Later used to advertise Nimble bread which group's most successful single was 'I Can't Let Maggie Go'?
"10 hit in Italy, with a 1968 version made by Equipe 84, entitled ""Un angelo blu"" (""A blue angel""). It enjoyed an unexpected reprise in popularity in the 1970s, when it was used as the soundtrack for a television advertisement for ""Nimble"", a bread produced for slimmers. ""I Can't Let Maggie Go"" has been covered by J. Vincent Edwards in 1974, as well as by the Sideburns in 1993. David Essex included his own version on the 2005 compilation album, ""The Complete Collection"". I Can't Let Maggie Go ""I Can't Let Maggie Go"" is a song by the British pop"
"Honeybus Honeybus were a 1960s pop group formed in April 1967, in London. They are best known for their 1968 UK Top 10 hit single, ""I Can't Let Maggie Go"", written by Pete Dello who also composed their previous single ""(Do I Figure) In Your Life"", later recorded by Dave Berry, Ian Matthews, Joe Cocker, Dave Stewart, Paul Carrack, Samantha Jones, Dana and Pierce Turner. The band's main composers were Dello and Ray Cane although other members contributed songs. The group's supporters and critics, amongst them Kenny Everett, compared the band to ""Rubber Soul""-era Beatles. Honeybus had a major hit"
"Next originally performed under the name ""Straight4ward."" For broader commercial appeal, the name was changed to ""Next"". The group was introduced to producer and DJ artist KayGee from Naughty By Nature. Subsequently, they signed with KayGee's newly formed Divine Mill record label, which, at the time, was distributed through Arista Records. RL first distinguished himself outside of Next with his duet with Deborah Cox on the song “We Can’t Be Friends” as well as other feature projects. RL followed up that effort with “The Best Man I Can Be”, the super-group track from ""The Best Man"" movie soundtrack which also"
"Next (American band) Next is an American contemporary R&B musical trio, popular during the late 1990s and early 2000s. They are best known for their #1 hit single ""Too Close"" as well as ""Wifey"", and ""I Still Love You"" which all still receive frequent airplay on Adult Contemporary radio stations both in the US and internationally. The group was formed in 1992 by Robert ""R.L."" Huggar and brothers Terry ""T-Low"" Brown and Raphael ""Tweet"" Brown in Minneapolis, Minnesota after being introduced by the Brown's uncle, a gospel choir director. Originally, they were first known as ""Straight4ward"", and at one point"
"topping hit with ""Want Ads"", as did Labelle with ""Lady Marmalade"" and A Taste of Honey with ""Boogie Oogie Oogie"". Other examples of the girl group were Love Unlimited and The Three Degrees who scored a number two pop hit with ""When Will I See You Again"" but topped the chart when they teamed with Mother, Sister, Father, Brother (MSFB) on the Sound of Philadelphia (TSOP). The Commodores were another group that played from a diverse repertoire, including R&B, funk, and pop. Lionel Richie, who went on to even greater success as a solo artist in the 1980s, fronted the"
"with 1968's ""I Can't Let Maggie Go"", which was so popular that it earned the band a cover photo on the popular music magazine, ""Disc and Music Echo"", for which they posed atop a red London bus. ""I Can't Let Maggie Go"" reached Number 8 in the UK Singles Chart, in April 1968, staying in the Top 40 for over two months. Dello resigned in August 1968. The band recruited Jim Kelly on guitar and vocals to replace him and Cane began songwriting and performing lead vocals. This line-up scored minor successes with ""She Sold Blackpool Rock"" and ""Girl Of"
"Leah Red Herring Magneta Notable compilations Pete Dello Pete Dello (born Peter Blumsom, 26 May 1942, Oxford, England) is a 1960s and 1970s singer-songwriter and now music teacher. Dello started his career as a musician in the skiffle era of the 1950s and was a founding member of the rock and roll band Grant Tracy and The Sunsets, after which he joined Steve Darbyshire's backing group, The Yum Yum Band, in the mid-1960s. This led onto him forming Honeybus, with whom he scored the hit single ""I Can't Let Maggie Go"" in 1968. He wrote songs with all his bands"
"released their most successful single, ""Eleanor Rigby"", which was a hard rock cover version of The Beatles' ballad and by March 1971 it had peaked in the top five. On ""Go-Set""s Top Records for the Year of 1971 it finished at No. 12. In May 1971 despite the top 30 charting of their next single, ""Freak"", the group disbanded. Cotton and Birtles formed Darryl and Beeb as a pop, soft rock duo but soon changed their name to Frieze when they were sponsored by Frieze Brothers (a clothing company). In September they issued a cover version of the Mann-Weil track,"
