Which group had number one hits in the 1970's with 'Tiger Feet' and 'Oh Boy'?
"hit, which also featured on their album ""Mud Rock Volume 2"". ""Tiger Feet"" sold over 500,000 copies in the UK and a million copies globally. Like contemporaries Sweet, their most successful period came when their records were written and produced by Chinn and Chapman, and in 1975 they had seven singles in the UK Top 40 totalling over 45 weeks on the chart, the most by any artist in 1975. ""Oh Boy"" was the only number one single produced by Chinn and Chapman that they did not also write. ""Lonely This Christmas"" gets seasonal airplay on British radio and television,"
"In December 2009, he appeared in the Channel 4 programme ""The Greatest Songs of the Noughties"", which featured ""Can't Get You Out of My Head"", ranked at No. 9 (in a Top 20). Rob Davis (musician) Rob Davis (born Robert Berkeley Davis, 1 October 1947, Carshalton, Surrey, England) is an English guitarist and songwriter. He was the guitarist of the 1970s glam rock band Mud, who achieved the biggest selling Number One record of 1974 in the United Kingdom, with their song ""Tiger Feet"". After the band's eventual demise in 1977, Davis worked with several other groups, including The Tremeloes"
"Rob Davis (musician) Rob Davis (born Robert Berkeley Davis, 1 October 1947, Carshalton, Surrey, England) is an English guitarist and songwriter. He was the guitarist of the 1970s glam rock band Mud, who achieved the biggest selling Number One record of 1974 in the United Kingdom, with their song ""Tiger Feet"". After the band's eventual demise in 1977, Davis worked with several other groups, including The Tremeloes and Darts, but his efforts met with little commercial return. He later turned his attention to songwriting, initially writing club tracks for Coco Star with the song ""I Need A Miracle"" and Jan"
"was released. The song is ranked #402 on the ""Rolling Stone"" magazine's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. The Five Stairsteps, 'O-o-h Child' - 500 GREATEST SONGS OF ALL TIME O-o-h Child ""O-o-h Child"" is a 1970 single recorded by Chicago soul family group the Five Stairsteps and released on the Buddah label. The Five Stairsteps had previous peripheral success recording in Chicago with Curtis Mayfield; when Mayfield's workload precluded his continuing to work with the group they were reassigned to Stan Vincent, an in-house producer for Buddah Records, who had recently scored a Top Ten hit"
"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"
"Five Stairsteps The Five Stairsteps, known as ""The First Family of Soul"", were an American Chicago soul group made up of five of Betty and Clarence Burke Sr.'s six children: Alohe Jean, Clarence Jr., James, Dennis, and Kenneth ""Keni"", and briefly, Cubie. They are best known for the 1970 song ""O-o-h Child"", listed at #402 on ""Rolling Stone""'s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. The Chicago group was dubbed ""First Family of Soul"" because of their successful five-year chart run; the moniker was later passed on to The Jackson 5. Initially a teenage five-member brothers and sister vocal group made"
"The Oak Ridge Boys discography The Oak Ridge Boys is an American musical group. Originally a gospel group, The Oak Ridge Boys switched its focus to country music in the mid-1970s, releasing a string of hit albums and singles that lasted into the early 1990s. Their discography comprises thirty-one studio albums and fifty-six singles. Their highest-selling album is 1981's ""Fancy Free"", which is certified double-platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Of The Oak Ridge Boys' singles, seventeen reached Number One on the ""Billboard"" country singles charts. Two of these songs, ""Elvira"" and ""Bobbie Sue"", were also Top"
"and ""Jumping Jehosophat""/""Won't Let It Go"", made no impression on the UK Singles Chart. The band appeared on the ""Basil Brush Show"" on BBC TV, and toured as support for Jack Jones. After years of unsuccessful singles, they were signed to Mickie Most's Rak label, and had three Top 20 successes in 1973 with ""Crazy"" (No. 12), ""Hypnosis"" (No. 16) and ""Dyna-mite"" (No. 4). At the peak of their career they also enjoyed British number one singles with ""Tiger Feet""; and ""Lonely This Christmas"" (1974), an affectionate Elvis Presley pastiche; plus ""Oh Boy"" (1975), a cover of the Buddy Holly"
"Ostin signed them to Warner Bros. Records. There were also others, such as The Liverbirds (1962–1967), the Ace of Cups (1967), The Heart Beats (1968), and Ariel (1968–1970). In 1971 Fanny became the first all-female band to reach the Hot 100's top 40, with ""Charity Ball"" peaking at No. 40. In 1975, the Canadian duo of sisters, Kate and Anna McGarrigle, recorded the first of a string of albums. The Runaways were an early commercially successful, hard-edged, all-female hard rock band, releasing their first album in 1976: band members Joan Jett, Cherie Currie and Lita Ford all went on to"
