Chas & Dave

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Chas & Dave (often spelled Chas 'n' Dave or Chas and Dave ) were a British pop - rock duo from North London .

Career

It consisted of Chas Hodges (1943-2018) and Dave Peacock (* 1945). The duo was represented in the British charts from 1978 to 1995 with nine singles and albums each. Her biggest hit was Ain't No Pleasing You , which reached number two in the UK charts in April 1982 as the highest number. There is also a German recording of the song by the two of them under the title You don't do anything right .

Discography

Albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)
Remarks
UK UK
1981 Chas & Dave's Christmas Jamboree Bag UK-
gold
gold
UK
Chas and Daves's Knees Up -
Jamboree Bag Number 2
UK7th
platinum
platinum

(28 weeks)UK
1982 Mustn't Grumble UK35
silver
silver

(11 weeks)UK
1983 Job lot UK59
silver
silver

(15 weeks)UK
1984 Well Pleased UK27 (10 weeks)
UK
Greatest Hits - Chas and Dave UK16
platinum
platinum

(12 weeks)UK
Re-entry in 2005
1985 Jamboree Bag Number 3 UK15th
gold
gold

(13 weeks)UK
1986 Chas and Dave's Christmas Carol Album UK37 (4 weeks)
UK
1995 Street party UK3
silver
silver

(5 weeks)UK
2001 Double bubble UK-
silver
silver
UK
The best of UK-
silver
silver
UK
2013 That's what happens UK25 (2 weeks)
UK
100 hits - legends UK100 (1 week)
UK
2018 gold UK8 (7 weeks)
UK

more publishments

  • 1975: One Fing 'N' Anuvver
  • 1977: Rockney
  • 1979: Don't Give A Monkey's ...

Singles

year Title
album
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)
Remarks
UK UK
1978 Strummin '
Rockney
UK52 (3 weeks)
UK
1979 Gertcha
Don't Give A Monkey's ...
UK20 (8 weeks)
UK
The Sideboard Song
Chas & Dave's Christmas Jamboree Bag
UK55 (3 weeks)
UK
1980 Rabbit
Chas & Dave's Christmas Jamboree Bag
UK8th
silver
silver

(11 weeks)UK
1981 Stars Over 45 UK21 (8 weeks)
UK
1982 Ain't No Pleasing You
Ain't No Pleasing You
UK2
silver
silver

(11 weeks)UK
Margate
Ain't No Pleasing You
UK46 (4 weeks)
UK
1983 London Girls
Ain't No Pleasing You
UK63 (9 weeks)
UK
My melancholy baby UK51 (8 weeks)
UK
1984 There In Your Eyes
Well Pleased
UK91 (4 weeks)
UK
1985 In Sickness and in Health UK95 (1 week)
UK
1986 Snooker Loopy UK6 (11 weeks)
UK
Matchroom Mob with Chas and Dave
1987 Romford Rap UK91 (3 weeks)
UK
Chas and Dave and The Matchroom Mob
Flying
Flying
UK88 (1 week)
UK

swell

  1. Aamna Mohdin, Chas and Dave singer Chas Hodges dies aged 74 in: The Guardian , September 22, 2018, accessed on September 22, 2018
  2. Chas & Dave in the Official UK Charts (English)
  3. Nobody likes you , Chas & Dave on YouTube
  4. a b Chart sources: UK
  5. Music Sales Awards: UK

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