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"Shang-a-Lang" is a song from the Bay City Rollers 1974 debut album Rollin', from which it was the second advance single, the track being produced by the song's writers Bill Martin and Phil Coulter. [ 2 ]
The Archies first appeared in a comic book, Life with Archie #60 (April 1967). The fictional band was inspired by the success of the 1966 TV series The Monkees; [5] in particular, Don Kirshner, who had managed the initially-fictional band, wanted a musical act that he could fully control: as the Monkees were fictional but still used the real musicians' names, the musicians themselves became ...
A 2004 CD reissue on Bell included four bonus tracks: "Are You Ready for That Rock and Roll" (the original B-side of the "Shang-a-Lang" single); "Bringing Back the Good Times" (B-side of "Summerlove Sensation"); "Bye Bye Barbara" (B-side of "Remember"); and "Hey C.B." which was the B-side of the original UK "Saturday Night" single, released in June 1973 and recorded with Nobby Clark and John ...
"Wham Bam" (also called "Wham Bam Shang-A-Lang") is a 1976 song by the American band Silver, written by country songwriter Rick Giles. It was the only charting song by the group. John Batdorf sings lead vocals. [1]
The Rollers were the subject of a 20-week UK television series, Shang-a-Lang. A cover of the Four Seasons' "Bye, Bye, Baby" stayed at No. 1 in the UK for six weeks in March and April 1975, selling nearly a million copies and becoming the biggest seller of the year.
Shang-a-Lang may refer to: Shang-a-Lang, British TV show featuring the Bay City Rollers; Shang-a-Lang, 1974 single by the Bay City Rollers; Shang-a-Lang, a punk rock band (2007-2012) from Las Cruces, NM with releases on Razorcake Records and Silver Sprocket Bicycle Club. "Shang-a-lang", a 1989 song by the Doug Anthony All Stars from their album ...
Shang-a-Lang was a children's pop music TV series starring the Scottish band, the Bay City Rollers. It was produced in Manchester by Granada Television for the ITV network and ran for one 20-week series in 1975. It featured the band in comedy sketches and performing their songs to a live studio audience made up of their teenage fans.
The single's title, "Wham Bam," was shown as "Wham Bam Shang-A-Lang" and peaked at #16 on the Billboard Hot 100 the week of October 2, 1976. [1] It is ranked as the 70th biggest hit of 1976. [ 2 ] Arista executives gave the band the song to record after concluding that none of the other tracks on the album they produced had single potential.