"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"
"Folkes Brothers The Folkes Brothers were a Jamaican ska group, composed of John, Mico, and Junior Folkes, best known for the single ""Oh Carolina"". The group's 1961 single ""Oh Carolina"" was the first hit record produced by Prince Buster, and is regarded as a landmark in the history of ska and reggae music. In 1994, John Folkes and Buster were involved in a legal dispute over the authorship of the song, after a cover version by Shaggy became an international hit. It was eventually ruled by the High Court in London, England, that Folkes held the copyright. Later, Folkes assigned"
"the UK, giving President Records their only number one hit. In June 1969, the group received a gold disc for a combined one million sales of the disc. A string of single releases followed, several of which charted in the UK, including two further top ten hits, ""Viva Bobby Joe"" (1969) and ""Black Skin Blue Eyed Boys"" (1970). Their songs were mainly written by Eddy Grant. Though the majority were on traditional teenage pop themes, some, such as ""Stand Up and Be Counted"", ""Police on My Back"", and the funky ""Black Skin Blue Eyed Boys"", touched on social and political"
"Ooh Boy (En Vogue song) ""Ooh Boy"" is a song recorded by American recording group En Vogue. It was written by Jamie Brewer, Kisha Griffin, Denzil Foster and Thomas McElroy for their sixth studio album ""Soul Flower"" (2004), while production was helmed by Foster and McElroy. An uptempo R&B song with a funky disco groove, it features lead vocals from Rhona Bennett and Terry Ellis. ""Ooh Boy"" was released as the second and final single from the album and reached the top thirty of ""Billboard""s Adult R&B Songs chart in the United States. In support of the song, En Vogue"
"Oh Girl ""Oh Girl"" is a single recorded by the soul vocal group, The Chi-Lites and released on Brunswick Records in 1972. Included on the group's 1972 album ""A Lonely Man"", ""Oh Girl"" centers on a relationship on the verge of break-up. The song is led by Eugene Record, who also wrote and produced it. ""Oh Girl"" was the Chi-Lites' first and only No. 1 single on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100, peaking at that position in May 1972 for one week. The single also reached the top position of the ""Billboard"" R&B Singles chart the following month, remaining in that"
"July 1980, and reached #46; it was in the chart for five weeks. Baby O Baby O (sometimes written Baby'O) was a UK male vocal/instrumental pop group. The band members were Steve Lukather from Toto on guitar, Paulinho da Costa on percussion, Greg Mathieson, who went to produce Sheena Easton's 1985 classic ""Sugar Walls,"" on keyboards, and future actor Miguel Ferrer on drums. Their only chart success was called ""In the Forest"", which was released on the Calibre record label. Described as a ""blast from the past"", it featured Latin rhythms. On the American dance chart, ""In the Forest"" peaked"
"albums such as ""Funkadelic"" (1970), ""Free Your Mind... and Your Ass Will Follow"" (1970), and ""Maggot Brain"" (1971); and Parliament album ""Osmium"" (1970), producing over forty singles, including three in the US top ten, and three platinum albums. While psychedelic rock began to waver at the end of the 1960s, psychedelic soul continued into the 1970s, peaking in popularity in the early years of the decade, and only disappearing in the late 1970s as tastes began to change. Isaac Hayes and Curtis Mayfield added orchestral instrumentation, creating cinematic soul, which ultimately led to disco. Acts like Earth, Wind & Fire,"
"the copyright to Greensleeves so that Shaggy's Pure Pleasure album could be released. This included listing Henry Mancini as co-author because it was alleged that Shaggy sampled the ""Peter Gunn"" theme song. The group recorded an album with Jah D replacing John Folkes in 2011. Folkes Brothers The Folkes Brothers were a Jamaican ska group, composed of John, Mico, and Junior Folkes, best known for the single ""Oh Carolina"". The group's 1961 single ""Oh Carolina"" was the first hit record produced by Prince Buster, and is regarded as a landmark in the history of ska and reggae music. In 1994,"
"at the forefront of Philadelphia soul with ""Back Stabbers"" (1972), and topped the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 the following year with ""Love Train"". Numerous other hits followed through the 1970s and into the 1980s and 1990s, and The O'Jays were inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 2004, and The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2005. They formed the group in Canton, Ohio in 1958 while attending Canton McKinley High School. Originally known as The Triumphs, and then The Mascots, the friends began recording with ""Miracles"" in 1961, which was a moderate hit in the Cleveland area."
