UK TOP 20 SINGLES 22nd September 1974

Cockney Rebel, Peters And Lee, Bobby Goldsboro, The Stylistics, Showaddywaddy and more.

GOLDEN HOUR AUGUST 1977

A non-stop playlist featuring the hits that peaked in the UK charts during August 1977 Artists include Brotherhood of Man, Showaddywaddy, The Floaters, Smokie, Rita Coolidge, Deniece Williams. and more...

Seventies Music Charts: Top Ten Hits From April 1978

Here are the pop charts for weekend the 29th April 1978 UK.

1.Night Fever by the Bee Gees
From the film and album "Saturday Night Fever", this was one of many chart hits for the Bee Gees which came from this huge worldwide album, and was produced by the amazing Robert Stigwood.
The "Saturday Night Fever" sold  forty million copies , and the "Night Fever" single was a huge worldwide hit, and this one album is responsible for so much inspiration in 70s music.

Maurice Gibb died in 2003 and Robin Gibb in 2012.

Merry Christmas From The 70s

THE SEVENTIES

A non-stop playlist of 25 hits from the 1970's,

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Slade, Showaddywaddy, John Travolta, Abba, Elton John and more.

Top Ten Singles 1976

Here are the top selling singles in the UK from 1976.

Top Hits of 1976

   1 Brotherhood of Man Save Your Kisses For Me Article about Eurovision Song Contest
   2 Elton John & Kiki Dee Don't Go Breaking My Heart
   3 Pussycat Mississippi
   4 Abba Dancing Queen  Article about Abba
   5 Dr. Hook A Little Bit More
Ray Sawyer died in 2018
   6 Chicago If You Leave Me Now
   7 Abba Fernando  Article about Abba
   8 Tina Charles I Love To Love

  9 Demis Roussos The Roussos Phenonemon (EP)
   10 Showaddywaddy Under The Moon Of Love


MORE FUN FROM 1976

Top 40 UK Singles - 4 August 1979

The Boomtown Rats do not like Mondays. New entries from Diana Ross, Telex with their cover of Rock Around the Clock, The Olympic Runners, Showaddywaddy, Spyro Gyra, Earth Wind and Fire, and Sham 69. Also a double A side from ABBA was in this chart plus other classic disco, soul, pop, rock, new wave and reggae classics

GLAM ROCK : 1

PLAYING TRACKS BY Barry Blue, Mott The Hoople, Showaddywaddy, Slade, Suzi Quatro and more.

Suzie Quatro looks at RAK RECORDS PT 2

In The 1970s Showaddywaddy

Showaddywaddy formed from other groups in 1973 and took up the Teddy Boys persona with bright costumes.In 1973 they appeared on the ITV talent show New Faces and went right through to the final where they came second.

This launched their career and their first single was in 1974 and written by the band themselves called Hey Rock And Roll a No. 2 hit. Followed by Rock And Roll Lady getting to No. 15. The last hit of 1974 was Hey Mr Christmas.

1975 Sweet Music was a No. 15 chart but the biggest hit that year was the cover of  Eddie Cochran's 1960s hit Three Steps To Heaven which was followed by another Cochran classic called Heartbeat.

Dave Batram was the lead singer right through to 2011. Dave sang on the 1976 single called Under The Moon Of Love that reached No. 1 and was a cover of  a 1961 single by Curtis Lee.

1977 and the boys were still having hits. This time a cover of the 1958 song by The Kalin Twins called When. Another cover came next with the 1959 Marv Johnson single called You Got What It Takes. Finally that year we had Dancing Party. All 1976 singles getting in the top five.

1978 and the cover of Dion's I wonder Why reached No. 2.  The Jarmels 1950s hit A Little Bit Of Soap was another hit for Showaddywaddy getting to No. 5, and Pretty Little Angel Eyes got to No. 5 also.

1979 Remember Then a cover of the Earls song reached No. 17 and their very last hit of the 1970s was Sweet Little Rock N Roller a No. 15 UK hit.

Former members

• Malcolm "Duke" Allured (born 27 August 1945, Leicester) — drums (1973–1984)
• Dave Bartram (born 23 March 1952, Leicester) — vocals (1973–2011)
• Russ Field (born James Lewis Russell Field, 1 September 1949, Berwick-upon-Tweed) — guitars (1973–1985)
• Buddy Gask (born William George Gask, 18 December 1945, Leicester – 7 June 2011, Spain) — vocals (1973–1987)
• Al James (born Geoffrey Betts, 13 January 1946, Leicester – 16 November 2018)^[7] — bass (1973–2008)
• Trevor Oakes (born Trevor Leslie Oakes, 9 September 1946, Leicester) — guitars (1973–2008)
• Rod Deas (born 13 February 1948, Scarborough) — bass (1973–2019)
• Ray Martinez — guitars (1985–1995)
• Danny Willson — guitars (1995–2009)
• Paul Dixon — guitars / vocals (2008–2017)
• David Graham — saxophone (2009–2011)

Showaddywaddy 1970s TV Interviews

The Mill   

Multi-Coloured Swap

ATV