"competition was held in Auckland in 1989, with DJ Ned Roy winning. The first major New Zealand commercial hip hop hit was ""Hip Hop Holiday"" by 3 The Hard Way, featuring the vocal stylings of Bobbylon (from the seminal 1990s Reggae/Punk band the Hallelujah Picassos). Released by Deepgrooves Entertainment and distributed by Festival Records, it sampled ""Dreadlock Holiday"" by 10CC and became a number one hit in 1994. Upper Hutt Posse's DJ, DLT, also influenced the local scene in Auckland, including Joint Force, Che Fu and Dam Native. DLT began the influential radio show ""True Skool Hip Hop Show"", which"
"hits with material from the previous three LPs. Fenn, Tosh, Burgess and keyboardist Duncan Mackay (who in 1977 made a solo album entitled ""Score"") were now full members of the band and performed on 1978's ""Bloody Tourists"", which provided the band with their third UK No. 1 single, the reggae-styled ""Dreadlock Holiday"". It was their last hit, with the second single ""Reds in My Bed"", featuring lead vocals by Stuart Tosh, failing to chart. The band suffered a major setback in January 1979 when Stewart was seriously injured in a car crash. He told the BBC: Gouldman, too, considered the"
"""Dreadlock Holiday"". Graham Gouldman Graham Keith Gouldman (born ) is an English singer, songwriter and musician. He has been the only constant member of the art rock band 10cc. Gouldman was born in Broughton, Salford, Lancashire, England into a Jewish family. He played in a number of Manchester bands from 1963, including the High Spots, the Crevattes, the Planets and the Whirlwinds, which became a house band at his local Jewish Lads' Brigade. The Whirlwinds – comprising Gouldman (vocals, guitar), Maurice Sperling (vocals/drums), Bernard Basso (bass), Stephen Jacobson (guitar, bongos), Malcolm Wagner and Phil Cohen – secured a recording contract"
"Holiday '80 Holiday '80 is an EP released by the original line-up of the British synthpop band The Human League. The EP was issued in the UK by Virgin Records in April 1980, a month before the release of the band's second album ""Travelogue"". The EP peaked at no. 56 in the UK Singles Chart in May 1980, but was later reissued and returned to the chart, peaking at no. 46 in February 1982. The recordings were produced with John Leckie, who had also been working with new wave bands such as Simple Minds and XTC. The principal song on"
"2010; he had cancer for eight years previously. The Mudlarks The Mudlarks were an English pop vocal group of the late 1950s and early 1960s. They had two Top 10 UK hit singles in 1958. The Mudlarks were a family group from Luton, Bedfordshire, originally comprising Jeff Mudd (born 1935), Fred Mudd (1937–2007), and Mary Mudd (born 1939). According to press releases at the time, they all had jobs at the Vauxhall motor plant in Luton, and spent their spare time singing together. In 1958, they attracted the attention of BBC Radio music presenter David Jacobs, who won them an"
"The Mudlarks The Mudlarks were an English pop vocal group of the late 1950s and early 1960s. They had two Top 10 UK hit singles in 1958. The Mudlarks were a family group from Luton, Bedfordshire, originally comprising Jeff Mudd (born 1935), Fred Mudd (1937–2007), and Mary Mudd (born 1939). According to press releases at the time, they all had jobs at the Vauxhall motor plant in Luton, and spent their spare time singing together. In 1958, they attracted the attention of BBC Radio music presenter David Jacobs, who won them an appearance on the ""Six-Five Special"" TV show, and"
"officially issued for the first time on the DVD of the 2016 anthology by The Human League ""A Very British Synthesizer Band"" The anthology CD also features ""Nightclubbing"" as a standalone song without being immediately preceded by ""Rock 'n' Roll"". UK 2×7"" Gatefold (Virgin SV-105) UK 12"" (Virgin SV-105-12) UK 7"" ""Holiday '80: Being Boiled"" (Virgin SV-105) UK 7"" ""Holiday '80: Rock 'n' Roll"" (Virgin SV-105) Japanese 12"" (Virgin VIP-5906) Holiday '80 Holiday '80 is an EP released by the original line-up of the British synthpop band The Human League. The EP was issued in the UK by Virgin Records"
"Gouldman co-writing some of their biggest hits, including ""The Wall Street Shuffle"" (1974), ""I'm Not in Love"" (1975), ""I'm Mandy, Fly Me"" (1976), ""Art For Art's Sake"" (1976), ""The Things We Do for Love"" (1977) and ""Dreadlock Holiday"" (1978). Gouldman largely wrote with Stewart, himself playing guitar, Stewart writing on keyboard. When Kevin Godley and Lol Creme departed in 1976 to explore new musical territories, Gouldman remained with Stewart, continuing the band essentially as a two-piece, although with regular collaborators including Rick Fenn, Paul Burgess and Stuart Tosh. 1980's ""Look Hear?"" album marked the end of the band's run of"
