Which musical duo could have been billed as 'Hodges & Peacock'?
"Ian Wallace in 1974, as well as an album with Oliver Nelson. The album ""Oily Rags"" was released by Signature Records owned by Bob Thiele, whose wife Teresa Brewer recorded the first ever song written by Hodges and Peacock together, ""Better Get Your Shoes On"". The duo recorded their first album as Chas & Dave in 1974, and this album, ""One Fing'*'Anuvver"", was released in 1975 under the Retreat Records label. Burt joined the duo in 1976 as a drummer, and although they were in fact a trio since, the duo of Hodges and Peacock remained the main focus of"
"They attempted to form a new breakaway band The New Heads Hands & Feet, Lee however left to play for The Crickets, and they finished as a band. Hodges toured America when he was with Heads Hands & Feet, and it was during the tour that he began to have the idea of performing in his natural accent as he thought it ""not quite real"" performing in an American accent to an American audience. When Heads Hands & Feet broke up in 1972, Hodges and Peacock considered forming a band together, singing in their own accent about things they knew."
"Stones (formed before the more famous one), and The Tumbleweeds, and worked with Mick Greenwood and Jerry Donahue. Hodges and Peacock were both part of Black Claw with Harvey Hinsley and Mick Burt, three of them (Hodges, Peacock and Burt) would later be in Chas & Dave. They recorded with Albert Lee, and released an EP called ""Country Pie"". After Black Claw, Hodges joined Heads Hands & Feet in 1970. Both Hodges and Peacock had worked as session musicians and in backing bands for a wide range of artists; Hodges as part of The Outlaws had worked with Jerry Lee"
"duo played on. They had their biggest success in the early 1980s with ""Rabbit"" and ""Ain't No Pleasing You"". They also had nine charting albums. In October 2013 they released ""That's What Happens"", their first studio album in 18 years. Charles Nicholas ""Chas"" Hodges and David Victor ""Dave"" Peacock met in 1963, but the duo only started writing songs together in 1972. In the 1960s and 1970s, Hodges and Peacock were in various groups. Hodges was with The Outlaws and then Cliff Bennett and the Rebel Rousers in the 1960s, while Dave Peacock was with a group called the Rolling"
"Lewis, Gene Vincent, Bill Haley, and also supported the Beatles as the Rebel Rousers. The hook of the song on which Hodges and Peacock played guitar and bass in 1975, Labi Siffre's ""I Got The..."", was later sampled on Eminem's ""My Name Is"". Hodges toured America when he was with Heads Hands & Feet, and it was during the tour that he began to have the idea of performing in his natural accent as he thought it ""not quite real"" performing in an American accent to an American audience. After Heads Hands & Feet broke up, in November 1972, Hodges"
"Homer and Jethro Homer and Jethro were the stage names of American country music duo Henry D. ""Homer"" Haynes (1920–1971) and Kenneth C. ""Jethro"" Burns (1920–1989), popular from the 1940s through the 1960s on radio and television for their satirical versions of popular songs. Known as the Thinking Man's Hillbillies, they received a Grammy in 1959 and are members of the Country Music Hall of Fame. Haynes and Burns met in 1936 during a WNOX-AM audition in Knoxville, Tennessee when they were both 16 years old. Known as Junior and Dude (pronounced ""dood'-ee""), the pair was rechristened Homer (Haynes) and"
"Buzzcocks Buzzcocks are an English punk rock band, formed in Bolton, England, in 1976 by singer-songwriter-guitarist Pete Shelley and singer-songwriter Howard Devoto. They are regarded as a seminal influence on the Manchester music scene, the independent record label movement, punk rock, power pop, and pop punk. They achieved commercial success with singles that fused pop craftsmanship with rapid-fire punk energy. These singles were collected on ""Singles Going Steady"", described by critic Ned Raggett as a ""punk masterpiece"". Devoto and Shelley chose the name ""Buzzcocks"" after reading the headline, ""It's the Buzz, Cock!"", in a review of the TV series ""Rock"
"Buzzcocks Buzzcocks are an English punk rock band, formed in Bolton, England, in 1976 by singer-songwriter-guitarist Pete Shelley and singer-songwriter Howard Devoto. They are regarded as a seminal influence on the Manchester music scene, the independent record label movement, punk rock, power pop, and pop punk. They achieved commercial success with singles that fused pop craftsmanship with rapid-fire punk energy. These singles were collected on ""Singles Going Steady"", described by critic Ned Raggett as a ""punk masterpiece"". Devoto and Shelley chose the name ""Buzzcocks"" after reading the headline, ""It's the Buzz, Cock!"", in a review of the TV series ""Rock"