"Pete Dello Pete Dello (born Peter Blumsom, 26 May 1942, Oxford, England) is a 1960s and 1970s singer-songwriter and now music teacher. Dello started his career as a musician in the skiffle era of the 1950s and was a founding member of the rock and roll band Grant Tracy and The Sunsets, after which he joined Steve Darbyshire's backing group, The Yum Yum Band, in the mid-1960s. This led onto him forming Honeybus, with whom he scored the hit single ""I Can't Let Maggie Go"" in 1968. He wrote songs with all his bands (and also for The Applejacks). The"
"of a series of comedic videos that popularized the band. International fame came for Twisted Sister when the band's third LP, ""Stay Hungry"", hit the stores on May 10, 1984. During the successful tour, a young Metallica supported the band. ""Stay Hungry"" sold more than two million copies by the summer of 1985, and went on to sell more than three million in subsequent years. It remains the band's biggest success. Videos of hit singles ""We're Not Gonna Take It"" (a No. 21 hit in the United States) and ""I Wanna Rock"" (No. 68 in the United States) ran almost"
"later and performed their most famous show to date at Paddington Town Hall, on 12 December 1977. Two thousand people supposedly packed into the venue, which was partially destroyed by crazed fans. After this show, the band moved their base of operations to London, and toured extensively in the UK and Europe, both headlining and as support for Sire label-mates the Flamin' Groovies. Their overseas success was short-lived as Sire Records began having financial difficulties and were forced to drop Radio Birdman and many other bands from their label. A planned American tour with Ramones, scheduled for the second half"
"finally Jim Cregan. Featuring Lewis as lead singer, the group signed a recording contract with the Polydor label, who issued a single, ""Can't Stop Now"" produced by Ian Samwell, at the start of 1970, followed by an album, ""Ferris Wheel"". The album was released on the Uni label in the US, but was not successful. The group separated in 1970. Although Ferraz took no further part in the music business, several other band members continued their musical careers. Michael Snow (aka Liston) wrote Georgie Fame and Alan Price's UK hit single ""Rosetta"", and performed with Colin Blunstone and Doris Troy"
"next signing and biggest success was with The Beau Brummels, who had two big hits, ""Laugh, Laugh"" and ""Just a Little"". Autumn also had two subsidiary labels. The Great Society recorded for its North Beach label. An early version of ""Somebody to Love"" (as ""Someone to Love"") appeared on this label as the ""B"" side to ""Free Advice"". The Psyrcle (actually The Rockets) recorded ""Don't Leave Me"" for its subsidiary label Lorna Records. Stone produced a 45 by The Great Society--then known as ""The! Great!! Society!!!""--for Autumn's subsidiary North Beach. Members included Grace Slick's then-husband Jerry and his brother Darby,"
"appeared under their new name. The group regularly toured Britain, Europe and the United States from 1970 to 1975, and were among the top-grossing live acts in that period; in 1974 their touring also encompassed Australia, New Zealand and Japan. They toured the United States and Canada in 1975. Among their most successful songs were ""Had Me a Real Good Time"", their breakthrough UK hit ""Stay with Me"", ""Cindy Incidentally"" and ""Pool Hall Richard"". As Rod Stewart's solo career became more successful than that of the group, the band became overshadowed by their lead singer. A disillusioned Ronnie Lane left"
"in 1986. The new name was taken from a quotation in an ""NME"" article on Jamie Wednesday by David Quantick. In 1986, the band released the ""Poppies Say Grrr!"" single which became the 'Single Of The Week' in the ""NME"" and playlisted by Janice Long BBC Radio 1. The single was sold in a brown paper bag and was made available for sale at Martins Newsagents in Stourbridge High Street as well as from the home of one of the band. With their newfound popularity, the band set off on a six-week tour of Europe, often encountering hostility at the"
"band, while Gallagher also co-wrote ""Mr Heartbreak's Here Instead"" for Dean Ford and the Gaylords (later to become Marmalade). When they were signed by Apple Records, they wrote for musicians such as Mary Hopkin (""Sparrow"", ""The Fields of St. Etienne"", ""International"", ""Heritage"" and ""Jefferson""). There was a rare one-off single issued on UK Polydor 56093 in 1967; ""Trees"" b/w ""In The Crowd"" issued under the name 'Gallagher-Lyle', which preceded their success as songwriters at Apple. They also backed singer James Galt, a friend of theirs from Largs, on two singles for Pye Records that are now highly prized by northern"