"Number One on the UK Singles Chart in 1988. The song's lyrics referenced the Daleks and the TARDIS, and its melody was based largely around the show's opening theme. As well as both Mankind and The Timelords, many other acts have incorporated the ""Doctor Who"" theme music into their own compositions. British rock band Pink Floyd briefly used the theme during their 1971 single ""One of These Days"", which featured a ""Doctor Who""-related music video. The theme music has also been covered by several other acts, such as Orbital, while other bands such as Coldcut have featured samples of the"
"and released in late 1978, it went on to sell nearly half a million copies, peaking at number seven in the UK Singles Chart. In its biggest week, orders were coming in for 20,000 copies a day, which would have put it at number one. The pressing plant only managed to press and distribute 20,000 copies and it dropped down to number 11. The record doomed their career as an act to one-hit wonder status. BBC Radio refused to play the follow-up, ""Headlights"", because of its controversial content (a truck driver menaces lone girl on isolated back road), and because"
"in the UK. The Irish boy band Boyzone took the song to #2 in the UK in 1994. By 1976, though, the group's record sales were softening; Osmondmania had long faded and been replaced by ""Rollermania"", as the Bay City Rollers became the hot pop band of choice in the mid-1970s. Their 1975 album ""The Proud One"" sold poorly (despite the title track providing a chart-topping easy listening hit and the group's last U.S. top-40 hit to date), and MGM Records was sold to PolyGram. Their first album on the subsidiary label Polydor was the album ""Brainstorm""; that album sold"
"""Carousel"". Dire Straits It reached the position of only #54 in the UK Singles Chart upon its single release in October 1980, despite being one of the band's most famous and popular songs. Two music videos exist for the song, one depicting Mark Knopfler, John Illsley and Pick Withers performing on a blank set, intercut with imagery and actors relevant to the lyrics, the other featuring a larger band arrangement and telling the story of a couple escaping a group of soldiers who chase them from a funfair. In 1980s concerts, Dire Straits played the central theme of The Animals'"
"Summer Holiday (song) ""Summer Holiday"" is a song recorded by Cliff Richard and The Shadows, written by rhythm guitarist Bruce Welch and drummer Brian Bennett. It is taken from the film of the same name, and was released as the second single from the film in February 1963. It went to number one in the UK Singles Chart for a total of three weeks, as had the first single from the film, ""The Next Time"". After ""Summer Holiday"" had spent two weeks at number one, The Shadows' instrumental ""Foot Tapper"" - also from the same film - took over the"
"which reached #1 in early 1982 for four weeks. The first single ""Centerfold"" which peaked at No. 1 for six weeks on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100) ""Centerfold"" also became their only major hit single in the United Kingdom, where it reached No. 3 in February 1982. The title-cut ""Freeze Frame"" peaked at #4 in April 1982. The flip side of ""Freeze Frame"", ""Flamethrower"" received airplay on Urban contemporary radio notably, in Metro Detroit, and reached number 25 on the Billboard soul chart and peaked at 12 on U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play. The song also received airplay on rock"
"became a hit, reaching No. 5 on the US ""Billboard"" Hot Dance Club Play chart, and No. 45 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 in 1979. Despite their success in the US, however, they never toured there. At home, their next single was ""Mr. Groovy"", which did not chart; it was quickly followed with ""Dance Yourself Dizzy"", which became their biggest UK hit, peaking at No. 2 on the UK chart in 1980. The song also reached No. 26 on the US Hot Dance Club Play chart. Their next single, ""Substitute"", peaked at No. 8 in the UK in the summer"
"became a huge hit in the UK in mid-1979. In March 1980, the band — which had not yet hit the singles charts — was namechecked in a UK hit song by The Undertones. The track ""My Perfect Cousin"", which would peak at #9 on the UK charts in May, contained a dig at the perceived ""arty"" Human League in the lyric: In April 1980, the band was able to release an EP entitled ""Holiday '80,"" containing the principal track ""Marianne"" and a cover of ""Nightclubbing"" (written by Bowie and Iggy Pop). The seven-inch version of ""Holiday '80"" did well"