"position for two weeks. ""Billboard"" ranked it as the No. 13 song for 1972. In addition, it reached No. 14 on the UK Singles Chart in July 1972. The song prominently features a harmonica. Oh Girl ""Oh Girl"" is a single recorded by the soul vocal group, The Chi-Lites and released on Brunswick Records in 1972. Included on the group's 1972 album ""A Lonely Man"", ""Oh Girl"" centers on a relationship on the verge of break-up. The song is led by Eugene Record, who also wrote and produced it. ""Oh Girl"" was the Chi-Lites' first and only No. 1 single"
"a No. 1 hit (with relative newcomer Ricky Van Shelton) on ""Rockin' Years"" in 1991 and had several top 15 hits. Although his 1990s singles never reached the top 20 (excepting for a duet single with Randy Travis), George Jones (who had been around since the 1950s) regularly recorded and released critically acclaimed material, including the semi-autobiographical ""Choices."" The Oak Ridge Boys continued their run of success with a No. 1 hit (""No Matter How High"") and several other top 40 hits; in 1995, upon the departure of William Lee Golden's replacement Steve Sanders, Golden reunited with longtime band members"
"a popularity in the UK comparable to that of the Beatles, with a run of eleven singles in the UK top ten. One of the most prominent acts in British popular culture, they scored four UK number one hits, ""Hot Love"", ""Get It On"", ""Telegram Sam"" and ""Metal Guru"". The band's 1971 album ""Electric Warrior"" received critical acclaim as a pioneering glam rock album. It reached number 1 in the UK. The 1972 follow-up, ""The Slider"", entered the top 20 in the US. Following the release of ""20th Century Boy"" in 1973, which reached number three in the UK, T."
"Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. It would remain the band's last entry on the former chart until the release of their 2017 single ""Rocket"" which entered the top ten in February 2018. Ooh Boy (En Vogue song) ""Ooh Boy"" is a song recorded by American recording group En Vogue. It was written by Jamie Brewer, Kisha Griffin, Denzil Foster and Thomas McElroy for their sixth studio album ""Soul Flower"" (2004), while production was helmed by Foster and McElroy. An uptempo R&B song with a funky disco groove, it features lead vocals from Rhona Bennett and Terry Ellis. ""Ooh Boy"" was"
"The Oak Ridge Boys The Oak Ridge Boys are an American country and gospel vocal quartet. The group was founded in the 1940s as the Oak Ridge Quartet. They became popular in southern gospel during the 1950s. Their name was changed to the Oak Ridge Boys in the early 1960s, and they remained a gospel group until the mid-1970s, when they changed their image and concentrated on country music. The lineup which produced their most well-known country and crossover hits (such as ""Elvira"" (1981), ""Bobbie Sue"" (1982), and ""American Made"" consists of Duane Allen (lead), Joe Bonsall (tenor), William Lee"
"T.O.K. T.O.K. were a dancehall group from Kingston, Jamaica. The group consisted of Alistaire ""Alex"" McCalla, Roshaun ""Bay-C"" Clarke, Craig ""Craigy T"" Thompson, and Xavier ""Flexx"" Davidson. They started their band in 1996. Described by ""The New York Times"" as ""the world's greatest dancehall-reggae boy band"", T.O.K. has been Jamaica's leading dancehall group for over a decade. They were best known for such hits as ""Footprints"", ""Gal You Ah Lead"", ""Chi Chi Man"", ""Eagles Cry"", ""Guardian Angel"", ""Money 2 Burn"", ""She's Hot"", ""Hey Ladies"", ""The Voice"" and ""I Believe"". The group's origins can be traced back to the early 1990s"
"to help further the group's career. The group changed their name to 'Tiger' and went through a succession of bass players including ex-Smile bassist Barry Wyles, and were managed by Neil Christian for a while. After recruiting Alan Butler back into the group they worked together again and recorded ""High School Dropout"" at Marquee Studios. They finally split in 1971 after being continually turned down and out of work. Hector and Butler later found success with their band the Hammersmith Gorillas, later shortened to the Gorillas in 1977. In 1971 Read was struggling financially and heavily using amphetamines and sleeping"
