Which group took Nellie The Elephant to the top 10 in 1984
"show"". He had started songwriting/composing by the age of 17. He played in various local bands including Straw Dogs and The Showbiz Kids before forming The Toy Dolls in October 1979. Over their 35-year existence The Toy Dolls have toured the world extensively and released numerous albums and singles. Olga has written all the band's albums which include such titles as ""Absurd-Ditties"", ""Fat Bob's Feet"", ""Idle Gossip"" and ""Anniversary Anthems"". Following the debut album ""Dig That Groove Baby"", the band had a top 10 single in the UK in 1984, ""Nellie the Elephant"", reaching number 4 in the UK charts."
"band could not afford to press any more, making the single a collectors' item. Around the time the band signed to Volume, Olga moved to Newton Hall, in north Durham, which led to the song ""Livin' on Newton Hall"". For Christmas 1982, they released their punk rendition of ""Nellie the Elephant"", a classic children's song, which hit No. 1 in the UK Indie Chart. In 1983, they released their debut album ""Dig That Groove Baby"". In 1984, their re-issue of ""Nellie the Elephant"" reached No. 4 in the UK Singles Chart and stayed in the chart for 14 weeks. Their"
"the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games and the inaugural Farm Aid concert in Champaign, Illinois. A 20-year anniversary concert at McNichols Sports Arena in Denver, Colorado featured such guests as Ricky Skaggs, Emmylou Harris, Doc Watson, and John Prine. John McEuen left the band at the end of 1986, replaced by Bernie Leadon, formerly of the Eagles. He was with the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band in 1987 and 1988. The band's 19th album, ""Hold On"" featured the No. 1 singles ""Fishin' in the Dark"" and ""Baby's Got a Hold on Me."" The band appeared on the ""Today Show"" and ""The"
"10, 1984), ""Infatuation"" (No. 6, 1984) and ""Love Touch"" (No. 6, 1986, a Holly Knight/Mike Chapman collaboration), although ""Baby Jane"" became his sixth and final UK number one in 1983. It reached No. 14 in the US. The corresponding ""Camouflage"" album went gold in the UK, and the single ""Infatuation"" (which featured his old friend Jeff Beck on the guitar) received considerable play on MTV. The second single ""Some Guys Have All The Luck"" reached No. 15 in the UK and No. 10 in the US. A reunion with Jeff Beck produced a successful take on Curtis Mayfield's ""People Get"
"1985. The original members were Fayette Pinkney, Shirley Porter and Linda Turner. Porter and Turner were soon replaced by Janet Harmon and Helen Scott. The line-up from 1967 to 1976 was Pinkney, Valerie Holiday and Sheila Ferguson, who would go on to sing lead on most of the group's biggest hits. This line-up topped the US Hot 100 as featured vocalists on the MFSB single ""TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia)"" in 1974, and had seven UK Top 40 hits, including the 1974 single ""When Will I See You Again"", which was a huge international hit, peaking at number two in"
"songs including an updated version of ""Here Come the Cops,"" and covers of Led Zeppelin's ""Rock and Roll"" and The Velvet Underground's ""Sweet Jane"", the latter of which reached the Top 10 for several weeks in 1986 on radio station KUSF. The album was named one of the Top 10 Records of 1985 by GQ Magazine. The group were featured for a short-time as recurring characters in the comic books series ""Nexus"", beginning with issue 40 (January 1988). The Band Reunited for Spikefest in 2008 and are planning to tour in 2010. The original/earliest lineup consisted of Dan Rancid (Vocals),"
"to harder-edged Oi! bands with more serious lyrics, punk pathetique bands focused on the naughty, silly and trivial. Max Splodge of Splodgenessabounds said: ""The pathetique bands are the other side of Oi! We're working class too, only whereas some bands sing about prison and the dole, we sing about pilchards and bums. The audience is the same"". Some punk pathetique bands had notable success in the UK charts. Toy Dolls reached No. 4 in December 1984 with ""Nellie the Elephant"". Splodgenessabounds reached No. 7 in 1980 with ""Simon Templar,"" and No. 26 with ""Two Little Boys"" later that year. According"
"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"","
"Ten hit. ""When the Lady Smiles"" became an international hit in 1984, reaching No. 3 in Canada and becoming the band's fifth number one hit in their native country, but was not successful in the United States. This lack of success in the U.S. was due to the fact that the music video of the song was banned from MTV, because of nudity and a scene portraying the rape of a nun. An edited version of the video was shown, but failed to convey its original intentions. While touring the U.S. in 1984, the band played at the Great Arena"
