Dollar (band)
Dollar was a British pop duo consisting of Thereza Bazar and David van Day, which had five top 10 hits in the British charts between 1978 and 1988 .
biography
Bazar and van Day were initially members of the vocal group Guys 'n' Dolls , founded in 1974 and best known for the song There's a Whole Lot of Loving . In 1975 the two musicians separated from the sextet , which from then on continued to exist as a quartet .
Although Bazar and van Day didn't particularly like each other, they formed the duo Dollar in 1978. The singles Shooting Star (1978) and Who Were You with in the Moonlight (1979) entered the top 20 of the UK charts. The self-written Love's Gotta Hold on Me even reached number 4 there in the late summer of the year. With the cover version of the Beatles hit I Wanna Hold Your Hand , a second top 10 hit followed at the end of the year. By 1982 seven more singles climbed into the English charts, Mirror Mirror (Mon amour) (1981) and Give Me Back My Heart (1982) each climbed to 4th place.
In the meantime, the relationship between the protagonists had deteriorated further, so that the collaboration was ended in 1983. Both musicians devoted themselves to solo projects. However, when there was no success, the Reunion Dollars came about in 1986 . With Oh L'amour , a re-recording of the 1986 hit Erasure , the duo had a top 10 hit in Switzerland and England in 1987 . After the only moderately successful single It's Nature's Way (No Problem) , Bazar and van Day separated again in 1988.
David van Day became a member of Bucks Fizz in the late 1990s .
Members
- Thereza Bazar (born May 23, 1955 in Canada )
- David van Day (born November 28, 1956 in Brighton , Sussex , actually David Paul Day )
Discography
Albums
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
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| 1979 | Shooting Stars | - | - |
UK36 (7 weeks) UK |
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First published: September 1979
Producer: Christopher Neil |
| 1982 | The Dollar Album | - | - |
UK18th  (11 weeks)UK |
- |
First published: October 1982
Producers: Dollar, Trevor Horn |
gray hatching : no chart data available for this year
More albums
- 1980: The Paris Collection
Compilations
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
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| 1982 | The very best of dollars | - | - |
UK31 (9 weeks)UK |
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First published: April 1982
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gray hatching : no chart data available for this year
More compilations
- 1980: The Paris Collection
- 1982: 6 song album
- 1982: The Brightest Dollar
- 1992: The Collection
- 1995: Shooting Stars
- 1997: The Best of Dollar: New Recordings of Their Greatest Hits ... and More ...
- 1997: Love Tonig
- 1998: Greatest Hits
- 1998: The Best of Dollar
- 2001: dollar
- 2002: Shooting Stars: The Dollar Collection
- 2006: The Platinum Collection
Singles
| year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
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| 1978 | Shooting Star Shooting Stars |
DE35 (5 weeks) DE |
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UK14th (12 weeks)UK |
US74 (6 weeks) US |
First published: October 13, 1978
Author: David Courtney |
| 1979 | Who Were You with in the Moonlight Shooting Stars |
- | - |
UK14 (12 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: May 4, 1979
Author: David Courtney |
| Love's Gotta Hold on Me Shooting Stars |
- | - |
UK4th (13 weeks)UK |
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First published: July 27, 1979
Authors: Thereza Bazar, David van Day |
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I Wanna Hold Your Hand The Very Best of Dollar |
- | - |
UK9 (14 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: November 12, 1979
Authors: John Lennon, Paul McCartney Original: The Beatles , 1963 |
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| 1980 | Taking a Chance on You The Paris Collection |
- | - |
UK62 (3 weeks) UK |
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First published: October 24th
Authors: Thereza Bazar, David van Day |
| 1981 | Hand Held in Black and White The Dollar Album |
- | - |
UK19 (12 weeks) UK |
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First published: August 1, 1981
Authors: Trevor Horn , Bruce Woolley |
| Mirror Mirror (Mon amour) The Dollar Album |
- | - |
UK4th (17 weeks)UK |
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First published: November 1981
Authors: Trevor Horn, Bruce Woolley |
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| 1982 | Ring Ring ( Reissue ) Shooting Stars |
- | - |
UK61 (2 weeks) UK |
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Republication: February 1982
Author: Chris Rainbow |
| Give Me Back My Heart The Dollar Album |
- | - |
UK4th (9 weeks)UK |
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First published: March 1982
Authors: Trevor Horn, Simon Darlow |
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| Videotheque The Dollar Album |
- | - |
UK17 (10 weeks) UK |
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First published: June 1982
Authors: Trevor Horn, Simon Darlow |
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| Give Me Some Kinda Magic The Dollar Album |
- | - |
UK34 (6 weeks) UK |
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First publication: September 1982
Authors: Thereza Bazar, David van Day |
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| 1986 | We walked in love |
- | - |
UK61 (4 weeks) UK |
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First published: July 1986
Writer: Michael St.James, Producer: Christopher Neil |
| 1987 | Oh l'amour |
DE27 (10 weeks) DE |
CH10 (9 weeks) CH |
UK7 (11 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: November 1987
Authors: Andy Bell , Vince Clarke Producers: Stock Aitken Waterman Original: Erasure , 1986 |
| 1988 | It's Nature's Way (No Problem) |
DE46 (6 weeks) DE |
- |
UK58 (3 weeks) UK |
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First published: July 1988
Authors: Thereza Bazar, David van Day, Mike Burns, Steve Glen, Producers: Phil Harding, Ian Curnow |
More singles
- 1979: ring, ring
- 1980: Love Street / I Need Your Love (released May 23)
- 1980: The Girls Are Out to Get Ya (release: July 4th)
- 1981: You Take My Breath Away (released February 13th)
- 1982: Two Hearts
- 1986: Haven't We Said Goodbye Before (released November)
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Web links
- Official website
- Dollar at Allmusic (English)
- Dollar at Discogs (English)