Friday June 28th 1974

The band was formed in 1973 by the amalgamation of two groups, Choise and The Golden Hammers.
This led to an eight member band, with the unusual feature of having two vocalists, a couple of drummers and two bassists.

Their first single, "Hey Rock and Roll" (written by the band), was released in April 1974.
It reached number two in the UK Singles Chart. Showaddywaddy then went on to have a further 22 UK hits from this point until late 1982.
They had most of their biggest hits with covers of songs from the 1950s and 1960s.

These cover versions included "Three Steps to Heaven" (originally by Eddie Cochran in 1960), "Heartbeat" (originally written and recorded by Buddy Holly), "Under the Moon of Love" (originally a U.S. hit for Curtis Lee in 1961 and co-written by Tommy Boyce), "When" (originally by the Kalin Twins), "You Got What It Takes" (originally by Marv Johnson) and "Dancin' Party" (originally by Chubby Checker).

The above six singles were all produced by Mike Hurst (a former member of The Springfields, who had also previously produced Cat Stevens).

Following "Dancin' Party" the band produced themselves with more cover versions including "I Wonder Why" (originally by Dion and the Belmonts), "Blue Moon" (based on The Marcels' interpretation) and another Curtis Lee original "Pretty Little Angel Eyes", again co-written by Tommy Boyce. Their most recent chart single was "Who Put the Bomp (In the Bomp-A-Bomp-A-Bomp)", a minor number 37 hit in 1982.

In total they had ten Top Ten singles, a solitary number one ("Under the Moon of Love" in 1976), and spent 209 weeks in the UK Singles Chart.

At the peak of their popularity, this tally included having seven, successive Top Five entries. Their biggest selling single was the aforementioned "Under the Moon of Love", which sold 985,000 copies.

Despite the hits drying up over two decades ago, Showaddywaddy have continued to tour, and still do around 100 dates a year all around Europe.

Hey Rock And Roll
Released 18th May 1974
Reached No.2 14wks in charts

Rock 'N' Roll Lady
Released 17th August 1974
Reached No.15 9wks in charts

Hey Mister Christmas
Released 30th November 1974
Reached No.13 8wks in charts

Sweet Music
Released 22nd February 1975
Reached No.14 9wks in charts

Three Steps To Heaven
Released 17th May 1975
Reached No.2 11wks in charts

Heartbeat
Released 6th September 1975
Reached No.7 7wks in charts

Heavenly
Released 15th November 1975
Reached No.34 6wks in charts

Trocadero
Released 29th May 1976
Reached No.32 3wks in charts

Under The Moon Of Love
Released 6th November 1976
Reached No.1 15wks in charts

When
Released 5th March 1977
Reached No.3 11wks in charts

You Got What It Takes
Released 22nd July 1977
Reached No.2 10wks in charts

Dancin' Party
Released 5th November 1977
Reached No.4 11wks in charts

I Wonder Why
Released 25th March 1978
Reached No.2 11wks in charts

A Little Bit Of Soap
Released 24th June 1978
Reached No.5 12wks in charts

Pretty Little Angel Eyes
Released 4th November 1978
Reached No.5 12wks in charts

Remember Then
Released 31st March 1979
Reached No.17 8wks in charts

Sweet Little Rock 'N' Roller
Released 28th July 1979
Reached No.15 9wks in charts

A Night At Daddy Gees
Released 10th November 1979
Reached No.39 5wks in charts

Why Do Lovers Break Each Others' Hearts
Released 27th September 1980
Reached No.22 10wks in charts

Blue Moon
Released 29th November 1980
Reached No.32 9wks in charts

Multiplication
Released 13th June 1981
Reached No.39 4wks in charts

Footsteps
Released 28th November 1981
Reached No.31 9wks in charts

Who Put The Bomp (In The Bomp-A-Bomp-A-Bomp)
Released 28th August 1982
Reached No.37 6wks in charts

04.09.2009. 08:15

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