"Frankie & The Heartstrings gain national recognition. Other famous Sunderland musicians include punk rockers The Toy Dolls, who broke the top five of the charts with ""Nellie the Elephant"" in December 1984; the punk rock band Leatherface; the lead singer of dance outfit Olive, Ruth Ann Boyle, who achieved a UK chart-topper with ""You're Not Alone"" in May 1997, and has gone on to work with fellow chart-toppers Enigma; A Tribe of Toffs made number 21 with their cult hit ""John Kettley is a Weatherman"" in December 1988. On 7 and 8 May 2005, Sunderland played host to BBC Radio"
"also in 1984. Guns N' Roses (with Axl Rose) had a #1 hit on the Hot 100 with ""Sweet Child O' Mine."" And The McCoys had a #1 Hot 100 hit in 1965 with ""Hang On Sloopy."" All of the above (and John Cougar Mellencamp, who had a #1 hit with ""Jack & Diane"" in 1982) are in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, except Janet Jackson, Deniece Williams, and The McCoys. John Mellencamp had 7 #1 songs on the Mainstream Rock chart in the 80s and early 90s. The John Mellencamp Pavilion at Indiana University was"
"respectively. They released the 12-inch single ""Rock Hard"" in 1984, which would be the second record released by Def Jam crediting Rubin as producer. In 1985, the band opened for John Lydon's post-Sex Pistols band Public Image Ltd., as well as supporting Madonna on her North American The Virgin Tour. Then headlining with Fishbone and Murphy's Law with DJ Hurricane and later in the year, the group was on the ""Raising Hell"" tour with Run-DMC, Whodini, LL Cool J, and the Timex Social Club. With their exposure on this tour, the track ""Hold It Now, Hit It"" charted on ""Billboard""s"
"(""Sincerely Yours"", 1981). Mylon LeFevre & Broken Heart (""Brand New Start"", 1982 & ""Sheep In Wolves Clothing"", 1985). Krokus (""Headhunter"", 1983 & ""The Blitz"", 1984), Molly Hatchet (""The Deed is Done"", 1984), The Blackwood Brothers (""All Their Best"", 1984). Farrell And Farrell (""Choices"", 1984) and ZZ Top (with ZZ Top frontman Billy Gibbons even referring to Jimi as the ""fourth member"" of the group). Jamison was a good friend of the producer Terry Manning at that time while Terry was associated with ZZ Top. Jimi was invited to sing some records and eventually ended up singing all the album (""Eliminator"","
"line-up of June, Ruth, and Anita, winning two more Grammys for the top 10 hits ""Jump (for My Love)"" (1984) and ""Automatic"" (1984). The group's other U.S. top 10 hits are ""Fire"" (1979), ""He's So Shy"" (1980), ""Slow Hand"" (1981), the remixed version of ""I'm So Excited"" (1984) and ""Neutron Dance"" (1985). June Pointer, the youngest sister, struggled with drug addiction for much of her career, leaving the group in April 2004 and dying from extensive cancer in April 2006, at the age of 52. She was replaced by Ruth's daughter Issa Pointer. This trio had a number two hit"
"""Cruel Summer"" (1983), ""Robert De Niro's Waiting..."" (1984), ""Venus"" (1986) and ""Love in the First Degree"" (1987). In 1986, they had a U.S. number one with another of their UK Top 10 hits, a cover of ""Venus"". In total, they had 11 singles reach the U.S. ""Billboard"" Hot 100 (1983–88), including two more in the Top 10, with ""Cruel Summer"" (1984) and ""I Heard a Rumour"" (1987). They are associated with the MTV-driven Second British Invasion of the US, and featured on the 1984 Band Aid single, ""Do They Know It's Christmas?"". They topped the Australian ARIA albums chart in"
"to reject any advertising offensive to feminist sensibilities. The band released two albums, ""The Deadly Nightshade"" in 1975 and ""F&W (Funky & Western)"" in 1976. Reunited in 2009, The Deadly Nightshade recorded and released a third album ""Never Never Gonna Stop"" in 2012 and has been continually touring. The 1980s, for the first time, saw long-sought chart success from all-female bands and female-fronted rock bands. On the Billboard Hot 100 year-end chart for 1982 Joan Jett's ""I Love Rock 'n' Roll"" at #3 and The Go-Go's ""We Got the Beat"" at #25 sent a strong message out to many industry"
"(1980), ""Gotta Pull Myself Together"" (1980), ""Who's Gonna Rock You"" (1980), ""Attention to Me"" (1981), ""Chemistry"" (1981) and ""Don't Love Me Too Hard"" (1982). The group supported Frank Sinatra on his 1975 European tour. They were particularly successful in Japan, scoring a string of hits (including a No.1) and won the 1981 Tokyo Music Festival with the song ""Sexy Music"". They also achieved success in Europe and Australia. In 1981, she scored a minor hit with her sister Coleen as part of the Young & Moody Band, with ""Don't Do That"" (UK No. 63) which also featured Lemmy from Motörhead"
