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In 2004, Sailor in a German TV show were named the 45th-most successful pop band of the last 40 years in Germany. [citation needed] A biography of the group by James McCarraher, entitled A Glass of Champagne – The Official Sailor Story, was published in June 2004. Alderton left in July 2005, and Marsh returned to the line-up.
Sailor was released in August 1974 by Epic Records. [8] With an accompanying single "Traffic Jam", the album was supported by a series of tours, including a scheduled, but later cancelled concert tour with rock band Mott The Hoople, where Sailor was a supporting act, [8] [7] and a television appearance on BBC Two's music series In Concert, broadcast on 4 September 1974.
Sailor signed to Epic Records-CBS Records and between 1974 and 1978 released five albums with Kajanus: Sailor, Trouble, The Third Step, Checkpoint (without Pickett) and Hideaway. Kajanus was the lead singer, guitarist and, for the first three albums, the sole songwriter for the band, penning its two major hits, "A Glass of Champagne" and "Girls ...
Ian Henry Murray Marsh (born 8 December 1948) is an English musician and composer, best known as a member of the pop group Sailor. [1] Marsh was born in Bath, Somerset. He was educated at Sherborne School and New College, Oxford. [1]
Trouble is the second album by the British pop group Sailor, formed in 1973 and best known in the 1970s for their hit singles "A Glass of Champagne" and "Girls, Girls, Girls" (both featured on this album), written by the group's Norwegian lead singer and 12-string guitar player, Georg Kajanus. [1] The album reached #45 in the UK charts. [2]
Sailor (band), a British pop group which peaked in the mid-1970s Sailor (Sailor album), a 1974 debut studio album by Sailor; Sailor, a 1970s BBC television series "Sailor (Your Home is the Sea)", a 1960 German-language song by Lolita "Sailor" (song), the English-language rendering by Petula Clark; The Sailor (Mickey Newbury album), 1979
A 1959 German-language recording by Lolita became an international hit in 1960–61. The song was covered in a number of languages, most notably by Petula Clark who had her first #1 UK hit with the English-language rendering "Sailor". Clark was also afforded international success with both "Sailor" and the French-language rendering "Marin".
He is best known for his work with the band Hello Sailor and his band Dave McArtney & The Pink Flamingos. In 1989, McArtney returned to university, completing his Bachelor of Arts degree in English literature, majoring in Renaissance poetry. [2] He then went on to complete a Master of Arts (Music) degree in 2013. [1]