"in 1978 by Midsong International/Polydor (the record label to which Travolta had been signed as a solo artist, as opposed to RSO Records, who released the ""Grease"" soundtrack album). In the UK, the single reached number 2 on the UK Singles Chart, spending 15 weeks on the chart. It was kept off the top spot by another single from the ""Grease"" soundtrack, ""Summer Nights"". The B-side of the UK single was ""Can't Let You Go"" on some UK releases, ""Rainbows"" on others. It was also released as a single in many other European countries, the United States, Australia, Japan, and"
"Rock"", released on Stiff Records, poked fun at the punk rock phenomenon, targeting the Sex Pistols (""Gobbing On Life""), The Damned (""Kill"") and The Clash (""Snuffin' Like That"") as well as myriad reggae bands in ""Snuffin' In A Babylon"". For once, the Albertos' act was successfully transferred to vinyl. They hit the UK Singles chart with the Status Quo spoof, ""Heads Down No Nonsense Mindless Boogie"" in 1978. Les Prior died in January 1980 from leukemia, which left a large gap in the group. After their nationally networked TV show ""Teach Yourself Gibberish"" and a crack at America with ""Sleak"","
"song has also become the last song that Mark Radcliffe and Stuart Maconie play before Christmas on their BBC Radio 6 Music show and on a number of occasions Noddy Holder has been a guest on the show to introduce it. Noddy Holder has referred to the song as his pension scheme, reflecting its continuing popularity and the royalties it generates. In 2015 it was estimated that the song generates £500,000 of royalties per year. The song has been credited with popularizing the annual race for the UK Christmas Number One Single. 7"" single 12"" single (1985 reissue) CD single"
"associates. Two promotional posters were issued to promote the single. The most common of the pair was simply an oversized reproduction of the single's front cover. The second version featured a monochrome image of a beach scene. This version of the poster was reproduced heavily for commercial sale during the mid-1980s. Holidays in the Sun (song) ""Holidays in the Sun"" is a song by the English band the Sex Pistols. It was released on 14 October 1977 as the band's fourth single, as well as the advance single from their only album ""Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols""."
"Summer Olympics. Mud (band) Mud (now Mud II) are an English glam rock band, formed in February 1966. Their earlier success came in a pop and then glam rock style, while later hits were influenced by 1950s rock and roll, and are best remembered for their hit singles ""Tiger Feet"", which was the UK's best-selling single of 1974, and ""Lonely This Christmas"" which reached Christmas number 1 in December 1974. After signing to Rak Records and teaming up with songwriters/producers Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman, the band had fourteen UK Top 20 hits between 1973 and 1976, including three number"
"1 in the UK charts, although it only achieved a Gold certification in the US, in contrast to its four predecessors. During the following tour, the band headlined the Monsters of Rock festival at Donington Park for the first time on 20 August 1988, playing to the largest crowd in the festival's history, with an estimated 107,000 in attendance. Also included on the bill were Kiss, David Lee Roth, Megadeth, Guns N' Roses, and Helloween. The festival was marred, however, by the deaths of two fans in a crowd-surge during the aforementioned Guns N' Roses performance; the following year's festival"
"DVD. In 1996 Geldof recorded a self-mocking cover version of the song with Dustin The Turkey which reached number one in Ireland. Rat Trap ""Rat Trap"" is a single by The Boomtown Rats, which reached No. 1 in the UK Singles Chart for two weeks in November 1978, the first single by a punk or new wave act to do so. It was written by Bob Geldof, and produced by Robert John ""Mutt"" Lange. It replaced ""Summer Nights"", a hit single for John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John from the soundtrack of ""Grease"", at number one in the UK chart after"
"Holidays in the Sun (song) ""Holidays in the Sun"" is a song by the English band the Sex Pistols. It was released on 14 October 1977 as the band's fourth single, as well as the advance single from their only album ""Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols"". A #8 chart hit in the UK, the single proved to be the last with singer John Lydon for 30 years. Steve Jones and Paul Cook recorded one more single, ""No One Is Innocent"" with Ronnie Biggs, as the band imploded, and Sid Vicious recorded solo covers of ""My Way"" and"
"worldwide tour. The song, considered by some critics to be one of their finest, was a Top Ten hit (No. 8) in the UK Singles Chart but, despite heavy airplay and a positive critical response, was a comparative flop in the US, reaching only No. 86 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100. It was the last single by the band to make the US charts. Their second album ""Steeltown"" (1984) was a hit as soon as it was released, entering the UK Albums Chart at No. 1. The album featured three UK top 30 hit singles, and received considerable critical acclaim"