"More recently the Bee Gees' ""Stayin' Alive"" has been promoted as an alternative. Nellie the Elephant ""Nellie the Elephant"" is a children's song written in 1956 by Ralph Butler and Peter Hart about a fictional anthropomorphic elephant of that name. The original version, released on Parlophone R 4219 in October 1956, was recorded by English child actress Mandy Miller with an orchestra conducted by Phil Cardew. It was arranged by Ron Goodwin and produced by George Martin. Although never a hit single, it was played countless times on BBC national radio in the UK in the 1950s and 1960s, particularly"
"""Billboard"" named the song #13 on their list of 100 Greatest Girl Group Songs of All Time. ""Cruel Summer"" was not an immediate international success when it was released. Although it reached No.8 on the UK Singles Chart, its international popularity soared after its inclusion in the 1984 feature film ""The Karate Kid""; this was a year after the song's original release (the song was released in 1984 in the U.S.). The group did not allow the song to be included on the film's soundtrack album, but it still reached No. 9 in the U.S., their first top ten hit"
"1987, alongside Catbutt and Girl Trouble. A month prior to their second show at the venue, the band recorded a demo tape which consisted of six songs, five of which were originals and one was a cover of Sonny Bono and Cher's ""I Got You Babe."" Another two of the band's shows were significant as they headlined Sub Pop Sunday at Seattle's Vogue Theatre and a June 5, 1988 show saw the band come close to perform with iconic grunge band Nirvana, who decided not to perform due to the sparse attendance. During their original run, Doll Squad also performed"
"reaching gold status. Their 1983 record ""Tornado"" was marked by controversy, with the band's new American label MCA Records demanding that they change their name to ""Teenage Heads"" to placate the more conservative American audience. The title track was the band's last big hit in Canada. During this time the band appeared, as themselves, in the film ""Class of 1984"" (starring fellow Canadian Michael J. Fox) and performed ""Ain't Got No Sense"". In 1986, one year after the release of ""Trouble in the Jungle"", Venom left the band to form a new group, Frankie Venom and The Vipers. Nick Stipanitz"
"in 1984, when they re-released ""Thinking of You"" and ""Lost in Music"" in the UK, the latter peaking at No. 4. The following year saw the release of their 7th studio album ""When the Boys Meet the Girls"" and continued success in the UK. Released by Atlantic Records, lead single ""Frankie"" hit the top spot on the UK Singles Chart, spending four weeks at No. 1 and consequently going Gold. In 1989, Kathy pursued a solo career while still active as Sister Sledge for certain shows. Debbie, Joni and Kim continued to perform as Sister Sledge and in 1992 collaborated"
"wave music, such as D.A.F. and Kraftwerk. In 1984, as the Turtles ... featuring Flo & Eddie, (together with three other groups from the 1960s: Gary Puckett, Spanky and Our Gang, and the Association), they traveled across the US and Canada as ""The Happy Together Tour"". The following year they got together with the Buckinghams, Gary Lewis and the Grass Roots, for a 1985 version. For the eight months the tour was on the road, it was consistently one of the top 10 grossing tours in the country. During the summers of 2010 and 2011, Flo & Eddie had heavy"
"Rats (1978), The Clash (1979), The Jam (1980), The Selecter (1980), UB40 (1981), Girlschool (1981), U2 (1982), Whitesnake (1983), The Alarm (1984), Nina Hagen (1984), The Cure (1985), The Damned (1986), The Pretenders (1987), The Stranglers (1988), Tanita Tikaram (1989), Georgia Satellites (1989), Soundgarden (1990), Bob Dylan (1990), Midnight Oil (1990), Billy Idol (1991), Nirvana (1992), Faith No More (1993), Chris Isaak (1993), Jethro Tull (1993), Aerosmith (1994), Simple Minds (1995), Bon Jovi (1995), Blur (1996), Pulp (1996), Neil Young (1996), David Bowie (1997), Sting (1997), Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds (1997), Pet Shop Boys (1997), Beastie Boys (1998),"
"(November 1981), ""Two Minute Warning"" (November 1984), ""Howling"" (October 1986) and ""Beyond Salvation"" (February 1990). Their top 20 singles are ""No Secrets"" (1980), ""Into the Heat"" (1981), ""We Gotta Get out of This Place"" (1987), ""Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again"" (live, 1988), ""Let the Night Roll On"" and ""Dogs Are Talking"" (both 1990). In the international market, to avoid legal problems with similarly named acts, their records have been released under the names, Angel City and later The Angels from Angel City. The Angels have been cited by Guns N' Roses, and Seattle grunge bands Pearl Jam"
