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The band was formed in 1981, some time after the earlier band of the same name had folded. Work on the new band by founder members Ricky Lee Brawn and Peter Davenport began in August 1980 and following a series of auditions Anders Janes, John Wallace and Danny Brittain were added to the line-up.
Recording for Decca, The Stargazers enjoyed considerable commercial success during the 1950s, including two United Kingdom number one hit singles on their own, "Broken Wings", [1] which was the first recording by a native British act to top the UK Singles Chart (all previous number one singles were by American artists), [2] and "I See the Moon", along with a third number one hit with Dickie ...
Born in 1964 in Surrey, [3] England, Datchler was influenced by his father Fred Datchler, a singer and saxophonist in two popular vocal groups of the 1950s, the Stargazers and the Polkadots. The Stargazers were the first British group to have a No. 1 hit on the UK chart, [4] and had their own weekly radio show on the BBC. [5]
The Stargazers recorded their version in London on 6 January 1953, produced by Dick Rowe, with uncredited accompaniment directed by Nat Temple. [6] [7] [8] Coming just a few months after the launch of the singles chart, it was the first hit for the group, entering the New Musical Express listings on 7 February 1953.
The Stargazers' recording, released on the Decca Records label, reached number one in the UK Singles Chart in 1954. [1] [2] In taking "I See the Moon" to number one, the Stargazers became the first act in British chart history to reach number one with their first two records to reach the chart. [1] Several singles released in the interim failed ...
[4] [5] On 23 October 2015, HomeTown released their third single "The Night We Met", which was written by Liam Payne of One Direction and Jamie Scott. On 20 November 2015, HomeTown released their self-titled debut album, which debuted at number 4 on the Irish Albums Chart. In August 2016, the band released "Roses" as the fourth and final single ...
Edgar Holland Winter [3] (born December 28, 1946) [4] is an American multi-instrumentalist, [5] working as a vocalist along with playing keyboards, saxophone, and percussion. [6] His success peaked in the 1970s with his band the Edgar Winter Group and their popular songs " Frankenstein " and " Free Ride ". [ 7 ]
[1] [2] When Jagger's family moved to Wilmington, Kent in 1954, [3] Jagger formed a garage band with his friend Dick Taylor, who would later be an early bassist for the band. [3] Jagger next met Richards on 17 October 1961 on platform two of Dartford railway station , [ 4 ] when they realised they had a shared musical interest, they formed a ...