Blackfoot Sue

	Chart positions ; Explanation of the data
	Singles
	Standing in the Road
	Sing don't speak
	Keep Reaching Out For Love (as a liner)
	You And Me (as a liner)

Blackfoot Sue was a British rock band that became known under this name in 1972, but had actually performed as Poison with the same line-up since 1966/1967 .

history

The twin brothers Tom ( bass , vocals ) and David Farmer ( drums ) as well as Eddie Golga ( guitar ) played together in their hometown of Birmingham during their school days and completed their band “Gift” in 1966/1967 with guitarist Alan Jones. In the early 1970s, the four of them went to London , where they worked on the BBC children's program What Kind of Life? wrote the song Celestial Plain and participated as a group there. At that time they lived together in a house in the London borough of Brentford and toured the country busily in order to gradually improve their financial situation. Her household also included a cat named "Blackfoot".

For a self- booked gig they performed under the pseudonym "Blackfoot Sioux". Their song repertoire was previously primarily of cover versions and rock 'n' roll standards, but in this gig they played self-penned songs and selected covers of songs like My White Bicycle by the group Tomorrow , however they with new text in My Right Testicle renamed . At another gig, the group, still officially called “Gift”, also played their new composition Standing in the Road . The producer Noel Walker became aware of the band and finally got them a record deal with the music publisher Dick James Music (DJM) under the new band name Blackfoot Sue.

In June 1972, Standing in the Road was their first single, a percussion- dominated, pounding party rocker with a catchy guitar riff, which slowly developed into a surprise hit across Europe. On September 16, the song reached number 4 in the UK and was also successful in the rest of Europe and Australia. Blackfoot Sue previously appeared twice on the UK show Top of the Pops . In November, the group was a guest at Ilja Richter's Disco 72 on German television . The follow-up singles Sing Don't Speak and Get It All to Me couldn't repeat the hit parade, which is why Blackfoot Sue is often viewed as a one-hit wonder .

Often the group was assigned to glam rock due to their single releases . The long-haired musician, often in dungarees and platform shoes occurred, but a less glamorous image than, say, Slade and The Sweet had tried in 1973 with the song Glittery Obituary and the album Nothing to Hide counteract this reputation. The recordings for a second album ( Strangers , 1974) were not published for lack of success. Only a few singles were still on the market until the beginning of 1975 and in 1977 the four musicians finally ended their band project Blackfoot Sue.

As the studio group "Liner", the four musicians released an album of the same name in 1979 on Atlantic Records . The LP was produced by Arif Mardin . In the 1980s - without Alan Jones - they changed their name again: Outside Edge. The fourth man was Peter Giles ( keyboard , vocals ).

Discography

Blackfoot Sue

LPs / CDs

Nothing to Hide - DJM 1973, repertoire 1995
Strangers - import 1977, repertoire 1995 (recordings 1974)
Gun Running (unpublished, recordings 1975)
Talk Radio - BUD 1995
The Best of Blackfoot Sue - Connoisseur Collection 1996
Red on Blue - HTD 1998 (a new title, otherwise like Talk Radio)

Singles

Standing in the Road / Celestial Plain - DJM 1972
Sing Don't Speak / 2 B Free - DJM 1972
Summer / Glittery Obituary - DJM 1973
Get It All to Me / My Oh My - DJM 1973
Bye Bye Birmingham / My Oh My - DJM 1974
You Need Love / Tobago Rose - DJM 1974 (UK)
Moonshine / Corrie - DJM 1975 (UK)

As a liner

Liner - Atlantic / Atco 1979

As an outside edge

Outside Edge - 1984 WEA (France only)
Running Hot - Virgin 1986
In Concert - AOR 1986 (Bootleg, Japan)
More Edge - Virgin 2000 (recordings 1987; Sweden only)

Individual evidence

↑ DE UK1 UK2 US

Web links

Official website (English).

[1] DE UK1 UK2 US