About this Event

Fri 26th Feb | 7.30pm | £20 earlybird | £25 general sale



Showaddywaddy

www.showaddywaddy.net/



Showaddywaddy were formed in 1973 in Leicester, England, from two groups, ‘Choise’ and ‘Golden Hammers’. During 1973, the band were asked if they wanted to be on TV – the show was “New Faces”. They won one programme in the series and were runners-up in the “All Winners Final” which was broadcast just before new year’s eve 1973. This led to various record companies racing to sign them up. However they had already signed to Bell Records. The band’s first single, ‘Hey Rock And Roll’ was released on 19th April 1974 and reached number two in the UK charts. Showaddywaddy then hit the UK charts another 22 times until late 1982. These included 10 Top-Ten singles and one number one, racking up a total on 209 weeks in the singles chart – one of the most successful singles groups of all time.



The first few singles were all written by the band and these generally reached the top-20. Two cover versions, ‘Three Steps To Heaven’ and ‘Heartbeat’ were released in 1975. These both reached the top ten before Showaddywaddy reverted back to their own material. However, these again failed to reach the top-10, so they went back to cover-versions and entered the top-10 once more. Romeo later quoted, “Dave and Trevor would approach the record company with a song and they would say, ‘No we don’t want that – you had a hit with a cover last time, you can do it again'”. The cover versions were mainly pop versions of old ’50s and ‘60s US rock ‘n’ roll songs – catchy tunes backed up by their colourful image, dance routines and numerous television appearances.





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