Black Lace

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Black Lace was a British pop - band whose biggest hit, the single Agadoo , a cover version of Saragossa band was -Hits of 1981.

biography

Founded in 1970, still as a quartet, the band achieved fame when they came seventh for Great Britain at the Eurovision Song Contest 1979 in Jerusalem with the song Mary Ann . After the second single, So Long, Suzi Baby and a guest appearance on TV in the GDR in the show around , the band initially broke up.

The re-established band project Black Lace had greater success in the 1980s, but now as a duo with Alan Barton and Colin Routh. Several songs made it into the British Top 10. First, Superman (Gioca Jouer) climbed to number 9 in the British charts in autumn 1983 . The song Agadoo , which originally comes from the Saragossa Band, became the group's biggest hit in the summer of 1984, rose to number 2 and stayed in the UK charts for over 30 weeks. With Do the Conga , which reached number 10 at the end of the year, Black Lace made it into the top 10 for a third and last time. By 1989, five more singles were in the middle of the home charts.

The better-known Black Lace titles are played in discos, particularly in England, as well as in Spanish and Tunisian holiday areas, and have also found their way into the Spanish children's entertainment of the mini disco . Some titles are now available in cover versions, for example by DJ Ötzi or Hot Banditoz .

Members

  • Steve Scholey - lead vocals - until 1981
  • Alan Barton - backing vocals , guitar - from 1981 lead vocals
  • Colin Gibb (actually Colin Routh ) - bass , guitar, backing vocals
  • Terry Dobson - drums , backing vocals - until 1981

Discography

Albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
UK UK
1984 party Party UK4th
platinum
platinum

(14 weeks)UK
Producers: Black Lace, Neil Ferguson
Woodland Recording Studios
1985 Party Party 2 UK18th
silver
silver

(6 weeks)UK
with cover songs by Village People , Boney M. ,
Ottawan a . a.
1986 Party crazy UK58 (6 weeks)
UK
B-side: Party medley

More albums

  • 1984: Black Lace
  • 1984: Get Up and Dance!
  • 1985: Get Up and Dance 2
  • 1987: 16 greatest party hits
  • 1989: Twenty All Time Party Favorites
  • 1993: Action Party
  • 1994: 16 Great Party Icebreakers
  • 1994: Saturday Night
  • 1996: The Very Best Of (compilation)
  • 1996: Black Lace Live
  • 1997: Greatest Hits
  • 1998: What a Party
  • 1999: Going to a Party
  • 2001: party, party, party
  • 2003: The Blue Album
  • 2005: In Paradise
  • 2007: Greatest Hits 2

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
UK UK
1979 Mary Ann
Black Lace 		UK42 (4 weeks)
UK
7th place at the Eurovision Song Contest 1979
Author and producer: Peter Morris
1983 Superman (Gioca Jouer)
Get Up and Dance! 		UK9
silver
silver

(20 weeks)UK
Authors: Claudio Cecchetto, Claudio Simonetti
1984 Agadoo
Get Up and Dance! 		UK2
gold
gold

(37 weeks)UK
Original: Saragossa Band (1981)
Do the Conga
Get Up and Dance! 		UK10 (10 weeks)
UK
Author: Mick Flinn
1985 El vino collapso
 UK42 (5 weeks)
UK
Author: Nigel Hopkins
I speaka da lingo
 UK49 (5 weeks)
UK
Authors: Alan Barton , Anthony Monn , M. Shepstone,
N. Hopkins, R. Pietsch
The Hokey-Cokey
Get Up and Dance 2 		UK31 (7 weeks)
UK
Author: Jimmy Kennedy
1986 Viva la Mexico
 UK79 (3 weeks)
UK
Authors: Alan Barton, Andrea Tobben,
Klaus Büchner , Raymond Voss
Wig Wam Bam
 UK63 (8 weeks)
UK
Original: The Sweet (1972)
Authors: Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman
1989 I Am the Music Man
Twenty All Time Party Favorites 		UK52 (3 weeks)
UK
medley
1990 Gang bang
 UK90 (3 weeks)
UK
Author: Alan Barton
1994 Bullshit
 UK83 (2 weeks)
UK
1996 The Electric Slide
 UK83 (1 week)
UK
Author: Alan Barton

More singles

  • 1979: So Long, Suzi Baby
  • 1983: Bird Dance
  • 1983: Hey You
  • 1985: X-rated
  • 1986: Viva la Mexico
  • 1986: Gang Bang
  • 1993: Agadoo (106 Dance Mix)
  • 1994: Bullsh * t (Cotton Eyed Joe)
  • 1995: Electric Slide
  • 2000: Follow the Leader

swell

  1. ↑ United Kingdom - 1979 at diggiloo.net
  2. ↑ a b Chart sources: UK
  3. ↑ Gold / platinum database UK

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