"Peacock Papers, Adi’s products found distribution in Hallmark and other leading card and gift shops. Their recording and touring project, The American Soul and Rock & Roll Choir, went on to tour performing arts centers throughout the U.S. Willett and Beck later co-managed Hip-Hop duo, Scratch Track, and artist/writer/filmmaker, Will Gray. During this period, Willett also founded Creative Development Network, providing career support to Artist/Producer T Bone Burnett (Counting Crows, Wallflowers), recording artist Sam Phillips (Virgin, Nonesuch), and Internet sensation, Boondogs, the first band signed to a major recording contract based solely on consumer voting during the first wave of"
"1960s, Peacock released gospel music only, issuing singles and albums by some of America's most famous gospel artists, including The Dixie Hummingbirds, The Mighty Clouds of Joy, The Five Blind Boys of Mississippi, Reverend Cleophus Robinson, The Sensational Nightingales, The Gospelaires of Dayton, Ohio, The Pilgrim Jubilee Singers, The Loving Sisters and gospel/jazz group Together (1975), which included saxophonist Felix ""Top Cat"" Dixon from Kansas City, Kansas. At the end of 1963 the label launched the gospel subsidiary label Song Bird Records which featured Inez Andrews. In the later 1960s Peacock again began to issue secular soul singles by artists"
"Hank & Cupcakes Hank & Cupcakes are an Atlanta-based indie rock-pop duo formed in 2008 in Tel Aviv, Israel. The group consists of husband-and-wife Ariel ""Hank"" Scherbacovsky (bass guitar) and Sagit ""Cupcakes"" Shir (drums, vocals). They took their name as a reference to Hank Chinaski, the literary alter ego of American writer Charles Bukowski and one of his real-life lovers, Pamela ""Cupcakes"" Wood. On October 22, 2012, the band released their ""Ain't No Love"" EP on BMG Rights Management, with the first single ""Sweet Potion"" being premiered by MTV Hive on October 9, 2012. Their full-length debut album, ""Naked"", was"
"rhythms, and wisecracking lyrics."" She signed a recording contract with Peacock Records in 1951 and performed at the Apollo Theater in 1952. Also in 1952, she recorded ""Hound Dog"" while working with another Peacock artist, Johnny Otis. The songwriters, Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, were present at the recording, with Leiber demonstrating the song in the vocal style they had envisioned. The record was produced by Leiber and Stoller. Otis played drums after the original drummer was unable to play an adequate part. It was the first recording produced by Leiber and Stoller. The record went to number one on"
"spoke to Peacock about forming a band together where they can sing in their own accent and about things they knew. This would the beginning of Chas & Dave. They had initially considered a few names, including Chubby. The name Chas & Dave came about when they were doing sessions together, and a producer would say, ""Here comes Chas and Dave"", often referring to them together, and later said: ""Why don't you just call yourselves Chas and Dave?"" They also recorded as Oily Rags (cockney rhyming slang for cigarettes - ""fags""), and released a self-titled album with Gerry Hogan and"
"Peacock Records Peacock Records was an American record label, started in 1949 by Don Robey in Houston, Texas, United States. ""Hound Dog"" by Big Mama Thornton was a hit for Peacock in 1953. Other significant rhythm and blues artists on Peacock were Marie Adams, James Booker, Clarence ""Gatemouth"" Brown, Little Richard, Memphis Slim, and former gospel singer Jackie Verdell. The label also dabbled in jazz, releasing albums by vocalist Betty Carter and saxophonist Sonny Criss. In 1952, Robey gained control of the Duke Records label of Memphis, Tennessee. Duke/Peacock Records was formed. For a period of time in the early"
"recording. In 2006, she restarted her label, renamed 'ironic US', and released ""31:31"", a signed, numbered, limited edition. During the same year, she collaborated with Coldcut on the song ""Just for the Kick"" for their album ""Sound Mirrors"". In 2013, she was invited by The Whitney Museum of American Art to perform. She gave a rare performance at Le Guess Who? Festival in November 2015 as part of a four-day program presented by drone band Sunn O))). Peacock's music has been recorded by David Bowie, Brian Eno, Mick Ronson, Al Kooper, Pat Metheny, Jaco Pastorius, Bill Frisell, Chris Spedding, Mary"
"These recordings proved successful and the Hummingbirds were back in the Billboard charts. Around this time, The Hummingbirds asked Howard Carroll (1924–2017) to be a part of the group, replacing Paul Owens. Carroll did not do much singing; he preferred to play the guitar. The group sang the backup vocals on Paul Simon's ""Loves Me Like a Rock"", and ""Tenderness"", from his album ""There Goes Rhymin' Simon"". In 1973, Robey sold Peacock to ABC Records, which released a cover of ""Loves Me Like a Rock,"" produced by Walter ""Kandor"" Kahn and the group's lead vocalist Ira Tucker, which reached #72"
"Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. The band won two awards from four nominations. Starland Vocal Band Starland Vocal Band was an American pop band, known primarily for ""Afternoon Delight"", one of the biggest-selling singles of 1976. The group began as Fat City, a husband/wife duo of Bill Danoff and Taffy Nivert. Danoff and Nivert co-wrote the song ""I Guess He'd Rather Be in Colorado"" and then, with John Denver, ""Take Me Home, Country Roads"" which became a hit single in 1971. The duo recorded two albums as Fat City, and two more as Bill & Taffy, all released from"
"Playdough and Blake Knight formed ill harmonics when the two met in Dallas, Texas, after the two met at their local church. Both artists rap and produce in the group, with Playdough also serving as a guitarist and Blake Knight as a keyboardist and bassist. The duo released some demo recordings, and gained national exposure in 1998 when they made it to the Top 10 on MTV's ""The Cut"". The group was signed to Uprok Records and released their debut album, ""An Octave Above the Original Volume No. 1"" that same year. They also appeared with MG! The Visionary and"
"Hall & Oates opened for David Bowie, who was doing an American tour as Ziggy Stardust. Of his relationship with the British rocker, Hall reminisced, “One time I ran into him in Jamaica...we went to the Playboy Club and got drunk while watching a bad reggae band!” Later in 1985 the duo performed at the Philadelphia leg of the seminal 'Live Aid' concert. After their set, the duo returned to the stage to back Mick Jagger and Tina Turner. The duo released a Christmas album in October 2006 titled ""Home for Christmas"". The duo were inducted into the Rock and"
"their routines were ""Pousse Cafe"", ""Hurly Burly"", ""Whirl-I-Gig"", ""Fiddle-Dee-Dee"", ""Hoity-Toity"", ""Twirly Whirly"", and ""Whoop-de-Doo"". The duo separated in 1904, and Weber took over operations at the music hall. Fields also went on to produce many musicals. When Fields starred in the 1911 stage comedy, ""The Hen-Pecks"", one of the supporting comedians in the cast was Vernon Castle, who went on to become a famous ballroom dancer. In 1921, Fred Allen and Nora Bayes toured with Fields. During the tour the orchestra was conducted by 19-year-old Richard Rodgers, who in 1920 contributed songs with lyrics by Lorenz Hart to the Lew"
"Howat, and tuba player Joe Murphy. A review in Abstract Logix said the album contained ""high-risk improvisational music"" with ""eclectic influences"" that kept the sound ""bluesy and essentially American."" A ""Jazz Times"" review described it as ""an improvisational blend of modern classical and ECM-like influences"". In 2009, Peacock was the executive producer of music for the documentary ""Any Day Now"". In 2010 he and businessman David Kiersznowski co-founded an artist development and music publishing company, Twenty Ten Music. Peacock wrote, directed and produced the film ""The Legend Hank Cochran"" and music producer/film producer/director for Brooke Waggoner's concert DVD ""And the"
"this time the Peacocks released their first album. In 1997 they began touring Europe, Canada, the US and Japan and were signed up by Asian Man Records. More albums followed. Due to family commitments drummer Toni was replaced with Jurg in 2002. Following their successful 2006 tour the band relocated to the US to record a new album at the Sonic Iguana Studio, Indiana. In 2007 they resumed touring, with positive reviews from fans comparing their sound to Reverend Horton Heat and Rocket From The Crypt. The Peacocks (band) The Peacocks are a Swiss rockabilly influenced, upright bass driven punk"
"high voice which was comparable, in some respects, to Brownlee's. Other singers who worked with the group for a time included Rev. Sammy Lewis, Rev. George Warren, James Watts, and Vance Powell. By the end of the 1960s, the group had released 27 singles and 2 albums for Peacock. In the 1970s and early 1980s, they recorded some material for Jewel, and they continued to tour into the 1990s. Of the three remaining members of the original group, Lloyd Woodard died in June 1973, Lawrence Abrams passed on in August, 1982, and Henry Johnson passed on December 10, 1999. The"
"to mind Katie White of The Ting Tings and Beth Ditto of Gossip, while the band's music has also drawn comparisons to The Ting Tings and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. Hank & Cupcakes Hank & Cupcakes are an Atlanta-based indie rock-pop duo formed in 2008 in Tel Aviv, Israel. The group consists of husband-and-wife Ariel ""Hank"" Scherbacovsky (bass guitar) and Sagit ""Cupcakes"" Shir (drums, vocals). They took their name as a reference to Hank Chinaski, the literary alter ego of American writer Charles Bukowski and one of his real-life lovers, Pamela ""Cupcakes"" Wood. On October 22, 2012, the band released"