"Carousel"", and ""Carrie Anne""). The move to Epic followed by Graham Nash's departure ended this streak; after that, the Hollies had a few more huge hits: ""He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother"" (No.7, 1969), ""Long Cool Woman"" (No.2, 1972), and ""The Air That I Breathe"" (No.6, 1974). They did have additional US chart hits with the non-UK singles ""Pay You Back With Interest"" (No.28 in 1966), ""Dear Eloise"" (No.50 in 1967), ""Long Dark Road"" (No.26 in 1972), and the ""reunion"" single ""Stop! In the Name of Love"" (No.29 in 1983). In 2010, the Hollies were included in the Rock and"
"the most played pop song in 1984 by Broadcast Music International. Bonnefond stayed with the group for ""Emergency"" (1984), which remains their highest selling album with over two million copies sold in the US. It spawned four US top 20 singles, including ""Emergency"", ""Cherish"", ""Fresh"", and ""Misled"". This feat made Kool & the Gang the only band to have four top 20 singles from a single album in 1985. In June 1984, Kool & the Gang took time off from recording ""Emergency"" to perform at Wembley Stadium as part of a sold out summer concert organised by Elton John. That"
"the latter holding an extensive collection of Lowry. The National Glass Centre on Liberty Way also exhibits a number of glass sculptures. Sunderland musicians that have gone on to reach international fame include Dave Stewart of the Eurythmics and all four members of Kenickie, whose vocalist Lauren Laverne later became known as a TV presenter. In recent years, the underground music scene in Sunderland has helped promote the likes of Frankie & the Heartstrings, The Futureheads, The Golden Virgins and Field Music. Other Mackem musicians include punk rockers The Toy Dolls (""Nellie the Elephant"", December 1984), oi! punk band Red"
"and samples of their radio show for his surprise hip hop hit, 1982's ""Buffalo Gals"", and the full album follow-up, ""Duck Rock"" (1983). They are credited as the first hip hop group to incorporate Five Percent teachings and slang into their music, and their appearances on ""Duck Rock"" contains the first instances on record - a trait that would become increasingly predominant in the late '80s and '90s. The World Famous Supreme Team released their own hit single ""Hey DJ"" in 1984, which would appear on their only album, ""Rappin’"" (1986). The group reunited with McLaren for the 1990 album,"
"the Pink Label compilation album, ""Beauty"". Jamie Wednesday Jamie Wednesday were a British 1980s jangle pop band, formed in Streatham, South London in 1984, that released eight songs on two records between 1985 and 1986. Previously they had been called The Ballpoints, and then they became Peter Pan's Playground, later deciding on the name Jamie Wednesday. The band consisted of: Ray Buckley may also have played drums for Jamie Wednesday, prior to joining British soul band, Buddy Curtess and the Grasshoppers. Jamie Wednesday recorded and released two EPs, and contributed to two compilations on the Pink Records label, but they"
"hired Greg Richling. Dylan and Richling went to high school together. The Wallflowers continued to play club shows in Los Angeles through early 1994 when drummer Peter Yanowitz left the band to join his girlfriend Natalie Merchant's band. Yanowitz brought in Barrie Maguire to help record Merchant's debut solo album, ""Tigerlily"". Around the time of Yanowitz's departure the Wallflowers caught the attention of Jimmy Iovine and Tom Whalley of Interscope Records, who then signed the band to their label in 1994. After signing with Interscope Records, the Wallflowers began preparations for their second album, ""Bringing Down the Horse"". They again"
"on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 in 1956. Follow-up singles ""Track That Cat"", ""Wandering Heart"", and ""Confess"" failed to chart, and the group returned to nursing. The 1990 John Waters movie, ""Cry-Baby"", is named after the group's lone hit. The Bonnie Sisters The Bonnie Sisters were an American pop group from New York City. The three members were all nurses at Bellevue Hospital. After hearing The DeJohn Sisters on the radio, they began singing together at work, calling themselves The Belle Aimes initially. After performing on Arthur Godfrey's television show, they were signed by Mickey Baker to Rainbow Records and changed"
"charts, and Weller would also experience his first success in North America, when ""My Ever Changing Moods"" and ""You're The Best Thing"" entered the US ""Billboard"" Hot 100. In Australia they were far more successful than The Jam, reaching the top of the charts in 1984 with ""Shout to the Top"". Weller appeared on 1984's Band Aid record ""Do They Know It's Christmas?"" and was called upon to mime the absent Bono's lyrics on ""Top of the Pops"". The Style Council were the second act to appear in the British half of Live Aid at Wembley Stadium in 1985. In"