"of Rhythm, The Shamen, Paris Angels plus Flowered Up. The Mock Turtles, however, were unable to follow up the early success and were dropped by their label, three members briefly joining up as Ugli in the mid-1990s, remaining in limbo until Vodafone used ""Can You Dig It?"" for an advertising campaign in late 2002 and more famously in 2003. This saw the band make a comeback with Norman Cook doing a remix of the song, taking the track to No. 19 in the United Kingdom. Eight new tracks were included on a new ""Greatest Hits"" album, together with older songs"
"for ""Nevertheless"", but it was in late 1973 that this formula found its biggest success when Lyn Paul took the lead on the new single, ""You Won't Find Another Fool Like Me"". The song became a big hit over Christmas and eventually peaked at No.1 in January 1974, becoming their second biggest hit. This formula continued with the next single, ""I Get a Little Sentimental Over You"", which also became a big hit, peaking at No.5. However, despite this revival, the group announced their split amid much publicity. With allegations that the members were receiving little financial reward for their"
"Sugar Minott, Ruby Winters, Peter Green, Liquid Gold (""Dance Yourself Dizzy""), Maxine Singleton, Ken Gold, Danish reggae band Laid Back (""Sunshine Reggae"") Chubby Checker, Sylvester, Frankie Vaughan, City 19 and Enigma who had a hit in 1981 with ""Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now"". Creole Records Creole Records was a UK record label that found most of its success in the disco and reggae genres in the mid-1970s to early 1980s. Bruce White and Tony Cousins, who used the collective pseudonym Bruce Anthony, originally set up Commercial Entertainments in 1965 as a booking and management agency. They first released records on"
"Butter"", sent it to Hickory Records, and were asked to formally record the track. ""Bread and Butter"" was the group's first hit. Written by Larry Parks and Jay Turnbow, the record reached no. 2 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart. It sold over one million copies in the U.S. Three more singles followed in 1964 and 1965. ""Run, Baby Run (Back Into My Arms)"" reached as high as no. 12 that fall, but it was the trio's penultimate chart entry, although they remained with Hickory Records until 1972. Brief stints at Buddah and Playboy followed before the group dissolved in"
"band had two more big hits; ""Build Me Up Buttercup"" which was their third hit in 1968 and ""In the Bad Bad Old Days (Before You Loved Me)"" which was a hit in April 1969, and reached #23 in Canada 5 May that year. At the height of their popularity, the Foundations management were in negotiations with a UK TV company for a television series that would star members of the band. They had turned down a number of offers to appear in films because of script unsuitability. Bassist Peter Macbeth left the band in 1969, to join the group"
"the UK, the same group's ""Can't Give You Anything (But My Love)"" was a #1 hit in mid-1975. Early on, the other artists released on the label covered a wide range of music. Of the many soul acts on their roster, they included Donnie Elbert, the Softones, Maxine Brown, Chocolate Syrup, Limmie & the Family Cookin'. Pop song stylist turned actress and talk show hostess Della Reese had a disco-styled outing on the label with ""If It Feels Good"". The label was named simply Avco Records when the 'Embassy' part was dropped in 1971. Hugo & Luigi then bought out"
"Keep Swinging"" single), was credited to the Associates. The band's breakthrough came in 1982 with the release of the single ""Party Fears Two"". Buoyed along by the popularity of synthpop at the time, the song reached No. 9 on the UK Singles Chart. Two other hits followed, ""Club Country"" and ""18 Carat Love Affair"". On 14 May 1982, the band released their most commercially successful album, ""Sulk"". Martha Ladly, of Martha and the Muffins, contributed backing vocals and keyboards to this album. Rankine left the band in 1982 just before the ""Sulk"" tour. This proved disastrous for the band's career;"
"its singles, and ""Even in the Quietest Moments..."" hit number 16 in the US number 12 in the UK., and 1 in Canada. During this period, the band permanently relocated to Los Angeles, California. The band's switch to a more pop-oriented approach peaked with their most popular album, ""Breakfast in America"", released in March 1979, which reached number 3 in the UK and number 1 in the United States and Canada and spawned four successful singles (more than their first five albums combined): three of Hodgson's songs, ""The Logical Song"" (number 1 Canada, number 6 US, number 7 UK), ""Take"
"siden vi ska' ha'et så godt"". In 1989 they released their first hit record entitled ""Nu ka' det vist ik bli' meget bedre"" which includes their two hit singles: ""Uha-da-da"" and ""Gule ærter"". In later years they have had a comeback with their advent calendars: ""The Julekalender"", ""Canal Wild Card"", and ""CWC World"". De Nattergale De Nattergale is a Danish comedy band/act. They have made several CDs and three TV advent calendars on TV2, of which the most famous is ""The Julekalender"". The group consists of Viggo Sommer, Carsten Knudsen and Uffe Rørbæk Madsen. 'Nattergale' is a pun - 'Nattergale'"
