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Black Lace are a British pop band, best known for novelty party records, including their biggest hit, "Agadoo". The band first came to the public eye after being selected to represent the UK in the 1979 Eurovision Song Contest , in which they finished seventh with the song "Mary Ann" .
Terry Dobson (born 29 March 1952) is a British musician and a founding member of the pop band, Black Lace, with Ian Howarth. [1]They represented the United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1979 in Jerusalem, with the song "Mary Ann", which finished seventh.
Alan Leslie Barton (16 September 1953 – 23 March 1995) was a British singer and member of the hit-making duo Black Lace. [1] Their hits included " Agadoo ", " Superman " and their United Kingdom Eurovision Song Contest 1979 seventh-place finisher " Mary Ann " in Jerusalem .
Colin Gibb, the singer who represented the UK at Eurovision with British pop band Black Lace in 1979, ... Gibb was the longest serving member of Black Lace, having joined in 1976 after replacing ...
BlackLace is an American, female-fronted heavy metal band from New York City, US, formed in 1981. [1] The band has released two studio albums. [1] The track Run for Your Life drew a little attention, but not enough to keep the band going. [2] After the split they reformed as Damn Cheetah. [3]
"Agadoo" is a novelty song recorded by the British band Black Lace in 1984. "Agadoo" peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart, [1] and spent 30 weeks in the top 75. [2] It went on to become the eighth best-selling single of 1984 in the UK, [3] (and over one million copies worldwide) despite not being included on the playlist for BBC Radio 1 because it "was not credible".
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The band travelled to London to record a rough demo of the song at ATV's studio, which was then sent to EMI Records. EMI had booked Berwick Street Studios in Soho for a twelve-hour day with engineer Gwyn Mathias, to record songs by six artists. Each artist was allotted 2 hours to record and mix their record. Black Lace was one of the six acts.