaganda. The Up disbanded in 1973 and faded further into obscurity. In 1975, the band's bassist Gary Rasmussen later joined Sonic's Rendezvous Band, a Detroit rock scene supergroup featuring former members of the MC5, The Stooges, The Up and The Rationals. In 1995, a retrospective album titled ""Killer Up!"" was released containing all of The Up's song recordings. The album contains all of the band's singles, songs from a recording session at Head Sound Studios in"
"Up"" was released in 1985. This effort included guest vocalists and guitarists (Eric Johnson, Alex Ligertwood, Peter Frampton, Albert Lee, Van Temple), and violinist Mark O'Connor. He toured with Rush as a main opener on their Power Windows tour. In 1986, Morse joined the rock group Kansas. During his time with the band they released two albums, ""Power"" and ""In the Spirit of Things"". While he was with the band, Kansas had its last big hit, ""All I Wanted,"" which reached the Billboard Top 20 and on which Morse received co-writing credit. Morse left the band after touring behind the"
"the Beatles and Led Zeppelin; and one of his inspirations was Jack Bruce's ""Rope Ladder to the Moon"". By 1977 the line-up of Rum Jungle included James Black (ex-Tymepiece) on guitar, Phil Colson, Mark McDonald, Bruce Sandell and Joe Sudouskas. In late 1978 and early 1979 at The Observer Hotel in The Rocks, Sydney, Moffitt played in a short-term funk band, Matt Finnish, with Brian Alcorn on bass guitar and Tony Georgeson on drums. Guest musicians included Ken Francis and Chris Raggatt. In mid 1979 Moffitt and multi-instrumentalist John Prior formed Matt Finish as a rock group with Brian Alcorn"
"The Ovations The Ovations were an American rhythm and blues vocal group who recorded in the 1960s and 1970s. Their biggest hit, a remake of Sam Cooke's ""Having a Party"", reached no.7 on the ""Billboard"" R&B chart in 1973. The group was formed by Memphis, Tennessee, natives Louis Williams Jr. (24 February 1941 – 13 October 2002), Nathan ""Pedro"" Lewis (born 30 July 1943), and Elvin Lee Jones. Both lead singer Williams, who modeled his vocal style closely on that of his idol Sam Cooke, and Lewis, had previously sung with the Del-Rios, who recorded for Stax Records in 1962"
"Upp (band) Upp was a British rock-jazz fusion band, active in the 1970s. The group was originally going to be called 3 UPP, and consisted of Stephen Amazing (bass guitar), Andy Clark (keyboards) and Jim Copley (drums). David Bunce (guitar) joined on guitar for the second album. Stephen Amazing, aka Steve Fields prior to his career in Clark Hutchinson in his teenage years, used to play bass guitar in a band called 'The Kinetics', and also, at times, in another band called 'The Abstracts'. Some photographs showing Fields in the Kinetics can be seen at Bill Chewter's Facebook page at"
"Ups and Downs (band) Ups and Downs is an Australian pop band. Their single ""The Living Kind"" saw them nominated for the 1987 ARIA Award for Best New Talent. Ups and Downs formed in Brisbane in 1983 by brothers Greg and Darren Atkinson with John Flade. Peter Shaw soon joined the line up. After the release of two singles through Basketcase in 1984 they relocated to Sydney where they built a cult following. In 1986 they released the single ""The Living Kind"" through True Tone which saw them nominated for an ARIA Award. In 1987 Trevor O'Neil joined the band."
"stating that the song has a ""New Orleans groove."" Janovitz also regards the ""non-traditional, funky style"" of Garth Hudson's clavinet playing a precursor of Stevie Wonder's similar keyboard playing on ""Superstition."" The hip hop duo Gang Starr sampled the rhythm track on their own song ""Beyond Comprehension."" Up on Cripple Creek ""Up on Cripple Creek"" is the fifth song on The Band's eponymous second album, ""The Band"". It was released as an (edited) single on Capitol 2635 in November 1969 and reached #25 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100. ""Up on Cripple Creek"" was written by Band guitarist Robbie Robertson, with"
"amongst the Oi!/Punk Fraternity'. The first single was '1980's/Mechanical Man', produced by The Damned drummer Rat Scabies and released in March 1980 under the Charnel House label. The second single was 'Future Girl/No Trust' produced by Rat Scabies, released on Glass Records. It was promoted with a tour supporting The Exploited. The third and final single was a double A side 'Anti-men' and 'Misunderstood', again produced by Rat Scabies. A line up change saw Gary Dawson on Guitar after Haggis left to spend time building up his own garage business. The band reformed in 2013 and played the Rebellion Punk"
"1979, initially calling themselves Portraits. The pair placed an ad for additional members, and recruited keyboardist Rupert Greenall, guitarist Tony McGrail and bassist Russell Mckenzie later to be replaced by Charlie Barrett. Portraits issued two singles for Ariola Records: ""Little Women"" (1979), and ""Hazards In The Home"" (1980). Later in 1980, McGrail left. At this point, the band added guitarist Jamie West-Oram (formerly of Phillip Rambow's band) and changed their name to The Fix. This version of the band recorded for 101 Records, releasing their first single (""Lost Planes"") in February 1981. This track, along with several live tracks issued"