"his sisters, Martha and Jimmie. Jimmie Snell sang lead vocals on both ""A Walkin' Miracle"" and ""You Can Do Magic"". The group had one single on Scepter Records before signing with Atco Records. In the UK the group had three hit singles, ""You Can Do Magic"" (No. 3, UK 1973), ""Dreamboat,"" (No. 31, UK 1973) and a cover version of The Essex's ""A Walkin' Miracle"" (No. 6, UK 1974). After Limmie & Family Cookin' broke up, he remained in the UK and formed Limmie Funk then Limmie Funk Limited, short lived bands who toured the UK in 1976, and whose"
"Sweeter Tomorrow,"" ""Look Over Your Shoulder,"" ""Deeper In Love With You,"" and ""One Night Affair"". However, while they issued dozens of singles throughout the decade, they never once hit the US top 40 (although ""Lipstick Traces"" made it to #19 in Canada). On the R&B charts, The O'Jays were somewhat more prominent, but their only top 10 R&B single prior to 1972 was 1968's ""I'll Be Sweeter Tomorrow"". In spite of their success as a touring group and on the R&B charts, the group had been considering quitting the music industry in 1972; around that same time original members Bill"
"records reached the top 20 in the UK pop charts. A third single, ""Maids, When You're Young Never Wed an Old Man"" reached number 43 in December 1967. It was their last UK hit single till they recorded with The Pogues in 1987. In 1974, Ronnie Drew decided to quit the band, to spend more time with his family. He was replaced with Jim McCann. Before joining the band McCann had a TV show in the early seventies called ""The McCann man"". He is best known for his incarnations of ""Carrickfergus"", Makem's ""Four Green Fields"", and ""Lord of the Dance""."
"for the 1988 film ""License to Drive"". Shortly afterwards the band broke up; Bray later co-wrote several big hits with Madonna. Dan Gilroy later starred in ""Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme"" as Gordon Goose and in ""Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle"" as Pete the Postman. On April 5, 2016, Breakfast Club released a new EP titled ""Percolate"", which featured songs from the group's unreleased second album. It is the group's first release of new material in almost three decades. Breakfast Club (band) The Breakfast Club was an American musical group. Their biggest hit single was ""Right on Track"", which peaked at no. 7"
"Ralph McTell's hit single, ""Streets of London"". The group signed with EMI, and in 1980 scored their second UK hit with ""Platinum Blonde"". The group appeared on ""Top of the Pops"" to promote the single. The follow-up ""Trick of the Light"" failed to chart. Further success was achieved in 1982 when a re-recorded version of ""After the Gold Rush"" made the UK Top 30. The group released three further singles in the same year, namely, ""Only The Lonely"" (a cover of the Roy Orbison song), ""City Tonight"" and ""Silent Night"". However, no album was released around this time. Vardy left"
"a minor hit in the United Kingdom with the Goffin & King song ""It Might As Well Rain Until September"". The longest surviving and best known of the groups, the Ladybirds, was formed by Maggie Stredder with Marian Davies and Gloria George. The Ladybirds are best known for their long association with ""The Benny Hill Show"", and for performing the backing vocals on BBC television's ""Top of the Pops"". They performed the backing vocals on the Jimi Hendrix Experience's first single, ""Hey Joe"". More recently, Stredder and Sheila Bruce, together with ex-Ladybird Penny Lister, performed on tour with their friends"
"I Love the Feeling)"" and ""Love Don't Live Here Anymore"". Both singles entered the Billboard R&B Top Five. ""Love Don't Live Here Anymore"" was a #2 smash hit in the UK, and would later gain greater exposure through its cover versions, most notably by Madonna in 1984 and 1995. The group followed with a series of modest successes that reached the charts, but never gained the status that their previous songs did. Dickey left the group in April 1980 and Rose Royce temporarily disbanded. However, the remaining members regrouped, adjusted the line-up, and kept the group somewhat popular in the"
"1972. The 1973 follow-up singles ""Could It Be I'm Falling in Love"" (led by Smith and Wynne), which was another million-seller, ""One of a Kind (Love Affair)"" (led by Wynne), and ""Ghetto Child"" (led by Fambrough and Wynne) cemented the group's reputation, as well as further that of Bell, a noted Philly soul producer. Following their Atlantic successes, Motown also issued a ""Best of the Spinners"" LP which featured selections from their Motown/V.I.P. recordings. They also remixed and reissued the 1970 B-side ""Together We Can Make Such Sweet Music"" (led by Smith, originally co-led by Cameron) as a 1973 A-side."