"Orchid and Hound Orchid and Hound is a pop duo composed of John Constantine and Lawrence Alarcon. Their music has been described as pop music paired with lush arrangements and strong vocal harmonies with influences of Björk, Jacques Brel and Queen. John Constantine and Lawrence Alarcon met as teenagers attending Los Angeles County High School for the Arts, one of top five art high schools in the U.S. They soon began dating, eventually moving to San Francisco's Tenderloin district together in 2006. Despite a tumultuous break-up, the two remained close, and in 2009 decided to formally establish a band. Orchid"
"Tom and Doug Tom and Doug are a comedy music duo, performing in multiple musical styles including jazz, rock, ragtime, blues, comedy, folk, rap, polka, heavy metal, and country. They are often compared to Flight of the Conchords and They Might Be Giants. Thomas P. Florek and Douglas Gentile have been writing, performing, and recording together since 1985. From 2005 through 2010 they hosted a biweekly podcast that features their music and that of other artists. In 2010, they began a weekly half-hour radio show streaming on KHOI-FM. In 2011, they began offering their show over the national Pacifica Radio"
"Don Deadric Robey and Willie Mae Thornton, with the copyright claimants listed as: ""Murphy L. Robey (W) & Willie Mae Thornton (A)."" It was renewed subsequently on May 13, 1980, with the same details. In late February 1953, ""Hound Dog"" was released by Peacock (Peacock 1612), with the song credited erroneously on the label to Leiber--Otis. Thornton recalled later that she learned her record was in circulation while she was on her way to a performance with the Johnny Otis Orchestra during this tour in Dayton, Ohio. ""I was going to the theater and I just turned the radio on"
"early in 1970 and formed a new group, Sons of the Vegetal Mother, and then their off-shoot, Daddy Cool, which had an Australian No. 1 hit with the single, ""Eagle Rock"". He became a solo artist and record producer for Skyhooks, which led to his induction into the ARIA Hall of Fame at the ARIA Music Awards of 1989. As a member of Daddy Cool he was inducted for a second time at the ARIA Music Awards of 2006. Peacock returned to Australia and played with Gerry and the Joy Band in late 1971. He later played with Western Flyer"
"Hager Twins The Hager Twins, also known as the Hager Brothers and The Hagers, were a duo of American country music singers and comedians who first gained fame on the TV series ""Hee Haw"". They were identical twin brothers Jim (August 30, 1941—May 1, 2008) and Jon Hager (August 30, 1941—January 9, 2009). The brothers were born August 30, 1941 in Chicago, Illinois <ref name=""Retrieved on 2008/01/17"">http://imdb.com/name/nm0353502, Retrieved on 2008/01/17.</ref> and adopted by Jack and Frances Hager, a Methodist minister and a schoolteacher. The Hager brothers first sang in the church choir. As teenagers they sang on a Saturday morning"
"as his first artist. Although, according to Johnson, ""Robey didn't know a record from a hubcap"", he found success both with Brown and with other R&B artists, the biggest success coming with Big Mama Thornton's #1 hit ""Hound Dog"". The label also provided Little Richard with his second recording contract, after he left RCA Camden. In 1952, Robey merged his Peacock label with Duke Records of Memphis, and Duke-Peacock was born. Robey took over full ownership of the label the following year, and closed down the Bronze Peacock club to turn it into a rehearsal and recording studio. Initially the"
"would later described it as their best gig. They played again at the festival in 2007. In 2005 EMI released a CD of their first two studio albums and made a new new set of recordings at Abbey Road. On 6 October 2008, their autobiography, ""Chas & Dave – All About Us"", written by Hodges, was published in the UK. It is reported that it took him a quarter of a century to write. It was announced in September 2009 that the pair would no longer be working together as Peacock planned to retire from the band following the death"
"Joy Hodges Joy Hodges (January 29, 1915 - January 19, 2003) was an American singer and actress who performed on radio, on film, on Broadway, and with big bands. Born in Des Moines, Iowa, Frances Eloise Hodges was the daughter of postal worker Verne Hodges and his wife. She was educated at Wallace Elementary, Amos Hiatt Junior High, and East High schools. By the time she was 11 years old, she and friend Ardis Olson had formed the Bluebird Twins singing duo, performing on radio station WHO and in local venues. In high school, Betty Illen joined them to form"
"Stoopnagle and Budd Stoopnagle and Budd were a popular radio comedy team of the 1930s, who are sometimes cited as forerunners of the Bob and Ray style of radio comedy. Along with Raymond Knight (""The Cuckoo Hour""), they were radio's first satirists. Musician Wilbur Budd Hulick and former broker-lumberman Frederick Chase Taylor (1897-1950) were both announcers at Buffalo station WMAK (now WBEN) in 1930. The great-grandson of British-born Aaron Lovecraft of Rochester, New York, Taylor was a first cousin of author H. P. Lovecraft. Hulick and Taylor came together as a team when a transmitter failure kept the station from"