"""Double Live Gonzo!"" (1978). From outside the United Kingdom and the United States, the Canadian trio Rush released three distinctively hard rock albums in 1974–75 (""Rush"", ""Fly by Night"" and ""Caress of Steel"") before moving toward a more progressive sound with the 1976 album ""2112"". The Irish band Thin Lizzy, which had formed in the late 1960s, made their most substantial commercial breakthrough in 1976 with the hard rock album ""Jailbreak"" and their worldwide hit ""The Boys Are Back in Town"", which reached number 8 in the UK and number 12 in the US. Their style, consisting of two duelling"
"the group a UK #1 in 1975 with ""Can't Give You Anything"". Further successes with ""Sing Baby Sing"", ""Na Na Is The Saddest Word"", ""Funky Weekend"" and ""Can't Help Falling in Love"" consolidated the group's European popularity. They are one of the few U.S. acts to have two chart-topping greatest hits albums in the UK. The Stylistics switched record labels during this period as Avco Records transitioned into H&L Records in 1976. Notwithstanding this, the band began to struggle with increasingly weak material, and although the singles and albums came out as before, by 1978 chart success had vanished. A"
"Rat Trap ""Rat Trap"" is a single by The Boomtown Rats, which reached No. 1 in the UK Singles Chart for two weeks in November 1978, the first single by a punk or new wave act to do so. It was written by Bob Geldof, and produced by Robert John ""Mutt"" Lange. It replaced ""Summer Nights"", a hit single for John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John from the soundtrack of ""Grease"", at number one in the UK chart after ""Summer Nights"" seven week reign at the top. It is a rock ballad, telling the tale of a boy called Billy who"
"No. 2), ""Summerlove Sensation"" (UK No. 3), and ""All of Me Loves All of You"" (UK No. 4). By early 1975, they were one of the biggest-selling acts in the UK. That year saw a successful UK tour, which prompted newspaper headlines about the rise of ""Rollermania"" (a take-off on Beatlemania a decade before). The Rollers were the subject of a 20-week UK television series, ""Shang-a-Lang"". A cover of the Four Seasons' ""Bye, Bye, Baby"" stayed at No. 1 in the UK for six weeks in March and April 1975, selling nearly a million copies to become the biggest seller"
"1974 or 1975 chart periods. In Canada, the single also reached number 1 and won the 1976 Juno Award for best-selling single. In the UK it reached number 2, kept off the top of the charts by ""Lonely This Christmas"" by Mud. It was later introduced to a new generation of fans in the UK when a remixed version was used as the theme tune to the ITV network's coverage of Formula One grand prix motor racing between 2003 and 2005, resulting in increased radio airplay for the original song in the UK during that period. Finnish band Moogetmoogs released"
"tend to be the Mud or James Memphis King versions. Lonely This Christmas ""Lonely This Christmas"" is a popular Christmas song by the English glam rock band Mud, that topped the UK Singles Chart in 1974, selling over 750,000 copies and reaching Christmas number one. Written and produced by Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman, ""Lonely This Christmas"" was Mud's second number one single in the UK, spending four weeks at the top in December 1974 and January 1975. It was the third number one single that year for the ChinniChap writing and production team, and was performed in the style"
"which released a single called ""I Need A Holiday"" in May 1979. The duo's most notable songs were ""London Nights"" and ""Requiem"", which were initially released in 1988. ""Requiem"" eventually became their breakthrough single in April 1989, reaching No.4 on the UK Singles Chart. Subsequently, the re-released ""London Nights"" and the album ""The Twelve Commandments of Dance"", both peaked at No.2 in the UK singles and album charts, respectively. Another single, ""Harlem Desire"", reached No.17. A fourth single from the album, a remixed version of their 1987 release ""My Love"", also reached No.46. After that, their last two UK Singles"
"Mud (band) Mud (now Mud II) are an English glam rock band, formed in February 1966. Their earlier success came in a pop and then glam rock style, while later hits were influenced by 1950s rock and roll, and are best remembered for their hit singles ""Tiger Feet"", which was the UK's best-selling single of 1974, and ""Lonely This Christmas"" which reached Christmas number 1 in December 1974. After signing to Rak Records and teaming up with songwriters/producers Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman, the band had fourteen UK Top 20 hits between 1973 and 1976, including three number ones. The"