"UK Albums Chart. Oh, Boy! (The Crickets song) ""Oh, Boy!"" is a song written by Sonny West, Bill Tilghman and Norman Petty. It was originally recorded by Sonny West in the late 1950s but did not achieve commercial success. It was later recorded by Buddy Holly and the Crickets between June 29 and July 1, 1957, at Petty Studios in Clovis, New Mexico, with Holly singing lead vocals and the Picks providing backing vocals. The song is in an A-A-B-A format with a 12-bar blues verse and an 8-bar bridge. (Holly also covered another West song, ""Rave On"".) The song"
"album ""East Bay Grease"", released 1970, is considered an important milestone in funk. Throughout the 1970s, TOP had many hits, and the band helped to make funk music a successful genre, with a broader audience. In 1970, Sly & the Family Stone's ""Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)"" reached #1 on the charts, as did ""Family Affair"" in 1971. Notably, these afforded the group and the genre crossover success and greater recognition, yet such success escaped comparatively talented and moderately popular funk band peers. The Meters defined funk in New Orleans, starting with their top ten R&B hits ""Sophisticated"
"on Sherbert"". In 2012, the song was sung by Alex Newell (playing a transgender teen) in the ""Glee"" episode ""Saturday Night Glee-ver"". Boogie Shoes ""Boogie Shoes"" is a song by the disco group KC and the Sunshine Band, released in 1975 on the album ""KC and the Sunshine Band"". The song became a hit after it appeared on the ""Saturday Night Fever"" soundtrack in 1977. It peaked at number 35 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 and number 29 on the soul chart in 1978. Structurally, it uses the sixteen-bar blues chord progression. As with several of KC's disco songs, some"
"40 pop and Adult Contemporary hits, and the former is certified platinum as a single. Four additional singles (""Sail Away"", ""Dream On"", ""Heart of Mine"", and ""Fancy Free"") also entered the AC charts, while ""So Fine"" and ""American Made"" both made the 70s on the pop charts. The Oak Ridge Boys discography The Oak Ridge Boys is an American musical group. Originally a gospel group, The Oak Ridge Boys switched its focus to country music in the mid-1970s, releasing a string of hit albums and singles that lasted into the early 1990s. Their discography comprises thirty-one studio albums and fifty-six"
"song was also #1 on the Alternative chart and Adult Top 40 Chart in 2009. Kings of Leon had a #1 ""Billboard"" 200 album with ""Walls"" in 2016. Kings of Leon had 5 #1 songs on the Alternative Songs chart. Tennessee's location in the Bible Belt has led to an active southern Gospel music scene with such groups as The LeFevres, as well as being the origin of some notable Christian rock bands such as Memphis's DeGarmo and Key. The country group the Oak Ridge Boys started in 1945 as the Oak Ridge Quartet, a Southern Gospel group based in"
"year, hard rock bands featuring women saw commercial success as Heart released ""Dreamboat Annie"" and the Runaways débuted with their self-titled album. While Heart had a more folk-oriented hard rock sound, the Runaways leaned more towards a mix of punk-influenced music and hard rock. The Amboy Dukes, having emerged from the Detroit garage rock scene and most famous for their Top 20 psychedelic hit ""Journey to the Center of the Mind"" (1968), were dissolved by their guitarist Ted Nugent, who embarked on a solo career that resulted in four successive multi-platinum albums between ""Ted Nugent"" (1975) and his best selling"
"Ohio Players Ohio Players were an American funk, soul music and R&B band, most popular in the 1970s. They are best known for their songs ""Fire"" and ""Love Rollercoaster"". Gold certifications, records selling at least five hundred thousand copies, were awarded to the singles ""Funky Worm"", ""Skin Tight"", ""Fire"", and ""Love Rollercoaster""; as well as their albums ""Skin Tight"", ""Fire"", and ""Honey"". On August 17, 2013, Ohio Players were inducted into the inaugural class of the Official R&B Music Hall of Fame that took place at Cleveland State University in Cleveland, Ohio. The band formed in Dayton, Ohio in 1959"
"include the Tams' 1964 recording ""Hey Girl Don't Bother Me"" (UK No. 1, July 1971) - which was popularised by Midlands DJ Carl Dene - the Fascinations' 1966 single ""Girls Are Out to Get You"" (UK No. 32, 1971), the Elgins' ""Heaven Must Have Sent You"" (UK No. 3 July 1971), the Newbeats' 1965 American hit ""Run Baby Run"" (UK No. 10, Oct 1971), Bobby Hebb's ""Love Love Love"" which was originally the B-side of ""A Satisfied Mind"" (UK No. 32 August 1972), Robert Knight's ""Love On a Mountain Top"" of 1968 (UK No. 10, November 1973) and R. Dean"